I want Developers and Publishers to go all out next gen with Remakes.

[Ivanovic]

A lot of us from the PS1 and PS2 generation are all grown up now with deep nostalgia from our childhood years. What better way to cater to that that remaking our favourite games with modern graphics. We've seen the popularity and sales success of Resident Evil/ Final Fantasy VII so clearly there's a market for it.
I say they should go all out; Metal Gear solid, Ape Escape, Silent Hill, San Andreas, GTA3, etc. Obviously I also want to see new IPs but there's no reason they can't do both.

 

[Edify]

I disagree and want devs to go all out with new games that I haven't played before.

Don't need a PS5 to play Silent Hill.

 

[Zephy]

Each remake means the main team won't be working on something new, not all studios can afford to do both at the same time. The remakes I'd really love to see will never happen so I'd rather just get new games and sequels.

 

[The Unsent]

I wouldn't mind more good remakes but not... spoiler for very recent game

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remakes that are more like "what if?" stories that are less interesting than the original stories. I rather they just do a proper sequel at that point.

 

[Deleted member 8196]

Obviously I also want to see new IPs but there's no reason they can't do both.

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There are plenty of reasons why they can't do both at the same time, resources are not infinite and not every studio has enough manpower to handle both developing a new IP and Remake several titles.

For example remaking GTA 3 from the ground-up can take up to 5 years or even more going by Rockstar standards and they can use that time, money and manpower to other projects.

 

[pswii60]

So the videogames industry can be as stagnant as Hollywood with endless reboots/remakes and reboots/remakes of reboots?

 

[NotLiquid]

I'd rather devs work on new things. I've already played the originals. I'm down with some remasters though.

 

[Deleted member 16876]

Give me a remake of REmake 3 please!

 

[Ivanovic]

I wouldn't mind more good remakes but not, spoiler for very recent game

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remakes that are more like "what if?" stories that are less interesting than the original stories. I rather they just do a proper sequel at that point.

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I would like to see the FFVII approach where they take some liberty with the original storyline instead of a copy and paste with better graphics.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Metal Gear solid

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Been done

 

[Grayson]

Soooo many abandoned Playstation IP that need to come back to us.

I'm all in here. Alongside some new IP to fill out the bunch.

Colony Wars, I've missed you. 💕

 

[AppleMIX]

I'm fine with remakes as long as they modernize the game (FF7/RE2) rather than have a game that just plays identical with updated graphics (crash).

 

[Metalgus]

Remasters? Yes. Remakes? Not really interested.

 

[The Unsent]

I would like to see the FFVII approach where they take some liberty with the original storyline instead of a copy and paste with better graphics.

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I don't mind a few liberties,

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but not like a parallel universe

 

[Duffking]

Gamers: Too many sequels, not enough original IP
Also Gamers: Give me less original IP

 

[trugs26]

Been there, done that, it lives on in my memory.

I'd highly prefer to get new memorable experiences than relive ones I already have. But that's just my personal preference, I can see why others would prefer reliving them.

 

[MillionIII]

Preaching to the choir, they aren't going to stop making remakes anytime soon.

 

[dex3108]

You will get even less games from some publisher that will be updated for years and you will like it XD

 

[Hate]

Remasters? Yes. Remakes? Not really interested.

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I want the opposite.

Remasters is just the same thing. Remakes are actually new.

 

[The Unsent]

Gamers: Too many sequels, not enough original IP
Also Gamers: Give me less original IP

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Emm, people have different preferences.

 

[ara]

There's only a couple of old PS1 games I'd love to see remade since they either haven't aged that well in my opinion or they never got to reach their potential in the first place (Xenogears comes to mind), but other than that, I'll have to say I'm also in the "just give me completely new experiences thanks" camp.

 

[Vitamin_B_Complex]

I disagree and want devs to go all out with new games that I haven't played before.

Don't need a PS5 to play Silent Hill.

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I'm really getting tired of people begging for remakes. When did they lose the will to experience new stuff. Always wanting to relive the old. It's like when people start to lose touch with modern music and only listen to the songs from their teens.

