Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Remastered
released on Jan 25, 2024
You're a skydiving, video-streaming guerilla artist in the floating city of Boston High. Your job is to leap from buildings, cause mischief, and not get caught by the police.
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at the end of the day, this is a visual retouching of the levels from the original two Aaaaa games and barely an inch more.
the original two games were pretty clear in their stylistic vision. that vision's visual aspect is the part which has held up the most, while the humor could easily benefit from a re-do ...which makes it weird that this remaster excises both aspects in favor of graphically-maximized gameplay segments held together by stock Unity UIs. what's left is a game that looks exciting in motion, but is utterly skeletal the second that motion stops
this could maybe be looked past for the novelty of remastered versions of old levels, but the game fails on that aspect too. the control scheme been simplified from a standard to mouse-only, making the series' trademark speed far more disorienting and difficult to maneuver. similarly, each level has been marked with a bespoke "optimal path", removing any semblance of player decision-making
after playing a bit of this remaster, I reinstalled one of the previous games (For the Awesome) to compare, and since then I've legitimately put more time into that game than I have this remaster
the original two games were pretty clear in their stylistic vision. that vision's visual aspect is the part which has held up the most, while the humor could easily benefit from a re-do ...which makes it weird that this remaster excises both aspects in favor of graphically-maximized gameplay segments held together by stock Unity UIs. what's left is a game that looks exciting in motion, but is utterly skeletal the second that motion stops
this could maybe be looked past for the novelty of remastered versions of old levels, but the game fails on that aspect too. the control scheme been simplified from a standard to mouse-only, making the series' trademark speed far more disorienting and difficult to maneuver. similarly, each level has been marked with a bespoke "optimal path", removing any semblance of player decision-making
after playing a bit of this remaster, I reinstalled one of the previous games (For the Awesome) to compare, and since then I've legitimately put more time into that game than I have this remaster
Broken medal - 0.5 or 1 star - Technical disaster or bad design
Bronze medal - 1.5 or 2 star or 2.5 star - The games not for me/below average/badly aged(nostalgia)
Silver medal - 3 star or 3.5 star - Doing well
Golden medal - 4 star - Above average games
Platin medal - 4.5 star - Might've masterpiece but somethings missing
Diamond medal - 5 star - The Masterpiece or just special for me
---> Medal: Broken
---> My Game Time: 5 min (demo)
Bronze medal - 1.5 or 2 star or 2.5 star - The games not for me/below average/badly aged(nostalgia)
Silver medal - 3 star or 3.5 star - Doing well
Golden medal - 4 star - Above average games
Platin medal - 4.5 star - Might've masterpiece but somethings missing
Diamond medal - 5 star - The Masterpiece or just special for me
---> Medal: Broken
---> My Game Time: 5 min (demo)