Wasn't a remake, was a licensed tie-in sequel novel and "drama" CD.
In XIII there were some nice boss fights too, and there always was a strategic feel, cause you needed to choose optimal paradigm combinations for every fight (but overall X battle system and bosses are somehow better, I agree). In XIII the story was pretty dark too, the team members were marked by l'cie signs and had fulfill their purpose without even knowing it while on the other hand they could become mindless slaves if they do not follow their path. Meanwhile Sazh was searching for his kid (who disappeared because of Vanille's actions, and she is too cowardly to spill it out). The purge. The world is on the brink of madness. Etc. This story and this world are dark too. I just think most of the people were lazy to read the dialogues, ingame codex and figure out the whole Fal'cie, l'cie and cie'th stuff.
Agree on all points.
But the thing is - people do not love XIII.
my video games are , instead, for mature adults, like i am one of.
Your wit is not lost on me, but there is a difference between children and man children. The latter are much more whiny about new shit, most likely because they (we) are getting old.
Morrowind was and sometimes still is considered an unworthy sequel. Sometimes the game isn't shit, it just takes a while for what it did to garner appreciation - in other words, classics are built over time, with a cult following. But then Oblivion came along and the rest is history.
