Shrek 2 Remastered Debuts To Mixed Reviews On Steam

Shrek 2 Remastered Off To A Rough Start Thanks To "Broken" Cutscenes And Co-Op Requirements Aspyr Published Nov 11, 2026, 5:30 AM EST Josh Coulson is an editor at TheGamer covering breaking news on everything from colorful platformers to the latest Lego sets. Primarily a news writer since 2018, Josh has covered just about every major game from the past decade. Now an editor, their focus has shifted to being the leading affiliate expert at the site, building relationships between TheGamer and global brands including Mattel, Funko, and The Pokemon Company. Shrek 2 Remastered, one of the only games bold enough to release between the Ocarina of Time remake and GTA 6, launched on November 10. It hasn’t made the impact Aspyr might have hoped for, though, with its early adopters leaving enough negative reviews for the game to debut with a Mixed rating on Steam. Epic Account Needed For Online Co-Op 348 players have left a review for Shrek 2 on Steam, and less than half of them are positive. Just 47% right now, with more reviews being left all the time. There are several reasons why the remaster is getting hit with so many negative reviews right away, but its convoluted approach to co-op seems to be the largest sticking point. For reasons that I have still not quite been able to figure out, the remaster requires you to link to an Epic Games account if you want to play co-op on Steam. Developer Aspyr isn’t owned by Epic, or even affiliated with the publisher, so it’s unclear why the game requires you to have an Epic account on not just an entirely different platform, but a rival one. The hurdles in place to play with friends are a big point of contention because, even though it can be played alone, one of Shrek 2’s biggest selling points is its co-op mode. However, even those who are playing it in single-player, or don’t mind connecting to their Epic account, have been encountering other issues. Hey, I Was Watching That! Custom Image: TheGamer The cutscenes are the other element of the game showing up most in Shrek 2’s negative reviews. Apparently they don’t run in fullscreen, and even though it’s claimed they’re running at 100fps, one review notes it seems more like around half of that number is the reality. The cutscene complaint that has appeared the most, however, is that they end before they’re over. Multiple negative Steam reviews claim that the scenes that are there to walk you through the Shrek 2 story just end abruptly before the characters are done speaking, leading quite a few people to understandably ask whether anyone at Aspyr actually played through this remaster before shipping it. Speaking of remaster, also near the top of the charts when it comes to Shrek 2’s complaint frequency is the fact that this remaster doesn’t look much like a remaster at all. Some are struggling to see how the game looks and runs any better than the original did on PS2, while others have pointed out that the screenshots on its Steam page look so good that it’s almost like they’ve been pulled from an entirely different remaster that doesn’t actually exist. It’s a shame that Shrek 2 has launched in this state, as, despite the big games releasing either side of it, there was a surprising amount of hype for its remaster. A lot of people will be looking to user reviews to see whether it’s worth stepping away from Ocarina and GTA 6 to check it out, only to discover that right now, it probably isn’t. The only sign that Aspyr is aware of the issues is a reply that seems to be automated, pointing an upset customer to a site where they can submit a support ticket.