rusty_shackleford and
Blutwurstritter yall are tool-bags, that BG2-in-DAO remake was horrendous. Prosperous. Fan remakes suffer from modderitis to the Nth degree. Not saying there are no good ones, source ports that get to completion tend to be the exception that proves the rule. Those take diligence and a technical know how beyond the average modder’s ken.
i don’t look out upon the world and see flawed gems that are waiting to be improved upon by fan remakes - which is the same outlook that I have for publisher-backed remakes. Regardless of the origination, they tend to be trash.
I don't see what your problem is, I take the good and leave the bad. ToEE's has great combat and Icewind Dale is filled with combat, sounds like a good idea on paper to me. And more content for ToEE is always welcome irregardless of what it is based of. If you hadn't mentioned the BG2 remake I wouldn't even have known about it and that's how much I care about most of those projects.
*pulls out a quest compass*
See that fan remake over there? You can download it. And play it, but it'll likely be trash.
See that professionally developed remake over there? You can download it, and play it. But it'll likely be trash.
Remakes aren't the answer, new games made by people whose lives
do not revolve around video games are the answer. All our classics were made by people with diverse interests and backgrounds, many times historical and technical, and it made the fruits of their labors into the unique games that we cherish today. You don't remake that, you take that philosophy and push forward.
Instead, we have games made by people who only experience insular nerd-culture. They went to school for "game developers", or want to be writers and see games as a foot in the door. These people are your present day Obsidian, inXile, whatever. They produce middling nothing. We shouldn't be pining for remakes, that's pathetic. We should be asking for better games made by better people.