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Should older games be remade?
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Zomg
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Those would be retarded since there's nothing there to remake. At best they'd just be hitting nostalgia notes for the beardlords that are too stupid to play Roguelikes.
Remakes are kind of a fucked up situation altogether because there's too much commercial incentive to remake enduringly popular games/movies/books/whatever with a strong, perpetual fanbase, i.e. stuff that was pretty fucking good to begin with. The games that should actually be remade would be things that had strong concepts with weak technology, design errors or bad programming/execution/whatever, which means shit most people would have never heard of, which means no easy premarketed games for publishers or pushbutton nostalgia cash-ins.
Remakes are kind of a fucked up situation altogether because there's too much commercial incentive to remake enduringly popular games/movies/books/whatever with a strong, perpetual fanbase, i.e. stuff that was pretty fucking good to begin with. The games that should actually be remade would be things that had strong concepts with weak technology, design errors or bad programming/execution/whatever, which means shit most people would have never heard of, which means no easy premarketed games for publishers or pushbutton nostalgia cash-ins.
Demnogonis Saastuttaja
Magister
I could take a C&C remake with nothing else changed than pathfinding. Though I suppose it's part of the charm that when you give an attack order, your formation scatters all over the place and your flame tank tries to burn it's way through a tree, frying your artillery in the process.
I honestly would love to see the Ultima's re-done, with a decent combat engine.
And the story lies to finally all mesh between all 8 games.
And the story lies to finally all mesh between all 8 games.
Luzur
Good Sir
would be the first 2 Might and Magics then, remade with Might and magic 3 engine.
inwoker
Arcane
Fallout 1 remake would be not fallout without "Ian hit you instead of enemy".
jagged-jimmy
Prophet
No, no, no...Fallout, Planescape, Arcanum are all fine. Remake all those dosbox games. I really would play new (=even iso Fallout-like look is enough) Wasteland, Darklands and stuff like that.
jagged-jimmy said:
That would be sweet.
Etienne_the_Guardian
Educated
They are fine, as long as they are done well, and enough time has passed since the original was made. (Let's say, 20 years or something..)
Stabwound
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I like remakes, but only if they keep the original feel of the games and don't change too much. For example, the Wizardry 1-4 remakes (Japanese only) basically just give the games a graphical facelift, UI improvement as well as an automap which makes them a lot more playable and accessible.
Dark Matter
Prophet
A Daggerfall remake would be amazing.
asper said:
This.
It can be done.
elander_
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Those games that are yet unmastered should get a remake or a free spiritual remake to show newbe players and game designers that good games aren't restricted to the last two years.
These days they don't even try to make good gameplay. It's all about pixel shaders, finding loot and Diablo like combat in first person view.
These days they don't even try to make good gameplay. It's all about pixel shaders, finding loot and Diablo like combat in first person view.
Luzur
Good Sir
that game could use a little Fallout rust and grime on it, it was too colorful for being a post-apocalypse game.
Dark Matter said:
just a engine/add int he missing parts remake then, the rest is fine.
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For an older title to be remade, it has to offer something to today's market that is in short supply. A remake of Crusader: No Remorse, for example, is not a sensible idea because the concept has been done to death many times.
Carmageddon, on the other hand, is a game worthy of a remake. Today's racing games may include collisions, collateral damage and pile-ups, but they aren't built around those concept. What was the last game that allowed you to drive your car from rooftop to rooftop, only to ("accidentally") land on top of a panicking pedestrian?
On car-related notes, what about 4D Sports Driving (Stunts)? When was the last time a track editor was included with a driving game? Or the Street Rod games, what was the last game to emphasise you customizing your car?
Loom is also worthy of a remake. The interface is so simple (and sound-based, which is quite novel) that it can be ported to just about every current platform out there. The game was beautiful back then, with today's emphasis on graphics and appearance it would blend right in.
Two old sandbox games that could be made into something truly special today are the Midwinter games. They gave you an objective, the tools to complete it, a massive world to play around in but left everything else up to you.
I realise that none of these titles are RPG games, but I can't be the only one here who wouldn't object to a remake of these games, can I?
Carmageddon, on the other hand, is a game worthy of a remake. Today's racing games may include collisions, collateral damage and pile-ups, but they aren't built around those concept. What was the last game that allowed you to drive your car from rooftop to rooftop, only to ("accidentally") land on top of a panicking pedestrian?
On car-related notes, what about 4D Sports Driving (Stunts)? When was the last time a track editor was included with a driving game? Or the Street Rod games, what was the last game to emphasise you customizing your car?
Loom is also worthy of a remake. The interface is so simple (and sound-based, which is quite novel) that it can be ported to just about every current platform out there. The game was beautiful back then, with today's emphasis on graphics and appearance it would blend right in.
Two old sandbox games that could be made into something truly special today are the Midwinter games. They gave you an objective, the tools to complete it, a massive world to play around in but left everything else up to you.
I realise that none of these titles are RPG games, but I can't be the only one here who wouldn't object to a remake of these games, can I?
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