Am I the only one who actually loved ultimate edition? It’s still amazing to see my child hood game remastered with great graphics I enjoyed it

Something that I like from Ultimate edition was the fact that instead of Marcus being angered at Kim’s death he’s instead shocked along with that cutscene RAAM completely towers over everyone which works really well

You can see a major change of tone just by looking at the menus they make for this new games, its either a close up on a Character's Model or a Map. For Gears 1, one of the most chilling moments was loading the game, hearing that haunting soundtrack and seeing that red omen flashing. In Gears UE, you got the same music, but it doesnt fit anymore because of the bright maps as backgrounds. The graphics for Gears UE are good and the additional chapters are a welcome surprise (I agree they dont add much to the story tho), but everything is too bright and polished. I felt the same thing about the Queen reveal at the end, it was not a good choice and I believe the true intention of that cutscene was to show the Hydra not the one riding it, by showing Myraah they changed the focus.

What annoys me the most about Ultimate Edition is the change of camera work during cutscenes. In the original, it has some kind of "found footage" vibe, with the camera shaking and not focusing on particular characters. It really gave a feeling of unease. In UE the camera feels too action movie, you lose most of the horror aspect.

Wish the gears remaster was ported properly to pc and didn't run like shit... They really just need to do a gears trilogy for pc and leave gears alone forever

Yeah, I liked how the old gears were dark. It matched the over all story which was dark and scary. The new games miss that

For me, I think Ultimate Edition has the better and more accessible multiplayer, but the original version has the better campaign.

We need a gears collection. Like mcc

Agreed. It isn't very much improved on, and I miss the grittier/horror-esque atmosphere of the original

I had the ultimate edition it didn't grip me so I sold it. I bought gears of war I only completed it last month 10 out of 10. The original just has a different feel.

IT WAS A REMASTER, NOT A REMAKE, HOW DID YOU NOT GET THAT?

I actually thought the changes were simply graphical because I had played each far apart. Thank you for pointing out the issues.

The brumak chapter was for me very important: full of action, difficult, and most importantly, a logical connection between the assault on Fenix manor and Timgad station. It was not just a useless filler. I played GoW for the first time on pc, and it was an unforgettable experience. Anyway, I strongly agree with the statement that the characters in Ultimate Edition have lost their rough callousness. Now they look more like shoppers facing the sales week end.

It's been years since I've played the original. I'm kind of excited to see what points this video makes.

I disagree. Gears Ultimate Edition is actually the only REAL good Gears Game the Coalition Developed even though the Art Stile Took a Bit of a hit. The MP was greatly improved with Element from Gears of War 3(tagging enemies) and a Team Deathmatch Mode and for the First time as a Console Player you could experience the additional only and REAL Brumak Fight on Foot of the Gears of War PC Version for the first Time! But The Original was more gritty and cutscenes Like Raam VS Kim are really better in the Original.

Only thing I can agree on is that they did change the atmosphere from being dark and gritty to colorful and happy. Other than that, this was a great remaster.

I would've taken a 60fps, all dlc "Fenix Collection" no remastered, just opt'd for xbox one, gow1-3 and with judgement on the side like Halo did with its ODST--anyway, the GoW UE was cool/great. Not amazing or redefining. I personally thought my idea of would ve have done better and kept the community together and alive. Instead of divided. But yeah the UE did eat the horror/Resident Evil-y feel and replaced with Halo (4, 5)lighting and plastic lookin textures cause they're flat, clean and lit up /look like Minecraft's Plastic texture pack fo' realio. But yeah, I still don't regret my tat of the crimson omen. Badass franchise, with great characters and refreshing elements god... those gibs were so juicy in 1, 2 and 3. 🖤

Wait people actually didnt like this remake What? This shit was fucking awesome

GORE WAS TONED DOWN FOR SURE and the characters looked plastic to me in the remaster

Totally agree about the direction of the ultimate edition cutscenes. They really ruined the tone and feel.

I've played the original a million times and when I played the ultimate edition it felt literally the same to me but It looks way better.

You do realize the brumak part was in the original PC launch of gears 1 right ? So were the additions in the last chapter. They were actually removed from the xbox version but was intended to be in it.

I have to respectfully disagree with Omaha with some of the cutscenes. I thought the remake was interesting by allowing Cole to act as the on the spot mediator between Baird to Dom and Marcus. Such as the way that Cole would position himself between Dom and Baird after the first Berserker. I have more to add. But I have a flight in 20 mins. I'll see you soon. I still love your content Omaha!!!

