Low resolution - to be avoided

[saguy]

I think this came out in 2006 so I was surprised to see that you cannot change the resolution which is essential for LCD's otherwise you end up with a blurry mess. I am not even going to bother with it so time to uninstall. A reminder why I don't play adventure games any more.

[UselessFoetus]

Yeah i just bought it and tried playing... wth is that resolution?

well its not so bad after all, i just had to re-size a little my screen and now its alright.

[SkEyE]

This is one of the moodiest, most atmospheric and memorable horror point-and-click games I've ever played. I replay it every October I love it so much. Avoiding it due to an antiquated graphics engine would be a real shame to anyone who loves this kind of game. There is simply nothing else like it in my experience.

[saguy]

Originally posted by SkEyE:

This is one of the moodiest, most atmospheric and memorable horror point-and-click games I've ever played. I replay it every October I love it so much. Avoiding it due to an antiquated graphics engine would be a real shame to anyone who loves this kind of game. There is simply nothing else like it in my experience.

I don't mind old graphics engines as long as I can play at a reasonable resolution. Anyway I may been a bit hasty by not giving it a chance so I will suck it up, re-size and give it a go.

[LazyFly]

I just played through the entire game on a 47" widescreen LCD TV- it looked just fine even for its age (aside from the cinimatics which.. really aren't a technical issue more than an artistic issue and since there's a grand total of two short sequences in the game I'll forgive it.

[Ωhmin0ouse]

If you don't want to have blury screen on your large LCD there is an option to turn off the Aspect ratio change or something like that in your Video driver settings.. So you would have 1024x768 pixels on your screen filled with the game and the rest of your resolution would be filled with black borders/pixels.. Only problem is the Game screen would be smaller but sharp.. I just completed the game like that and it was more than bearable.

[Chronon]

Thanks. I was on the edge so not gonna buy it because of this.

[Fate]

I played the original Scratches many years ago and recently bought the Scratches Director's Cut to try it out for the alternate ending, extra chapter, and because I liked the original so much.

People with a medium to high-end computer MAY experience poor graphics than those with a more basic computer, due to the the better computers trying to apply graphic technologies that were not even available when this game was made.

For reference, I have a custom high end computer with cross-fire AMD graphic cards of 4GB of dedicated graphics memory, an Intel Quad-Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 1080P HDMI cabled LCD monitor.

When I first started the Director's Cut, I experienced graphics that seemed worse than what my memory was of the original. I realized, with some investigation, that I needed to adjust my graphic cards settings. Fortunately, I have a good interface for adjusting my graphic cards, and changed the many settings (like anti-aliasing, tessellation, etc.) to: "Let the application/program decide what to do". After that, the game's graphics were marketedly improved and thus making the game a joy.

The graphics are definitely not superior compared to today's standards, but to me (an avid lover of good graphics/visuals) the graphics are perfectly fine to enjoy the game. Also, the game automatically started in widescreen (full length of screen with small black strips on top and bottom - movie letterbox look) and I did not have to manually adjust my resolution (1920 x 1080).

Plus, if you are having issues with gameplay and/or graphics, I recommend updating your driver on your graphics card (instructions on how to do this can be found on the internet). Graphic card companies are constantly issuing new software updates (drivers) to their cards, allowing the cards to communicate/run new and old games correctly.

My solution to making the game's graphics better, may very well not help many people. However, I thought I would share my experience in the off chance that I may help someone.

Best wishes!