Followers aren’t blissful in regards to the new Crimson Useless Redemption port, and Take-Two simply made it worse – WGB, Dwelling of AWESOME Critiques

On Monday, Take-Two introduced a brand new model of Crimson Useless Redemption for PlayStation 4 and Swap will likely be launching on August seventeenth, marking the primary time the basic western will likely be obtainable on both platform. However folks aren’t blissful.

Reasonably than a full remaster, which is what the vast majority of followers have been hoping for, Take-Two has titled this a “conversion” that doesn’t seem to have any enhancements or upgrades, and whereas it does include the Undead Nightmare enlargement the sport’s multiplayer has been stripped out. In different phrases, it seems to be an easy port.

For this, Take-Two and Rockstar are charging $50/£40. Followers have rightfully been stating which you can at present purchase the Xbox 360 model of the sport on the Xbox retailer for £25 and the Undead Nightmare enlargement for £6.75. Not solely is it completely playable, however if you happen to use an Xbox Collection S/X the sport’s decision is considerably boosted making it look a lot sharper than the unique 720p picture.

This leaves the Xbox model because the far superior model of the sport, costing much less and searching higher.

After the Take-Two earnings name, IGN asked CEO Strauss Zelnick in regards to the $50 pricepoint, to which Zelnick gave a frustratingly company reply: “That’s simply what we consider is the commercially correct worth for it.”

Yup, that ought to actually assist settle down the ire of the Web.

Whereas it’s implausible to see Crimson Useless Redemption being made obtainable on PS4 and Swap, this appears like a lazy transfer from Take-Two. With their huge assets and the recognition of Crimson Useless, a remaster looks like a no brainer

In 2021 through the  Morgan Stanley Know-how, Media & Telecom Convention, Zelnick mentioned how his firm handles remasters and remakes.

“I’m unsure there’ll be an even bigger a part of the technique,” he stated. “Remastering has at all times been part of the technique. We’ve carried out otherwise than the competitors – we don’t simply port titles over, we truly take the time to do the perfect job we are able to making the title completely different for the brand new launch, for the brand new know-how that we’re launching it on.”

“So, we enhance the know-how, we improve the visuals, and we make efficiency enhancements. And that’s why I feel our remastered titles sometimes achieve this properly.”

This actually hasn’t aged very properly. Since these feedback, Take-Two has launched the poorly acquired Grand Theft Autio: The Trilogy – Definitive Version which was critically panned due to quite a lot of points and baffling design selections. And now we’re getting a straight port of Crimson Useless Redemption.