I haven’t played the OG Gears in well over a decade, but there are beats and quotes that I still regurgitate to this day. Cole and Baird split off in to the sewers, Marcus and Dom regrouping with them through a grate in the floor - Dom can “smell them from a mile away” Baird gets pissed, Marcus argues, Dom and Cole mock their argument. “Ain’t that cute?” “Like two assholes on their first date.” The introduction of the Theron Guard: “uhh..what was that noise?” “just the wind” “Yeah right, when was the last time the wind said ‘hostiles!’ to you!?” “I hope I got the right path here” “HEY! I hope we BOTH do” “Lookit all that juice!” “How much you think all this is worth?” “I don’t think I can count that high…” There are so many memorable moments, particularly Act 2 + 3 with the Kryll and factory respectively. The introduction to lambent wretches in the rain, seeing them clamber over pipes (where you’re heading, dreading impending ambush) through the storm. The terror and tension of having to use spotlights to stay out of shadows for fear of being chewed up by kryll, all while being under fire from a troika turret and snipers, using propane tanks to create traversable areas… The game was methodical in its mechanical execution. It rewarded the time spent in cover, planning your next move. It wasn’t just point and shoot, it was about tactical positioning (some times a little obsessively, nearly every firefight had a flanking route to take) and co-operation. The characters in the original had chemistry, individual personality, that was so easy to digest and understand. They were a unit that bonded as the story progressed, and as a result the player bonded with them too. We’ll never get another GoW and it’s kind of heartbreaking to see what the franchise has become. I could just be jaded by nostalgia but GoW was the first game I had seen on the 360, the day it released - my friend showed me and he had reached the tomb with the first berserker encounter. I was only 13 but I was stunned and immediately engrossed. The atmosphere, the polish, the design, all of it was gold standard innovation. What we have now is a dead horse being snub executed with a 10 year old mashing the B button.

That's why Artistic vision >>>>> technology The berserker's introductory cutscene is proof of that.

Bro I had the same opinion on the Berserker encounter! The original cutscene was meant to be intense and scary and the way Delta reacts to it was realistic and appropriate. But in the ultimate edition they just act like they aren’t scared at all and the way the Berserker killed that cog soldier was not really scary to me because it looked like a little kid taking playdoe apart.

Shame you didn't show the rainy level or the krill at night section, when you compare those two parts specially it's very clear how much better the OG version looks than the remake

It's funny how you criticise the acting/direction in the remake but in the same breath acknowledge that it's all the same voice lines from the original. I don't think any of the dialog was actually re-recorded. Just remastered. However, I won't disagree that UE feels like the inferior version. A lot of the animation looks very cartoon like. Just watch the scene where Marcus and Dom are running out of the prison towards the helicopter. I also feel like the PC chapters don't add anything meaningful, and as mentioned here, only slow down the progress of the overall story. One of my biggest gripes about UE is that you can't choose whether to play the campaign with or without those extra chapters.

This is why i still have my 360. The dark horror tone of the original was the best thing for me , i remember being in high school and watching the mad world trailer on tv , it sent chills down my spine that I'll remember forever. ❤

am I the only one that prefers minhs death in the original? it was way more noteworthy and iconic than in UE

I’ve only ever played the ultimate edition and thought it was great, I still felt that the horror and gritty, realistic feel that people talk about is there. Am I rlly missing so much by not playing the OG gears 1?

Gears 1 had such a distinct and menacing vibe. The remastered failed to capture it. The only thing Ultimate Edition really improved on was the gameplay. Because the original was too clunky for today's standards.

Ultimate Edition has it's issues but it's easily the best traditional Gears experience on modern hardware. Hell for other series I love like Killzone I'd die to have something like U.E. for that so atleast there is a modern version of it people can enjoy.

This was never meant to be a remake...it was a remaster of the pc version

I thought it was pretty good i liked it

Maybe I'm imagining things, but one thing I noticed about UE and really disliked was how "bouncy" and exaggerated the animation looked in cutscenes. I was definitely glad to see the tomb scene mentioned. Didn't like what TC did there at all. I thought TC did good by Versus, but man did they butcher the shit out of the campaign.

Biggest impression I got was weaker cutscenes, and being able to see things I couldn't in the original. I do think the darker original set a better atmosphere.

