It plays fine, you don't have to tune a thousand things with a thousand tools, modern control style works fine and I can concentrate on "play" and not on "how to control". All over well done, don't regret being a "big spender" at the Kickstarter for SS1 remaster to get this one free.
Lightsaber control is delayed, unprecise, sluggish. Same applies to guns: There is a notable delay when you hit the fire button until the gun actually fires. Quite some of parts of the game are classical "Raven" style, i.e. you waste quite an amount of time trying to find out how to progress after you cleared a level. Technical issues with solutions: 1. No sound on HDMI (especially Intel)? - Toggle EAX in game, move mouse over menu item to trigger a sound, toggle again if you like. 2. Too friggin' dark, and Gamma in game menu does not work as expected? - Edit jk2config.cfg - seta r_gamma "1.7" - seta r_overBrightBits "0" 3. Too fast? - Edit jk2config.cfg, try - seta com_maxfps "60" - or CheatEngine like I did. 4. Aim assist makes you MISS the target? - seta cg_dynamicCrosshair "0" Near the end your fellow jedi fighters are supposed to help you, but they tend to sabotage you rather by, for example, pushing you or disable the traps you set "to protect you!" Let them be killed, and then you can fight undisturbed.
If you are a die-hard mouse user since Wolfenstein 3d, Catacomb Abyss, Daggerfall and so on, don't try playing it. I can adjust, but still, that control type make me feel so extremly limited compared to PC games of 1998, the release date of MGS, that it takes the fun out of it. Other than that: The port is decent, offers high resolutions (up 1600x1200, and preserves 4x3 ratio), the keyboard mapping is usable.
Play this version ONLY if you are a die-hard fan of the original game. Two stars because GOG delivers a good working package. The game itself does not stand the test of time, even if we were in the year 1999.
You cannot look very far, way below what you are used to. The enemies attack you from the dark view distance fog before you can see them. You cannot invert the mouse. Apart from that the game is fine, but those two points give me motion sickness and I had to give up.
The GUI has been updated, but not for the better, only to be different, and they missed higher resolutions (i.e. 1024x768 anyone? Or 1280x1024? More does not make sense). The only part which is better is that you can see the land values at a glance and do not have to click every square (or I missed where I can do that for Deadlock 1). But being at the sea, and trying to get to other land via sea, is buggy and does not work. And you sea bases will revolt since there is not enough space. It was obviously rushed, and sadly it shows.
GUI looks old style, but is completely fine that way. The gameplay is nice, and fair. You have a chance to get into it at lighter skill level, and later ramp up.
Graphically fine. But: You are pushed along the rail to follow. Wanna do it your way? Nope. Only one way through. The only alternate paths are like 10 meters another way round to the same destination. If you "Fight instead of expected run" and an endless stream of out-of-nowhere enemies arise, until your reach the destination. And the big robot fight is full of quick time events, do as you are told, or die. Not finished yet, but the best part up to now was where you help a little robot to regain its memory, right at the beginning. So only one funny side quest so far. I would have loved to end the VIPs life right upon first meet instead of fighting along with her, her own fault for landing where she should not, but you are not given the choice. This does not live up to the rest of the game, sadly. I hope the next DLC offers more and will not be THIS linear.
