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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 17 hours ago

Shrek 2 Remastered pummeled on Steam over Epic Games account requirement and suspected "AI textures"

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Shrek 2 Remastered pummeled on Steam over Epic Games account requirement and suspected "AI textures"

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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 17 hours ago
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Is nothing sacred: Shrek 2 Remastered pummeled on Steam over Epic Games account requirement and suspected "AI textures"
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  • BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world
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    requires external account

    Instant return

    • myyass@lemmy.world
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      Yeah I can’t be bothered with another account/password. It’s like great, another company has my email so more spam.

  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    Weirdly, you don’t need an epic Games account for EOS so I wonder why it’s there.

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    A link for those wondering

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2523740/DreamWorks_Shrek_2_Remastered/#app_reviews_hash

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    Wow that’s a step up from ‘bashed’!

    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      At least this way they probably ended up ‘crushed’, which is less likely from a mere bashing.

    • otacon239@lemmy.world
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      At least they weren’t blasted

      • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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        Next time we’re getting plastered.

        • FridaVermercury@discuss.tchncs.de
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          No one getting slammed today?

          • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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            Every time someone gets slammed in a headline, take a shot.

          • NovaVeles@lemmy.world
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            15 hours ago

            What about being eviscerated?

          • AeronMelon@lemmy.world
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            Another day, another row.

  • JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I’m a bit confused, were there two games named “Shrek 2” back in the day? The one I remember playing is this: https://youtu.be/cL5zBFPUZxc and clearly the remaster is not based on that.

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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      This kind of thing happened back in the day, where ports would often basically be different games. This PC version was developed by KnowWonder.

      If you want another, contemporaneous, example of a PC version being way different from the console version being way different from the portable version, check out SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom’s three versions.

      • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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        There was a spider man game like this. I can’t remember which one, but the web slinging on the Nintendo (maybe Wii) was locked to icon anchor points rather than dynamic.

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        The first 2 (3?) Harry Potter games were wildly different on almost every platform they released on.

        • winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaqcTsfu3U8

          This guy made a series on the differences between the games. Actually pretty cool to see

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        A similar though happened back in the day with the Jurassic Park tie in video games. The Sega Genesis version was a side scrolling platformer, while the SNES version was a doom type with some isometric perspective sections. I remember liking the Sega one way more because you could play as the raptor

        • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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          The side scroller was on SNES too.

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      wikipedia says:

      Two versions of the game were released for the PC; one developed by KnowWonder for younger audiences using Unreal Engine 2, and the other a port of the original console release under the title Shrek 2: Team Action which was developed by Beenox.

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    I don’t know if it applies here, but sometimes I get the impression people buy games in order to not recommend them, which is some insane behavior. You’ll see low hours at review time and then months later they haven’t even refunded within the allowable window.

    Surely some or most people figure it out (AI slop textures in this case) too late, but it’s not all the negative reviews. Especially because this was known about ahead of time and Aspyr is infamously shit.

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      refund isbelow 2 hrs. often i need longer to see slop

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