Posted on: November 17, 2024
Scruffbucket_787
Verified ownerGames: 727 Reviews: 5
From a die hard fan from the 90's
I wrote fanfics at school and did a clay model of Twinsen at primary school back in the 90's, so a remake coming out, I was very happy. Seeing some of the changes to Zoe and the new character Luna made me worried but after completing the game, what do I think? Gameplay wise the game is very easy. AI was always dumb and exploitable but the range of attacks has been lowered so you rarely get hit. The map being one big giant map is really cool and there are some new locations and new objectives, not many, but it's there. The temple of Bu has a section completely removed. Movement is fluid and can easily be exploited for speed runs, I skipped an entire part of the temple of bu by just running and jumping. Melee combat is awful, most attacks don't connect or feel good, the sword feels very janky which is a shame. The Ball is by far the best part of combat but also breaks the game because of the range of attacks being very small but yours isn't. It's still fun to play, imho, it's just very very easy. Sounds are a mixed bag, feels very stock sounds at times, then sometimes sounds good. Music never felt as good as the original. Writing was very mixed. The new stuff can be very interesting, the start of the game was my fav part of the game, however there is a heavy focus on them wanting to do LBA 2 more and the story of LBA 1 suffers for that. The "woke" elements can be good, more female characters isn't a bad thing, it makes the world more real and diverse, but not in a bad way, it isn't just the same three models and VA's anymore. No animals. Loved parts of the ending, fighting with Zoe was awesome but ending it with Luna was lame, wanted more of Twinsen and Zoe being a team than the character who I believe is being setup for being the main character for LBA 3 as she doesn't really serve any purpose in the game other than being a damsel. Overal I'm happy to play something LBA related and overal it's good. Won't replace LBA 1 and that's fine.
Is this helpful to you?
