I love remasters and I'm glad they exist.
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I've bought my fair share of remasters and haven't regret one purchase so far. Personally, I don't think they are diving into new games releasing. Even if remasters didn't exist, you'd see the same amount of new games. Companies just aren't as big into big scale investments anymore. Destiny made its money back, but pretty much got universally hammered, even though it has a good GAF community.
Bingo. I would just add "as often as before" to the end of that last sentence.
CoolZombie
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Is it confirmed that Darksiders 2 is missing X1?
Necromanti
Member
I like good remasters for games that desperately need them. I'm apathetic about the ones that are quick cash-in re-releases of newer games.
I don't think the remaster has actually been confirmed, but retail listings for Darksiders 2: Definitive Edition (and another Nordic remaster, MX vs ATV Supercross: Encore Edition) have only popped up for the PS4 version. Nordic's other remaster is of Arcania, which is currently PS4 exclusive despite the original game being on PS3 and 360.
Angryharlot
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I'm glad that you are enjoying them. They are still a shining example of how little this gen has to offer anyone over the last one.
Absolutely in agreement with this
Putyouinmyoven
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Me too OP, in large part because unless you have the space for a CRT, or the cash money for a good solution, old games look like aaaass on an HDTV.
DidntKnowJack
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I'm alright with remasters. They don't thrill me or get me excited, but I'm not opposed to them on principle or anything. I bought The Last Of Us this gen, it was alright.
edit: I meant the remaster was alright. The game itself is friggin' amazing.
edit: I meant the remaster was alright. The game itself is friggin' amazing.
PeakPointMatrix
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Remasters are resource sponges!! Instead of spending ALLLLL their money on shitty remasters EVERYONE HAS PLAYED, developers can use that money to make NEW IP's!! This generation is nothing but REHASHES. What happened to the old generations where all we got were NEW GAMES with no RE-releases in sight!??
/s
DidntKnowJack
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The companies doing these remasters are commissioned by the big publishers. They don't do new IP's anyway.
hydragonwarrior
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It would be pretty funny to see another remaster of Last of Us on PS5
PeakPointMatrix
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DidntKnowJack
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God damn it that /s wasn't there before! (lol)Being sarcastic btw
Shmuely Bully
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The things I'd do for a Lords of Shadow 2 remaster that bumped the graphics quality, tweaked the stealth bits and scaling so they didn't make people so danged crazy, and (more importantly IMO) fixed the load times so backtracking wasn't a nightmare.
well said OP, well said.
I think the only rational stance is to buy what you find interesting and ignore what you don't, be it remasters or new games or anything.
I'm actually surprised by those who say that not enough games are released, because completing ~60games per year I can't catch up with them and I don't even play multiple genres like sport games or strategy and rarely play FPS.
I think the only rational stance is to buy what you find interesting and ignore what you don't, be it remasters or new games or anything.
I'm actually surprised by those who say that not enough games are released, because completing ~60games per year I can't catch up with them and I don't even play multiple genres like sport games or strategy and rarely play FPS.
Iva Demilcol
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The PS3 had so many great HD collections. I hope we see some decent remastered collections this gen, not just this singular release stuff. But whereas the Sly collection was a thing, I'm not sure the Infamous collection will be; likewise for PS2 Ratchet and Clank vs. Resistance...
Fallout New Vegas and Dark Souls are the dream for me.
Fallout New Vegas and Dark Souls are the dream for me.
Unfortunately backwards compatibility wasn't cut because Sony and Microsoft decided to screw everyone over.
Sony and Microsoft don't have backwards compatibility because, if they did what was necessary to enable it, it would have completely crippled literally everything else about the system.
-Sony would be stuck with their terrible Cell architecture
-Microsoft would be stuck on PowerPC which is completely dead for all other purposes
Backwards compatibility doesn't improve games though.
Being for ports, pardon, remasters and/or completely new games by default is a pointless exercise. Decide on a game per game basis.
On consoles.
On consoles.
Iva Demilcol
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There's a part of me that wants a FFXII HD remaster, RDR remaster and Skyrim remaster more than any new game they will announce at E3.
The other part of me just wants new games.
PurpleSquid
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I don't mind remasters, they don't bother me at all. I hope Dragon's Dogma gets a remaster, it would be awesome to have that game at a solid 60fps.
GoonerTRON
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They could be really awesome if the price was right.
lensoftruth
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I hate the term remaster. They're generally ports with a few tough ups.
PORTS people!
