Full Throttle Remastered

I have a lot of nostalgia for Full Throttle, so being objective is a bit difficult, but in short: It is one of my favourite adventures, but it's not that great of a game. Full Throttle oozes charm and style like no other adventure game, but its gameplay is lacking. It is in general quite short, its puzzle can be questionable, it lacks interactable objects and it doesn't always feel like it respects its players time, both in smaller aspects and with bigger things like the bike combat sequence that will outstay its welcome for most, especially for new players. On a positive note: Full Throttle still does do a lot of very unique things for the genre and tells a unique story with unique characters quite well and for that it's definitely still worth playing. And the remaster? Honestly, I'm not convinced it's an upgrade. I don't like the slight changes in the art style compared to the original and the audio isn't as good as it should be, with harsh transitions between scenes and sometimes questionable audio mixing. So if you already have a old copy lying around, you might as well just throw that into ScummVM and save the money for the remaster. But please, play it anyway. It's fun.

Step one.. Go to options, click classic graphics and undo any features remake may have to offer. Step two.... begin game, and start playing one of the best point and click adventure games of all time. Step three... every once and a while go back to the trash main menu and take notice of how far the genre has fallen, how ridiculous and soft everything has to be. Step four... keep playing amazing amazing game until you are finished. And no.. do not look at a walkthrough, it will be much better when the credits roll if you dont. Enjoy!

I thought the story was alright, although the plot was a little childish. Graphics of the remaster look nice, especially compared to the original's graphics. Gameplay is decent. The problem is that puzzle solving can be annoying and difficult...which was typical of 90's PC point and click games. Overall, I recommend it, but on a sale.

It's Christmas with cherries on top and a kickstand. Full Throttle was the first game I have ever bought and being able to revisit this one of a kind classic gives me absolute pleasure. Yes, it is short and yes, I know every line of text by heart, but the almost perfect point and click from the studio that did everything just about right back then has been uplifted without damaging the core of the game.

Nostalgia attack!!! These remastered editions by Double Fine from golden-era LucasArts are priceless for me. Nostalgia aside, as with DF's other remastered editions, this is not some slap-dash attempt to make money off our nostalgia. It's obvious that they put in a lot of effort restoring the game with HD graphics and nice cleaned up sound. I'm especially enjoying the HD cutscenes. The effort is clear when switching seamlessly between the the original and remastered with F1, which also shows the different aspect ratio and the new art they needed to add to fill in the widescreen. Top quality! Thank you, DF and GOG. Please continue the tradition with remastering Loom, Indiana Jones Last Crusade/Fate of Atlantis, Maniac Mansion and the other classics!