I played the original on PC, but had to use some mods to fix some stuff. Also, the framerate is horrible in certain places. I definitely recommend playing the Remaster unless you need an extra challenge.

I have been using DuckDuckGo for so long, it feels weird to move to something else again. Just like that time when switching from Google.

SearxNG sounds intriguing though, maybe even self hosted. But it feels a tad too slow.