cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/27366526

I know that remakes and remasters are contentious, but let’s pretend whatever game in question you’re thinking of is handled with the utmost care by your favourite devs and they absolutely nail it.

Mine would be Shadow of Memories (called Shadow of Destiny in North America). It’s legitimately one of my favourite games of all time but it kinda flew under the radar and I haven’t met many people who know of it let alone played it. Seeing it get modern graphics, maybe some expanded mechanics, would be soooo cool.

    • Dicska@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      I had the same thought initially, and unfortunately it wasn’t just GTA. However, IMHO Diablo II Resurrected was an amazing exception, and I’m sure there are others. Plus, the OP’s question was probably about an ideal case and they wanted to know what people have been missing from the past.

      Realistically, I wouldn’t expect a decent comeback of Guitar Hero 3 for example, but it sucks that it doesn’t really work on Win10/11 anymore, and while Clone Hero exists, it doesn’t have the same “story” mode as GH3 had, with characters, milestones and such. Hell, you can’t even get “booed out”.

      Too bad that as you mentioned, even if there was demand, a random big company would just buy the rights, do some lazy upscale and sell it like it was gourmet shit.

  • squirrelwithnut@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    Well, a few months ago I would have said Soul Reaver, but we’re finally getting that!

    So I guess I’ll say Siphon Filter. I remember having a lot of fun with that back in the day.

    • ZeffSyde@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      I don’t think I ever got anywhere in that game, I just spent the whole weekend rental tazing poor unfortunate bros…

      • isthingoneventhis@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        8 days ago

        I was talking to my SO about it recently and we both kinda agreed you’d probably have to update the core gameplay so it would be a little more interesting/engaging but overall B&W was fun. Hell, even Spore redone properly (aka not by fucking EA) I would love too. That one always makes me sad to think about, and we’ve not really had anything like it since.

  • eezeebee@lemmy.caEnglish
    151·
    9 days ago

    Obligatory Bloodborne mention.

    Not sure if it’s been done already, but Zelda LttP would be cool. I haven’t played Echoes of Wisdom though I like the art style and could see it working well.

    Goldeneye + Perfect Dark.

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        8 days ago

        I don’t think Nintendo is capable of doing anything to Link to the Past other than ruin it.

        A lot of the Zelda games that got “remasters” mostly had their resolutions and brightnesses increased, to the point that the Wind Waker remake has problematic amounts of bloom. Makes me think someone important at Nintendo has cataracts. So if you want to “remaster” A Link to the Past, run it through an AI upscaler and turn a desk lamp on your screen.

        The few that have gotten ground-up “remakes” like Link’s Awakening…I kind of liked the art style they chose, it fit the tone of the game pretty well, going with quartets for the music is a stroke of genius, WHY DOESN’T THE FUCKING D-PAD WORK? The original game was designed for use with a D-Pad and either 4- or 8- way motion. I get that modern gamers might instinctively reach for the analog stick, but bind movement controls to the D-pad too, especially if you’re not going to bind anything else to those controls. Nintendo never doesn’t fuck this up. They made an entire console based on a revolutionary new way to fuck up the controls.

        So what you’d get out of a first-party re-release of aLttP is a blank white screen you control entirely with the gyros.

  • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    9 days ago

    My wishlist is Final Fantasy Tactics, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, and Xenogears. A Xenogears remake likely isn’t ever happening so I’d be happy with a remaster, and it’s practically an open secret at this point that an FFT project is in development. It getting the Tactics Ogre Reborn treatment would be lovely, but what I really want is an orchestrated soundtrack. Here’s hoping it doesn’t get cancelled. 🤞

    As a genre, 4X is still kicking around, but I’m not even sure if SMAC is beloved enough to get the treatment. Good voice acting would be essential.

  • bread@feddit.nlEnglish
    12·
    8 days ago

    Sid Meier’s Pirates! There are so few actually good pirate games.

    • lemonmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      I’ve played through various iterations of that game so many times, and I agree that it needs another modernization!

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    9 days ago

    Honestly, looking at how modern game development studios handle remakes, I wouldn’t want them anywhere near any of my beloved games. I haven’t played a single remake in the last 20 years where I felt like the studio that made it knocked it out of the park.

    Also, I strongly believe good games should not be remade, and only remastered/ “deluxe remastered” (where even if the game is remade, its a 1:1 faithful recreation with additional features and gameplay mechanics being optional). Remake the games that weren’t great, give them another chance at big success.

    • Sonic 2006
    • the XenoSaga games (don’t @ me XS fans, you know the combat and boss design in those games were terrible, 1 had DOMO Carrier, Tiamat, and whatever was going on in Song of Nephilim)
    • Most Konami games in the late 90s - mid 2010s
    • LAPD Future Cop
    • etc
    • B0NK3RS@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      Future Cop L.A.P.D

      I can get behind this. FC hold up very well and is an amazing game that I think is mostly forgotten by now.

    • uniquethrowagay@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      I’m playing the resident evil 4 remake right now and it’s amazingly good. Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition also comes to mind.

  • Aielman15@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    9 days ago

    Just give me a proper Xenogears remake with all the cut content from the second disc and I’ll die happy.

  • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    9 days ago

    Mine is Gothic and Soul Reaver - getting both so I’m a happy camper

    • HelixDab2@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      8 days ago

      Having seen the trailer for Gothic, it looks good. I really hope that it’s actually good.

    • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      That’s a great pick.

      The game feels like it gradually got worse as the game progressed, but that was typical for JRPGs back then. Still had plenty of great moments, though!