petethepanda
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Full Throttle Remastered |OT| Whenever I smell asphalt, I think of Maureen...
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RAIDEN1
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Hence the performance hitches that IGN were talking about I assume these would be ironed out soon enough...at the moment I am just over 80% on completion of Day of the Tentacle which I will take my time on as with Full Throttle, every second counts!!
The question now is when the Asphalt has set, what will Double Fine do from here.....re-masters aside could they bring out another point and click game that combines everything that makes their previous re-masters so highly regarded, and come up with a whole new franchise? Keeping in line with the cartoon-ish/pixel look of the 2 recent games instead of going the Grim Fandango way....would be brilliant!
The question now is when the Asphalt has set, what will Double Fine do from here.....re-masters aside could they bring out another point and click game that combines everything that makes their previous re-masters so highly regarded, and come up with a whole new franchise? Keeping in line with the cartoon-ish/pixel look of the 2 recent games instead of going the Grim Fandango way....would be brilliant!
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Road section's easier then the derby section
although longer if you pick up every weapon I guess.
For some reason, the newer images are at a different aspect ratio in these captures. The artwork hasn't changed though, apart from the resolution.
I don't think I like the eyes in the Remastered version.
Spoilers! These are screenshots from the end of the game.
http://i.imgur.com/WPKriQy.png - old
http://i.imgur.com/Xi1liol.png - Remastered
Iunno, they just look too "pointy" or something to me.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Completed it.
Puzzles were worse then I remembered. Audio remastering was very good.
Puzzles were worse then I remembered. Audio remastering was very good.
The Lamonster
Member
Does Pro downsample on 1080 displays?
Unknown Soldier
Member
This game is literally a classic. It's great to see it again after all these years.
As for new games/sequels to some of the old Lucas games: I definitely don't see Tim writing one of them while they're still working on Psychonauts 2. That will have his full attention until it releases in 2018 (or, if we're being honest, that could easily turn into 2019). I can't see him writing/designing a whole new game at the same time, so that pretty much excludes sequels to the Schafer adventures at least (can't see him letting anyone else write one of them).
I think, if we're going to get more, it's going to be a remake. A less costly investment for Sony/Disney, and Tim has talked about wanting to do more of them a lot - he never really talked about possible sequels as much. That all depends on if Sony and Disney are happy to work with Double Fine again, and if DF is able to get the old creative leads involved (which shouldn't be that much of a problem).
So, for now, maybe more remakes. In the future hopefully new games, but we'll see.
I'm having so much fun with these remasters that I don't want them to stop just yet.
Has this been confirmed or is it just port begging?
It's unlikely. Sony is the publisher and the one who made the deal with Disney possible.
Full Throttle was the only Lucasarts adventure I didn't own until today.
Weirdly, I started singing the guitar riff from the intro to myself before I booted it up with absolutely no idea what I was singing; I must have played the demo more times than is healthy...
Anyway, I'll give it some time at some point - buying it was more about making sure I owned it than actually playing it...
Weirdly, I started singing the guitar riff from the intro to myself before I booted it up with absolutely no idea what I was singing; I must have played the demo more times than is healthy...
Anyway, I'll give it some time at some point - buying it was more about making sure I owned it than actually playing it...
Rhomega Beta
Member
Beat the game like I played it yesterday. I'm only missing one achievement: Burn-In Rubber. The description is "Save your screen from burn-in with 3D animated vehicles." I have no idea how to get this.
Also, Steam has issues with the achievements and screenshots. Won't show up in Friend Activity, and clicking Show All Achievements will take you to your profile.
Also, Steam has issues with the achievements and screenshots. Won't show up in Friend Activity, and clicking Show All Achievements will take you to your profile.
The Dude
Member
I'd love that. This genre has such a great place in gaming and I been playing them since the 80s, I want more and newer series.
Darktalon
Member
If you don't move for a while, the game has a screensaver that shows 3D vehicles. Maybe if you watch them it triggers the achievement.
Rhomega Beta
Member
That's it. Got my 23rd Perfect Game.
I was thinking exactly this earlier.
KainXVIII
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Sir_Crocodile
Member
In retrospect I don't think the puzzles in this game were very good. Too much call for pixel hunting, and too many locations that just look like background and are not obviously accessible.
Plus the lack of on-hover mouse descriptions means that it is very easy to overlook an item if it is too close to another item. Adding that would have made this game a lot better.
Sir_Crocodile
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That was the second cancelled sequel, Hell on Wheels.
Was supposed to be more action based with fighting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjqAN72DoyU
Glad it got cancelled
There was an interview on Gamespot where Tim was asked if he'd like to work on any other properties. I'd love for Tim to take on The Neverhood remaster but I'm not sure if it can be done since it was all claymation. If they don't have the original files to upres them they shouldn't even attempt it.
