Full Throttle Remastered

I'm not putting my lips on that.

The game follows the story of Ben Throttle, the leader of a biker gang called the Polecats. Ben is framed for a crime he didn't commit and must clear his name while navigating through a variety of dangerous and quirky situations.
One of the standout features of Full Throttle Remastered is its unique and memorable characters. The game's cast of characters includes bikers, mechanics, lawyers, and even a sentient computer, each with their own distinct personalities and quirks. The game's writing and voice acting are excellent, creating a believable and immersive world that is a joy to explore.
The game's updated graphics and sound are also impressive, with hand-drawn art and new sound effects and music that perfectly capture the game's gritty, biker aesthetic. The remastered version also includes a commentary mode, where the game's creators discuss the development process and share behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes.
The game's gameplay mechanics are standard for a point-and-click adventure game, with players using a cursor to interact with the environment and solve puzzles. However, the game also features a unique combat system, where players engage in biker-style combat against other characters, adding a fun and exciting twist to the gameplay.
One potential drawback of the game is its length, with some players feeling that the game is too short and doesn't offer enough content. However, the game's high replay value, thanks to its branching narrative and multiple endings, makes up for this shortcoming.
Overall, Full Throttle Remastered is an excellent point-and-click adventure game that offers memorable characters, impressive graphics and sound, and a unique and engaging story. The game's combination of classic adventure gameplay with biker-style combat creates a fun and exciting experience that is sure to delight both fans of the original game and new players alike.

Have you ever wanted to play a bad man? A 12.0 on a 10.0 scale of badness? Well, this game might not be it, but it features Ben Throttle, a tormented man with a permanent stubble and a severe case of stereotypical gritty manliness that gets dragged into a grand scheme win which he is framed for the death of a diminutive father figure by a slimy corpo. Ben must fight, puzzle and drive his way to redemption in a great point and click adventure that is a rather sober story of greed and friendship all in all.
If you have played an old school lucas arts adventure game you know what you can expect from this remastered title and Double Fine have done a great job hosting up the graphics and the overall design while staying true to the games roots. I remembered that some parts of the game felt janky back in the days and honestly, they still do, but at least it's playable and gets to be enjoyed again 30 years later.. Personally I enjoyed my playthrough and the combination of memorable characters, quirky cutscenes and the overall message of the story is solid even in today's landscape where storytelling most often takes the backseat to monetization..
Full Throttle is one of Lucasarts more divisive games that although it contains charming puzzles and a lot of great setpieces it is rather short and fails to capture the grand epic scale that many of the other games in the series bring to the table. I do enjoy it however and it is great to once again see a slight resurgence in adventure games amidst all the looter shooters and skinner-boxes of this day and age. Check it out or get it in a bundle, it is a nice and breezy game that genuinely has a great heart..

A solid smooth remaster of a great LucasArts classic. A lot of fun for a 3 to 4 hour, fairly easy adventure game. None of the puzzles are that frustrating, only the bike combat took a little while to figure out. But worth it for sure.

Great remaster of an awesome classic game.
Very nice pixel graphics, a lot of care and detail in the remaster. The ability to switch back and forth is a nice touch.
Sound effects and voice acting are great, so many hilarious interactions and quotes. The music is awesome. It's one of those games where you can just chill and listen to the music for hours.
The gameplay is what you would expect from a point-&-click adventure game. Some of the puzzles are a bit confusing, but overall they are solvable with a bit of trial and error. Just enjoy all the weird and funny interactions with the different objects and characters.
The story is nice, not the greatest, but it offers you nice immersion, a lot of memorable characters and a bunch of weird and crazy moments.
Also, the remaster comes with a bunch of extras, like the art gallery and creators commentary, which are nice additions.
In short, great remaster, awesome game, a must-have in the point-&-click game collection.

