Seriously, I have no idea how I ever tolerated the N64 version. This remaster fixes so many issues while retaining the classic gameplay that STILL holds up well today. Fixed issues include: - You can save anywhere now instead of relying on the extremely sparse checkpoints! This alone makes it worth getting IMO. - Higher/modern resolutions - Can choose from CD or N64 soundtrack (both have their own merits) - Mouse and keyboard controls. Anyone who played these on the N64 remembers the, ahem, unique (read: awful) controls XD It's so much easier to aim now, it's ridiculous - MUCH longer draw distance - 60 FPS (there's a few hiccups currently, but 99% of the time it's fine; N64 version's framerate was abysmal) - Faster loading times (not that they were long to begin with, but they were kinda there all the same, and there's options to shorten them further here) - Gameplay in general is unchanged, but it feels so much smoother now. - In game option to skip all the intro videos. Just get this game. It's amazing how well it holds up, and how good the combat feels, especially now that the game has been brought up to modern standards.
Phenomenal. That's the word that comes to mind for this game. I got it thinking it'd be just a fun action oriented game with some horror elements. Oh was I wrong. This game is pure, unadulterated terror. Horrors that should not exist have taken over the USS Ishimura and her crew. Isaac Clark, along with his crew Kendra Daniels and Zack Hammond, answer the distress call, only to find themselves way in over their heads, and now stranded on a dying space station. It's not just that the game is fun to play. It is, and far moreso than most other survival horror games. But it also has a surprisingly well written story, and as it progresses, you'll find out more about Isaac, Kendra, several of the station's crew, and the nature of the threat. Much like classic horror movies in the vein of Alien and Event Horizon, what makes this game so scary is that it takes place in the ultimate isolation of outer space. There's nowhere to go. Earth is millions of miles away. This isn't a haunted house that you can just run out of. And no one is coming. YOU, in fact, ARE the rescue crew, and now YOU are the ones stranded here. With the things. The nightmarish necromorphs. And they could be anywhere. In the ceiling. In the vents. In the walls. Behind that next door or corner. If you buy this game, that's how you're going to spend the next 15 - 20 hours. And the sound design in this game. Holy crap. It's some of the best I've ever heard in a video game, adding to the atmosphere and paranoia you'll feel. And from a technical standpoint, this is a fantastic port. Any PC made in the last five years should be able to run this game at high or max settings, and the graphics still hold up amazingly well. The game also, assuming it's the same as the Steam version (and I have no reason to think it isn't) has full controller support. Probably not a big deal in a game like this, as it controls great with it or with k+m, but the option is there. Highly recommended.
