At this point in time I doubt they can just send this out as a patch and everything’s peachy. However I do agree with you that the animations and the sound make up a pretty big part of the game experience, and I definitely think they need to revisit this in the AE remake.
Some of what you mentioned probably can’t be fixed everywhere (e.g. Abe’s hands clipping ledges is just a symptom of 3D games).
I don’t think that this is as big a deal breaker as you make it out to be (I certainly still enjoyed the game and the animations didn’t constantly stick in my mind) but it is definitely an area which needs improvement as it’s been pointed out by a lot of people.
As for sound mixing, I hope they can make a patch because in this case it really does noticeably distract from the game – not being able to hear any Gamespeak over the background music or the environment sound effects is ridiculous.
Anyway, ideas for modders to steal: replace Slog, Paramite and Scrab sounds with the original AO sounds, make Scrabs run faster.
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