Petroglyph is serious about the remastering of Command & Conquer, and it shows!

In the video below, we first see the original game that ran on a 320×200 resolution (yeah, those were different times indeed), which quickly evolves into the modernised, but still two-dimensional visual style – the fans will quickly recognise everything. Let’s see what the developers wrote on Electronic Arts‘ website: „We’re ready to share the Remaster has been developed in the classic 2D visual style, unlocking our ability to stay as authentic as possible to the original games. […] When we recovered the source code to C&C Tiberian Dawn and C&C Red Alert, this gave us a viable avenue to accurately match the core gameplay, feel, and signature look of the legacy titles. We felt the 2D style was the best way to bring all these elements together, and ultimately achieve the authenticity we were looking for.

[…]In addition to the authenticity, we’re excited to reveal an extra benefit of this 2D approach is that Petroglyph has been able to utilize their deep familiarity with the source code to enable the real-time switching of Legacy / Remastered graphics in Campaign missions. This means at any time when playing a Campaign mission, you can tap a single key to smoothly toggle between the original assets at 320 x 200, to the Remastered assets up to 3840 x 2160. Playing with this toggle over the past several months has been a true joy, and we believe will be one of your favourite features in the Remaster. Along with the real-time toggling, you’ll have the ability to zoom the camera to take in all the high definition detail, with an effective zoom distance between the DOS and C&C Gold camera heights,” Jim Vassella, the producer of Command & Conquer Remastered, wrote.

He also recommends taking a look at the game’s website, as it has an interactive component that allows you to compare the original assets with the Remastered format. It looks like a passion project, and while Command & Conquer: Remastered has no release date yet, let the guys work on the game, it shows that they are doing it for the love of the series…

Source: PCGamer

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