No, I don't, because I'm not insecure about my hobby. Gatekeepers are, and they can go fuck themselves. (not you, OP, you're not gatekeeping)
No worries, I also don't like hobbyist's who act with elitist tendencies that tell people "You're doing it wrong. Do it THIS way!"
Basically, I don't like dealing with the modern day Cranky Kong's.
Does the version have a rewind or quick save function?
If not, I'll pass.
Let me enjoy it the way I want to, and most importantly, the way I can. TS you didn't have an option to rewind, but if I do, I will not be stubborn enough to not use it. I don't give a shit, I don't care how some boomer experienced it, that doesn't affect me.
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(I actually don't believe in the above mentality, as more options for players to play & beat an old game is always good in my book. You're an idiot to think otherwise.)
Depends. I try to be kinda purist but I have limits.
If I'm playing an old PC FPS like Doom or something of that era I try to keep the graphics the way they were in the early 90's -- I play on Chocolate Doom if I can and if I have to use ZDoom I play it at 320 x 200 resolution, but I have to be able to use the mouse. Whenever I get around to playing FF7 I'm gonna play the digital PS1 copy on my PS3, on a CRT.
I try to ask around. If there's a remaster or remake of a particular classic that almost everyone recommends I got with that.
"If you didn't play doom on Ultra-Violence, you didn't really play."
Snobs will snob, basically. :D
Ideally, I'd like to be a purist, but with the jump from SD to HD, I've found I'm now willing to compromise with a changed/updated remaster for the updated resolution. For example, the Castlevania: SOTN original voice acting is so iconic that it pains me to give it up even for an "improved" translation, but I no longer see myself wanting to play the PS1 Classic version over the Requiem remaster version (and that's without taking into consideration the other updates with the Requiem version).
FF7 remaster is another good example: some of the graphical hiccups really annoy me on the new version, but I just can't pass over the increased resolution and quality of life/cheat code options.
I have a feeling Demon's Souls may be the same way too, if a PS5 remaster is released. Whereas with the above two games, I've already played their original versions, but I've never played Demon's Souls. But even if the remaster makes some material changes/updates, I don't think I'm going to have the desire to play through the original and a remaster.
You have the same mindset that I have with picking and choosing what version of a game to play, especially if it's a game that's part of a series that I'm familiar with but have otherwise not played (such as the case with The Odd Gentlemen King's Quest making me want to check out the older Sierra KQ's).
Ultimately, if that IP is really important to me, I'll do some research with how the re-release looks and plays compared to the original. Breath of Fire III-V are some of my favourite JRPG's, but I NEVER played the SNES BOF games that preceded them. There were GBA ports, but I wasn't impressed with how those games looked or sound on the GBA (despite being better localized and receiving a much better English localization & QOL changes from it's SNES counterparts). I eventually gone to track down the carts for both games, extracted the ROM's, and found a solid fan patch that fixed some of the jank (Random Encounter Rates for both and an English fan patch) that made the experience much more tolerable.
Alternatively, I was introduced to the Resident Evil series with REMake 1 & RE Zero, and I have little interest with playing the PS1 versions outside of watching a Let's Play or Twitch stream. But I do have my limits, as SNES is as far back as I can go, and I would rather play the PSP port of FFI&II than EVER play the NES equivalents.
