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15 Best Video Game Remakes of All Time (Gaming Bolt)
- Thread starter Arta
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Where the hell are the Megaman PSP remakes on this list? Or the Dracula X Chronicles?
Fucking this, too!
Fucking this, too!
RE2 is fantastic, but I can't help but feel that this list is a bit weird. Resident Evil takes the #1 and 2 spot, followed by two Metroid games? Just seems lazy. SotC and Spyro are also both way too low.
Shadow of the Colousses at 15 is fine. It's just like the original to me. I get half way through and get bored and give up.
Spyro should be higher
Spyro should be higher
Lets Go Pikachu is a disgrace on that list and I enjoyed it.... for what it was. HG and SS are 100x better
The Ratchet & Clank remake took out all of the fun consumerism based satire, and genuine character development for both Ratchet & Clank in the original game, at the expense of making a quirky meme based kid friendly story instead. Definitely not what I'd call a great remake.
I think that HG and SS are very overrated but even I agree that this list is invalidated by not including either them or Firered and Leafgreen
Kirby Super Star Ultra is probably the best remake ever tho
Kirby Super Star Ultra is probably the best remake ever tho
What.
First of all, if anything, Fire Red/Leaf Green were way better at remaking the first gen. For starters they didn't over simplify the game and butchered the pokemon formula with the "GO" awfulness
I booted up Spyro after never playing the PS1 games and that game honestly feels like a modern game. So I'd say that's a good remake. I should play the originals some day to compare.
REmake 2 is probably the best for sure. Heart Gold/Soul Silver are great too and so are Fire Red and Leaf Green. I'd also put Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold as one of my favourites. Final Fantasy IV on DS is also a personal favourite.
Trials of Mana looks like it is shaping up to be a good remake as well.
REmake 2 is probably the best for sure. Heart Gold/Soul Silver are great too and so are Fire Red and Leaf Green. I'd also put Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold as one of my favourites. Final Fantasy IV on DS is also a personal favourite.
Trials of Mana looks like it is shaping up to be a good remake as well.
What elevates it is the fact that it's a well done re-imagining and not just a facelift. Well deserved.
Rondo of Blood looks way better than that 2.5D remake in my opinion. Not even close.
Oath in Felghana is an astonishing reinvention of Wanderers from Ys and one of the best titles in a great series.
Absolutely.
It's such a middling experience and almost made me lose interest in the series entirely and the film didn't help matters. I'm pretty weary of what the future holds for Ratchet in general if this is anything to go by.
I don't disagree (other than the whole stating opinion as fact). More just anticipating an expected reaction.
Guys, I think you got this list wrong. Shadow of the Colossus is number 1. Arta
Usually you start at the bottom of these top whatever lists and go up to place number one, but they don't start with #15 but with #1 for Shadow of the Colossus and they close wit Resident Evil 2 Remake at #15 and say "Last but not least". You don't usually say that for first place do you? Maybe this list isn't supposed to be a ranking list? It's confusing, lol.
Usually you start at the bottom of these top whatever lists and go up to place number one, but they don't start with #15 but with #1 for Shadow of the Colossus and they close wit Resident Evil 2 Remake at #15 and say "Last but not least". You don't usually say that for first place do you? Maybe this list isn't supposed to be a ranking list? It's confusing, lol.
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How? The game is amazing but sucks as a remake with all the cuts they did.
REmake should be #1.
Edit: Where the hell is HGSS?
Capcom showing off that they're the kings of two different kinds of remakes. One is the core experience vastly updated over the original, and the other is a reimagining that perfectly captures the soul of the original while modernizing it for current gaming sensibilities. Those two can duke it out til the end of time, but everyone else is just fighting for third place.
A lot of the other picks on this list though... highly questionable.
A lot of the other picks on this list though... highly questionable.
It's been said a few times already because it's true. Some of the choices they put above SOTC...jeez.
I can't believe there's a world where someone thinks Let's Go Pikachu is a top 15 remake of all time AND they didn't include Yakuza Kiwami 2 in the list.
Let's Go Pikachu over FireRed/LeafGreen feels like recentism. It was an interesting remake, but I don't think I'd call it one of the best ones. FireRed/LeafGreen meanwhile were remakes of two games that, while enjoyable, were absolutely busted.
I agree and not just for the lack of a fixed camera - the whole presentation, art direction, added areas and atmosphere were done far better in REmake than in REmake2.
Time to fix this:
15) Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
14) Starfox 64 3D
13) Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled
12) Super Mario All Stars
11) Spyro Reignited Trilogy
10) Pokemon FR/LG & HG/SS
9) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
8) Shadow Of The Colossus
7) Black Mesa
6) Dragon Quest series(I through VII)
5) Ys Series(I & II Chronicles, Oath in Felghana and Memories of Celceta)
4) Metroid: Zero Mission
3) Metroid: Samus Returns
2) Resident Evil
1) Resident Evil 2 Remake
HG/SS and Ocarina of Time 3D (if they count Star Fox this should too) are robbed
I actually kinda prefer LGPE over FR/LG. FR/LG is definitely the "best" way to play gen 1 in a lot of ways, but to me it just felt like kind of a gutless version of the original, with the jank stripped out of it, which was a lot of what made that game stand out in the rest of the series to me. Let's Go is different enough that it feels unique. The OGs are still my personal favorite ways to play those games though.
I actually kinda prefer LGPE over FR/LG. FR/LG is definitely the "best" way to play gen 1 in a lot of ways, but to me it just felt like kind of a gutless version of the original, with the jank stripped out of it, which was a lot of what made that game stand out in the rest of the series to me. Let's Go is different enough that it feels unique. The OGs are still my personal favorite ways to play those games though.
Twin Snakes is gross. One of the worst remakes ever. I'm not even against the over the top cutscenes (I was into Kitamura at the time). Terrible, bored voice acting that's worse than the original. (Mei Ling is a slight improvement due to loss of the accent). Awful new music. Awkward changes to the original great translation (Jeremy Blaustein deserves a lot of credit for MGS catching on). The new gameplay additions trivialize the stealth gameplay as they're not accounted for at all. The "improved" graphics aren't all that great. They character models especially pale in comparison to what was in MGS2 (a game two years older and on worse hardware) (Otacon specifically looks terrible and like a fucking hamster).
It's just worse in every way (except for losing Mei Ling's accent).
It's just worse in every way (except for losing Mei Ling's accent).
Wondering,
Was this the only game that failed and we got a remake of?
Looking at most remakes, they were of successful or fan favourite games.
One could argue that it's the most remade out of all of them as it's almost like a new game that follows the story of the original game. It's certainly a high bar for most remakes as most of them are mainly looking to update older games with shinier graphics, which is nicer for those who were just looking for a faithful update but not as exciting
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Exactly. That level of ambition is a big reason why FF7R is so anticipated.
The only other type of remake that rivals that is something like Crash Team Racing, where even though the core gameplay is similar, they add so much extra content it's nearly three remakes in one.