Agreed. That was the first time I had really had an attachment to an original and then played the remaster. Of course, these are my opinions, but it felt as if any level with an originally dark atmosphere completely lost it. All of the architecture was overcomplicated for no real aesthetic gain.

Being able to flip between the remaster and original with a button is a great feature, but really damned it further for me.

For the most part, a good remaster should feel as if it’s a continuation of the original style, MCC’s version of CE just felt like they did that a quarter of the way, then a giant mutation occurred and warped it the rest of the way into something… different