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.

  • Chessmasterrex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Alister McGee’s Alice. Pretty much a horror version of Alice in Wonderland, and it’s a platformer with trippy graphics. I thought it was pretty fun.

    • lemonmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Do you hate my country so much you can’t even say the name when it’s in reference to something else entirely?

      (This should not be taken seriously. It is a joke.)

    • UncleJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      My daughter loves this game. Her halloween costume tonight was the Alice from that game & her best friend was classic Alice.

  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m not particularly a fan of either re-makes or full remastered but I’m a big fan or, for example, when Xbox upgraded the resolution and FPS or backwards compatible games.

    I would love to see Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes again and have a similar service on Switch for GameCube games.

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months 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
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      2 months 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.

  • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

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

    • HelixDab2@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

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

  • Go-On-A-Steam-Train@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Omg shadow of memories! What a pick :) great game that I’ve heard barely anyone talk about :)

    It feels like the rules to say an official english translation for Mother 3! Loved playing it (if Nintendo read this I did not play it)

    Guiltily I’d also love a WWF Smackdown or Here Comes the Pain remaster, same arcade gameplay, same roster, or updated but just prettier and expanded! :)

  • Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    X3: Terran Conflict.

    Yes, we got X3FL in 2021 AND X4, but X4 is a very different game and X3FL is just a heavily scripted X3AP (more or less).

    It’s a more-than-me years old game with a lot of mods that keep it enjoyable to day – as “enjoyable” as it can be, that janky piece o’ junk – but I feel about it the same way I feel about Halo 2: imagine what it could have been, if the devs had the resources they could have today. (if you say “X4” I’m going to fucking flip)

      • Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        2 months ago

        When I first played FL I thought it came out with all the others *^*

        I don’t outright dislike X4, but IMO it feels too… streamlined, in a way. You’ve got less wares, less ships, less sectors, no jumpdrive (yes I see the reasoning, no I still want the jumpdrive), the Xenon lost their aesthetic just to look like Mass Effect reapers, and fuckers stole my magnificently redundant ship classes. Can’t have ship in Detroit.

  • eezeebee@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months 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.

  • Aielman15@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

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

    • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I’d be happy with a simple remaster with a cleaned-up script. Disc 2 wasn’t as bad as I’d remembered on a replay I had earlier this year.

  • notfromhere@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago
    • MDK and MDK2
    • King’s Quest VI
    • Leisure Suite Larry 6
    • Super Mario RPG (no Paper Mario doesn’t count)
    • Mario Paint
  • CharlesReed@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    I would love to see F.E.A.R. with updated graphics. Preferably just a remaster, but if it was remade in the same spirit as the Dead Space remake was, I’d be down for that too, especially if they brought back Fettel’s voice actor.