For a supposed fan you get a lot of stuff wrong in these videos. Microsoft didn’t create the Coalition let alone didn’t create it with the sole purpose of creating Gears. They tapped Black Tusk Studios (an already existing dev) to make the game since they were so impressed with their tech demo and game concept they were working on since their inception. Microsoft put that project on hold the moment they got the Gears IP. Microsoft sought out Rod Furgeson to shepherd the series. It was ROD’s decision to turn Black Tusk into The Coalition, it was Rod’s decision to make Black Tusk the 343 of Gears. It was ROD’s decision to do Ultimate and I quote “show me you guys know how to make Gears first.” He wanted Ultimate to be the way it turned out. He wanted the series to be stagnant in 4 because he didn’t let them deviate from the formula like they did with 5. As bad as the story and Kait is in 5 the gameplay is probably the most interesting in the series. They managed to evolve it past just chest high walls unlike 4. Rod was also the one that pushed for Kait to be the main character. He’s also the one who would says stuff like “first female gears character”…. Even tho he worked on 1 and Anya existed. Not to mention Sam or Sophia in 3 or Judgment. And you can tell by his interviews and the way he treated and responded to the fan base over RIGHTFUL criticism of Kait. Go figure Rod sucks all live, soul, and creativity out of Gears, shits on the legacy of the previous trilogy with all this revisionist bullshit…….. then he leaves after Gears 5 launches. Rod was always the problem with Gears and especially the new Gears. There may be hope yet for 6 but I know for a fact a lot of Coalition devs were bummed that Rod came in, cancelled their dream project and chined them to Gears. I know there’s some bitterness and resentful ness behind the scenes

I really hate it when games get remastered with a different art style than the original with basically no new content added.

I absolutely loved the Ultimate edition and had a blast playing it.

graphics are good, but the artistic direction is wrong for the tone of the game. too clean for a world that is suposed to be really fucked up.

Just for fact correction the team symmetric-style map multiplayer tdm gameplay was started around mid 2006. As this was when the filming for "Race To E3" and showcase for an unreleased map called "MP_WaterFront." (Was private show casing and leftover content files as for how I know the map name.) MP likely was finalized around the 2 weeks before released, but actual development dates months back. The Brumak chapter from what I remember was added back in, because it was a scrapped enemy and vehicle type (like how you could ride it in Gears 2.) So it made sense as to utilize the time bit of extra power PCs had, promotional reasons, and to fill in the lack of content that Act V had. (Plus think too they couldn't do it back then with 360 as how terrible update support was) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLGbp5Vh36u5caM.html

That explains a lot why I felt something was wrong, but I couldn't get what was it

I’m gonna play devil’s advocate and say that I liked how polished UE was. I don’t think it took away from the dark atmosphere, though I understand why some people might feel otherwise. It’s okay to update classics into modern times, like they did with Spyro, Crash Bandicoot , and Ratchet & Clank. When I first played UE it felt like I was playing a new Gears game, but with the OG Delta we’ve all come to love

I haven’t played ultimate edition but the comparisons you put in the video looks like they turned the brightness up to maximum. Which the best part of the gears games was the small amounts of horror aspects you got in it. And turning up the brightness to 150 does not add to that affect.

Did anyone notice in the remastered version in all of the cut scenes all of the characters spoke faster? Like they had shorter breaks in between sentences and they would speak more quickly

i never realized they changed this much of the OG game. i thought it was just an update for the graphics. so sad.

I remember 2006 being 13 years old and playing GoW1 for the first time. Mom took me to Best Buy to buy it. I was addicted. I even played competitively online

2021 and we still don't have original trilogy...I just don't get it why Microsoft or coalition hates original 3 (4)games so much... 😐

I thought the remake overall was amazing. Gears of War 1 is one of my favorite games of all time and I felt like Coalition did a phenomenal job remaking the game especially in the performance side of things. Personally I’m not going to discredit the entire remake because of its slightly different art style and cutscenes.

Gears one gave me the impression that the air on Sera smelled like hot metal and stale garbage. UE cleaned that up, to its detriment.

I am so damn glad that i still have and enjoy the original three games. I will cherish the originals forever.

Gears 2 had the best campaign and gears 3 had the best multiplayer

Idk, my cousin and I grew up with Gears. My cousin loved the remaster so much he had me buy it so we could play together again. Honestly I loved it, sure it's not as dark but honestly I enjoy being able to see everything better. The mood and atmosphere honestly doesnt feel that different, more like it's been pulled back to not be as forcefully edgy of what we already know. And I enjoy the cutscenes, altho I didnt notice Carmine was basically cut from them. Given he was my fav growing up I will admit I dont like his removal. However I do like how the characters look young altho I do wish they were dirtier like in the original. Regardless I felt the remaster was basically perfect because nothing was really taken away overall that isnt already felt Carmine aside.

