Full Throttle Remastered review: A new coat of paint doesn't quite hide this game's age Double Fine gives LucasArts cult classic Full Throttle the warts-and-all remaster treatment.

I’m really into this classic adventure game revival thing. This remaster, like many others, includes some noticeable visual improvements. The pixel art for characters in cutscenes and during gameplay has been replaced with smoother illustrations (they still retain the same overall style), the backgrounds have been given a similar treatment, and the aspect ratio has been adjusted so that all the slightly improved prettiness fits comfortably on modern screens.I want to be clear about what I mean when I say “slightly improved.” It’s not that the graphical adjustments are lacking in any way, it’s that the original visuals were just that good. Swapping back-and-forth between the original and remastered graphics (something that can be done on the fly, as is the norm) reveals that, yes, the original game had pixelated graphics but it still looks damn good even more than 20 years later. Yeah, it’s been more than 20 years. Yikes.Even after all that time, Full Throttle still holds up.

The bizarre mash-up of semi-Road Warrior style biker gangs coupled with semi-futuristic technologies and flying cars is a setting that feels every bit as plausibly implausible as it did in the mid-90s. The dive bar rock and roll soundtrack is still great. The acting is solid overall, with some very recognizable voices sprinkled throughout – Mark Hamill’s not-quite Joker voice is a clear standout, but it’s also great to hear Maurice LaMarche (Pinky & the Brain, Futurama, Rick and Morty, etc) in there.The game itself, as a game, also holds up well. The puzzles are not quite as wacky and obtuse as other similar adventure titles, though they can still make you scratch your head for a bit (or give up and consult a walkthrough). Mostly, though, the puzzle solutions make logical sense.

The pop-up interface wheel that lets you select an object and then choose between using Ben’s hand, foot, eyes, or mouth (contextually different depending on the item/person, of course) also works quite well. I did start to get a little irritated with how the logistics of this interface resulted in my finger obstructing the interact menu all the time, but the menu is at least big enough that it’s not difficult to tell what’s being selected.Also, shout out to the “touch and hold the screen with two fingers” option to highlight interactive elements on the screen. It’s extremely helpful, even if it fails to highlight spots where you can move to new areas.I do have a couple of other issues with the remastered interface, unfortunately. First off, actually opening the menu is extremely hit-or-miss. Sometimes I can tap the little gear in the bottom corner of the screen right away and everything is fine. Other times I have to tap it repeatedly before it’ll register, and this often results in Ben trying to walk to the location the game thinks I’m tapping but I’m really not trying to tap there I just want to open the menu why are you like this??I’ve also accidentally skipped more than a couple story bits when I didn’t mean to, thanks to the “touch and hold to skip” mechanic.

I’m not too happy about that either.By far the weakest part of Full Throttle Remastered is the part that I didn’t like even back in 1995: the bike combat. It makes up a very small portion of the gameplay, but when you have to do it to progress it can be very frustrating. The touch controls not being able to tell the difference between trying to move the bike and trying to hit the enemy biker absolutely don’t help matters, but these segments are a pain either way. Dominations game for pc.