I want to buy it, I'll probably buy it, but I'm just not a fan of the new art style at all, it looks too upscaled and vectorized and looks lazy in a lot of places. A fan mock up was made a few years back which I guess set the bar high for me:
But seeing this one fan mock up retain MORE of the original image AND come out in better quality compared to what we got from the full studio just seems weird.
But seeing this one fan mock up retain MORE of the original image AND come out in better quality compared to what we got from the full studio just seems weird.
Regular controls. Touchpad button toggles between original and remastered mode.
I want to buy it, I'll probably buy it, but I'm just not a fan of the new art style at all, it looks too upscaled and vectorized and looks lazy in a lot of places. A fan mock up was made a few years back which I guess set the bar high for me:
But seeing this one fan mock up retain MORE of the original image AND come out in better quality compared to what we got from the full studio just seems weird.
It's one thing remastering a single frame from the game and make it look amazing, it's another altogether to make the complete game look that way. The remaster team at DF was not big by any means, and I think that they got pretty close to this mockup still. You just can't please everyone, I guess.
I want to buy it, I'll probably buy it, but I'm just not a fan of the new art style at all, it looks too upscaled and vectorized and looks lazy in a lot of places. A fan mock up was made a few years back which I guess set the bar high for me:
But seeing this one fan mock up retain MORE of the original image AND come out in better quality compared to what we got from the full studio just seems weird.
Looks fine to me, very faithful to the original.
Indeed. Comparing a piece of fan art to an entire game is kinda silly.
vacantseas
Member
Man, some of you people are picky. This game was one of THE games that really got me into gaming. Despite that I had pretty much forgotten about it until I heard it was being remastered.
Here it is 20 some years later and I can now easily play the game again. If you don't like the updated graphics just play it in the "retro" mode. The remastered isnt going to be exact and it's not going to be perfect, but for what it is it's damn good.
Here it is 20 some years later and I can now easily play the game again. If you don't like the updated graphics just play it in the "retro" mode. The remastered isnt going to be exact and it's not going to be perfect, but for what it is it's damn good.
Zap Rowsdower
Banned
After playing and beating it for the first time today gonna have to agree with this. A good chunk of the puzzles were just straight up bad and obtuse.
I've gotten used to crappy puzzles in 90's adventure games that aren't Sierra tier bullshit, but playing Day of the Tentacle Remastered really surprised me because that game had honestly really good puzzles, they gave you sufficient context and the majority made sense. I only had to use a guide at the end of the game and that was it. So having Day of the Tentacle be so great makes Full Throttle and Grim Fandango's inferior puzzles even more glaring.
Full Throttle's a good game but I like Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango more (The latter more for its writing).
That screenshot just proves my pointIf you can't see the detail loss between Original and this remake then you're not being a good enough judge to say it looks "fine".
The only thing that looks different is the CGI bike, because they redid all the CGI assets completely. It's the only change I don't like.
speedomodel
Member
Only had a little time last night to play, so I was planning on just 10 or so minutes to get a taste.
Now I'm at 33%. Couldn't stop playing.
Now I'm at 33%. Couldn't stop playing.
Tizoc
Member
Haha, yeah that was another option, but I had forgotten to ask about OT subtitle suggestions and ended up with the one we got ^^;
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Yeah. I'm guessing Grossman is better at logical puzzles.
So you played it for 20 minutes instead?
You monster.
Seriously play it, it is the best of the bunch imho. No humour because of much different tone and atmosphere in general, most puzzles made complete sense to me, much more than monkey island and day off the tentacle.
The Lamonster
Member
How's the PS4 dynamic theme?
Alter_Fridge
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Sir_Crocodile
Member
They didn't disable it, the game simply never had it back then. Which is weird as it's obviously helpful, and Curse which used the same verb gui *does* have it.
What happens is you get a red square around the cursor when you hover over something clickable. You then have to click it to see the description. So if two clickable things are very close to each other, you may not notice as you might think the red square is for one item with a large hitbox.
FrontalMonk
Banned
Literally the only thing I remember about this game is playing it at a friends house and kicking a wall for ten minutes before giving up.
atomic moth
Member
Did you play other point and click games before then? This game has a few poorly designed puzzles, but for the most part, it's fairly easy.
RAIDEN1
Member
Having completed Day of the Tentacle last-night (with the help of a guide! Yes as it's not as if there are side quests to do while you figure out what to do next...so as to move the story along)...thinking I'll either head for The Dig, or Indy as even though I brought Full Throttle I remember some of the scenes already like yesterday (when I first brought it back in 95) ...so it's not a game I will hurry to!