#Nightdive and Ziggurat’s remaster of Killing Time is out this month – Destructoid
It’s nearly right here. Nightdive Studios and Ziggurat have introduced that Killing Time: Resurrected is simply across the nook. It would launch on PC and consoles on October 17, 2024.
As a fan of retro 2.5D FPS video games, I’ve been ready for this. Killing Time is among the few video games I really personal on 3DO. Nevertheless, I began taking part in it, found the framerate is ridiculously uneven, and stopped. There’s a PC model, and I figured that may be a greater solution to expertise it, however apparently not, as a number of adjustments had been made to the PC model, a few of which alter the sport’s aesthetic. Nonetheless, I nonetheless don’t actually need to play such a uneven FPS on console.
For Killing Time: Resurrected, Nightdive, and Ziggurat had been in a position to get one of the best of each worlds whereas upgrading all the things for higher-resolution shows. I spoke to Nightdive about it again round when the remaster was introduced and bought the thin. For lots of it, that they had entry to a backup of the unique pictures of the unique monsters, since they had been performed by actors. For PC model monsters that weren’t within the 3DO model, the artwork workforce needed to upscale them by hand.
Killing Time is a singular FPS for 1995, because it contained cutscenes that includes actual actors. It additionally walked the road of humor and horror to nice impact. It’s possibly not probably the most wonderful FPS on the market, however it’s not PO’ed. It’s price taking part in, even when it’s not as entertaining as Doom or Duke Nukem 3D.
Nightdive has made some wonderful remasters up to now. Whereas the video games fluctuate in high quality, all of them get the identical loving consideration when remastered. Whereas we now know once we’ll be taking part in Killing Time, we nonetheless have The Factor to look ahead to, which doesn’t presently have an introduced launch date. I’m additionally not going to allow them to overlook about SIN: Reloaded and an enhanced version of System Shock 2 can be within the pipe. They’ve been maintaining busy, however right here’s hoping we’ll quickly hear that they’re engaged on a remaster of William Shatner’s TekWar. (Disclaimer: the existence of a TekWar remaster has by no means been mentioned with me or confirmed. Every time it’s introduced up, the workforce normally reacts with comprehensible revulsion.)
Killing Time: Resurrected will arrive for PS4, PS5, Change, Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC on October 17, 2024.
