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When I grew up with the original PlayStation, I never could pick out who Sony’s mascot character was. Nintendo had the Mario brothers, SEGA had Sonic the Hedgehog, but what did Sony have? Among the same pantheon of Crash, Spyro and Parappa, I saw a toothless skeleton by the name of Dan Fortesque as the face of Sony. Well, at least as much as someone with half a face could be. Dan’s adventures in the first MediEvil were my first exposure to the 3D platformers of the Sony era and remained one of my favorites for the combat and exploration, even if I never got to finish it as a kid. Now some two decades later, Sony has resurrected Dan’s first adventure from the vault of forgotten games with a complete remake and overhaul of MediEvil, with some help from the creative teams at Other Ocean Emeryville.
There’s something really special about MediEvil getting a well-deserved remake beyond the visual and audio glow-up. It provides the title with a chance to break out of the confines of relative obscurity to reach a wider audience. MediEvil deserves all of this and more with its fantastic tone, entertaining characters and story, excellent level design, and stellar pacing, even if a few issues hold it back. If you haven’t played it before you’d be doing yourself a disservice by not giving it a go, and if you have played it before, rejoice in Fortesque’s skeletal embrace.
Ultimately, the MediEvil PS4 remake stays true to the original game while being a more enjoyable experience overall. There were still some ways that the developers could have made the MediEvil PS4 remake even better, but what's here is still a great game and will leave fans hungry for more. Here's hoping that Sir Dan comes back from the dead again sooner rather than later, whether that be through a MediEvil 2 remake or better yet, a brand new entry in the series.
The MediEvil remake is a faithful recreation of the 1998 classic. Although my childhood memories failed me in recalling exactly what it was like to play back in the day, playing the remake still brought with it swathes of warm, fuzzy nostalgia. 2019’s MediEvil has done nothing but improve upon the original in every conceivable way, and if you can look past its faults, it’s a wonderful adventure whether you’re familiar with the original or not. Sir Daniel Fortesque looks great after so many years; for players looking forward to jumping back into those bones, they surely won’t be disappointed.
For better or worse the ludicrously difficult, but way ahead of its time MediEvil has been remade from the ground up. This is one of the great PS1 classics, and the reason for that, and the reason it has endured all these years, is its excellent Halloweeny presentation. Imagine Tim Burton designing a Halloween-themed videogame, with an added emphasis on the hilarious, and you’ve got a game people will want to like. Everything, from our hero’s toothy, jawless face, to his goofy, floppy walk just oozes with style and humor. But is this spooky flair enough to make a game great for modern players? Yes and no.
An accomplished, excellent remake hampered only by some dated game design, MediEvil is a marvellously macabre medley of mayhem and mirth.
This faithful remake of a PlayStation classic is a fun trip down memory lane despite feeling a little dated.
MediEvil resurrects one of our all-time favourite PlayStation mascots for a new generation. This remake does exactly what it promises, revamping dated visuals while staying faithful to the 1998 original, even if that means digging up certain design choices that have remained buried with Sir Dan all these years.
Remaking a classic title from the days of videogames past seems like an easy way to make money, as evident by the success of recent efforts such as the Crash
MediEvil is an action adventure game where you, as resurrected Sir Daniel Fortesque, defend Gallowmere from the evil forces of Zarok, a sorcerer with the power to control the dead.
Verdict: The philosophy of remaking MediEvil in 2019 without modernizing the platforming, boss fights, and save points ends up feeling like a project half finished. This tribute to an often-forgotten game and its memorable underdog protagonist is gorgeous and nostalgia-inducing remake, but it was mostly that nostalgia that made it endearing enough for me to replay a whole level for the third time because I was killed by a bug or an unfair boss battle. That kind of oversight makes sense in a remaster where you mostly expect updated textures, but in a remake it doesn’t go far enough to resurrect MediEvil for the present day.
The '90s are cool again and games from then are being ported and remade like crazy so here's a remake of the Halloween classic MediEvil.
The weird thing about the MediEvil franchise is that I have always wanted to play them, but I never had the opportunity to do so back in the day. I was a Nintendo 64 kid who cherished 3D platformers and goofy cartoony characters. MediEvil was one of the few PS1 exclusives that I really wanted to tackle, as I thought it would have fit right at home on Nintendo’s console. It took me more than two decades to finally play the original game, now remade on the PS4, and I can safely say that, wel...
MediEvil is revived for our modern era, but we question if it should've been.
In the PlayStation 4’s near six year life span, there’s been quite a generous addition of both remasters and remakes. Remasters often look at furthering their audience, while remakes plan to do this and (hopefully) scratch that nostalgia itch. Like it or not, both definitely have their place. MediEvil, a remake of the modest 1998 PlayStation hit, is the latest to join this romp. Interestingly enough, the revisited adventure game is a trademark example of the great and not so great parts o...
MediEvil has no online multiplayer component. It promises no DLC. There is no crafting system, no base building, and Sir Dan cannot spend points to earn new abilities from one of three skill trees. When the story is over, it is actually over. Although the original title got a sequel in 2000, the story doesn’t end on anything as gauche as a sequel hook. Sir Dan is not booted back out to the world map after defeating Zarok to clean up neglected side quests — there practically are no side quests. Every step and every swing of the sword brings Sir Daniel Fortesque measurably closer to saving the day, with no distractions or time sinks along the way to pad the journey out to 40, 80, or 100 hours.