this is a from the ground up remake of the original 2014 release with a focus on accuracy, quality of life changes and content additions that flesh things out just a bit more
on all those fronts this was a success
it's been a minute since i've went through this game completely, but with the exception of the, frankly, butchered rendition of Work Harder (it's not the sample, it's a remade song now and it sounds significantly worse) i didn't notice a singular thing out of place
i've read about people noticing the combat was somewhat slower due to some minor animation changes but as someone who is incredibly impatient at times and doesn't dig turn based rpg combat most of the time i had no issues here
the core game is retained, the content alterations are extremely minimal and no one is gonna notice it or care
quite literally a singular bit of a sprite alteration (a black character in a flashback joke scene had his lip color altered to not resemble a minstrel caricature), some punching sounds that i never noticed and another singular sound effect (there's a power ranger riff group that appears, and while they're making poses and doing their intros the sound of a monkey plays over the black ranger's dialogue which was changed to a goofy elephant sound)
which are at bare minimum whatever changes and at best (the ones with these little marks next to them) worthwhile changes that maintain what was funny about their contexts without the out of place racist elements
so don't feel like you're missing out if you buy this
it includes the legacy versions of the game if you're dying to see what they're like
but new content like extra campfire conversations that really flesh out your party members are things you'd be missing by making that decision
if you owned this before, you get the definitive version for free
which was a good excuse for me to revisit this absolute fucking masterpiece of a game
classic example of something that has a lot to talk about, but because it's something that is still relatively obscure i really don't want to
you really should just fucking play it
the power this narrative has still stands strong, it's an oppressively bleak treaty on the cyclical effects of abuse
it's also mad max meets mother 3 with a soundtrack that sounds like literally nothing else
the game happens to be mechanically deep and compelling on its own, but as the best games do the narrative and gameplay cannot be separated
few games avoid ludonarrative dissonance as well as this game does
extremely absurd, very funny, and really fucking painful
one of my favorite youtube videos is hbomberguy's essay on this game and its dlc sequel, which to me is the defacto "i wanna know what is going on with this fucker" bit of content i'd throw anybody's way
at some point he says something along the lines of "this game will directly inspire a future 'best game ever'" and i fully agree
it is a must play, and with it on all platforms you cunts have no excuse anymore
on all those fronts this was a success
it's been a minute since i've went through this game completely, but with the exception of the, frankly, butchered rendition of Work Harder (it's not the sample, it's a remade song now and it sounds significantly worse) i didn't notice a singular thing out of place
i've read about people noticing the combat was somewhat slower due to some minor animation changes but as someone who is incredibly impatient at times and doesn't dig turn based rpg combat most of the time i had no issues here
the core game is retained, the content alterations are extremely minimal and no one is gonna notice it or care
quite literally a singular bit of a sprite alteration (a black character in a flashback joke scene had his lip color altered to not resemble a minstrel caricature), some punching sounds that i never noticed and another singular sound effect (there's a power ranger riff group that appears, and while they're making poses and doing their intros the sound of a monkey plays over the black ranger's dialogue which was changed to a goofy elephant sound)
which are at bare minimum whatever changes and at best (the ones with these little marks next to them) worthwhile changes that maintain what was funny about their contexts without the out of place racist elements
so don't feel like you're missing out if you buy this
it includes the legacy versions of the game if you're dying to see what they're like
but new content like extra campfire conversations that really flesh out your party members are things you'd be missing by making that decision
if you owned this before, you get the definitive version for free
which was a good excuse for me to revisit this absolute fucking masterpiece of a game
classic example of something that has a lot to talk about, but because it's something that is still relatively obscure i really don't want to
you really should just fucking play it
the power this narrative has still stands strong, it's an oppressively bleak treaty on the cyclical effects of abuse
it's also mad max meets mother 3 with a soundtrack that sounds like literally nothing else
the game happens to be mechanically deep and compelling on its own, but as the best games do the narrative and gameplay cannot be separated
few games avoid ludonarrative dissonance as well as this game does
extremely absurd, very funny, and really fucking painful
one of my favorite youtube videos is hbomberguy's essay on this game and its dlc sequel, which to me is the defacto "i wanna know what is going on with this fucker" bit of content i'd throw anybody's way
at some point he says something along the lines of "this game will directly inspire a future 'best game ever'" and i fully agree
it is a must play, and with it on all platforms you cunts have no excuse anymore