They're also fantastic projects for smaller studios or junior teams of large devs to get their teeth into development.
Sadly they lack quality these days, and if you don't have a wii u, all your best games are halo and the last of us ports if you ignore indies.
PORTS people!
They're also fantastic projects for smaller studios or junior teams of large devs to get their teeth into development.
Sadly they lack quality these days, and if you don't have a wii u, all your best games are halo and the last of us ports if you ignore indies.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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I think Mario 64 HD would absolutely kill.
Photolysis
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I love remasters when they're done well. But then again, I tend to play games for years instead of playing them for 5 minutes before dropping them for the NEW SHINY THING. A well done remaster takes something I already like and makes it even better.
A lot of "remasters" are basically ports though. It's a bit annoying to equate a product where someone has gone all the way to revamp the assets to something where they port it and throw in a handful of better textures and call it a job done.
A lot of "remasters" are basically ports though. It's a bit annoying to equate a product where someone has gone all the way to revamp the assets to something where they port it and throw in a handful of better textures and call it a job done.
ULTROS!
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I'm completely fine with PS2->PS3/PS4 remasters, especially old school PSP/PC/Dreamcast/GameCube/Xbox->PS3/PS4 remasters because they're not as accessible. What I don't like are PS3->PS4 remasters because I don't see the point and they're still accessible, and they're still in HD.
lensoftruth
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Not really, good games from previous generations have always been ported to new systems. Plenty of people missed out on the games.
Publishers have built themselves a market based on games that spend more money on known voice actors and marketing than the game themselves, so there so few titles by so few publishers that there is nothing else - ports are need now more than ever.
Kids (14-21) want graphics and a bump in res for past gen games gives a small b team something too prove there worth.
Ubisoft are now using a single template for all their 'aaa' games and have nearly twice the employees of nintendo. Nintendo may spend 3 to 4 years per team on a game even with their talented employ - ubisoft et Al don't have that luxury, they train their news on ports.
ports do everyone a favour
Seven Force
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Pretty much my stance, though I don't mind the latter if it's been a considerable amount of time since it's original release and adds a significant amount of content (Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, for example) or gives the game a much needed performance jump that may not have been possible on last gen hardware and actively impacted the last gen experience negatively (DmC: Definitive Edition for example). If it's just a remaster of the game with maybe all of it's DLC bundled and nothing else, I'm much less inclined to buy it.
Says the guy that'll probably buy the inevitable Arkham and Kingdom Hearts remasters 
ArtHands
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That sounds like a standard free pass excuse for all the nickelling and diming practices like DLC, season pass and the like.
I am going to use these the next time someone complains about the microtransaction in mobile games.
Same. If they want to remaster, go remaster stuffs that actually require them, such as those from PS2 era or before.
It is true that the companies that would be making your B and C tiered retail games two generations ago are the ones who are doing the remasters now, so in a sense you could complain if you wanted that you're not getting the games that you probably wouldn't buy and are instead getting games you may or may not buy because of their proven track record and slightly slicker presentation.
Yeah but lots of console exclusives are never going to come out on PC. So the only way to get an improved version of them is a remaster.
But they do?
Increased framerate (going from 25-30 to 50-60 is a huge improvement — see TLoU: R for example) and visual fidelity definitely improve games. I don't even know how you can argue against that.
And that's without counting those ports that go above and beyond and add gameplay elements (DmC: DE, DMC4: SE, Metro 2033: Redux, Dark Souls 2: SotFS for example).
I'm quite sad that the Tomb Raider remaster may not be coming to PC.
flaxknuckles
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So you'd like to pay the developer to fix issues that never should have been there in the first release? This is the reason I didn't pay the upgrade price for Deus Ex HR: Director's Cut. All it did was fix shitty boss fights that shouldn't have been shitty.
Battlesmurf
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When they're good it can be an amazing thing. TLOU fixed pretty much my only complaint with the PS3 version. I'm a gameplay first kind of person, but if there's a way to have my cake and eat it too, I'm there.
That being said, Halo 2 Anniversary was a mixed bag for me. Some of the levels didn't hold up, some of the new stuff was much more bland.
Can't think of many other remasters I've checked out recently, but there's a few upcoming ones I'd like to check out. (Gears could be great!)
That being said, Halo 2 Anniversary was a mixed bag for me. Some of the levels didn't hold up, some of the new stuff was much more bland.
Can't think of many other remasters I've checked out recently, but there's a few upcoming ones I'd like to check out. (Gears could be great!)