Posted on: January 9, 2019
CW_honeybadger
Verified ownerGames: 171 Reviews: 1
Wow. The greatest remake of a game ever?
I could see some merit in the first three Settlers games and I loved the concept of them but I never played them when I was younger. ... I didn't like what had been done with Settlers 4 an onwards because of the way they'd change the core gameplay that I was looking for and they'd made it too much like a standard RTS. I really saw potential in the first three games ... but trying the original three games I sadly found them to be rather oudated and unplayable for 2018/2019 and I wasn't impressed with their tutorials (or lack thereof). But, hey, I thought I'd give this remake of the second game a shot as the second game is often praised as the greatest of the original trilogy. I was worried it would be a waste of money because there are so many bad remakes ... it's hard to even find a decent remake let alone a good one. A few minutes into the game this has already impressed me to be the greatest remake of a game of all time. The tutorial has got to have been the clearest and smoothest tutorial I've ever experienced for a video game ... the graphics are clean ... and they don't seem to have changed the core gameplay of the original Settlers 2 at all ... but this time I'm not completely lost not knowing what to do and looking at outdated graphics. Literally every change seems to simply be to make the game look better, be easier to play and to add optional features. Plus the intro was hilarious. I could see the great potential in the original version of Settlers 2 I just, again, found it very outdated and rather unplayable for modern times where we all have short attention spans and rely on modern tutorials and graphics ... This is EXACTLY what I wanted. There are so many bad remakes ... and this has got to be the greatest remake of a game ever made. I've gone from disappointment at seeing a clear classic but being unable to really play it or appreciate it in modern days to having literally all my criticisms allayed. Best remake of a video game ever created.
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