*** I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR WHAT I AM NOT RECOMMENDING ***

This game, beyond the original, has the offering of a Co-Op version, thus being the main draw. I am not recommending you play it this way, especially for the first time. There is a disclaimer at the beginning of the game that says that this game was originally intended as a single player experience, and BOY DOES IT SHOW.

I had already played the original version of the game many years ago and enjoyed it, so when I saw that this game had come out and was offering local co-op, I had a friend over and we played through it in an afternoon. I can say we enjoyed it, but I can also say this is a marked DOWN-GRADE from playing it alone.

The developers of the game-to my knowledge- did not change the controls for co-op, AT ALL from the solo version. This means that for the entirety of its 3 hour play time, you are going to be (if you play the little brother) piloting the right analog stick and pulling the right trigger to accomplish every action and every puzzle through the game.

In the original game there is a sense of "dizziness" you get from piloting two independent characters at the same time, a challenge that is completely lost in the co-op version. What you are left with is clunky controls, and uninteresting puzzles that were clearly designed for a single player to solve.

*** SPOILERS ***
The biggest disappointment for co-op comes at the end when the older brother dies unexpectedly and the younger brother has to drag him into a pit and bury him. In the original game you feel this loss very palpably because you go from having used both haves of the controller for 3 straight hours to suddenly only being able to use half of it. This was VERY effective. What ends up happening in the Co-Op version is one person awkwardly gets removed from the game and gets to watch the other player finish it doing the exact same thing they've been doing this entire time.

There are many other good co-op games to play with your buddy, don't ruin this single player story by thinking its going to be more fun with a friend- it will still be fun, but it would probably be more fun just playing it single-player mode in tandem and discussing with your friends later.

If they had made the controls a little less annoying for the Co-Op version I think I might recommend it, but in its current state I just can't.

Minimum GPU specs: Nvidia GTX1650 GPU with 8 GB Dedicated RAM

17 FPS in 720p res. on 2 GB VRAM as result. Refunded without hesitation.

Unreal Engine 5 is the bane of gaming. Stop remaking timeless classics with this unoptimized garbage just to appease Tim Sweeney.

HIIIIIIIIIIGHLYYYYY RECOMMEND! From the controls to the music, everything about this game is amazing. Not to mention the entire story. Touching and heart wrenching. This remake is more than just a remake. My sister and I grew up playing the original and when we played this remake we couldn't stop saying OOOH AND WOOOAH. This is one of the best remakes of a game that I know of hands down.