Fuck nostalgia, let the past slumber, those games are still there, still great. Make new games, with new premises, worlds, characters, subjects and themes. Try something new, dare something new.

 

[Hate]

I'm really getting tired of people begging for remakes. When did they lose the will to experience new stuff. Always wanting to relive the old. It's like when people start to lose touch with modern music and only listen to the songs from their teens.

Fuck nostalgia, let the past slumber, those games are still there, still great. Make new games, with new premises, worlds, characters, subjects and themes. Try something new, dare something new.

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I dunno, people haven't played them and don't have the patience to play PS1 and PS2 gen games? It's 2020 there are people that already legal age now when they were born/babies during the PS2/Xbox/GC era. There's a whole new generation of people that have only discovered RE2 recently through the remake.

We're not asking for every game to be remade. Only the ones that were the best of the bunch.

 

[Vitamin_B_Complex]

I dunno, people haven't played them and don't have the patience to play PS1 and PS2 gen games? It's 2020 there are people that already legal age now when they were born/babies during the PS2/Xbox/GC era. There's a whole new generation of people that have only discovered RE2 recently through the remake.

We're not asking for every game to be remade. Only the ones that were the best of the bunch.

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But the best of the bunch are still playable and wonderful. I went back and played and enjoyed many classics and access today is much much much easier than it was just 10 years ago. If you can't take the controls or the graphics, are you really interested in the game? When you played Resi 2 Remake, you didn't play the original. These are completely different experiences. So if you wanted the Resi 2 ich scratched, did it really? It's nothing like Resi 2.

And I find the idea to remake the best of the bunch funny, we should be remaking those games that weren't the best, that were interesting but failed somehow to give them new life. Not those that were 10/10 when they released. Or remake obscure games that are great. Like Parasite Eve that deserve a larger audience, not something that millions are already familiar with and have access to easily.

 

[Santar]

No thanks, make new games instead.
Who knows, that new game could end up being a new game you like even more than the old ones you want remade.

 

[Hate]

But the best of the bunch are still playable and wonderful. I went back and played and enjoyed many classics and access today is much much much easier than it was just 10 years ago. If you can't take the controls or the graphics, are you really interested in the game?

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It's great for me and you but there's little interest in those types of graphics when the latest generation of gamers have access to the more recent good looking games today.

 

[Tovarisc]

Make new games and IP's instead, please.

There has been enough remakes and remasters already to nostalgia bait or just remastering year old games.

 

[lunanto]

A big nope from me.

 

[Snowfruit]

But the best of the bunch are still playable and wonderful. I went back and played and enjoyed many classics and access today is much much much easier than it was just 10 years ago. If you can't take the controls or the graphics, are you really interested in the game?

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I had no interest in original FF7, game looks terrible. I'm playing the remake and loving it.
Same with Resident Evil, I hated the tank controls so I never got far into them. The RE2 and RE3 remakes on the other hand were amazing.

Bring on the remakes.

 

[Com_Raven]

Obviously I also want to see new IPs but there's no reason they can't do both.

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Of course there are. A remake takes a full development team, and millions of dollars. Neither budgets nor resources exist in a vacuum, and any team developing a AAA remake like FFVIIR is a team that won't be developing a new game in the meantime. There is only a limited number of major projects a publisher can suport at any given time. Things are different with quick remasters or ports.

 

[monali]

Capcom should remake RE3R yeah.
Seriously tho I'm not against this, but only if they tried to temake died franchises, I love what capcom did with RE2R and to a lesser extent to RE3R, square enix with FF7R, but I will rather have franchises no longer have a place in the industry, and give them another chance to shine.

 

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Nah son

 

[Edify]

I'm really getting tired of people begging for remakes. When did they lose the will to experience new stuff. Always wanting to relive the old. It's like when people start to lose touch with modern music and only listen to the songs from their teens.

Fuck nostalgia, let the past slumber, those games are still there, still great. Make new games, with new premises, worlds, characters, subjects and themes. Try something new, dare something new.

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What amazes me is many of these people are younger than me. I'm in my thirties, my first console was a Megadrive/Genesis and I'm super eager to play new games. In fact, I'm playing a last gen port right now (Yakuza 3) and it's struggling to hold my attention through slower sections.

