Re-Makes and “Improvements”?
I have been a gamer for years, and during the dark days when Sonic ruled the industry I turned to the solace of PC games. (Yes, I most certainly did suck at maneuvering said hedgehog). One of my favorite games for probably two years straight was a Lemmings-style scroller game called “Humans”, in which you carefully navigated from your start point - with one to a handful of other Neanderthal folk - to an evolutionary exit either on the opposite side of the screen, or several scrolls up. You had to face dangers such as opposing witch doctors, giant dinosaurs, and inability to fall pretty much at all; to succeed a certain number of tribesmen had to make it to the exit with you. It was immensely satisfying, in the way only a Lemmings-puzzle game can be. The day I lost the keycode to the game was a pretty crummy one, and I held onto the gamebox for a good year before accepting that the code, and thus my access to the game, was lost forever.
Lo and behold, today I discover a remake has been done! Even better, it’s supposed to be released on the DS! Eeep! But then I look at the screen shots and… well, what the heck guys. It seems that the little humans look even more like Lemmings than ever, and the colors seem horrifically bright and more cartoony than I recall. Perhaps it’s just memory painting a different picture than reality…
So, I was not yet too disappointed - I turned to my trusty Wikipedia to get more info. But the additional info is somewhat annoying - now there are more than just tribesmen, but also “characters” such as the Boy, Girl and Woman. Seriously? Are we so in need of PC conformity that having all the tribe people appear to be dudes requires squandering development money on making these characters, instead of improving color in the actual game? Ugh.
I won’t be running out to the store the day of release for this game, but probably waiting until it ends up in the used bin at Ye Olde Game Store. But secretly… I’m holding out hope that it’s as awesome as I remember.
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