The pixel art and early-3D of the original release has been revamped with a draw-over technique previously seen in the Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango remasters of the past few years. As you might expect, not all the design choices made in a game from twenty years ago hold up quite as well today.Īs with many recent LucasArts remasters by Double Fine, Full Throttle includes a one-button option to switch the art and audio between the original pixel and FMV methods and the updated hand-drawn art for the rerelease. I’m happy to say that even as a first-time player, the game shines, even if a few segments are showing their age. The most recent remaster preserves nearly everything from the original that gave it such high marks on release. In the past few years, we’ve seen the genre rising from the ashes and back into popular lexicon, with a crop of older-style throwback games made by indie studios, and new types of adventure games from larger studios like Telltale. Twenty years on down the road, many of the motifs of the game (corporate takeover, outsourcing, a subculture lost to the ages) feel like a pointed critique of the way that adventure games fell by the wayside in popular gaming culture. Released in the heart of the 1990s, when “adventure game” was a phrase nearly synonymous with LucasArts and Sierra, Full Throttle tells a story of a subculture turned mainstream, outlaws turning corporate, and a dystopic society peppered with humor and generally well-written characters. In a way, Full Throttle is as much as commentary on itself as anything else.
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