I've just said something like this in another thread, but I'm not buying a PS5 to play Okami and RE4, I played them on the PS2.

 

[Vitamin_B_Complex]

It's great for me and you but there's little interest in those types of graphics when the latest generation of gamers have access to the more recent good looking games today.

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So why bother with remakes. They have no interest. They want their own classics when they are our age. Why feed them something we grew up with.

 

[gremlinz1982]

Remasters and remakes did absolutely nothing for me this generation, and they will do absolutely nothing for me next generation. I hope we see more games rather than the old games we have seen before; new stories, new adventures....even if they are in an existing universe.

 

[johancruijff]

way to push the whole medium into irrilevancy

 

[Grunty]

Remakes, sequels or new IP, the developers should make whatever it is they're feeling passionate about.

 

[Ravenwraith]

This generation deserves their own Silent Hills, Metal Gear Solids and GTAs.

 

[Windu]

new games please.

 

[Grayson]

Gamers: Too many sequels, not enough original IP
Also Gamers: Give me less original IP

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Almost like they're a group consisting of separate people.

 

[Troast]

No, also same with sequels. This gen was the worst we have ever had IMHO for these reasons.

 

[Vitamin_B_Complex]

This generation deserves their own Silent Hills, Metal Gear Solids and GTAs.

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I think it's the conservative kind of thinking that them young folks don't know what actual video games, so let's remake them so they play real games like Final Fantasy VII and Resident Evil 2.

Let the new generations have new experiences that speak to them and we older folk can join the ride enjoy what a new generation of developers creates with the medium instead of recreating fleeting old memories.

No, also same with sequels. This gen was the worst we have ever had IMHO for these reasons.

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I had hoped so much that the success of Horizon would encourage more new IP with bigger budgets.

 

[Gay Bowser]

Old games being available on new consoles is great. Old games being available on new consoles with graphical improvements (widescreen, higher resolution, etc.) is even better. But full remakes, the sort that are basically a new game from a development-resources perspective? Those I could do without, outside of exceedingly rare circumstances. I'd rather see new games.

 

[Tawney Bomb]

I think the occasional remake now and again is good, but I would be turned off if it was a main focus of devs. Not every game needs to be remade for the sake of nostalgia.

 

[Hate]

So why bother with remakes. They have no interest. They want their own classics when they are our age. Why feed them something we grew up with.

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First, not only do you interest the new people with better production values, the hype of people who have played them carries over to the new people. This is what interests companies.

Second, how many times have we said back then that remaking FF7 was Square Enix's panic button? I believe one of the reasons they finally pulled the trigger is because of the series of events that lead to the downfall of the FF name. Now you have rumors of Konami looking to remake Silent Hills to bring back interest to the franchise. Remaking is a way to reinvigorate the reputation of the series.

Third, remakes makes a ton of money for companies. Really that's the reason.

 

[Zoon]

I'd take one good remake over 10 mediocre new games.

 

[LaTasse]

but there's no reason they can't do both.

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Money and workforce are infinite, indeed.

Also it feels like most games released nowadays are either sequels of franchises established years (decades?) ago or remake. I don't want the industry to be more stagnant that it already is.

 

[Menchin]

I would much prefer new games over endless remake cycles

 

[julia crawford]

AKA being a good, behaving consumer 😊

 

[Vitamin_B_Complex]

First, not only do you interest the new people with better production values, the hype of people who have played them carries over to the new people. This is what interests companies.

Second, how many times have we said back then that remaking FF7 was Square Enix's panic button? I believe one of the reasons they finally pulled the trigger is because of the series of events that lead to the downfall of the FF name. Now you have rumors of Konami looking to remake Silent Hills to bring back interest to the franchise. Remaking is a way to reinvigorate the reputation of the series.

Third, remakes makes a ton of money for companies. Really that's the reason.

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I know the market value of this stuff. This is the same reason big Hollywood studios never create anything original. But I hate it. It's like our generation lived in the golden age of AAA budget and indie creativity. But the newer generation only get the successful stuff that stuck with us. That is boring and limits the artistic endeavors of the medium.