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Yuli Ban wrote: Fri Aug 20, 2021 1:50 am


Oh god how many versions now :lol:

If I have a better computer then I may get it
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Yuli Ban wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 9:26 pm
My favourite game of 1996. :) The Shambler is one of the scariest monsters I ever encountered in a video game.
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Great. I've had the Steam version for years (bought on a sale), but haven't even installed it. Now it's a good time to do it!

Modern Vintage Gamer (youtuber) was a senior developer on the project for the last 18 months, he made a video about it.

Fortunately we can now train with bots before we jump into multiplayer or LAN play. It now has got depth of field, anti-aliasing, enhanced models, widescreen support, 4K support, original soundtrack and expansions included + a new one by Machinegames. I am all for improving good old games for modern machines.
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The thing is, we are seeing lots of re-releases, remasters and remakes. Not a whole lot of fresh new ideas and innovation.

Indie devs are being more bold in game design more often than AAA devs. One thing is that whenever they try to change something, gamers cry that they prefer the old ways (look at the CoD series for example).

And if you look at Far Cry 5 you see a drop in physics sophistication compared to Far Cry 2. If you look at Cyberpunk 2077, you see AI being less convincing than in GTA 4 (or even older games).

The only given is graphical improvement.
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