That said, players would likely get stuck because of one primary crux-bad design. Clever solutions to puzzles are few and far between, with a majority of them having simplistic solutions that require little brainpower. As far as actual puzzles are concerned, none of them are particularly challenging, and I’d hazard to say that experienced adventure game fans could blaze through this game in one sitting. Not helping matters is the gameplay, which alternates between yawn-inducing in its simplicity and aggravating in its clunkiness. There are some clever jokes here and there, but they’re momentary snorts in an ocean of lackluster exposition, simplistic characterization and untapped potential. The story can be cleared in a handful of hours, which is part of the reason it all feels so rushed, and because of this it feels significantly lacking in the depth present in other LucasArts adventures. This is compounded by the paper-thin narrative, which is over before you know it, and before you knew a climax was even happening. Characters show up and disappear in a matter of seconds, getting very little screen time and winding up feeling like nothing but one-note caricatures. Why couldn’t I, then? Because, frankly, the whole narrative is very half-baked-it feels like an embryonic concept as opposed to a fully fleshed-out idea. Full Throttle is packed with individual bits that I really jived with, and wanted to love. This world is packed some compelling ancillary characters, too, such as a race of blind cave-dwellers and an ill-fated trucker. They’re in a world that’s genuinely interesting-a sort-of dystopia where only one company is making motorcycles, which is at the risk of being outsourced and churning out minivans. There’s a likable cast of characters, like the charmingly gruff protagonist Ben, a wise-cracking journalist, an enigmatic mechanic, and a Mark Hamill-voiced corporate villain.
Such is the case with Full Throttle Remastered, a definitively lesser effort by Schafer and one that hasn’t held up nearly as much some of his other titles.Īll the pieces for a memorable experience are there, sure. Sometimes, though, games are best left as fond memories than dragged kicking and screaming into the modern era. So far, these remade titles have been sublime- Secret of Monkey Island, Grim Fandingo, and Day of the Tentacle have all aged like fine wine.
After all, running all those old DOS games through something like DOSBox isn’t something a lot of people want to bother with, and there’s a lot to be said for ease-of-access. It’s exciting to see old LucasArts projects getting a new lease on life.
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