I didn't know how bad I needed gears of war with a laugh track

I’m playin all of the gears again for the first time in a while and was deciding if I wanted to play ultimate cuz I’ve never played it before or if I just wanna play the OG ima play the OG thank you bro

The sound design is something I really don't like in the remaster. I love the Lancer's firing sound in 2 and 3 more than in the very first but in the remaster the Lancer sounds like this weird firecracker and it just makes me wish they'd just stick with the original weapon sound effects.

Something I did like about the Ultimate Edition was Kim's death. Not only is he shown being a badass Gear who's survived not only the Pendulum War but also has 14 years as a soldier in the Locust war under his name. I also liked how in this one he puts up a fight against RAAM since the two have history to which Kim would recognize that RAAM is sneaking up on him like when he killed Valera. It also made sense that while Kim did put up a fight only being able to use his chainsaw since RAAM was too close for him to reload the lancer RAAM quickly dispatched of him since the only reason RAAM lost to Kim the first time was because he was getting jumped by a full squadron of gears instead of it being a one on one. This shows respect to both hardened warriors while continuing to make RAAM look bad ass even more so in the remaster since him being able to manhandle Kim by disarming him of his lancer by holding the chainsaw directly in his hand then kicking him away before going in for the death blow is more bad ass than when he just snuck up on him a decked Kim on the head before killing him.

I’m getting so tired of these remasters that update the graphics but completely ruin the art direction. What they did to these new GTA games, especially 3, is just disgusting. Liberty city was gloomy and grimey, now it’s super bright. Also, in terms of just new games like back 4 blood, it’s insane how much better left 4 dead 2 looks from an art style, despite coming out 12 years ago. B4B just looks like call of duty game. I feel like good art direction is just lost in so many games now

I'm currently playing through the entire franchise for the first time (on Gears 3 right now) and this video just convinced me to play the original Gears 1 after completing the fifth.

I love watching videos on different perspectives people have of these games. Great video man

All I want is the original trilogy on pc. what's the point in releasing gears 1, 4 and 5 for pc and then missing out on 2, 3 and judgement. Where they went wrong is only releasing the first game on pc then calling it ultimate edition when it should have released all the games in one pack like Halo mcc

I downloaded this game with pc game pass, I'm not a Gears of war fan, but i wanted to revive the gameplay i had with my friends before in gears of war 2, but when i started playing this game in mid-hard difficulty i stopped playing cause 2 things, Bugs (Glitching chainsaw animations) THE STUPID AI, MY GOD THEY WILL JUST RUSH TO THE ENEMY AND GET DOWN IN 2 SEC, AND THE MATE THAT IS NEXT TO HIM WON'T REVIVE HIM, AND THE ONE THAT IS DOWN WILL CRAWL EVEN MORE TO THE ENEMY. I CAN'T EVEN HELP THEM CAUSE THEY ARE IN NO COVER ZONE AND THE TURRET WILL ALWAYS GET ME.

As a kid playing Gears of War 1 I could only imagine the games I would be playing 15 years later with all the new technologies that I simply couldn't know about... now its basically remastering old games, crappy broken new games, microtransaction riddled messes and the occasional Witcher 3 level bomb.

Wow I didn't even remember what the original was like when I played UE. I didn't even know anything was different lol

If theyre gonna make or attempt a good gears of war game like the first 3 they need to remember why they were so unique any further horror aspects of game could be covered for sure like the years of locust and lambent wars with Raam and Scorge leading the drones to victory

I always laughed at the fact that alot of the og Gears 1 glitches worked in UE

I liked Ultimate edition for the updated visuals but the colourful palette was just off putting, Gears 1 wasn’t colourful because it wasn’t supposed to be. If they wanted colour they could have made another Halo game.

This isn’t a remake it is a Remaster

Its a remaster not a remake. Yes thats important. No it doesn't change the fact it was a let down.

