idbeholdME: Nothing about restored cut content? Was kind of expecting at least something as there is a TON of material that did not make it into the games back then.
zlaywal: I certainly don't have $29.99 but it would be nice if the original Soul Reaver be available as a bonus. Or restore them to the store so we could buy it again.
Sucks as I bought the other 4 games in the series and missed it.
idbeholdME: I'd expect it to at least get included as a goodie with the remaster. Original Tomb Raiders remained here, but Soul Reaver 1 got pulled under pretty nebulous circumstances while the TR games were never pulled in the first place. And at this point, I doubt the original is making a comeback as a standalone. Although, the game was in very deep sales quite frequently before it got pulled. If you did not get it back then, chances are you weren't really interested in the game that much to begin with.
That being said, everyone should get the rest of the series in the future sales, just to be on the safe side.
Glaucos: The brighter light and colors don't match the tone of the original game, it looks like plastic toys.
idbeholdME: Pretty much every single remaster does that and I too have been wondering why. My theory? In the past, TN displays have been the most prominent. However, if you put the same content on something like IPS or OLED, it shows up much darker than intended unless you:
A) Increase the monitor brightness to eye-searing levels
B) Artificially brighten up the content so that it looks "normal" on display technologies other than TN
One can't expect the end user to be even remotely competent with IT these days, so B is the option everybody picks. Which sucks for me, because I use a TN display, meaning "remastered" in this way makes everything look washed out with overbrightness and completely changes the vibe of the games. And contrary to popular belief, TN displays can still be great as they too have been getting new iterations. Being able to view everything comfortably with the monitor brightness at 20-25% is a life-saver for everyone with light-sensitive eyes, not to mention gentler on the eyes and the retina in general. Everyone raves about max brightness, HDR etc. and here I am "Which monitor will not burn my eyes out and won't give me a headache if viewed for more than 30 minutes?". And it's not like TN displays disappeared from the face of the planet, same as most people think with disc drives for example. Still extremely glad I got my hands on the Lenovo Legion y27gq-25 monitor several years back.
Looks great to me but I may have a bias since I am looking at the picture on the OLED. That being said if they kept with CRT video level for the remaster I assume you would feel differently. Now if you are saying they made the original with TN in mind I shake my head at making it for a VERY inferior display tech. in terms of color to CRT.
This being said if the controls are good like before and it has restored cut content I don't see WHY they would have to delist the original as this clearly looks better.
