Let's goooo MediEvil Remake!

ProgenitorCastle

ProgenitorCastle

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Lmao I can't wait to get this game. It's basically a PS1 game with modern graphics, but it's still so charming and goofy in a way. plus for the price, I really can't complain. Anyone else looking to pick up this game this Friday?
 
I really liked the first two games on PS1 and this looks great too. I will definitely buy it at some point. Death Stranding gets released just 2 weeks after this so I will buy that.
 
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Amazon already charged me, I'm looking fwd to play it this weekend. Can't wait. In its days Medievil was one of my favourite franchises, I'm so happy to see it not forgotten.
 
I'm not really sure about the game. The demo failed to surprise and catch me in any way.

Maybe after the game releases and I watch some videos, I get my interest back.
 
ProgenitorCastle said:
Lmao I can't wait to get this game. It's basically a PS1 game with modern graphics, but it's still so charming and goofy in a way. plus for the price, I really can't complain. Anyone else looking to pick up this game this Friday?
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I too can't wait to play with Medievil again :messenger_smiling_with_eyes:

Although it would have been nice to do a Remake of the second as well, at this point.
 
I'm glad to see this is getting a physical release. I'll be buying it when it's out.

I hope you can unlock the original version as well, I've never managed to find a copy of the original and would love to play more than the demo from all those years ago.
 
Don't enter a thread just to attempt a console war.
Man Sony is haveing a bad year. Days gone sucked now this sucks. Meanwhile xbox had the amazing gears 5 and the outerworlds is doing amazing ;)
 
Loved the games on the PS1 and looking forward to these. Just not sure if I'll enjoy it because of the nostalgia or because it's a great game...
 
bumleforce said:
Man Sony is haveing a bad year. Days gone sucked now this sucks. Meanwhile xbox had the amazing gears 5 and the outerworlds is doing amazing ;)
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You seriously lack the intelligence to know better than to randomly bring up ms fanboi garbage in a random thread? disappointed
 
Got my copy today. It arrived in a bigger than normal package. There were 2 cases inside, the standard case and a Steelbook which was a nice surprise, thanks Game Collection, bargain for £20.

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ROMhack said:
Steelbook looks really nice.

Anybody got any impressions?
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It's very charming, beautiful visuals and great music, but plays like a 20 year old game made just at the dawn of action adventure games. Combat is simpmistic and there's no weight to anything, enemies are like air against your sword, and enemies hurt you so easily it's often best just to focus on ranged. There are some really fun areas with puzzles that take me back to my youth, but a horrible camera that really needed to be improved. I've gotten turned around oke too many times.

Wouldn't have hurt if they implemented a checkpoint system either. Game is easy and short, but okce or twice I've gotten unlucky and died due to stupid shit like the camera obscuring everything, and then I've had to restart the entire level.

It kinda sucks, but I like it. It's just old, and it shows. We've come a long way since 98, but the remake devs didn't bother to take that into account, sadly.
 
Contica said:
It's very charming, beautiful visuals and great music, but plays like a 20 year old game made just at the dawn of action adventure games. Combat is simpmistic and there's no weight to anything, enemies are like air against your sword, and enemies hurt you so easily it's often best just to focus on ranged. There are some really fun areas with puzzles that take me back to my youth, but a horrible camera that really needed to be improved. I've gotten turned around oke too many times.

Wouldn't have hurt if they implemented a checkpoint system either. Game is easy and short, but okce or twice I've gotten unlucky and died due to stupid shit like the camera obscuring everything, and then I've had to restart the entire level.

It kinda sucks, but I like it. It's just old, and it shows. We've come a long way since 98, but the remake devs didn't bother to take that into account, sadly.
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Ugh that ain't great. Are you at least enjoying it??
 
ROMhack said:
Ugh that ain't great. Are you at least enjoying it??
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I absolutely hated it for the first few levels, but then I replayed some to get the chalices and got further and kinda of got wired into this PS era mode. I don't know if that makes sense, but its like I had to recalibrate my brain the same way I do if I plug in my dusty snes.

