Ports or remasters that ruin the original game's art style

[Oscarzx n]

With the release of No More Heroes on the Switch a couple of months ago, with this being a remaster of the Wii version instead of the PS3/360 one, i realized that most people don't like that version because of the change in art style, since they added a lot of new effects that while one would think that's a good thing, it ended up messing with the game art style, making it less appealing, so most people were happy that they chose the "inferior" version

Have you heard of a similar case as this one? a game that when ported to another hardware they ruined the original look

 

[BasilZero]

Final Fantasy X the thread.

 

[Servbot24]

Windwaker. GC version looks much better.

 

[Ultima_5]

The shadow of colossus remake kinda. i miss the misty look of the original.

 

[jonjonaug]

Shadow of the Colossus's PS4 remaster ruined the signature lighting style that all of Ueda's games have.

 

[Dolce]

Shadow of the Colossus's PS4 remaster ruined the signature lighting style that all of Ueda's games have.

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It also makes Wander look weird.

 

[SuperMetalo]

XIII recently

 

[Karlinel]

I hope I get my popcorn before the Bluepoint squad comes and say how they ruined Shadow of the Colossus AND Demon's Souls. Which I may or may not agree with.
My 2 pence: Silent Hill HD.

 

[chandoog]

Final Fantasy VI

 

[ciddative]

All of the above.

Hurts that I have to use PCSX2 to get a faithful modern version of FFX

 

[Spring-Loaded]

The shadow of colossus remake kinda. i miss the misty look of the original.

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Shadow of the Colossus's PS4 remaster ruined the signature lighting style that all of Ueda's games have.

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Did y'all try the blown out bloom filter and crank it all the way up?

 

[Justified]

Monster World IV

 

[Kakadu18]

XIII. The remake is absolute crap and looks completely different.

 

[Squarehard]

Was never a fan of the FF IV DS remake on 3DS.

Just so incredibly forgettable with the 3D models of the characters.

Not the actual cutscene parts, but the in game parts with the chibi models.

 

[the_wart]

I feel like the overwhelming majority of remasters do this and it sucks.

 

[TyraZaurus]

Super Mario All-Stars

 

[werezompire]

Dragon Quest VI. The original game has a very distinct style and is one of the better looking 16-bit RPGs out there. The remake just looks like every other DS DQ game.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Monster World IV

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I came into this thread after literally watching this new trailer 1 minute ago.

 

[retroman]

Golden Axe

Original

PS2 Sega Ages version

 

[andymcc]

Monster World IV

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Wonder Boy is cursed.

Golden Axe

Original

PS2 Sega Ages version

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i feel like the whole Sega AGES line around this time period could be in this thread lol

 

[Jimmy Joe]

This is a lot milder than the other games brought up but I thought the lighting change in Majora's Mask 3D had a deleterious effect on the game's atmosphere

OOT3D had a similar problem but it only really came up in the final battle with Ganon

 

[mrmoose]

The Dragon Quest cell phone "remasters" as well (the ones they used to port to the Switch).

 

[Alecs27]

Crash N Sane Trilogy. Shitty art direction with zero personality.

 

[dude]

The Monkey Island remaster. Luckily they included the original art, but the new one is a soulless abomination that, and is made even uglier when compared to the original pixel art perfection.

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

Final Fantasy VI

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This hurts so bad.

 

[Aurora]

When lighting is properly taken into account the game isn't always ugly but there are a lot of times where it just looks off, and beyond the technical effects slathered onto the package as part of being made on a modern engine, it doesn't hold up in quite the same way the original PS1 titles did.

Crash 4 started development in the same year NST was released and yeah:

 

[Deleted member 59109]

Super Mario All-Stars

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Crash N Sane Trilogy. Shitty art direction with zero personality.

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I disagree a lot with these

(For Crash, I think both are good in their own ways. For Mario All Stars, it makes the games playable for me)

 

[lilty]

Halo Anniversary. Thankfully H2A looks much better.

 

[Gusy]

I'll never forgive how The Ninja Gaiden Trilogy for the SNES butchered the music and the visuals, completely killing the awesome parallax scrolling achieved on the nes on several stages.

 

[Veelk]

Halo 1 anniversary. I guess you can't say 'ruined' if you can switch between the new and old on the fly, but I'm hoping someone will make a mod that has the detail of Anniversary but closer to the style of original.

