TrueLegend
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So which one do you like most.
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What is the best Video Game Remake according to You
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Mister Wolf
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Crazy to me you don't even have the best one on the list:
Ulysses 31
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System Shock Hopefully 
Danjin44
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This, one of the best remake I have experienced.Crazy to me you don't even have the best one on the list:
As much as I highly enjoyed FFVIIR, that game is not “Remake”, it’s type of sequel similar to Drakengard 3, it’s really not meant to replace original game, instead it’s part of compilation.
nkarafo
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Crazy to me you don't even have the best one on the list:
Yeah. Nothing comes close really.
And it's the earliest of the bunch as well. More than a decade older. Back when remakes weren't yet a common thing.
Edit: I see you added the option so i changed my vote.
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Self_Destructive
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RE Remake
TrueLegend
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LordBlodgett
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Yakuza Kiwami. Tried playing the PS2 game via emulator after playing Kiwami and good God the original was unbelievably clunky. That Kiwami remake is so much better it's not even funny
Heimdall_Xtreme
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Shadow of the Colossus
Crazy to me you don't even have the best one on the list:
this is the only correct answer.
NeoIkaruGAF
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Resident Evil 2. It exceeded my expectations by far. One of the last games I really felt an urge to play.
Ghost of Caelid
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Demon Souls easy.
Captain Toad
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Demon's Souls, RE1 and Link's Awakening are all great.
Final Fantasy VII Remake is a great game. But, despite the name, it is a sequel to FF7, not a Remake.
I don't consider Resident Evil 2 a remake either. That's more a re-imagining of RE2. Regardless, that's an awesome game, although too short.
Final Fantasy VII Remake is a great game. But, despite the name, it is a sequel to FF7, not a Remake.
I don't consider Resident Evil 2 a remake either. That's more a re-imagining of RE2. Regardless, that's an awesome game, although too short.
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Reizo Ryuu
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R3make
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Quasicat
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It’s not on the list and is locked behind last gen, but I love Wind Waker HD. It is literally the perfect remake for me. It looks amazing running on native hardware (without any up scaling) and they fixed the fetch quest at the end.
How I hope for a Switch release at some point!
How I hope for a Switch release at some point!
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MiguelItUp
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Personally, I say Demon's Souls. But I'm totally cool with RE2, too. Followed by Resident Evil.
Bombolone
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Have only played REmake2 and Ratchet 2016.
Was dissapointed with Ratchet.
RE2 was such a great experience. Brought back memories. It looks stellar and they nailed the atmosphere.
Will play FFVII, Demons Souls eventually (kinda really hoping it comes to PC, sorry to port beg)
Was dissapointed with Ratchet.
RE2 was such a great experience. Brought back memories. It looks stellar and they nailed the atmosphere.
Will play FFVII, Demons Souls eventually (kinda really hoping it comes to PC, sorry to port beg)
TrueLegend
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Hold on ok. It's not released. I have made another thread for those ones.
ZywyPL
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How so? It's the exact same game with just updated visuals, it doesn't have any gameplay changes, let alone radical ones like in FF7 or RE1/2 for example.
Con-Z-epT
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Remastered usually means upscaled in resolution whereas this was remade. Not sure if remakes always need to inherent gameplay changes.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
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REmake, it makes the original obsolete beyond novelty, RE2 Remake is great too but it doesn't make the original game obsolete.
The recent Mafia remake was great as well.
The recent Mafia remake was great as well.
nkarafo
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A remaster is a port of the original code with added stuff like higher resolution/textures and sometimes extra additions like shadows, SSAO, better controls, etc. See the games by Nightdive Studios. These are all remasters.
Demon's Souls is not the same game as the original. Just about everything have been build from the start. It's a new game/code that tries to mimic the original but doesn't share most or any of it's code. That's a remake.
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VeganElduderino
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Re remake and Re 2 remake
ZywyPL
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The lazy ones, yes. But if the game is fundamentally the same with nothing but updated assets, then it's still a remaster, as per the name - it has been remastered, but not changed, and vice versa - remake means a game has been remade from scratch, changed, with new gameplay mechanics, different new camera perspective, with cut-out/changed sections. For example, CoD4 Remastered is, duh, a remaster, despite running on a new engine with all new assets, new sounds, new everything, it's exactly like DS - old game with a new coating, nothing more. Same goes for games like Starcraft, Diablo 2, C&C, AoE etc. old games with new graphics. Don;t get yourself fooled guys and stop supporting those lazy resolution/FPS uplifts some devs call remasters.
nkarafo
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Yeah but the censoring of it sucked.
Con-Z-epT
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A remaster never changes the look and sound. It just upscales the resolution or clarity of the sound. Demon's Souls Remake was remade completely from the ground up. They even added new animations. Just because they are running the old code underneath it (which also has been altered), it's automatically a remastered game.
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ZywyPL
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Then what about the examples of remasters I mentioned? It's OK to be a console-only games that's being charger for a resolution change, but c'mon... Yeah, a simple resolution bump used to be a thing back when PS4/XB1 gen started, but luckily since then we saw many examples of properly remastered games (as well as ones that are a joke to their fanbase, like WC3).
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There was a debate here not to long ago about the exact same topic. Hard to draw a line nowadays. I will believe the label that was given by Bluepoint Games and Sony.
01011001
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a remaster is a game that uses the original code (with slight adjustments) and layers a new coat of paint on top of it. that description fits Demon's Souls, Halo 1/2 Anniversary, Perfect Dark (360) or something like the leaked GoldenEye XBLA port
all of these remasters use the original code and enhance the game with modernized graphics while keeping the underlying code almost the same outside of a few QOL improvements.
the game changes added to Perfect Dark are bigger than the changes done to Demon's Souls for example. but in principle they work very similarly. they usually run the original engine and then use a modern engine as a graphics layer ontop of it. that is how Halo Anniversary and the leaked GoldenEye can switch back and forth between the old and new graphics. with the push of a button.
if we go by that definition then Perfect Dark on 360 would be a remake, which it isn't, same with Halo Anniversary which also isn't a remake. or Wind Waker HD also no remake but if we go by the definition you use here it would be one. in Fact Wind Waker HD has so many changes to gameplay as well that it would be more of a remake than Demon's Souls, yet it isn't a remake because it uses the original code and simply was adjusted for the new console.
meanwhile a remake is a game that has been almost redone from the ground up, using either none or very little of the original code often running in a completely new engine or vastly improved engine. see Resident Evil Remake
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Nemesis Prime
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Halo 2 anniversary, switching between graphics on the fly is a god tier feature that no other game has done
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fart town usa
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Believe it or not, even though there were RE options, I said FF7.
At the risk of triggering people. OG FF7 was always overrated. It's a great game but it's just FF6 with worse graphics and a convoluted story.
FF7 remake is downright stunning. Doesn't mean that the OG FF7 isn't worth playing, it'll always be a classic but I was floored with what Square did and prefer it over the original.
At the risk of triggering people. OG FF7 was always overrated. It's a great game but it's just FF6 with worse graphics and a convoluted story.
FF7 remake is downright stunning. Doesn't mean that the OG FF7 isn't worth playing, it'll always be a classic but I was floored with what Square did and prefer it over the original.
intbal
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Except for Halo CE Anniversary, which did it first.
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