Once I interviewed Dave Oshry from New Blood, that lined one out of two studios I had on my record for all issues boomer shooters. The second was Nightdive Studios. The celebrities lastly aligned, and I’ve had an opportunity to interview Nightdive Studios twice for a two-part interview. The primary half right here will concentrate on the newly-announced The Factor: Remastered for contemporary platforms. The unique sport debuted again in 2002, and the third-person survival horror shooter was a sequel to the 1982 movie. I hadn’t even heard of the sport earlier than the remaster was introduced, and I used to be glad to talk with Larry Kuperman (Director of Enterprise Growth) about what we will count on from the superlative studio’s subsequent remaster.
TouchArcade (TA): What made you wish to revisit The Factor out of all older video games?
Larry Kuperman (LK): Many people at Nightdive will not be simply followers of the unique sport by Pc Artworks but additionally of the 1982 film and the horror style total. We knew {that a} remaster of this sport could be deeply appreciated by IP and style followers around the globe.
TA: I hadn’t heard of this till you introduced the remaster. A pal of mine is a giant fan of it. I needed to know what we should always count on from the discharge apart from Nightdive’s ordinary wonderful visible and management enhancements.
LK: We now have been lucky sufficient to work with two of the unique members of the Pc Artworks staff: Mark Atkinson and Ron Ashtiani. Count on that the remastered model shall be very true to the unique and look and play the way in which that your creativeness remembered it. Enhancements to character fashions, textures, and animations have been hand-crafted not simply upscaled.
TA: How lengthy have you ever been engaged on this challenge?
LK: Near a yr. Throughout that point, our staff was additionally engaged on a number of different initiatives, comparable to PO’ed and Killing Time, in addition to some unannounced video games.
TA: What learnings from previous Nightdive remasters have helped with The Factor: Remastered?
LK: You’ll be able to count on to see extra content material restored and, wherever attainable, the unique imaginative and prescient of the event staff realized.
TA: Will we be capable to play with authentic visuals and controls?
LK: Not deliberate right now.
Nightdive Studios’ Steam retailer web page for the sport confirms options like anti-aliasing, per pixel lighting, 4K decision, and as much as 144 fps gameplay help.
I’d wish to thank Larry Kuperman, CJ Melendez, and Sean Walsh for his or her time and assist right here.
Keep tuned for our second interview overlaying extra of Nightdive’s initiatives together with System Shock.
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