Petroglyph Games has released a brief gameplay teaser for its remaster of Command and Conquer, showcasing the title’s old 2D sprites before transitioning to something sharper. Granted, it’s still 2D but that’s a good thing. If nothing else, the remaster looks faithful to the original.

The reason for this is simple: Petroglyph is trying to remain as authentic to the original game’s feel as possible. “As you may remember from one of the first posts, our plan is to remaster (not remake) the classic games. Creatively, this means our guiding light has always been to remain authentic to the original feel, and we’re constantly on the lookout for ways to achieve that goal,” the developer stated in an update.

Those who want to stick with the classic visual style can enable the “Legacy” option. This will present the game in its classic sprites and 320×200 resolution. Don’t worry though since you can switch between the remastered visuals (which support 4K resolution) and the Legacy style as you please.

Command and Conquer Remastered doesn’t have a release date yet. Given that the base game and Red Alert are being remastered, it may be a while yet. Head over to official site in the meantime to check out other teasers and compare the old visuals with the new.

If Command and Conquer Rivals, the mobile spin-off for the illustrious RTS franchise, isn’t your speed, then don’t worry. Petroglyph Games is making solid progress on Command and Conquer Remastered, showcasing its first art preview for the game. Sure, it’s just the Construction Yard, but it offers a peak at the development team’s philosophy of being faithful to the original in-game asset.

Producer Jim Vassella also offered some other updates on Reddit, noting that the team was concluding its pre-production phase. “During March we delivered our first playable campaign mission (GDI Mission 1), which included multiple samples of the remastered art running at 4k,” Vassella wrote. “This was accompanied by a more complete Visual Target image, which helps the dev team align around our goals for the artistic fidelity. We are now in the middle of getting Multiplayer up and running for the first time, along with dozens of art assets iterating towards their finalized look. Last week we showed many of these items to the Community Council, and continue to receive fantastic feedback via their contributions.”

Vassella also went into more detail on how the team is approaching the visual design. “Our primary goal with the visual approach is to maintain the authenticity of the original in-game asset,” he wrote. “It’s worth calling out that if there’s a conflict between the in-game asset, cinematic asset, or UI portrait, we’re always going to side with the in-game asset. That being said, if there are opportunities to pull in details from the cinematic footage to enhance an asset, we’ll do our best to incorporate those details. A good example here would be the blue pattern / texturing on the Con Yard door (Inspired by the classic Con Yard unpacking cinematic).”

Petroglyph Games is composed of many former developers of Westwood Studios, developers of the original games, so the remaster is in pretty good hands for the future. Command and Conquer Remastered doesn’t currently have a release date, but this recent update seems to indicate that it’s a ways off. The remaster will include more than just the base game – it also includes Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with the The Covert Operations, Aftermath, and Counterstrike expansions.