While the 90s were full of adventure games like Grim Fandango and the likes for many, I never really played any of them back then. I was playing Epic MegaGames’ Jazz Jackrabbit, OMF 2097, and more. I only got to check out the LucasArts classics when Grim Fandango Remastered released 8 years ago. I had never played Full Throttle either when it released more than two decades ago and seeing the trailer at PSX last year got me excited to check it out. Full Throttle Remastered is a short but fantastic point and click adventure that totally holds its own today.
I pretty much only remembered the music from the trailer and booted it up mostly going in blind. The opening absolutely blew me away. You play as Ben, the leader of a biker gang who is narrating what happened before he woke up. The opening credits are presented really well with some of the main characters introduced by just a bit of talking. It even has its Doom moment (like that shotgun syncing with the music in the first level) when the bike hits the limo’s hood ornament. This is where the music properly kicks in and I knew I was in for a good time.
Even though there’s an overarching theme of sex, drugs, and rock & roll, this experience is actually set in the future. This theme extends to the music and the in game interface. When you try and interact with anything, there’re skulls, fists, fire, and more representing actions.
Corley Motors is the last manufacturer of motorcycles and the founder is pretty old, but still a biker at heart. His vice president, Ripburger on the other hand is a scheming evil businessman. They stop their limo to hang out with the Polecats at a bar and one thing leads to another before Ben is knocked out. Ripburger tries to hire the bikers and it obviously doesn’t work out. Ben soon meets Maureen who is awesome. She’s a mechanic who fixes up his bike.
It feels weird referencing newer games when I talk about what is essentially over 20 years old here, but it just goes to show how far ahead of its time Full Throttle was or just how much other games are influenced by it. The relationship and dynamic that exists between Ben and Maureen here reminded me of that between Henry and Delilah in Firewatch. There’s a mini game or section that basically plays like an older Road Rash (remember where you have to take out bikers with weapons to get new weapons before trying to find a hidden cave?).
There’s a lot of pointing and clicking and the PC version has native support for the PS4 controller which is what I used for a bit while playing it. The mappings are a bit off as the Share button switched between visual styles as opposed to the touchpad for me. Having the option to kick, grab, or lick/talk to anything results in some interesting dialogue. Get ready to hear the lovely voice of the late Roy Conrad as Ben say “I’m not putting my lips on that” often if you try and lick random objects like I did. Puzzles obviously require you to have certain objects which are only found by opening and exploring. There are only a few time sensitive or action based puzzles here that require quick actions or inputs.
The remaster lets you switch between the original letterbox aspect ratio with old visuals and the widescreen remaster with the press of a button at any time. This is great to see how much has changed while keeping things true to the original art or vision. Animations are obviously smoother and the game is now 60fps. I did have some frame rate drops in the motorcycle mini game though. The old school style is also worth checking out just to see how much character the artists managed to get out of visual limitations while keeping the cinematic feel throughout.
I absolutely loved the voice acting in Grim Fandango and the cast here has done a magnificent job. Even the smaller characters like the bartender who has his face rammed into the bar and a merchandise seller in a stadium sound great. Roy Conrad’s performance as Ben is easily the highlight for me. The voice acting has had some tweaking for this remaster in the audio levels as well. When you switch to the old visual style, even the audio switches. There’s also an audio commentary that you can toggle when you feel like it in game, where you get some background for the scene and some of the characters.
Speaking of the audio, the music here is amazing. There’s a lot of original music from Peter McConnell and music by the biker band The Gone Jackals. I feel like the lack of Judas Priest music is an absolute missed opportunity. Heck I thought Priest’s Heading out to the Highway or Turbo Lover would play when Ben is riding on an empty road. That aside, The Gone Jackals songs used throughout are great.
My only complaints are with a few of the puzzles or mini games here. There’s one that involves toy bunnies that made me want to actually fling my computer into a minefield and one where kicking a wall in real life made more sense than a puzzle in game. I expected things like this already after Grim Fandango, but they are annoying nonetheless.
Full Throttle Remastered feels like a game I should have absolutely played back when it released and I’m glad this remaster has given me a chance to play it today. I really should get around to playing Day of the Tentacle Remastered soon and hope that Double Fine can get these three released physically somehow.
Pros:
Great characters, dynamic, and story
Gorgeous aesthetic
Soundtrack
Voice acting is excellent
Amazing opening
Cons:
Few annoying sections
Some performance issues in one section
My Score: 9.6/10
In Short:
Full Throttle Remastered is a fantastic point and click heavy metal adventure that is an essential for fans of the genre.

Never was any good in these point and click adventures, played a couple and got stuck every time and lost interest.
THIS ONE however; I absolutely adore. Simple to control, but not easy. Great music and voices of these fantastic characters. Such a great storyline laced with humour, action and drama. Played this over 20 years ago and still quote parts of this adventure. The future partially dystopian world feels unique, it breaths and is full of things to do outside of main story.
This is one of those games I would let my memories be faded so I can experience again as if I had never played it.
"Thank your Malcom Corley, for giving us a dream. That never dies."
- Father Torque