Marking as shelved as I plan to pick up Another Code R's remake later.
Christ, whoever said this was a faithful remake I think is lying to you. They've changed so much. I'm a diehard fan of this series and especially the original game and I feel like this is a major letdown compared to what I think of the original. I feel the original was a perfectly fine game and I'm confused as to why so many things are different. Ashley seems like a very different person, missing the attitude and strong emotions she had in the original game (which made sense for her age). Some character's stories are so different (I can't get into who without spoiling, but the villain) that I feel like it just messes stuff up. The pacing felt really strange, it either felt like it was moving at super speed or extremely slow and events from the original game were shifted around. It's not that big of a deal, but ended up bothering me.
Major issue of mine is the fact I felt like I couldn't connect to any of these characters in the same way I did for the original, which I think is one of the major things that makes CiNG works so good, and what made this a huge letdown. I feel like you're going to be inevitably missing stuff from the story with this having a shift from 2d to 3d- its sense of scale is much larger and I found myself not at all invested in the story of the Edwards, which is something I very much enjoyed in the original. I did look and notice that they got new scriptwriters for these remakes, which might explain some of my dissatisfaction... but why change up the script of a perfectly fine game and not just focus on adapting it straight to 3D, no need to remake a soundtrack you can find high quality versions of elsewhere (speaking in Another Code R's case), and especially no need to change the script.
I do like the art direction and music here, they're both good. This just isn't my Ashley and sure isn't the Another Code I remember. This is definitely Another Code for a newer generation, but it won't live up to the originals. I can't confidently reccomend this to anyone who actually cares a lot about the original games.
Christ, whoever said this was a faithful remake I think is lying to you. They've changed so much. I'm a diehard fan of this series and especially the original game and I feel like this is a major letdown compared to what I think of the original. I feel the original was a perfectly fine game and I'm confused as to why so many things are different. Ashley seems like a very different person, missing the attitude and strong emotions she had in the original game (which made sense for her age). Some character's stories are so different (I can't get into who without spoiling, but the villain) that I feel like it just messes stuff up. The pacing felt really strange, it either felt like it was moving at super speed or extremely slow and events from the original game were shifted around. It's not that big of a deal, but ended up bothering me.
Major issue of mine is the fact I felt like I couldn't connect to any of these characters in the same way I did for the original, which I think is one of the major things that makes CiNG works so good, and what made this a huge letdown. I feel like you're going to be inevitably missing stuff from the story with this having a shift from 2d to 3d- its sense of scale is much larger and I found myself not at all invested in the story of the Edwards, which is something I very much enjoyed in the original. I did look and notice that they got new scriptwriters for these remakes, which might explain some of my dissatisfaction... but why change up the script of a perfectly fine game and not just focus on adapting it straight to 3D, no need to remake a soundtrack you can find high quality versions of elsewhere (speaking in Another Code R's case), and especially no need to change the script.
I do like the art direction and music here, they're both good. This just isn't my Ashley and sure isn't the Another Code I remember. This is definitely Another Code for a newer generation, but it won't live up to the originals. I can't confidently reccomend this to anyone who actually cares a lot about the original games.