A fancied-up rerelease of a honored WW2 squad techniques game sounds grand however the actuality of Commands 2 HD Remaster is much less splendid. Following its launch on Friday, many gamers have complained about bugs and poor efficiency – a shocking drawback contemplating it doesn’t look wildly totally different to its authentic incarnation 19 years in the past. The makers responded over the weekend, saying ah, yeah, whoops, we’ll attempt to do one thing about all this. They’re engaged on a patch, although don’t say once we ought to count on it.
Player opinions on Steam are 45% optimistic, and an entire lot of that positivity appears to be as a result of Commandos 2 remains to be there beneath the bugs. Should most likely simply play the unique Commandos 2 as an alternative for now, friends.
“Even though we simply cannot get back to every single post that has been and will be made, we wanted to tell everybody, that we appreciate and welcome all constructive feedback,” builders Yippee! Entertainment and publishers Kalypso Media mentioned in Sunday’s joint statement. And they’ll attempt to repair it.
“We can’t yet say which changes will be implemented but we’ve seen where to start and prioritised the following topics, which have been frequently raised with the community, in the lead-up to the game’s next update,” they defined. These are:
- General bugfixing and additional game enhancements, primarily based on all of your suggestions
- General efficiency enhancements and optimizations.
- More zooming out ranges added.
- Minimap Navigation can be added.
Yup, these are issues alright. No agency phrase on when this replace may hit.
I personally nonetheless suppose the remastered artwork is worse, shedding the type of the unique textures beneath a layer or grit, however I’m a hoary outdated purist who performs Quake with out texture filtering. I’ve additionally seen some people grumble about this refresh eradicating Nazi iconography from ranges, although that’s a thornier concern.
I perceive that our resident tactical man, Tim Stone, has been deployed behind enemy strains on a mission to return with a Commandos 2 HD evaluation. At some level. He’s praised the original and its art style earlier than.
Kalsypo Media are on an enormous Commandos kick, not too long ago opening a new studio dedicated to Commandos. This will not be essentially the most auspicious begin.
