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Shadow Man Remastered trailer | PC Gaming Show 2020
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YEEEESS!!!
I thought I was the only one who cared about this game
looked a lot cleaner on the Dreamcast. Never got to play much of the game back then.
I thought I was the only one who cared about this game
looked a lot cleaner on the Dreamcast. Never got to play much of the game back then.
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Agreed, doesn't look like a remaster at all
Gameplay is a bit dated, but the story and characters are still entertaining.
I'm not crazy, right? Day[9] did confirm there will be cut content re-added to this release, didn't he?
It's gonna be hyped to have unseen content to one of my cult classics.
Too bad there is still no release date :(
It's gonna be hyped to have unseen content to one of my cult classics.
Too bad there is still no release date :(
I hope they do something about the gun sound effects(the shadow gun was way too loud and annoying) and enemies being bullet sponges. a few changes to making the game easier to navigate like they did with turok 2 wouldnt hurt either.
i imagine the "remastering" in this case is making the game more friendly to modern machines/audiences instead of the graphics. Modern controller support, not needing to tinker with settings to get it to run, stuff like that.
If that's the effort put into this, they better not ask for anything more than $10 for this.
It came out the same month as Soul Reaver, it's hardly a clone.
For reals? Can we get a photo?
This is one of those games I read about on IGN/etc but never got a chance to play myself. It always seemed like it would be cool.
To all those "disappointed" this is by the same team who did the Turok 1 and 2 and Doom 64 remasters among others. They're not out to create Demon's Souls-esque remakes, they take the original code, clean it up and make it available on multiple platforms.
EDIT: and fyi, they only had the PS1 source code available so they had to reverse engineer the PC version to have some sort of parity. That takes a bit of work.
EDIT: and fyi, they only had the PS1 source code available so they had to reverse engineer the PC version to have some sort of parity. That takes a bit of work.
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I was using it more as a short-hand genre explanation than a literal slight against the game, but I'll be more mindful in the future to avoid the well actually's.
As everyone else I'm kinda disappointed by this. At least they could've added some fancy new effects like they did with Turok 2.
The only thing I remember about it
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We did update the lighting, you can see it often in the trailer.
Samuel put a lot of work into the dynamic shadow mapping, enabling it to be used on even dynamic sources like projectiles and the player's torch. It can even cast shadows through transparent textures in its current iteration.
We did, the Shadow mapping we tried in Turok2 was brought over and refined. It's in the trailer.
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This doesn't look too different from the PC version they already put out but I guess it makes sense for the eventual console releases.
For anyone wanting to go back and play it, PC > DC > 64 > PS. DC has an abysmal framerate sometimes, but obv not as bad as the 64 could get. PS version is a trimmed down game, kind of like Rayman 2. Shadowman is a decent collectathon of the era but it could use some QoL additions.
For anyone wanting to go back and play it, PC > DC > 64 > PS. DC has an abysmal framerate sometimes, but obv not as bad as the 64 could get. PS version is a trimmed down game, kind of like Rayman 2. Shadowman is a decent collectathon of the era but it could use some QoL additions.
Anybody who's had experience with Nightdive studios' Kex Engine games should know that they restore these games to look as good as they possibly can while respecting the original art. Turok 1 and 2 are nothing short of brilliant, and exactly what I would want from an N64 remaster. The semantics of calling something "Remastered" aside, I'm sure there's a ton of work put into making Shadowman look great and run well on modern systems.
As a big fan of the original Shadow Man this looks good. They seemed to have added new lighting system with new shadows etc. Cleaner visuals in some places but like the other nightdive games looks similar to the original source. Game is great if anybody is interested, like a dark voodoo zelda with really good music and atmosphere.
But really its just a good thing to have a modern version of this that doesnt need tweaks or hacks to get it running well at HD.
But really its just a good thing to have a modern version of this that doesnt need tweaks or hacks to get it running well at HD.
I think it looks great. Just like Turok 1&2 & Doom 64, I think this is just a case of the game seemingly looking exactly how your mind perceived it back in the day. I would imagine if you were to go back to look at the original product, without any emulation bells and whistles, you'd find the gap much larger.
Shadow Man was a fun, unfinished N64 rental back in the day. Look forward to a hopefully more user-friendly version, much like what helped in seeing the End game credits of Turok 1 & 2.
Thanks, Nightdive. As always, looking forward to your next project.
Shadow Man was a fun, unfinished N64 rental back in the day. Look forward to a hopefully more user-friendly version, much like what helped in seeing the End game credits of Turok 1 & 2.
Thanks, Nightdive. As always, looking forward to your next project.
This is by Nightdive who are well known for the Turok/Turok 2, the Forsaken and Doom 64 remasters.
They don't go in and change stuff and make new textures and models. They are the original games, as they were but running beautifully on modern hardware.
I just remember playing it because the box said "It's a game on Nintendo that has swears in it" and that sold teenage me on it based on that alone.
I don't remember much else. I don't think I beat it. I just rented everything back then. I couldn't afford $100CDN to buy new games back then.
I don't remember much else. I don't think I beat it. I just rented everything back then. I couldn't afford $100CDN to buy new games back then.
No this is actually what a remaster should look like. Stop confusing remaster with remake.
How so? Remastering means to go back to an original film negative and produce a new master of it. Going back to the original source code (well, disassembling the PC code using the PS1 as the only possible reference) and retooling the engine while adding new lighting and visual effects and bringing back previously cut content is the epitome of that. Not everything is (or can be) plastering 8K textures.
PC, Switch, Xbox One and PS4.
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