Such a shame..

[Gordikk]

Why is there no effort put into this? It's not in widescreen?? Same with Rogue Squadron, if they had proper widescreen and achievements they could charge me whatever they want and I would buy and play the ♥♥♥♥ out of it right away. Instead I'll just wait for a super cheap sale and it can sit in my list until I feel nostalgic.

[APBT82]

It works in 1080p widescreen...

[Codester]

Oh man yeah, that 6 dollars sure burns a hole in that wallet. Phew.

[Space Coward]

Hence why it's such a small price.

Here's the unfortunate reality of the situation: the fact that this game even EXISTS on Steam is a miracle. Things happen over time, and many classic games no longer have the source material they were based off of. Whenever we see a game like Turok or Grim Fandango get a remaster, the hardest step is almost always tracking down the source material to work with. It's why rereleases like Grim Fandango Remastered and System Shock 1 are so impressive, they overhaul a game and bring it forward in time to the best of their ability.

Shadows of the Empire... wasn't so lucky. If they HAD the source code, they could probably do more. The same goes for most of these games. There's just only so much you can do without it, and this problem is further complicated by the fact that LucasArts was sunsetted by Disney (meaning they're no longer around to hold onto these things).

[Gordikk]

It does work in widescreen?? Based on the videos and screenshots I assumed it wasn't, they can't even update those!? Well then if the controller is fine I'm only missing achievements :)

[Space Coward]

Originally posted by Gordikk:

It does work in widescreen?? Based on the videos and screenshots I assumed it wasn't, they can't even update those!? Well then if the controller is fine I'm only missing achievements :)

Controller support isn't fine, from what I hear. I wouldn't know, I just MDK'd it and played it entirely with Mouse and Spacebar.

[Orchestructive]

I'm fine with this kind of release. I see it as more "archival" than a genuine desire to re-cash in on the game, given its low price. Without this type of release, the game would be lost forever to N64 carts as they die off.

[[KOK] Lee Mcufflin]

Just get it for GOG you loon.

[Gordikk]

I like having everything on steam and I enjoy the archival version too, I just want achievements added. At the very least this will run much better than on Project 64.

[Clord]

Originally posted by APBT82:

It works in 1080p widescreen...

Stretching is a crappy way to do widescreen. I personally rather play games in their original 4:3 than stretch.

[Very profreshional]

This and Rogue Squadron aren't re-releases, they're slightly tweaked versions of ancient PC ports.

[Tonyカク]

Originally posted by Clord:

Originally posted by APBT82:

It works in 1080p widescreen...

Stretching is a crappy way to do widescreen. I personally rather play games in their original 4:3 than stretch.

It's not stretched, it's native widescreen.
Here's two screenshots, one in 1080p widescreen and one in 1280*1024 (a 5:4 aspect ratio).
http://imgur.com/a/vp8mc
Look at the UI, the hills and the size of the snowspeeder. The perspective changes slightly but the aspect ratio is not distorted, it's proper widescreen. Both modes are available in this version.

[Orion1189]

Wait, are you talking about the effort put into it without having even tried it? In my opininon, it runs better on current hardware than just about any other of these old Star Wars game releases on Steam. Supports modern resolutions and widescreen natively from within the launcher, controller supper is kinda there, which more than can be said for many of these old games, and it runs perfectly in terms of speed and performance, as long as you force on vsync. By comparison, Rogue Squadron is a huge mess, unfortunately. This is about as good a release as I would realistically expect for this game, short of a tailor-made remaster.

[Diarrhea Blaster]

Effort? The game is from 1996.

[Solaron]

Just played through it at 2560x1440, game ran fine, cutscenes are in the top left corner of the screen, and the in game text is small, but still decent enough to finish.

[Tonkinese]

Originally posted by Gordikk:

Why is there no effort put into this? It's not in widescreen?? Same with Rogue Squadron, if they had proper widescreen and achievements they could charge me whatever they want and I would buy and play the ♥♥♥♥ out of it right away. Instead I'll just wait for a super cheap sale and it can sit in my list until I feel nostalgic.

because dumbass they ARE NOT REMASTERS