E3 2014 thread

[Dan]

Looks like Grim Fandango is coming to PC and No Man's Sky is coming to PC/X1/WiiU.

You're making people think things are exclusive when they're not Sony!

[TKz]

It's been the same way with all of them for the last year or two.

[apsham]

I know No Man's Sky is going to PC too but.. I haven't seen anything about X1 and WiiU. I somehow doubt it's going to WiiU for one reason or another.

[Your Mom]

Grim Fandango is still console exclusive!

[Crybaby Bunting]

What exactly are they going to do with a remastered Grim Fandango anyway? 60fps? Improved water textures? Full screen support? Really doesn't sound like reason enough to justify buying the game again.

[Avenged Probably]

To be fair a lot of people like myself didn't play it first time round. I was young, thought it looked weird and never bothered. Now I know it's supposed to be real good.

I guess it'll just look nicer in general, be scaled up to HD and the sound will probably be remastered too.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

What is Grim Fandango and why should I care? A new gimmick for Johnny Curtis?

[TKz]

Not to mention it's sometimes a lot easier to buy this stuff again usually than it is to try get these kind of games working again.

[Crybaby Bunting]

Some HD remakes are absolute gold, Duck Tales was worth every penny and a lot more.

But I'm so used to shit 'remasters' that look great in screenshots but don't run anything like the previews when you play them. Microsoft Games turned Age of Empires II from something that could be run on a toaster into something that will hog resources like nothing on earth despite looking similar.

Saying it's Grim Fandango just isn't enough to secure a pre-order, especially when Lucasarts is dead. Just look what happened to Tony Hawk's HD when Robomundo made it instead of Neversoft. Same game, same assets, but something is missing and it destroys the overall experience. But who knows, it could be great, but I'm going to be very wary of it and wait until trustworthy reviews talk about the game.

[TKz]

Man, Tony Hawks HD. How they fucked up, I have no idea.

[Bobfoc]

I'm confident about Grim Fandango because Tim Schafer is involved, and I don't think he'd be content to let one of his creations be bastardised in the same way Tony Hawk's HD was. I'd be happy if they emulated the approach made with the Monkey Island remasters, in which the player had the option to switch between the classic art style and the new, redone one.

[EWB's Best Poster.]

Grim fandango is about a grim reaper on a crazy weird adventure. It was highly acclaimed, but impossible to find anywhere.

It has a major cult following. The game play is much like Machinarium, or monkeys island later on. Inventory, point, click.

It was unique for its setting more than gameplay, obviously.

[King Ellis]

I got my copy of Grim Fandango years ago in Gamestation for like 50p.

Blimey, it's £8 in CEX.

[apsham]

I don't think they'll be able to really fuck up Grim Fandango unless they give it a terrible art style.

[EWB's Best Poster.]

I'm just mega hyped to play it on the vita. Its a perfect fit for it.