I was holding out all this time for the remake to hit PC, but after news of Bluepoint’s demise and Sony scaling back their PC ports, I threw in the towel and started emulating it instead via RPCS3.
I’m awash with nostalgia. This game holds up really well, especially with the 60fps patch and upscaling!
Yeah, I saw the remake online as soon as it landed. Bluepoint took a lot of liberties with the feel and design of the game, it feels a lot more “generic western fantasy” than the original. Some enemy designs were watered down, the vibe of some areas changed, and as you say it’s not terrible but they definitely didn’t put much care into it.
Still can’t get over that they made the nexus dark green and orange. This was supposed to be a peaceful magical place, and someone there decided to make it look evil. Bleh…
Still, I wanted to play it, but oh well. The PS3 version is still great!
Ngl, I like the way the Nexus looks quite a lot. And comparing it to this one screenshot of yours, it looks a lot more serene and magical and royal in a way. But maybe I’m misremembering things.
The music that plays there tho. Hooly. Not sure if it’s been remade as well, but it’s definitely up there for me for favourite themes in soulslikes.