TommyD100 Full Throttle: Remastered Review

I never played the original Full Throttle, but I've come to enjoy my fair share of point-and-click adventure games. Compared to modern entries in the genre, Full Throttle Remastered feels simple, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. While adventure games have become much deeper over the years, this is a reminder that a straightforward experience can still be entertaining. Playing point-and-click games on a console isn't always ideal. You often need to carefully scan the screen for small objects to collect or interact with. Thankfully, there's a feature that highlights interactable items. Strangely, though, it doesn't highlight exits or transitions between areas. As a result, I frequently found myself sweeping the cursor across every corner of the screen just to find a way forward. More than once, this slowed my progress and made navigation more frustrating than the puzzles themselves. The puzzles aren't always obvious, but they're generally solvable with a little patience. My bigger issue was simply figuring out where to go next. Important exits and entrances can blend into the environment, and since they're excluded from the highlight feature, it's easy to miss them. It feels like an obvious quality-of-life feature that should have been included. A game like this lives or dies by its story. Without a compelling narrative, you're just clicking on random objects and combining items without much purpose. Fortunately, Full Throttle Remastered delivers a simple but enjoyable story that's funny and well performed. Between cutscenes, you'll solve a few puzzles, collect items, and move the plot along at a brisk pace. The game is short enough to finish in a few hours, which feels appropriate for the experience it offers. One feature I particularly enjoyed is the ability to instantly switch between the remastered visuals and the original presentation. You can do it at any point during gameplay or even during cutscenes, and it's a neat way to appreciate the work that went into the remaster. This is likely best suited for point-and-click fans, especially those who appreciate the genre's history. I enjoyed my time with it, but stronger navigation tools would have made the experience far smoother.