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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Zeus posted...

Not really, though. The nostalgia isn't purely mechanical, it's based on the characters and story as well --- and usually more so. And there's little reason to release essentially the same game *when* the same game is already available on the platform.

But if they're changing the look of the characters, and giving them voices they didn't have previously, and changing elements of their personality and the narrative they're in... are they really the same characters?

There's a reason why so many film remakes of old TV shows or movies have been hot garbage. When you change everything but the most superficial surface elements of a character, you're sort of changing what was appealing about that character and their story in the first place.

You say that, but the Battlestar Galatica and Doctor Who reboots among others have been hits. Granted, Doctor Who is *somewhat* of a special case, given that it plays into what became a central gimmick. However, if we're talking strictly film remakes of shows, that's a bit silly because the biggest issue is the change of format.

And film remakes tend to flop *because* they're bad, not because they're remakes. And the majority of anything is going to skew mediocre, remakes just catch more heat given their connection to the original material.

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Zeus posted...

Not really, though. The nostalgia isn't purely mechanical, it's based on the characters and story as well --- and usually more so. And there's little reason to release essentially the same game *when* the same game is already available on the platform.

I was always under the impression that when people actually ask for modern updates of past games, that they basically just want a visual face life. That they already like the game mechanically, just wished it looks more modern. I know when myself or others wished something like GoldenEye would get that treatment, that's all we want (thank you, GE Source!).

Which ofc is different than wishing some old games would get modern sequels, or would spruce a game up to modern mechanics standards as well (Skies of Arcadia and Eternal Darkness immediately come to mind).

Goldeneye is a key example of things just being mechanically outdated. However, the problem is much more than the fact they changed the mechanics. And with Goldeneye it was at least *partly* a matter of it being brought up to modern standards and the standards themselves being underwhelming, unlike say Pokemon FRLG which vastly improved upon RBY and is probably still the best Pokemon game in terms of campaign.
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