Halo 2 anniversary is just fine imo tho.

 

[Croc Man]

Little Kings story has to be the...well king of this.

The sweet childlike dreamy atmosphere changed to a horny teens anime wet dream feel.

 

[Deleted member 81119]

Final Fantasy VI

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I bought the FF Dot Pixel art book yesterday, and it has modernised 16-bit esque versions of all the sprites. Similar to Record Keeper but they look more like the characters actually look like.

Anyway these new 16-bit sprites are done by Kazuko Shibuya who was both the original sprite artist and the person that did the above 'remastered' sprites.

The FFVI sprites are really interesting because they are basically the above sprites but done in a 16 bit style, and in my opinion they look amazing. Better than both the original and (obviously) the remastered sprites.

 

[Ashilyn]

Langrisser 1+2. I mean, they did include the original character busts in a DLC, but YIKES that game just doesn't look right in the remake.

Still a good game, at least.

 

[TyraZaurus]

I disagree a lot with these

(For Crash, I think both are good in their own ways. For Mario All Stars, it makes the games playable for me)

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All-Stars ruined a lot of what made Super Mario 3 unique, including the "stage play" aspects of most of the worlds.

 

[RagingAvatar]

Metal Gear Solid 3.
Something is lost on the PS3 release because of the way PS2 effects and lighting worked

 

[steviestar3]

Halo 1 anniversary. I guess you can't say 'ruined' if you can switch between the new and old on the fly

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The "original" mode has the downgraded lighting/textures from the old Gearbox PC port though. It still looks worse than the original game did.

 

[Vertpin]

When lighting is properly taken into account the game isn't always ugly but there are a lot of times where it just looks off, and beyond the technical effects slathered onto the package as part of being made on a modern engine, it doesn't hold up in quite the same way the original PS1 titles did.

Crash 4 started development in the same year NST was released and yeah:

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I think the photo you have of the NST is pre-release. In game, it actually looked really great.

 

[Squarealex]

- Shadow of the Colossus
- Final Fantasy V/VI/X re-master (also, new CGI potrait for FFIX, yikes)
- DMC1/3
- Seiken Densetsu Series

 

[Agni Kai]

How was FFX Remastered changed? I've only played this version.

 

[Deleted member 59109]

All-Stars ruined a lot of what made Super Mario 3 unique, including the "stage play" aspects of most of the worlds.

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I just feel like the colors are a lot more vibrant in All Stars. Which is kind of how I feel about SNES games in general, NES games just look bland to me.

 

[retroman]

i ieel like the whole Sega AGES line around this time period could be in this thread lol

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Haha, no lies detected

 

[Garlador]

My childhood:

The remake:

 

[Sinatar]

How was FFX Remastered changed? I've only played this version.

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They changed the faces a bit.

It's incredibly minor and certainly didn't "ruin" it.

 

[Bathory]

Final Fantasy VI

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WTF is this ? Is a mobile port ?

 

[andymcc]

All-Stars ruined a lot of what made Super Mario 3 unique, including the "stage play" aspects of most of the worlds.

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the music sounds like shit too. i hate the drum sounds.

 

[chandoog]

How was FFX Remastered changed? I've only played this version.

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Character models for the 2 primary protagonists (Tidus and Yuna) were changed. The change did not go down well with a lot of people.

 

[Se_7_eN]

 

[-shadow-]

Final Fantasy VI

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This is a lot milder than the other games brought up but I thought the lighting change in Majora's Mask 3D had a deleterious effect on the game's atmosphere

OOT3D had a similar problem but it only really came up in the final battle with Ganon

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I love most graphical changes in these two, and I can kind of see where they came from with the Ganon fight. The 3DS doesn't have the brightest of screens and the 3D does bleed quite a lot on high contrast images. So bumping the overall brightness of the scene made sense. Now was it worth the tradeoff with the atmosphere? Well to each their own I guess.

 

[Ouroboros]

My childhood:

The remake:

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didn't this get delisted because of how terrible it was?

 

[andymcc]

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this is a new installment isn't it?

didn't this get delisted because of how terrible it was?

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i think it was due to the license expiring...

gonna be a big ol' hot take for this forum but Turtles in Time arcade is about as average as beat em ups get. If the game didn't have Turtles branding, it wouldn't be remembered as well as it is.