I like the Gears of War series and I was in basic training when it was coming out and served in the military until 2012 so a lot of these Dumber moments have it's real life comparisons.

another point of contention with this game despite i would much rather be playing it rn MP wise; is the fact they literally told use. (TC) that this remake was only made so they can learn how to develop gears of war. Which you already pointed out the problems in the campaign... but this was also for MP.. however gears 4, 5 are such VASTLY different games. the mp experience really didnt matter nor benefit the company.. hell even 4 mp is not benefiting... cause the mess that is 5. every single time, they tell you we nerfed the lancer and maybe a slight buff, but the gnasher gets "fixed" every update.. The gnasher doesnt stop getting changed despite the gun has been fine several times.. The new games and weapon additions are a mess. they did not study why gears 1 worked... they just copy and pasted it learning nothing from the remake. We have area of denial grenades (ink which was replaced for shocks later on in the series) grenades that instantly kill you even if they land beside you and still also have an area of denial (flames) grenades that detonate several seconds after impact... torque bow can stick a person, can kill someone even if they torque does not stick, but no additional zoom and smaller ammo count. kill execution downs from afar. also chance to kill more than 1 enemy we had snipe which has a full zoom, more shots, and does massive damage to the body encouraging team play. also can kil execution downs (1 shot downs suck. stfu) then they add the embar... can kill numerous enemies in 1 shot. gets 3 shots in a clip. lots of ammo. if it was active it also stopped players from being able to shoot as it stunned them temporary..can kill execution down and the guy trying to pick him up plus as many people in the way of its shot. (Snipe HAD COLLATERAL at one point-Gears J) we get it tc.. your weapons are better than both weapons that competed for attention. if all three of these were on a map, id push this first always. in original gears, lets say t bow and snipe are on the map.. its a lot more of a toss up which i want to get... i mention the grenades and such cause im pretty sure flame nades got implemented in G3. Epic was not always perfect though.. they did also make the same mistakes as tc in some ways.. but the difference is, TC just constantly lies to us. learning how to develop gears... no they didnt... they literally learned nothing.. thats why gears 4 story is freaking terrible.. thats why 5 is even worse... plus every time the games are in water... rod fergusson leaves... after pushing his politics into the game to look good on twitter... im glad he is gone but every time he dips when things dont go how HE wants them..

I think personally Ultimate Edition is a solid 7/10 remaster. It's fine if you want a more modern experience or something closer to what a flashback would look like, funnily enough. I think the crisp lighting compared to the originals dark, moody tone sets a different kind of isolation. The original has an oppressive atmosphere, but the remaster reminds me of a cold overcast day. Even the title screen reflects that. I've always had this notion that a lot of the time, when back things happen, the world goes on, which is why horrible things happen on beautiful days. In the same way, I think the remaster unintentionally captures this idea. The best example I can point to is at 3:16 when the lighting is bright, but not... optimistic? It's partly sunny, and while you're focused on fighting the Locust, there is still an entire world out there that is just devastated. Also, in the entire game's defense, though you didn't really bring it up - the game takes place in a fallen city. The Locust have no need to pillage human settlements, they can just make it underground, so it kind of makes sense for plants and such to be untended but not overgrown. There's not much for the plants to soak up or a reason for them to be wild. The original and the remaster both have this as a sort of background thought.

The attention to detail has been really dumbed down in the remake, take Nightfall: Lethal Dusk for Example where you saw thousands of Kryll flying around in a streamline manner while the remake only shows dozens mindlessly flying around and of course there's Belly of the Beast: Downpour where the thunder and lightning were crashing while a torrential downpour was occurring that added the horror and tension, and then there's the dead bodies where there are these generic red sweatshirt models with half of their face missing that looked like they were killed five minutes prior while the originals where half rotted skeletons, and the camera work is WAY too static and the ending is too fast paced.

I played the original and had Seriously on two different gamertags. I loved Ultimate but I’m just now experiencing it. Took a very long break from consoles. The added campaign section was probably my favorite in the whole game even though it added nothing to the story. Sad it’s already dead online because I would have loved to play with dedicated servers. They should have added bots to this game at least.

Although I do think that the combat has some glitches that needs to be remedied. And it seems that they haven't updated it much for a long time.

4:21 If they never would have put multiplayer in the series and there was people who said "I wish this game had multiplayer" There would be thousands of people defending the lack of multiplayer saying stuff like "Not every game needs multiplayer! It would have taken away from the story, it would probably have been bad anyway and would not be able to compete with the competition" and so on. There are so many games over the years that didn't have multiplayer which I would have loved to see multiplayer for and we will never know if they would have been successful or not. I'm so glad they decided to add it, it was very successful too back then.

