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Would you agree that remakes have become a bit of an annoying fad?
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Kazekage1981
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remake, remastered, potatoe, patato
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Just this gen:
- Demon Souls
- TLOU
- RE4
- FF7 Rebirth
- Silent Hill 2
- Deadspace
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Splinter Cell
- Metal Gear Solid (rumored remake by Bluepoint)
- Witcher 3
I welcome them, but in most cases they completely butcher the vision of the original game(s). Oddworld New N' Tasty being one of my favorite examples. Great looking remake on first glance but they completely sucked out the dreary industrial atmosphere from the original. Imo they did the same to Demon Souls to some extent but at least that shit looks amazing in it's own right.
RE2 with the first person was a nice touch, but similarly to RE3 they cut so many corners in terms of gameplay longevity that they feel like cheap snacks compared to the originals. REmake is the goat though. But I'm still scared to what they'll do to RE4. Probably gonna be like half the game with no backtracking and only half the collectibles.
RE2 with the first person was a nice touch, but similarly to RE3 they cut so many corners in terms of gameplay longevity that they feel like cheap snacks compared to the originals. REmake is the goat though. But I'm still scared to what they'll do to RE4. Probably gonna be like half the game with no backtracking and only half the collectibles.
sachos
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I think you are confusing Remake with Remaster, Witcher 3?
Trazyn the Infinite
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You can have tonally consistent games with different styles of gameplay. They are not one in the same in any way, shape, or form.
Rhazer Fusion
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I agree. I don’t mind and even like most remakes, but it is getting ridiculous. It’s one thing if the game is really old and feels antiquated, but imo some games just don’t need them and I rather see those resources, money and effort go into new games. Then again, a lot of modern companies now in many industries are creatively bankrupt and risk-averse. Gaming is getting pretty bad, but imo Hollywood is by far the worst with remakes, reboots and sequels.
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Drell
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I'd say that when you look a t games you don't care, it feels annoying and lazy. But when it's a game you love and it's a remake from a very old game, you'll probably be exceited for this.
The only remakes I'll definitly never "accept" are the ones Sony are making now. The Last of Us is a game from 2013 that got remastered and patched multiple times and they decided to milk it even more with a remake. And rumors talk about Horizon, a PS4 game, that's too much...
The only remakes I'll definitly never "accept" are the ones Sony are making now. The Last of Us is a game from 2013 that got remastered and patched multiple times and they decided to milk it even more with a remake. And rumors talk about Horizon, a PS4 game, that's too much...
93xfan
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At this point, they should do a Last of Us yearly subscription. Only $49.99 a year to have the latest graphics and tweaks.
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From a fan perspective, the words
"Remade/remastered/updated for a modern audience"
Is both somewhat appealing and utterly terrifying at the same time.
Peak enthusiasm happens at original release, and it all pretty much goes to downhill from there throughout the life cycle of the modern game.
"Remade/remastered/updated for a modern audience"
Is both somewhat appealing and utterly terrifying at the same time.
Peak enthusiasm happens at original release, and it all pretty much goes to downhill from there throughout the life cycle of the modern game.
Mibu no ookami
Member
This is meant to be a dig, but as someone who never played these games on their original platforms, I'm excited to play them "powered" by PS5. And I won't feel compelled to buy them at full price, because my backlog is already quite large.
I think it depends. Games from the pre-HD era aren't terrible accessible on modern TVs and gaming as a medium and the technology have evolved enough to take classics and apply modern technology to create amazing experiences.
But at the same time I have zero interest in the Resident Evil 4 remake because the original is perfect the way it is and modern enough. To me there is nothing to gain from a remake.
But it certainly isn't solving the creativity problem most major studios have.
But at the same time I have zero interest in the Resident Evil 4 remake because the original is perfect the way it is and modern enough. To me there is nothing to gain from a remake.
But it certainly isn't solving the creativity problem most major studios have.
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Heimdall_Xtreme
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I like remakes, I like them like Resident evil 2 or Silent hill 2.
What I do dislike are Sony's ''Remakes'', which aren't... Like The Last of Us and Horizon, which aren't even Remakes and are rubbish.
What I do dislike are Sony's ''Remakes'', which aren't... Like The Last of Us and Horizon, which aren't even Remakes and are rubbish.
Mibu no ookami
Member
I thought it was fine to remake the Last of Us, but I don't think this is an actual remake, I think it amounts to a remaster of a remaster, which I think is entirely inappropriate.
The game COULD have been remade utilizing the design concepts of LOU2 and I think that would have been a really fun experience. This was a lazy cash grab with poor art design.
ChorizoPicozo
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Sometimes I am surprised how many movies are remakes, reboots or inspired on something else.
Maybe this amount of remakes is just the next step for videogames as an Industry. Sad....but is what it is.
Maybe this amount of remakes is just the next step for videogames as an Industry. Sad....but is what it is.
