Despite some misgivings, this is still an easy game to recommend.
We’ve been testing the game to find out.
Likewise, cel-shaded avatars appear during the partially voiced dialogue and fully animated special moves play out in battle.
Before we get to the criticisms, let’s talk on the tech fundamentals here.
The new 3D visuals in contrast are best described as functional.
The units and map are rendered with conventional 3D lighting and shading techniques.
It’s not a catastrophe, but it’s certainly underwhelming.
Fundamentally that’s the only real issue I have here.
It’s a logical designchoice that works in service of the gameplay.
Both are nice visual touches and contribute to making the game genuinely easier to navigate.
Perhaps the greatest compliment I can give the remake is that the gameplay is still golden.
Through the move to Unity, through the visual upheaval, nothing is lost where it really matters.
The on-boarding with its tutorials is still well handled.
The ruleset is firm but always fair.
A Switch Wars, if you will.
And perhaps that’s what is most important in the end.