Ultimate edition is definitely better than gears 4 and 5 though. Those games suck

One of the first things I noticed mihns death and how the new scene had less of an impact. The original scene was badass. The new one seemed watered down. With the old one you could tell that he was blinded by everything going on and was wrapped up in battle and didn't see the big guy coming after him.

I jus got done watching why no other game will top gears 2💯

This was way too critical of Gears. I'm kinda sick of people saying this. While Gears Remaster wasn't the best it could be, it's story and execution was awesome.

My main problem with UE is the AI sucks. Dom fucking dies constantly or rarely helps shoot things. Felt like I was playing the game alone 90% of the time. I do agree that the original game's dark atmosphere was peak though.

Dam, this guy must really hate the coalition 😔

Gears Trilogy! would be amazing!

Kinda disagree with you on this one my man but nonetheless I respect your insight. I’d like to see this bundled with Gears 2 (maybe remastered too) and 3 with pc support and crossplay/cross progression.

Didn't play the original but I absolutely loved the ultimate edition.

Just beginning the video, but i have this theory that TC deliberately botched the remake just to have something to point at when asked for remakes or even just a port to pc for 2 and 3, because The Coalition just doesnt care about gears.

I'm here waiting let's do this! In a gears 1 to 3 Marcus voice!

0:55 Did all that subterranean ninja warrior ass shit right there just to get his tummy filled with shells 😂

I like that you're the main channel that pops up when you type in gears of war 😂

The update with the FPS Boost on the XSX is pretty damn good...

I agree with a lot of the criticisms made here, but I fundamentally disagree with the take on the bonus chapters in the final act. They were developed by Epic and were already part of the original PC version, so it's no fault of the Coalition. Granted, their inclusion feels tacked on from the base game. But it's also arguable that the transition from Act IV to V was jarring. Up until that point, your role had been to gather information on the Locust tunnels, then suddenly you're whisked off to catch a train and deploy the bomb.

I guess I’m of the minority when I say that gears UE was a great remake despite the lack of grit and horror the original had to offer.

As playstation owner,I always wanted to check original trilogy,but in my country salary is low so I can only choose one console. PS3 have Resistance and I loved that series. Maybe one day I'll buy used one s and play older games from 360.

Gears of war: demastered edition. It's only redeeming quality is that it highlights the excellence of the original game

I have to admit. They could of done a lot better for the Ultimate Edition. It dose look a little too brightly polished and I just miss the old menu but well, at least we can still play the original trilogy on Xbox One. 💪

I recently bought my first ever xbox console and Im in the process of going through every Gears game as it's the only franchise I was jelous of as a playstation and PC player up to this point. I've played original GoW on PC back in 2007 as a kid and loved it. While playing through ultimate edition I felt like something was off about it. Now I know why. I remembered the original aa a very dark (literally and figuratively), gritty and edgy game with amazing art direction. This "remake" strips most of that. I now especially hate the new character models. They were supposed to be older veterans who seen and lived through some horrible stuff and in ultimate they look just too young and fresh. I really miss this darker, horror-like tone of the original. In the first game you get this feeling of hoplesness. The war goes so bad for cogs that they even conscript inmates. The rest of the series is more like standard action sci-fi movies about a group of diverse space marines. Still amazing games (especially gears 2) but something got lost.

Remakes and remasters always seem to lose the charm of the original in some way or another. Halo: CE Anniversary loses the atmosphere of the flood levels, Dark Souls Remastered has terrible, flat lighting, Gears of War UE has the issues you listed, the Demon’s Souls “Remake” changes so many things it barely preserves the original intentions in character designs and worldbuilding while doing almost nothing to improve the gameplay, the Dead Space Remake’s necromorphs look like clayface and not fleshy or like corpses and the plasmacutter’s sound design got heavily neutered. I love all of these remasters/remakes, too, because at least the franchises are getting attention, but they usually miss out on the little things that made the originals so special

I own the trilogy - but I've since moved from XBox to PC. I still have the console but well, its a 360. Its basically a brick now. Any idea if there's an emulator I can use for PC?

one thing that greatly bothered me is that the remade textures are *too* good and *too* clean. in the original, textures were dirty, high contrast but simultaneously dull. characters look ugly on purpose. marcus, dom, cole and baird look dirty, sweaty and gross. they give the appearance that they're soldiers that haven't had a shower in weeks. they looked bleak and exhausted. in the remake ... they're all clean shaven with well-hydrated skin, clean teeth and clean hair. ironically them looking so "clean" made them look "ugly" in a bad way. even the locust look like they got their hands on some skin moisturizer.