EDMIX
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So your list is literally just Remakes and then sprinkling on "remasters" and trying to lump them up into the same thing for attention or something when even the people making those never made statements like "remake".
For fuck sakes, even if you are to say 10 so far this gen, we have more fucking games coming out THIS YEAR then what you believe are "Remakes" this gen. The fact that you got to force in remasters to fake something doesn't even help your point, it proves you need to force this claim to stretch or reach to something.
So if next gen remaster or update means "Remake" to you, you'd need a bigger list as any thing now fits that fake ass point man lol
Isn't Octopath Traveler 2 getting some free next gen upgrade? Shit better list that too Slimy REMAKE before it even released bro /s lol
So at most you have 8 remakes, we have more new games coming out next month, then we do remakes thus far announced or rumored.
You'll live...
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EDMIX
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yea that doesn't really make any sense as you could argue the very same thing about SotC or Demon Souls or Dead Space (which ever you might be referencing)
To say The Last Of Us 1 is too soon and its about to be decade old is as silly as saying its too soo for Dead Space or Demon Souls or something.
SoTC made on PS2, remade on PS4
Demon Souls made on PS3, remade on PS5
Dead Space made on PS3, remade on PS5
The Last Of Us made on PS3, remade on PS5
You are merely looking at the same generational gap from original release, to remake. So this "too soon" thing imho has little merit as the fucking PS5 isn't just magically getting stronger by the year or something, its a set thing and any remake coming this year or next year or next year after that...if its on PS5, its the same fucking system, using this weird ass logic, you might as well not play it and then wait 4 years and then buy it on PS5 and be like "ahhh yes, enough TIME has passed" lol
It would be like saying, the community would be ok with it, if it released on PS4 instead, oh but in 2025, but shit enough time passed though right? Thats the main point, time? Thats the key factor? Are some of you 100% sure about that or? Is it not new hardware to rebuild the game on? So we've seen remakes made in less time from those originals to remakes.
Resident Evil 2002
Metal Gear Solid 1
I'm 99.9% sure many will be able to live knowing that at almost 10 years, a remake was made several generations apart
GeekyDad
Member
Yes, but not so much annoying as just...I don't know, it incites a similar feeling in me as overeating.
Fad? Nah. The video-game industry, like the movie industry, is just repeating itself...like the games it's repeatedly remaking. It's pretty much the same thing as farming, I guess. I suppose we just need to learn to try and control our consumption habits and ignore the advertising the best we can.
Fad? Nah. The video-game industry, like the movie industry, is just repeating itself...like the games it's repeatedly remaking. It's pretty much the same thing as farming, I guess. I suppose we just need to learn to try and control our consumption habits and ignore the advertising the best we can.
Maddux4164
Member
Hollywood is doing the SAME THING
They love to remake movies and have sequels to a 30 year old one
No fresh ideas. Same thing. New cast.
They love to remake movies and have sequels to a 30 year old one
No fresh ideas. Same thing. New cast.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
You really had to try to make the list big lol
vaibhavpisal
Member
If I have not played the original, I love the remakes. Like Silent Hill 2 or Resident Evil 2.
If I have played original, no way I am ruining sweet nostalgia.
Will make an exception to this for Final Fantasy 7 Remake series for that updated music. It's too good not to experience. Even if it ruins FF7 for me.
If I have played original, no way I am ruining sweet nostalgia.
Will make an exception to this for Final Fantasy 7 Remake series for that updated music. It's too good not to experience. Even if it ruins FF7 for me.
Nickolaidas
Member
No. Almost every remake I've seen has been necessary in my eyes. Hell, I just said I want Capcom to remake REmake because RE1 is my favorite Survival Horror game and I want it to be remade every 10-15 years to be as up-to-date as it can in terms of visuals and atmosphere.
That said, some remakes are unnecessary, like tlou1. It should've been remade on the dusk of the ps6's lifespan, not one year into the ps5's lifecycle.
That said, some remakes are unnecessary, like tlou1. It should've been remade on the dusk of the ps6's lifespan, not one year into the ps5's lifecycle.
HoodWinked
Member
the best remakes are the ones that updates the games to how you remember them and not how they actually were.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Depends what they are. Reimagined games like Resident Evil 2, give me that all day, that was incredible.
A lick of paint on The Last of Us 1, a game that didn't need a remake in any way, shape or form, for $70 - no.
A lick of paint on The Last of Us 1, a game that didn't need a remake in any way, shape or form, for $70 - no.
Shh
Member
If they're done well, which most aren't, I don't mind. In fact, when they're done well, it's like an incredibly magical and nostalgic leap back into my childhood. A lot of these remakes are incredibly lazy or handed off to terrible teams that seem to utterly not get the spirit of what made the original games so good to begin with. Or they take wholly unnecessary artistic liberties that nobody asked for.
Honestly, sometimes I just wish they'd bring back old games in their original, crappy graphics glory, and just make them compatible with all current gen consoles and PCs. That's it.
