Note that remastered is the keyword here, not remade. The graphics have been given only a slight overhaul, but that's fine with me. The real reason to get excited over this one are the improved controls. The game ran terribly in DOSBOX and i do not recall it running all that well on DOS either. Now the great level design can truly shine, freed from the control and framerate issues that plagued the original. This is now the definitve version of the game (although the graphics do look slightly brighter than they originally did).
This is one flawed remaster. The dialogue-skipping feature is bugged, even causing events to trigger with quite a delay, the "remastered" graphics just look odd, Maniac Mansion has no save slots, there are countless more bugs other people are experiencing. Especially the delays are off-putting. They should've playtested this botchjob properly before unleashing it on us. It's just no fun with all the irregularities. The only reason why i even give this 3 stars is for the undeniable quality of the original game. If the bugs get fixed, i'll revise my rating to a 4. If they lower the price to be just a bit above a regular good old game, i might even give a 5 and a "RECOMMENDED BY MRMARIODAVE" seal of approval.
