

Was that supposed to happen, or did he just wander over while I was walking around? The fact that I’m not sure speaks to how well the remake maintains that sense of surprise. In one scene, I open a locked door with a key code, only to get a quick scare as a mutant immediately appears on the other side. I could see a version of this remake that goes for a more cinematic approach, but the demo slice I played avoids that pitfall. What’s most important to an experience like this is to keep players feeling like the action is unfolding naturally, rather than feeling like scripted set pieces. The 1994 game was hailed for its approach to immersion, and details like that keep that idea intact without changing anything about the core experience. When I swing my pipe, my camera swings with it, letting me feel the weight and power of my swing. That’s one area where you can really feel what animation upgrades bring to the experience. The first weapon I grabbed was a lead pipe that I could use to bludgeon enemies. Once inside cyberspace, you know what to do.“It was about crafting an individual story.”įor me, that meant finding as many weapons as possible and taking down the mutants wandering the ship in as many ways as I could think of. Get back to the now open middle section of the level. Use the Isolinear Chipset on the Circuit Board Slot. Get into the room that was previously blocked off by the force doors. Solve the puzzle to open the last force door.

The last button will activate a force bridge to the middle and open up the puzzle. Pushing it will open another alcove with another button and so on. Get into this room and look for a button to push. Since you don't have much time here, having a Disposable Logic probe on you is helpful. Solve the puzzle to open the next force door. Either way you end up in a labyrinth of corridors. The green force field blocking the way only deactivates when the enemy is passing through, so you need to kill it while it's in that position. Push the button to teleport into the cage, grab the Isolinear Chipset and press the button inside the cage to get out again.Įither drop down and crawl into the vent to your right or use your jump jets to get over the gap. Push the button to remove part of the force field and drop down into the labyrinth.įind the puzzle and solve it to remove one of the force doors.