Honestly, sometimes I just wish they'd bring back old games in their original, crappy graphics glory, and just make them compatible with all current gen consoles and PCs. That's it.
This too. Reimagined games can be pretty amazing.
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Hobbygaming
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I'll only agree after the following come out
Resistance 3 remake
Killzone 2 remake
Legend of Dragoon remake
Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver remake
Dino Crysis remake
Syphon Filter remake
Uncharted 2 remake
Resistance 3 remake
Killzone 2 remake
Legend of Dragoon remake
Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver remake
Dino Crysis remake
Syphon Filter remake
Uncharted 2 remake
EDMIX
Member
Agreed, but depends on what PS4 or XONE game, thus far we haven't seen anything like that just yet.
What game would fit that currently for a remake?
lol (THREAD)
The classic I agree...but only until (names series of remakes) lol
A Killzone 2 remake would be most good. Seeing how they've already done Demon Souls and The Last Of Us, sound like PS3 gen will get some remakes on PS5 and Killzone 2 is a huge candidate, I'll also say Folklore and Motorstorm. So its likely Sony will remake the classics. I'm not too sure about Capcom as I think they'll do Code Veronica after RE4 remake or the very first RE title being remade with over the shoulder or something, I'd love a Dino Crisis remake, but I don't know that Capcom is interested in doing that outside of RE.
I also think you'll see a remake of Uncharted 1 before 2, but shit to say Killzone 2 would come before 1.....maybe I'm wrong on that one and Uncharted 2 does get some remake before the very first game or something.
tassletine
Member
Yes. It shows a worrying lack of confidence.
Companies like Naughty Dog and Rockstar seem incapable of moving beyond their 3rd person formula.
Both those companies have progressive narratives driving their stories (at least for videogames) but extremely conservative business practices.
Rockstar for example seems to think that their leaden control system is a defining feature, which is just baffling.
It's a symptom of success, as soon as they get a hit it becomes ALL about the money and they close the shutters.
Thank god for companies like Nintendo who despite being very conservative in a traditional sense are aware you can still experiment and fail.
Companies like Naughty Dog and Rockstar seem incapable of moving beyond their 3rd person formula.
Both those companies have progressive narratives driving their stories (at least for videogames) but extremely conservative business practices.
Rockstar for example seems to think that their leaden control system is a defining feature, which is just baffling.
It's a symptom of success, as soon as they get a hit it becomes ALL about the money and they close the shutters.
Thank god for companies like Nintendo who despite being very conservative in a traditional sense are aware you can still experiment and fail.
AngelMuffin
Member
Depends.
The Last of Us Part 1? Yes.
Demon’s Souls? No,
The Last of Us Part 1? Yes.
Demon’s Souls? No,
SteelCurtain 59
Member
I just think it would be too soon for a remake, the game came out in 2013 and was playable via the remaster on PS4. And it's hardly even dated from any standpoint, as compared to something like Uncharted 1 or some of Sony's other early PS3 or PS1/PS2 stuff that is way more in need of remaking at this point. I get why they did it because it's easy money, but I wish they would focus on older games that are harder to play (either via accessibility or outdated game mechanics/terrible graphics)
I remember my old games exactly as they were, not as something made today.
Mibu no ookami
Member
Do you like Sony's "remakes" of Demon's Souls?
We have no idea what is going on with Horizon other than rumor. So we have 1 game that wasn't a remake.
Remaking LOU1 makes more sense given the proximity of time to LOU2 and the upcoming HBO show.
The same with Uncharted 4 porting to PS5/PC makes sense with the movie's release.
Would have taken more time to fully remake Uncharted 1 to the point it needs to be
Koenigssee
Member
I'll take remakes over shitty incompetently made cashgrabs any day of the week.
qthaumaturge
Banned
Unfortunately necrophilia is really popular in the gaming community...
Another problem is that we now are in the age of mediocrity where the main theme is "monetizing incompetence" as there's no penalty for being incompetent.
So, essentially: buckle up and try to enjoy the ride.
TheDraconian
Member
This!
Age-old games might need to be remade so that they're preserved, and so that newer gamers can enjoy them.
But if the game's fairly recent I don't really see the point. Companies might just be doing it for the money tho.
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Operations66
Member
I hope the remaster/remake trend continues and grows. Old games are better than new games. The corporatization of gaming has had a negative effect on quality and fun.
I dont care. I buy the ones i like and ignore the rest, no harm no foul.
I speak with my wallet.
I love the Last of Us- didnt need the latest remasters, i already did that on PS4. Perhaps others feel like myself at that equates to less sales which in turn creates larger gaps before remasters/remakes.
Who knows
I speak with my wallet.
I love the Last of Us- didnt need the latest remasters, i already did that on PS4. Perhaps others feel like myself at that equates to less sales which in turn creates larger gaps before remasters/remakes.
Who knows
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Efren is G.O.A.T.
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I really don't agree. I love remakes if done right.
NightmareFarm
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Yes. ESPECIALLY if they are remakes of 5 year old games...
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