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Rhonin the wizard said:

JEMC said:

As the Legacy of Kain remasters continue, a new game emerges—a 2D action-platformer
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/as-the-legacy-of-kain-remasters-continue-a-new-game-emerges-a-2d-action-platformer/
I first played a Legacy of Kain game when Soul Reaver came out, which at the time was considered a Tomb Raider for goths, only with better controls and some annoying block-pushing puzzles. It was the atmosphere that sold it rather than the genre—so dark and portentous it could shit bats.
Which is why I'm not bothered to see the newly announced Legacy of Kain: Ascendance is changing genres and will instead be a pixel-art 2D action-platformer with a story told in the visual novel-style, with some first-person 3D bits thrown in for the PS1 vibe. But mostly it'll be 2D action.

I am not exactly happy about the genre-shift, but I am still looking forward to it.

I can't say that I understand why some companies decide to make these 2D games out of 3D franchises, like Legacy of Kain or God of War. It's strange and doesn't feel right.

Chrkeller said:

No idea if anybody is into emulation. But N64 Recomp is curious. My understanding is the decompile to understand the code, then rewrite using PC language so the game runs native on PC. I just played Banjo and it run incredibly well, got 120 fps at 4k. Mario Kart 64 has some impressive texture packs and runs great too. Star Fox 64, again 4k at 120 fps. Majora's texture pack in particular is absurd compared to the original. Really cool work going on.

I already have a big enough backlog to also add emulator in the mix.

By the way, I don't know how you've played Banjo, but I hope the mods for it are a good excuse to give it another go at some point.