Okay, I just played through the first chapter (and got "Master Ninja" for my rating
) here are my impressions:
-The game is
NOT full 1080p. It is most likely the pseudo fake scaled 1080p that we heard of a little while ago (9xx*1080, or something, I can't remember). Looks like the same amount of detail as 720p, but my tv reports that it is receiving a 1920x1080 signal, so it is most likely upscaled pseudo-fake-1080p.
-It's......just a remake. SO FAR, there isn't anything to distinguish it from the original besides 1)higher character poly counts 2)higher quality textures 3)better lighting engine 4)slightly improved sound (may just be my better speakers than last I played though
Of course we'll probably see a whole lot more content with the actual release. But as of now it's just a prettied up version of the xbox game.
Difficulty seems exactly the same for normal mode. When you finish the first level you unlock hard mode and mission mode. I'll try hard mode to see if that one is the same as NGB as well.
I'll probably buy it when it comes out, but I guess we now know that Sony will say "
1080p @60fps!!!" when the game isn't
really 1080p.
It's pretty sad that they can't even make this touched up game 1080p. I doubt we'll see any good looking games in 1080p this gen.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that there is one more weapon too - double katanas. I got all the way to Murai and didn't realize I had them, so I didn't use 'em too much this playthrough. They seem pretty cool though.