As a long time fan of the Sokal titles, I was truly excited for this remaster, especially after the great results on TWB, followed by a wonderfully remade Amerzone. I was only slightly disappointed, mostly by the somewhat jarring camera experience in this 3D overhaul. Although it looks pretty good, I had hoped for more viewing freedom to really enjoy the stunning visuals as I imagined them to be. All too often it felt really unnatural and limited in what the game allowed me to see, even in locations where it made no sense to have such limitations. It often made me feel forced in direction, which is the opposite of what I expected the 3D enhancement to achieve. I otherwise enjoyed playing through the experience once more. I am however easily satisfied having grown up with games from the 8-bit era. The game is still a captivating marvel; hard to ruin that. Personally I kind of loved the stark contrast with the cut-scenes, as sort of a throwback to those who first played the original. The UI was reasonably well translated and simplified. The audio was good in general, other than voice level being way low, requiring some sound adjustments mostly for the music level to drop to about 20-30% Only came across a single bug that required me to force quit. The auto-save allowed me to continue without issue, so all good. I do believe there had been some bug fixes already. Not so sure if new players will enjoy this game as much as I did. To be honest, I am afraid they may not be as forgiving...
