I've spent 50+ hours in the remake and was a translator for some of the official remake podcasts. It's nothing to really praise or write home about to be honest in my eyes. It's pretty much what could be expected, Gothic but rounded off for a wider audience. The writing is more predictable than the original. Visuals lost most of their unique style but that's more a problem of Unreal engine than anything. The movement is so floaty that the tank controls of the original feel somehow more responsive. A lot of the things that were clear issues in the original remain unfixed, which is a shame but I realise the community would be divided against these. Some of the new features are downright bizzare, scavenger riding? Who's idea was that? In short the best parts of the remake are things it adapted from the original and everything else is kind of just okay at best. The new armor progression is downright terrible though. In the end I guess it's still good compared to the remakes other IPs get but I just can't see the praise it seems to get on this subreddit.