PS1 >> Dreamcast

[Blackened Halo]

Dreamcast had easier gameplay, easier jumping, worse lightning, brighter colors, weird characters' movement. The PS1 version was superior.

Thus the remaster based on the DC version is and will be still worse than a potential remaster of the PS1 version.

It runs smoothly, but gameplay-wise, its just worse than the version that came out as the first version of Jedi Power Battles (PS1). What a pity...

[Nimrook]

Yes, but most egregious of all, you can't smash stuff in the Trade Federation ship for extra points.

[Rikimaru]

Originally posted by Nimrook:

Yes, but most egregious of all, you can't smash stuff in the Trade Federation ship for extra points.

I thought I was losing my mind. I knew you could do that.

I ended up watching this PS1 gameplay. Man, they messed up. The PS1 levels look way cooler
https://youtu.be/oUO8gkZP600?feature=shared

The Tomb Raider remasters have an issue with lighting too. Some look better in the old graphics

[Fo]

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Why on Earth would anyone take the Dreamcast version over a PS1 version of this masterpiece of a game? I don't understand!

[jimbobslimbob]

Great comparison here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPJfTuazvlA

[Blackened Halo]

Originally posted by Rikimaru:

Originally posted by Nimrook:

Yes, but most egregious of all, you can't smash stuff in the Trade Federation ship for extra points.

I thought I was losing my mind. I knew you could do that.

I ended up watching this PS1 gameplay. Man, they messed up. The PS1 levels look way cooler
https://youtu.be/oUO8gkZP600?feature=shared

The Tomb Raider remasters have an issue with lighting too. Some look better in the old graphics

the remasters use real time lighting, so that is why some scenes does not look as before, the og had lightning baked which was not too realistic in many situations but it made a great atmosphere

[Blackened Halo]

Originally posted by jimbobslimbob:

Great comparison here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPJfTuazvlA

this is what I am talking about..for example look at the movement, how the characters move...in the PS1 version their movement feels more natural and coherent, in the DC version feels jaggy and weird

[Caramel КурскУкраїна]

Originally posted by Nimrook:

Yes, but most egregious of all, you can't smash stuff in the Trade Federation ship for extra points.

You can easily cheese points on that stage by either letting the boss live longer while killing endlessly respawning droids, or do the checkpoint-after-killing-all-enemies-and-picking-up-stuff-then-suicide trick. There's even a 1up near one of checkpoints for that.

But I hate computers not blowing up after a blaster or lightsaber hits it, it was cathartic.

But much worse is your tank no longer destroying buildings or windows being solid frame with no transparency or ways to destroy in the palace level. And a bunch of force powers doing no damage or having wonky hitboxes. DC version was an unfinished mess.

[randomgbystander]

Such a disappointment... I can't believe how ugly the Dreamcast version is

[Gamesdelocura]

PSX ♥
Why not a new version for PC, really they needed copy the game of the dreamcast?

TOTAL HOURS DEVS WORKING ~= 10h/month.

[robincervenka1]

I agree

[Nimrook]

Originally posted by Gamesdelocura:

PSX ♥
Why not a new version for PC, really they needed copy the game of the dreamcast?

TOTAL HOURS DEVS WORKING ~= 10h/month.

It's just mods, basically. People who know how to mod are worthy of respect and payment. But as usual with these companies, there is no direction or appreciation of the product. Only resources and wages. Man has forgotten how to live.

[Gamesdelocura]

TRUE

[MoonlitDNC]

I really kills me to say it, but while I was initially looking forward to this release, I'm gonna pass and just keep playing the PS1 version. I don't even think even mods would be able to fix this - lighting gone, textures gone, environment breakables gone. They should have used the PS1 version as a source and just tried to add in the extra characters as best as they could. There's not even any Jedi Council Room during character select.

This release of Jedi Power Battles sadly takes one of the cooler arcade co-op games ever made, and makes it look like someone tried to do one of those quick Quake conversions of it that you'd see spammed all over mod sites & left unfinished back in the early 2000's.