Another remarkable remaster from Nightdive, but I really want to commend NewBlood for their contributions as well. NewBlood focused on restoring the cut enemies, putting together the new episode and working on QoL features like the extra HUD, which really elevates this remaster as an ultimate edition.
The new episode is great if you're into ROTT's brand of level design and uses some more advanced features as well as taking advantage of the verticality that's possible with the jump pads and platforms of the game. I am surprised at how flexible KEX is sometimes, everything in this feels right, from the rendering to the movement. I don't love ROTT nearly as much as other people do but asides from a near complete overhaul like the Quake II remaster, which I feel like would just mess up the personality of this game, there's nothing more I could ask from this.
It's true that nobody loves ROTT more than NewBlood and Nightdive and I'm really glad they're the ones who got their hands on this after it got taken away from 3DR, if you're a fan you can't miss this release. Not completed cause I'm not playing Extreme ROTT.
The new episode is great if you're into ROTT's brand of level design and uses some more advanced features as well as taking advantage of the verticality that's possible with the jump pads and platforms of the game. I am surprised at how flexible KEX is sometimes, everything in this feels right, from the rendering to the movement. I don't love ROTT nearly as much as other people do but asides from a near complete overhaul like the Quake II remaster, which I feel like would just mess up the personality of this game, there's nothing more I could ask from this.
It's true that nobody loves ROTT more than NewBlood and Nightdive and I'm really glad they're the ones who got their hands on this after it got taken away from 3DR, if you're a fan you can't miss this release. Not completed cause I'm not playing Extreme ROTT.