I am enjoying this remake a lot and love the general visual fidelity and the fact that the devs went for a buttery smooth 60fps mode on PS4 Pro - my god, this is the best feature I ever could have asked for. Also, the controls feel perfect - as Digital Foundry said, the perfect balance between responsiveness and the "weight" of the original game.
But I just cannot get over how bad Wander looks. Not only does he look way worse than the original character; this may also be the worst looking main character of any game I've played in the last 10 years. His wax mannequin face and plastic hair look absolutely
horrible. This is the character you're supposed to feel connected to, as he represents your connection to the actual game world! I am still hoping for a patch that fixes this terrible, dead wax figurine.
I also think the developers' interpretation of Wander's haircut is completely off. His hair originally looked like your typical layered, messy, feathery hairstyle you see a lot in manga or Japanese games. With the new haircut I cannot help but to think of this guy:
Another thing the original did much better was how the light beams connect to the sky. In the original you just couldn't see anything at all because the sky was all bloomy. In the remake, if you look up in the sky, the re-used assets remind you that you're just playing a game.
This sounds nitpicky for sure, but I am easily bothered by things like these, especially in a game that is more piece of art than game.
These are my main gripes with the visuals though, the rest is pretty much perfect (which makes the ugly face stand out even more).
