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interesting how this sound upres project, Voxel Doom, Smooth Doom, and the 2X neural upscale project are all different stabs at this kind of thing, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. (the sound thing is pretty much a straight upgrade though, no reason not to put it in one's autoloads.)

"How you remember it" seems to be a strong motivator here, and I'm curious when this started. You can definitely see it here and in the Quake remaster, and I'd argue you can even kind of see it in the System Shock remake, even if it's a bit more willing to take liberties with the source material than Bethesda is.

It's an interesting approach to remasters, because the intent seems less "remake to modern audience expectations" than it is offering up "nostalgia plus" - everything you remember it being as you remember it being, but actually better. And that sound cynical (and perhaps to a degree it is) but is mostly just feels like an attempt to use art direction to capture a specific emotional space more than anything. It's Quake 2 or System Shock the way I picture it in my head, not Quake 2 or System Shock as confined by actual 90's-era hardware. But not more than Quake 2 or System Shock, just... its ideal form, I guess?