Holy shit! It’s 1999 again, and muscle memory is an amazing thing.
Don’t get me wrong: I suck now, and wireless controller latency probably isn’t helping. But it’s been twenty years since I last played the PS1 and Dreamcast versions of THPS, and I was still able to pick up the controller and start blindly stringing small combos together without a refresher.
The updated visuals are gorgeous and don’t get in the way, but I’ve gotta say, I really, really miss the original THPS soundtrack. (I was also a fan of the THPS3 soundtrack… THPS2, not so much.) It’s nice to have Guerrilla Radio and Jerry Was A Race Car Driver on hand, of course, and I don’t object to the new additions… the experience is just missing a little something.
Between this and Nintendo working on Super Mario 64 for the Switch, I guess ‘90s nostalgia is in full swing. And y’know what? I’m good with that.