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AlexWIWA, do gaming w Are there too many video game remakes and remasters?

Yes but I’ll still take a Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2 remake.

I hope remasters continue for games that are from the era where they relied on specific OS library hacks to get the game running. Those games are hard to run on modern OSs.

DmMacniel,

Had high hopes after the smashing success of red alert and command and conquer remastered :(

AlexWIWA,

Same. I will be depressed until I get the Tiberian Sun announcement.

Sivick314, do gaming w Are there too many video game remakes and remasters?
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@chloyster we can't get a remake of KOTOR but somehow we are getting this piece of crap on THE EXACT SAME SYSTEM it was released on.

ampersandrew,
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The last one was PS4 though. I agree it's unnecessary, but it's not the exact same system.

Thalestr, do gaming w Are there too many video game remakes and remasters?
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Yes. Especially when it’s only like 2 or 3 years after first release. It’s just double dipping at that point.

Sivick314,
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@Thalestr @chloyster on the SAME SYSTEM. Crazy

beefcat,
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no, the original is only a PS4 game

Sivick314,
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@beefcat I assure you it runs on the ps5 and was released on the ps5 because it was THREE YEARS AGO

beefcat, (edited )
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that is the PS4 version running under backwards compatibility. the game released months before the PS5 launched.

you wouldn’t call f-zero gx a wii game just because the wii is backwards compatible with gamecube games.

Rhoeri, do gaming w Are there too many video game remakes and remasters?

Yes. One hundred percent yes without exception- YES.

Polyester6435, do gaming w Are there too many video game remakes and remasters?

Yes

ReplicantBatty, do gaming w Are there too many video game remakes and remasters?

Remakes: Yes Remasters: No

I don’t like when they remake a game I loved but they add a bunch to it like new gameplay mechanics, or make changes to stories or characters. That being said not all remakes are bad, probably most are just fine, but really not my cup of tea.

I greatly prefer a straight remaster. Just update the graphics, remaster the sound, maybe add a little more details to the game world, and I’m a happy dude.

AlexWIWA,

And fix annoying game behaviors like game logic being tied to FPS and zoom being tied to resolution.

cole,
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what about Mafia Definitive Edition? I’d say that is probably the one good example of a remake.

EmergMemeHologram, do gaming w Are there too many video game remakes and remasters?

Yes.

We have so much technology and innovation and a line of millions of people with ideas who want to make games.

Yet we spend our billions in the video game industry to zhuzh up ps2 games made by a studio of 35 people including support and sales.

Why? Because it’s slightly easier to market, despite again the billions available to spend making new and exciting games.

Laser,

And honestly the example you gave is rather a good example of a remake. The PS2 is 20 years old at this point. If the game was well made and the remake/ remaster is well-executed? Why would anyone object to this?

New and exciting games exist. This isn’t an issue. In most cases I’d even say that while money surely is important, in most cases it’s not a lack of money preventing a good game, but rather another issue that might lead to funds running out. If that makes sense.

The current situation is way better than say 25-30 years ago, and those games weren’t exactly trash.

shapesandstuff,

Would be a good one, yes. But currently the trend is getting closer from 1.5 to 1 generation ago

Worst offenders to me are cod, despite a bigger time gap. Force bundling a remake into another live service game that STILL GETS SHUT DOWN AFTER A FEW YEARS FOR THE NEXT LIVE SERVICE.

Katana314, do games w Former Mass Effect lead writer says new narrative-focused studio will "avoid painting ourselves in a corner"

This is exactly what I’ve wanted. Anytime we get a plot point that fits in the following lists, I feel like it severely handicaps the writing potential of any other stories you could tell.

  • Humanity was created for the sole purpose of ???
  • Everything you’ve experienced is part of a simulation.
  • Our entire lives are lived for the fight against the ???. But it turns out that whole war was a conspiracy by the patriarchy.
  • There are many enemies around us. But we may as well throw our swords and guns in the trash, because the only ones who can fight them are the chosen ???, born with special powers.
  • Not much of humanity is left, so we need to preserve what we can and never ever get into any major conflicts.
LordXenu, do games w Former Mass Effect lead writer says new narrative-focused studio will "avoid painting ourselves in a corner"

At the same, does “painting our selfs into a corner” loose having true ending to stories?

Constraints and limitations drive creativity, but you have accept a final product at some point and move to another universe/story.

Carighan,
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Yeah this sounds like modern serials, end everything on a cliffhanger and never commit to anything. Which was basically their problem already.

Sanctus,
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They couldn’t accept that 3 games in, some people would be locked out due to their choices in 1 or 2. Who cares? We have our lives to play them. Lock 'em out. Thats why 1 & 2 were cool, your choices came with you.

Hotdogman, do games w Former Mass Effect lead writer says new narrative-focused studio will "avoid painting ourselves in a corner"

Blue, green or red. Please no more of that.

LKPU26,

Agreed. Drew Karpyshyn was the Lead writer for ME 1 & 2. When Mac Walters took there was a quality drop.

Example: the Dark Matter plot line was dropped and, I seem to recall, this was meant to be the motivation behind the reapers. Creating a psychic species that could control dark matter.

ME books story series also crashed once Drew Karpyshyn left.

To be fair, it can’t be easy finishing off someone else’s work.

EditsHisComments, do games w Former Mass Effect lead writer says new narrative-focused studio will "avoid painting ourselves in a corner"

This sounds like it could work well, just hope they aren’t given short or unrealistic deadlines by NetEase. The people he’s assembled thus far have released amazing material during their careers when they were given enough time.

Exec, do gaming w Ex-Rockstar North dev spills on Agent, abandoned zombie game, and more in fascinating new blog
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UKFilmNerd,
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There’s always the Wayback Machine.

NecroMemories,

Seems like it didn’t get them all, which is a shame because they’re really interesting

Catastrophic235,
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That zombie game sounds almost like it could be a Crossed game lol.

sederx, do gaming w Starfield's new PC patch delivers the game we should have had at launch

No it doesn’t XD

Kolanaki, do games w Baldur's Gate 3, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum trials added to PlayStation Plus Premium
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Come check out the best RPG of the modern age, and compare it to the worst pile of shit since E.T. for Atari.

Zoomboingding, do games w Baldur's Gate 3, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum trials added to PlayStation Plus Premium
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🎶One of these things is not like the other🎶

Donjuanme,

Neither of these things are like each other?

TheActualDevil,

One of those is there to sell more Playstation Plus Premium memberships. The other is there as a cheap way to try and convince a few people to buy a game no one wants.

I’ll let you decide which is which.

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