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ThunderPeel2001 23 Jan, 2015 @ 3:27am
List of "Remastered" changes (with screenshots)
For anyone who's interested, with previews of the changes...

- New lighting system, with complex shadows, and hires textures:
Before:
http://i.imgur.com/hH6nugS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hfWM1yf.jpg
After:
http://i.imgur.com/LUyLgXW.png
http://i.imgur.com/ZYtUVyG.jpg

- Old sampled music re-recorded with a live orchestra/musicians
Hear the new version here (skip to 11:38) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4rOgZ3RINE&feature=youtu.be&t=11m38s

- New point and click interface (no more tank controls, if you don't want them) plus new Controller controls: Better than the original tank controls, amazingly

- Developer commentary

- Peter Chan concept art gallery
(Featuring stuff like this: http://grimfandangoart.tumblr.com/image/71513275872 )

- Steam achievements

Anything I've missed?

Edit: Also bug fixes... New dialogue that you've never heard before thanks to bugs in the original. And Steam Cards (coming back later today, apparently).
Last edited by ThunderPeel2001; 1 Feb, 2015 @ 7:03am
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Captain Crowbar 23 Jan, 2015 @ 3:35am 
OMG. The new control scheme alone is worth re-buying this for :D
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Malleys 23 Jan, 2015 @ 3:47am 
Thanks for the list ThunderPeel, is going to help a lot of people. :shay:
You should also include all the bugs of the original game that have been fixed (like the elevator one or the conversation with Domino), Steam Cards, and more unrevealed extras -I though one of them was going to be design documents-
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ThunderPeel2001 23 Jan, 2015 @ 3:52am 
Well you can read the original developer diaries from 1995 here:
http://www.grimfandango.net/?page=diaries

And you can see Tim Schafer's original design document here that he used to pitch the game with:
http://www.przygodoskop.pl/021/inne/gf_doc.pdf

I don't know if they'll be included or not in this new version, though.
Last edited by ThunderPeel2001; 23 Jan, 2015 @ 3:52am
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Target 23 Jan, 2015 @ 4:14am 
Originally posted by ThunderPeel2001:
- New point and click interface (no more tank controls, if you don't want them)


It's worth it for this!
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ThunderPeel2001 25 Jan, 2015 @ 8:47am 
I've always loved the tank controls myself, but I know everyone else wants PnC :)
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Smufius 25 Jan, 2015 @ 12:19pm 
> old MIDI music

Have you even played the original version? Do you even know what MIDI sounds like? The original soundtrack was partially digital sounds and partially real instruments. Not MIDI format. They just wanted to re-record and master the sounds for the sake of giving them a new feel and because the original songs weren't of best sound quality.
Last edited by Smufius; 25 Jan, 2015 @ 12:19pm
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twisteH 25 Jan, 2015 @ 1:45pm 
Those comparison shots are excellent, game definitely looks improved imo. Manny looks rough in the first pic haha.
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ThunderPeel2001 26 Jan, 2015 @ 6:09am 
Originally posted by UGUU:
> old MIDI music

Have you even played the original version? Do you even know what MIDI sounds like? The original soundtrack was partially digital sounds and partially real instruments. Not MIDI format. They just wanted to re-record and master the sounds for the sake of giving them a new feel and because the original songs weren't of best sound quality.

Calm down, sir. The original digital aspects of the music were likely composed in MIDI -- mixing live recordings with samples. The final format included in the game was a recording, not a MIDI file. I will re-word the original post to calm you down.
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ThunderPeel2001 26 Jan, 2015 @ 7:51am 
Originally posted by twisteH:
Those comparison shots are excellent, game definitely looks improved imo. Manny looks rough in the first pic haha.

Definitely better! :)
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Rockhead Gaz 26 Jan, 2015 @ 7:55am 
It's definitely improved, visually, but close enough to the original to retain the charm and tone. I think many of the people complaining that it looks exactly the same are viewing the original through rose-tinted glasses.

I'll also be sticking with the tank controls.
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DF Vic  [developer] 26 Jan, 2015 @ 8:07am 
Tank controls are pretty neat.
#11
KFC 26 Jan, 2015 @ 9:30am 
Pretty good, I think it's totally worth buying.
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Smufius 26 Jan, 2015 @ 12:05pm 
Originally posted by ThunderPeel2001:
Many a word.

Yeah, sorry. This board's quality just makes my blood boil at this point. People with too high expectations crying over things they don't know anything about.
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ThunderPeel2001 27 Jan, 2015 @ 12:13pm 
Originally posted by DF Vic:
Tank controls are pretty neat.

As an ardent fan of tank controls... I'm amazed that the new controls are even better. Wow!
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ShadowNate 28 Jan, 2015 @ 3:27am 
Originally posted by ThunderPeel2001:
Anything I've missed?

Edit: Also bug fixes... New dialogue that you've never heard before thanks to bugs in the original. And Steam Cards (coming back later today, apparently).

People seem to miss the fact that the remastered version allows you to switch between original and remastered graphics while playing the game, with the press of a key (backspace by default for keyboard controls - it is of course configurable).

Also thank God for the returned missing dialogues. There was one particular dialogue that was really significant to the plot and you could not get it after the last official patch for the original game. Either not all or not without purposefully (re)trying clicking around in order to (randomly) get it. (I think this was also fixed for when running the game with the residualVM).
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