This is one of those remakes that's fantastic for both newcomers and veteran fans. Amazing quality in sounds and visuals, that blows my mind every time I stop to soak it all in. Expanded gameplay in navigation, combat, and puzzles, without loosing the intensity and challenge of the original. The developers worked HARD, and had a clear understanding about the original, to make sure they were respectful when bringing this to a new generation. My only complaint is the deluxe edition. It deceives you, making you think you're buying the full soundtrack. But you're only getting a couple of tracks, and they aren't even the most iconic ones. Other than that, I hope for a free update where you can play it in first person, to get REALLY immersive!
Gunplay is satisfying, with its slow-mo and bullet effects. Along with its melee system of slide-kicks and air/wallrun kicks. Not to mention the amazing enemy AI and mostly good level design. It's an impressive engine for its lighting, physics, and other effects that make up for its dated graphics. Though you'll sadly need to manually save a lot, since checkpoints are infrequent. Story is a mixed bag, since it relies on mystery and horror. And while the tension and atmosphere is good, the jumpscares are mostly weak, and the characters don't leave that much of an impression. HUD is sadly resolution locked, so to the sides and tiny when at a high resolution on wide screen. Lastly, to get the best performance, disable v-sync, use NVIDIA's fast-sync, set power management to Maximum Performance, and use the DirectInput FPS Fix (AKA dinput8.dll) found on PCGamingWiki.
This is a game about touring with your band, and there's a lot to rock to, from original songs the band plays, to the fitting background ost.
While I'm not a verified owner on GOG, I've played this game on Steam. Don't let review bombing or hateful online comments scare you from getting this game. It's a solid experience. Presentation is very nice, with its comic book style. The characters and story is full of themes and messages that grow more important and relevant, especially with how haters try to attack it. And the gameplay is full of variety. Conversations and gifts you find can affect your bond with characters all the time, there's music mini-games, echo finding to create new abilities. And the combat is surprisingly fleshed out for an adventure game, with bat throws, shout abilities, tag-teams, a skill tree, and more. Character animations can sometimes be stiff, the introduction makes it a bit hard to follow at first (if you don't read the prologue comic), and this game isn't really subtle. But it's clear it doesn't want to be subtle. Especially since haters would be offended no matter how subtle the themes and messages were.
