The Way Remastered
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Arcade, platformers, 2D, adventure elements, Polish, remasters/remakes, indie games, Nintendo exclusive, singleplayer
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A remastered version of The Way offering better pixel-art visuals, improved audio with the addition of voiceovers for dialogues, and changes in gameplay and level design based on the players’ feedback.
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[1:25] The Way Remastered trailer #1
Cubed3: 4 / 10 by Albert Lichi
The Way Remastered is another janky indie game with faux-retro pixel art that misses the point of pixel art. It looks and plays like it was made by amateurs or possibly by some cynical designers who ticked all their checkboxes on what generic indie games are. This is not the worst indie game made - far from it - but it is so bland and plain... so middle of the road and inoffensive, that it is devoid of soul. Many gamers will decry big name publishers of mass producing soulless AAA games en masse, but now the scene has got to a point where indie developers can pump out non-descript, generic sci-fi retro homage number 274 and dupe people into their scheme. At the very least, The Way is forgettable.
Nintendo Times: 8 / 10 by Craig Majaski
The Way Remastered is a breed of games that doesn’t get made much these days. It tells a touching story through minimal exposition and focuses on isolation and adventure. There are tons of ways to instantly die, so be prepared for lots of trial and error. Thankfully respawns are instant with no load times.
Nintendo Life: 6 / 10 by Gavin Lane
For better or worse, The Way Remastered is a faithful homage to the old Delphine Software titles that inspired it and players should expect no more or less.
The Way Remastered Description
As its title suggest, The Way Remastered is a remastered version of The Way – an old-school hybrid of adventure and platform game, inspired by classics like Another World and Flashback, which debuted for PCs and Xbox One. The new version has been developed and released by SONKA company.
Plot
The Way Remastered follows the same story as the original, with us playing as a scientist who can’t cope with his beloved one’s death. The protagonist is a space explorer and one of its journeys leads him to ancient writings, from which he learns about a potential way to resurrect the dead. Filled with hope, the scientist decides to return to the said planet to examine this case more carefully. But he must face many dangers before he gets his answers, and he won’t get them without contacting an alien population of the planet and discover its secrets.
Game mechanics
The Way Remastered uses side perspective to show the world. The game takes place on the two-hundred screen and focuses on traversing locations filled with secrets and solving logical and environmental puzzles. This is sometimes interrupted by fights against aggressive species of a fauna and hostile inhabitants of the planet. The hero can use the power of the held artifact that grants him supernatural powers like telekinesis, teleportation and the ability to bounce back bullets.
Technical aspects
When working on The Way Remastered, developers not only improved pixel-art visuals and added voice-overs for dialogues, but also deiced to change game mechanics and level design based on the suggestions of players. They also added music player for listening to the game’s climatic soundtrack.
Last updated on April 25, 2018
The Way Remastered Summary
Game Series: The Way
Platforms:
Switch
