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Not played the remake but around once per year I'll fire up the PS2 version and play through it again. Interested to hear which mechanics you dislike (as there aren't many of them!). Definitely wouldn't call it a game with mass market appeal though.
mmccarthy-
I never played the original and as this is a remake I'm kind of judging it by current standards, which may be harsh. With the mechanics I mean the overall mechanics, there's a real lack of fluidity with each move (be it run, jump, grab etc) feeling very separate from each other. This feeling is also in the controls which are pretty clunky. The worst bit is the horse control which is just abysmal. I'm kind of getting into it anyhow as it looks great and the story line is interesting. I'm probably not doing myself any favours by playing it on hard with a baby on my shoulder, which maybe influencing my perception.
Gewürzt
So, first time playing anything since the newborn arrived 4 weeks ago. Decided to try shadow of the colossus that was added to ps plus a while back. Holy jeebus, this game has some of the worst mechanics of any game I've ever played, compounded by even shittier controls and god awful camera. It is not fun to play.