NES Ducktales being "remastered" by wayforward

[TR0N]

Finally down loaded duck tales remaster from the psn.I'm enjoying it so far the updated visuals are great,though i don't think the 3D back grounds really fit it.Pretty much it's the same game but with the tweaks a few added levels etc.The reworked boss battles are a nice touch and the voice acting is excellent.

I really don't understand why most critics are being hard on the game.This game was made for the fans that enjoyed the original.Unless,they were expecting some thing in depth i guess they miss the fact that it's a good old fashion platformer.

Any body seen this review ? I know id cringe when i watched it....

[esteban]

Finally down loaded duck tales remaster from the psn.I'm enjoying it so far the updated visuals are great,though i don't think the 3D back grounds really fit it.Pretty much it's the same game but with the tweaks a few added levels etc.The reworked boss battles are a nice touch and the voice acting is excellent.

I really don't understand why most critics are being hard on the game.This game was made for the fans that enjoyed the original.Unless,they were expecting some thing in depth i guess they miss the fact that it's a good old fashion platformer.

Any body seen this review ? I know id cringe when i watched it....

I have not played the game, but I call out the reviewer for BULLSH*T nonsense like this gem:

Paraphrasing "...in the new version, enemies re-spawn... while this was OK in the NES version because it was the result of technical (memory) limitations, it has no place in a modern version."


3:17 in video, he shows how flying cyborg duck re-spawns...HOLY SHITE, YOU BLICKHEAD, THAT APPEARS TO BE A VERY CONSCIOUS ENEMY PLACEMENT! The challenge is to FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED, good game design allows you to RETREAT WITHOUT PENALTIES to TRY AGAIN (trial and error w/o penalties is totally fair). Now, there might not be a solution to overcome this cyborg dick w/o a hit on your life...but that doesn't mean it is cheap/unfair/poor stage design/poor enemy placement.

Re-spawning was a CONSCIOUS DECISION made by the original developers and was chosen for a REASON (when creating a game, every decision impacts the flow of the game, the challenge, the re-play value...you want to strike the right balance...changing just one variable can have repercussions...lack of re-spawning might make it WAY TOO f*ckING EASY, so new challenges/obstacles/puzzles would need to be devised ).

So, the reviewer doesn't like re-spawning (yet he proclaims to be a fan of platformers? It must be a very short list...), but he fails to COMPETENTLY explain WHY...does this remake execute spawning poorly (re-spawning enemies get cheap hits, knock you down, etc.)? Of course, there will disagreement on what is considered a "cheap hit" (some zero-skilled folks apply it to situations where they have failed to DEVISE A VIABLE STRATEGY...expecting trial-and-error is a GOOD THING and the hallmark of solving puzzles...after exhausting reasonable solutions, folks can legitimately cry "Unfair! Cheap!" when it is warranted, but I feel that entire hordes of gamers don't fully understand/appreciate this. Ninja Gaiden (NES), may have a few unfair, cheap moments (if you don't have specific magic/power-up, for example)...but I don't recall any moments like that in DuckTales.

This doesn't mean that the new version is great, or is immune to criticism...but it means that I question the logic/reasoning of the reviewer.

 

[Mzo]

The worst reviews I've seen for Remastered have been from Chris Kohler on Wired and the one on Gamespot.  The worst part is that their weird, whiny complaints (high difficulty, limited lives, etc.) can all be addressed by selecting easy mode.  Guess they didn't bother trying that out before giving a negative review and hurting the game's sales.

I personally loved it.  The one flaw was that you had to hold down first and then press the action button to pogo, unlike the original NES game (where you could press B and then down, so most people did it simultaneously) and that led to some mistakes.  On Steam it was patched overnight after release and from there on worked perfectly.

Everything about Remastered was great.  Finished off all the achievements in a couple of days, but continued to play it because it's just fun.

[ParanoiaDragon]

On PSN, it has 5 stars, so, hopefully that'll help, & hopefully we'll get a remake of the sequel.

[TR0N]

On PSN, it has 5 stars, so, hopefully that'll help, & hopefully we'll get a remake of the sequel.

That and chip'n'dale rescue rangers and dark wing duck 

[hizaygizirlz]

I played through this and really liked it.  I didn't remember much of the original just certain enemies and environments.  The two biggest negatives in most reviews are the difficulty which others mentioned and the long cut scenes which can be skipped.  Both of those complaints are nonsense.  The overall average for this game should be much higher I think they accomplished what they wanted with the remake.

[munchiaz]

so looks like the game is coming to retail on 11/12/13 for $19.99

[Mzo]

Really odd decision by Capcom, especially after the faux retail pin and boxed code version for PS3.

I can't decide if I'm angry about it or if I'm going to be crazy and buy the physical releases for 360, PS3, and Wii U =X

[BigusSchmuck]

Its not that bad of a game, just reminds you how hard those old platformers can really be.