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This looks like it'll be a gamechanger for older games who are interested in buying visual masters of games from their nostalgic years. As a Mount & Blade fan,

This looks like it'll be a gamechanger for older games who are interested in buying visual masters of games from their nostalgic years. As a Mount & Blade fan, it's seeing the game lined up against Skyrim and Morrowind is a bit of a sour reminder of how long the game has been stuck in development hell. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game and visual fidelity isn't the focus of the game, but... it's a bit telling when it's literally being compared against a game that is literally over 10 years old.

mikepurvis 4y ago
It's been interesting watching the remaster fever over the past ten years, because I think in many ways it's been a huge reckoning in terms of which games actually have held up in terms of the core gameplay loop, and which have not at all. Ocarina of Time 3D, Wind Waker HD, Shadow of the Colossus? Absolutely these hold up, the games are still masterpieces, and the handful of QoL improvements were perfect— exactly what was needed. But PS1-era collectathon platformers like Spyro and Medi-Evil? Definitely not so much, and dressing them up in a fresh coat of paint in some ways just casts into relief how vacant these games always were.
- VyseofArcadia 4y ago
  I missed Spyro back in the day. My friend who had a PS1 had a couple of Crash games, but no Spyro. When I picked up the remaster, I thought it held up very nicely. Controls are responsive, core mechanics are still fun. I am admittedly a fan of the genre. I also felt the Banjo games aged very nicely when I first tried them a couple of years ago.
  - mikepurvis 4y ago
    Nice! TBH I maybe didn't give it enough of a chance, but I booted it up and played the first few areas, and definitely my impression was "okay, yeah, but I'd really rather just be playing more Ratchet & Clank or A Hat In Time."
    - VyseofArcadia 4y ago
      You know, you're not wrong about that, especially given that RAC is made by the same folks as Spyro. I will say there are a handful of mechanics unique to Spyro that I enjoyed (flight stages in particular), but if you haven't finished the RAC games yet, I'd say they're absolutely worth playing first. I loved A Hat in Time, but I'd definitely put it in a different sub-genre (or maybe sub-sub-genre) from Spyro. I feel like there's a divide between games where you go into a level to collect a thing, then the level is over (e.g. Mario 64) and games where you go into a level to collect ALL the things (e.g. Banjo Kazooie). The former tends to have a little more variety, as often the level will change in-between things.

mikepurvis 4y ago

It's been interesting watching the remaster fever over the past ten years, because I think in many ways it's been a huge reckoning in terms of which games actually have held up in terms of the core gameplay loop, and which have not at all. Ocarina of Time 3D, Wind Waker HD, Shadow of the Colossus? Absolutely these hold up, the games are still masterpieces, and the handful of QoL improvements were perfect— exactly what was needed. But PS1-era collectathon platformers like Spyro and Medi-Evil? Definitely not so much, and dressing them up in a fresh coat of paint in some ways just casts into relief how vacant these games always were.

VyseofArcadia 4y ago
I missed Spyro back in the day. My friend who had a PS1 had a couple of Crash games, but no Spyro. When I picked up the remaster, I thought it held up very nicely. Controls are responsive, core mechanics are still fun. I am admittedly a fan of the genre. I also felt the Banjo games aged very nicely when I first tried them a couple of years ago.
- mikepurvis 4y ago
  Nice! TBH I maybe didn't give it enough of a chance, but I booted it up and played the first few areas, and definitely my impression was "okay, yeah, but I'd really rather just be playing more Ratchet & Clank or A Hat In Time."
  - VyseofArcadia 4y ago
    You know, you're not wrong about that, especially given that RAC is made by the same folks as Spyro. I will say there are a handful of mechanics unique to Spyro that I enjoyed (flight stages in particular), but if you haven't finished the RAC games yet, I'd say they're absolutely worth playing first. I loved A Hat in Time, but I'd definitely put it in a different sub-genre (or maybe sub-sub-genre) from Spyro. I feel like there's a divide between games where you go into a level to collect a thing, then the level is over (e.g. Mario 64) and games where you go into a level to collect ALL the things (e.g. Banjo Kazooie). The former tends to have a little more variety, as often the level will change in-between things.