Now I like the game, love the world, get occationally pissed off due to some archaic shit, then calm down, try again and get through. When it works it's charming and very enjoyable although simple. But those game decisions anno 98 gets annoying.

There are levels that are super fun though, and poses no issues.

Edit: typo inferno.
 
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General impressions so far:

It's a PS1 game with fluid modern graphics, for better or worse. For better, because things like panning camera angles combined with the newer graphics make for pure eye candy. It's such a dream game in that regard. I love fixed/panning camera angles in video games. For worse, because things that could've been more polished up like certain aspects of the combat, feels unfair to control at times. Now I didn't expect this to have DMC tier combat or anything and it wasn't so bad in the demo since the enemies in that level were weaker than what you had to face later on, but later on, the enemies do become more...bullet spongey and take more hits to die and the combat, ranged or melee, don't really feel effective against these enemies. And considering that the Chalice system wants you to kill most enemies in an area to fill it to be able to collect it...I personally wish the combat was upgraded to be fun, fun enough to make me want to collect the chalices by killing most of the level's enemies. There is the shield system, which can potentially negate the issues I have with the combat by blocking them, then retaliating after blocking an enemies' attack...but even that feels unpredictable to use because there are moments you enter a new area and get spammed out of nowhere by a mob of enemies...so yea it can become hard to block them there.

I know I sounded really negative about the game...but I do indeed like this game, warts and all so far. It's like a Sony Luigi's Mansion in a way. It's cartoony, but horror. My favorite level so, the one where you're inside the Mausoleum and fight the mirror boss, is pretty cool. The atmosphere and music inside are top notch, and has really clever suprises and ways to navigate through the level. The boss at the end was pretty interesting and fun to fight.

I'm glad I picked up this game, even with my nitpicks about the combat, for $30 you can't go wrong on this perfect-for-Haloween game.
 
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I think it looks really good, I love the art style and sense of humour it has and yeah the gameplay does feel like a PS1 game (with some small improvements over the original) but even so, I can't say I'm not having fun. It still has some charm to it. It's far from bad, it's just feels very PS1 retro.

If you lay to rest all 19 Lost Souls in the game, you unlock the original PS1 version to play.
 
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I wonder how this has sold? I hope it has done well. I still haven't bought it because I'm playing Death Stranding. Is this a good remake?
 
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I wanted to get it, but it looked really poor as remakes go. But then I saw it was only £20 now and... well that may just put me over the edge to buying :)
 
VulcanRaven said:
I wonder how this has sold? I hope it has done well. I still haven't bought it because I'm playing Death Stranding. Is this a good remake?
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It's essentially a PS1 game with PS4 graphics. You might end up very disappointed especially if you've played Crash or Spyro remakes. I was disappointed with the demo and I'm waiting for a big sale before picking it up.
 
xrnzaaas said:
It's essentially a PS1 game with PS4 graphics. You might end up very disappointed especially if you've played Crash or Spyro remakes. I was disappointed with the demo and I'm waiting for a big sale before picking it up.
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This right here is the best advice！
 
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It's sad that when I opened mine I was shocked not to see a bunch of disclaimers and other gobbeldygook on the inside of the cover insert.
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Gotta reduce wasting resources on frivolous things like that. I too loved the days of thick manuals and other extras, coupled with a reverse cover art was the icing on the cake. Sadly, these are other times. Nothing we really can do, unless you want to buy Super Deluxe/Collectors Edition you won't get anything extra for buying the game (*excluding digital content or some random code for a theme).
 
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xrnzaaas said:
It doesn't say anywhere that the game didn't sell well. That tweet from the composer suggests the opposite which some people immediately recognised as a confirmation of Medievil 2 being developed.
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I don't want to live in a world where I have to say, "yes that was sarcasm" when it was obviously that.
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Got my platinum trophy and loved every single pixel of this remake despite a little more polish was needed, but whatever. A work of love and respect of a such cult gem. Now I hope in Medievil 2 as well!
 
So is this just a remaster of the PS1 game? I've never played the original, but this looks like a lot of fun!
 
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