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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).

The game itself, as a game, also holds up well. 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 dive bar rock and roll soundtrack is still great. 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. Yikes.Įven after all that time, Full Throttle still holds up. 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.

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. 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. This remaster, like many others, includes some noticeable visual improvements. There’s some attempted murder, some actual murder, framing for murder, still more attempted murder - suffice it to say this one’s a bit more mature than you might expect given the pedigree. It’s a story about Ben, leader of the Polecats biker gang, and his exploits as he gets caught up in the rather messy corporate takeover of the last motorcycle manufacturing company.

It got off to a slow start with the Monkey Island games a few years back, but seems to have picked up speed thanks to Double Fine remastering Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle, and now Full Throttle. It’s a trend I’m definitely into, provided the companies behind these various re-releases keep the remastering focused on visual touch-ups and control tweaks rather than going overboard with additions - and in that spirit, Full Throttle is a roaring success.įull Throttle never quite held a place in my heart like Day of the Tentacle or the first three Monkey Islands, but I still think of it fondly. I’m really into this classic adventure game revival thing. Some remastered interface changes are annoying