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New Releases – Prototype 2 & Risen 2: Dark Waters The Major Launches

April 27 2012 – New this week is Radical Entertainment’s Prototype 2, the sequel to the 2009 original. The open world game holds 3 different zones in terms of contamination with a deadly disease. The visual changes in deprivation to outright destruction is very prominent, involving ground and air combat with the new deadly figure you play as – James Heller. He’s on the hunt for Alex Mercer – this time, it’s for revenge.

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The Worst Eighth-Gen Remasters

In an industry that grows increasingly reliant on remasters, few were worth complaining about, making the original versions preferable in most respects.

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ZeekQuattro982d ago

Not sure what happened with FFCC. They really bungled it big time. It's a shame too.

FinalFantasyFanatic981d ago

I really wanted to play that one too, but after the demo I was disinterested in buying it.

ZeekQuattro980d ago

Glad Square really likes putting out demos. It can help you dodge a bullet. Lol

Rangerman1208982d ago

To this day, the Crystal Chronicles remaster still left me with a sour taste. I really wondered how Square reacted to the feedback.

porkChop982d ago

I thought the Prototype games had terrible graphics even when they first came out. Pretty crazy that the remasters essentially got nothing in the way of visual upgrades. A resolution bump. Yay.

Christopher982d ago

Let alone Activision kept those prices at release price for a year before they even thought to reduce them in a sale.

Petebloodyonion981d ago (Edited 981d ago )

To me, this topic is pretty easy to answer as I recall laughing at loud when Bethesda announced that PPL on consoles (Xbox1 and Ps4) would need to buy Skyrim Special edition and it would be free for existing pc Owner because it was basically the same game at max setting.
I often gave this answers to numerous ppl who where happy about paying 40$ for cheap remaster that would have been free on PC by saying everybody wins PC players gets the upgrade for free because they never paid in the past for quick fix that a mod of graphics card could do and Consoles players get to pay because they love paying and defend the practice of paying (like the numerous I have a VHS tape of the movie why don't they give me a free DVD version).

So for me, any crappy Remasters that deserve to be on this list are the ones that only give a frame boost and resolution boost for a full-price experience from the previous generation. Now ill exclude compilations like Batman, Uncharted Trilogy, Bioshock Trilogy, etc. because they were actually giving you more than 1 game so I'll count them as a collection instead of remasters Nor should I included games that have complete remade graphics or add new playable elements (Metro 2033 Redux, Quake, Gears of War Ultimate)

Since there are too many games ill give some example that comes to mind: Heavy Rain Remaster, The Last of US remaster, God of War 3 remasters, Burnout Paradise city Remaster, Tomb Raider Definitive Edition. Baja: Edge of Control HD, etc.

Again my main complaint here (has it was last gen) is that these kinds of remastering are now free (called performance patches now) but were sold at a premium price despite having almost no work to put in.

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Prototype 2 receives a HD Texture Pack, overhauling almost all of its textures

Andrea Gennaro has released a HD Texture Pack for Prototype 2 that improves the textures of all the three zones (Red, Green and Yellow) of the game.

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mrsolidsteel201401d ago

I can’t get it to work, I got the two HD packs and when I tried to run that Tex.exe nothing happens.

RaidenBlack1401d ago

Redo the steps.
Else ask the modder.

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Red Faction, Second Sight, Painkiller, and Others Change Publisher Hands

Ownership over several titles gets shuffled in THQ Nordic and Koch Media arrangement. Potential remasters, sequels, ports, and more on the horizon.

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BlackIceJoe1461d ago

Hopefully this leads to a new Red Faction and Risen.

isarai1461d ago

Oh SNAP! i would love a sequel to second sight, loved the first one.

AK911460d ago

I'd prefer if we got a 4K remaster first

Chaos_Order1461d ago

Second Sight is highly underrated.

Sciurus_vulgaris1461d ago

Both THQ and Koch Media are owned by the same larger company, the Embracer Group. I’m not sure why the publishing rights would need to be swapped.

rawshack1460d ago (Edited 1460d ago )

I hope they release risen on switch It's a underrated game all so

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