No good reason to buy a PS4 or Xbox One
Posted: December 6th, 2014, 1:08 am
[QUOTE=Tron]A Resident Evil remake is set to be released digitally only for $20.[/QUOTE]
It's a HD remastering of a remake that was first created for the GameCube and subsequently ported and rereleased on the Wii.
And besides being digital instead of on a physical disc, it also has videogaming's version of pan & scan. Rather than create picture where previously there was none to fill your widescreen (Resident Evil in all its forms was always 4:3), they're instead cropping the picture vertically and zooming in to accomplish it. So in actuality, you'll be seeing less than ever before even though it fills your HDTV.
There's an option for full 4:3, but then you're losing one of the reasons why this edition is supposed to be desirable. And I'd approach with caution after Resident Evil 4: HD ended up being Resident Evil 4: Upscaled Edition rather than actually being remastered. If this isn't even fully revamped for 1080p (720p on the 360/PS3 versions), what's really the point for folks like ourselves?
The Wii version is still a pretty game, can be had new for $15 right now on Amazon (A $5 savings and you actually own it), your HDTV or Wii U can upscale it, your picture won't be cropped, and you'd have support for Wii remotes/nunchucks, Classic Controllers, and GameCube gamepads.
It's a HD remastering of a remake that was first created for the GameCube and subsequently ported and rereleased on the Wii.
And besides being digital instead of on a physical disc, it also has videogaming's version of pan & scan. Rather than create picture where previously there was none to fill your widescreen (Resident Evil in all its forms was always 4:3), they're instead cropping the picture vertically and zooming in to accomplish it. So in actuality, you'll be seeing less than ever before even though it fills your HDTV.
There's an option for full 4:3, but then you're losing one of the reasons why this edition is supposed to be desirable. And I'd approach with caution after Resident Evil 4: HD ended up being Resident Evil 4: Upscaled Edition rather than actually being remastered. If this isn't even fully revamped for 1080p (720p on the 360/PS3 versions), what's really the point for folks like ourselves?
The Wii version is still a pretty game, can be had new for $15 right now on Amazon (A $5 savings and you actually own it), your HDTV or Wii U can upscale it, your picture won't be cropped, and you'd have support for Wii remotes/nunchucks, Classic Controllers, and GameCube gamepads.