Hard reset extended edition vs redux Patch#

the most drastic changes were happened in big open areas In order to optimize engineРІР‚в„ўs payload, some dynamic or insignificant shadows were remove from REDUX. Visuals: shadows, reflections, brightness One way for sure, is that in REDUX the lighting/glareРІР‚в„ў sources (the points) become invisible at mush shorter distance than in EXTENDEDР”Р‡urthermore, those points may suddenly appear in REDUX right in front of you and disappear if you move backward in some cases EXTENDED has more glare:Р”Р„nd in some extreme cases REDUX has too much of it: In terms of glare, both EXTENDED and REDUX have their own quirks. on the images below you can see how better REDUX handles aliasing compare to EXTENDED: It enhances in-game graphics to counter aliasing without any additional anti-aliasing options in-due. overly, REDUX features some degradation in terms of shadows, lights and reflection in order to give a better performance, but I found its soft and less-shiny texture more appealing for the eyes visuals: resolution scale, aliasing There is a lot of subtle differences in visual appearances between REDUX and EXTENDED versions РІР‚вЂњ and those changes are not that significant and one need to be a quite picky to notice them. There is also a long-standing bug РІР‚вЂњ at higher FOV (70+) the in-game HUD becomes crippled at the bottom not critical, just weird FOV in REDUX feels more natural, but gives less room to see around you can clearly see it by observing you weapon (in EXTENDED more parts of it are revealed at max FOV). In REDUX there is quite different max FOV ( field of view) that in EXTENDED. in EXTENDED there were only checkpoint-based saves, but via the console commands player could have saved in any place he likes Quicksaves/quickloads were added in REDUX.

Hard reset extended edition vs redux Patch#

since then, a patch was released that rectified that situation: now using Katana and switching between two main weapons are two separate buttons

in original released the usage of Katana/weapons was clunky because Katana was in between of two main weapons, so a player cycled between all three weapons.

player finds Katana near the end of level 4 (in EX-mode player starts the game with one) Katana is impossible to miss.

some would think that this weapon is out of place, but actually is helpful against Cyber-Zombies, Peckers and stunned/shocked enemies There is a new weapon in REDUX РІР‚вЂњ the cyber Katana that deals about x0.30 damage of RPG. they are melee fighters dealing a medium damage and leave tons of blood when being killed Katana The new enemies spawn in REDUX РІР‚вЂњ Cyber-Zombies. yes, basically, dashing from the stairs can kill you, which is annoying to say at least, especially on Heroic mode Cyber-Zombies There is glitch/bug in REDUX that make your character kill itself if you will dash down from the stairs or any other slopped surfaced.

oddly enough, there is a stamina meter on the HUD, but it just never depletes maybe a bug?.

this will make character to dash once in a desired direction, but afterward character will run as in EXTENDED but without a stamina meter

player still can sprint РІР‚вЂњ for sprinting player need to press and hold SHIFT.

dashing greatly helps in getting the certain secrets, for example getting into the infamous level 2РІР‚в„ўs elevator is much easier with dash.

you are allowed to dash in any direction you want: forward, backward, leftward, rightward РІР‚вЂњ anyward.

there is no limitation on how much dash you are allowed to do, you can dash indefinitely no rechargeable stamina meter, or anything like that.

overly, with that new addition game becomes much easier

it helps to avoid enemiesРІР‚в„ў attacks and just move faster. press SHIFT + Direction and the character will dash into desired place. In REDUX there is a new maneuver called РІР‚СљdashРІР‚Сњ.

New mechanics, changes in levelsРІР‚в„ў layouts, new and edited enemy spawns, various nitpicks, etc dash