Remake an old game with this gen's technology. What do you go for?
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Was the old Final Fantasy 7 PC release not good enough for you?No_Remainders said:
OT:X-Com:UFO Defense, or the AD&D Gold Box, or Menzobarenzan, or Fallout, or Fallout 2, or Fallout Tactics.
Those aren't remakes, those are new items... And you're talking practicality, not entertainment.Proton Packmule said:
An F1 is constantly being "remade" with new pieces to improve performance... But this isn't really applicable to entertainment is it? Maybe with patches and updates... Neither of those are remakes.
The issue is that, while creating a new and better wheel gives you a specific improvement over your old wheel. You don't, I hope, watch your wheel for entertainment. You use it to drive from point A to point B. You get better sets of wheels to either get faster or safer to point B. You can't simply make a square wheel.
This isn't the same thing you do with entertainment. Sure, "the wheel gets better" in the sense that graphics and physics engines keep getting improved, but we're not really buying a wheel. It's more like buying a painting, or a book. Would you really benefit from the Mona Lisa if it was touched up by Photoshop? Or from the Raven if it was printed in really glossy paper with an extremely well done cover? It's still the Raven. It's still Edgar Allan Poe.
All it really takes to make new games is creativity. It's not technological advancement. You can't build "hovercars" because our technology simply doesn't allow it reliably yet. Not because someone simply decided "hey, we CAN build hovercars, or flying ships... But let's remake the car instead! Make it prettier!".
I'm not sure which project you're talking about, but:SimuLord said:
http://forums.encyclopediadramatica.com/showthread.php?p=321965
I'm running this right now. I have to say, since I bought Crysis on that Steam sale I'm not too impressed with it's visual quality. I think Morrowind looks better! I have the settings maxed at 1080p (minus some AA options) so it's not like I've set the game to look ugly or anything.
Really, this is what I came here to post anyway. I realized while I was playing it that it was exactly what I'd want to see in any other full "next-gen remake" of any other dated title.
I was just thinking about exactly this today since I'm playing through the game after losing my old saves. The locations in Sigil are so rich. Brothel of Slaking Intellectual Lusts, anyone?Super Toast said:
I remember that game. More specifically, I remember being terrible at it and raging because I was caught in a storm.SilentRuss said:
Apparently people didn't really understand what I said.vxicepickxv said:
I am entirely aware that FF7 had a PC release. I'm also aware that it was a fairly shoddy port from a console.
My point is that if they do re-make FF7, chances are it will only be on consoles, which will not amuse me.
You are aware of the original Pirates on the Amiga and NES aren't you? The 2004ish version being the one I'm referring to as the remake.EOD Tech said:Since when? It's still the same game I remember. I just played through it again a couple months ago.number2301 said:It did, I've got it and it's pretty damn awesomeKhaiseri said:
Yes, I'm aware of both. My meaning was there are no good pirate games since this one (or the remake, whatever).number2301 said:You are aware of the original Pirates on the Amiga and NES aren't you? The 2004ish version being the one I'm referring to as the remake.EOD Tech said:Since when? It's still the same game I remember. I just played through it again a couple months ago.number2301 said:It did, I've got it and it's pretty damn awesomeKhaiseri said:
I'm confused. You're quite right, there haven't been any good pirate games since the Sid Meier remake, but no-one said there was. Someone asked about a remake, I confirmed that it had happened.EOD Tech said:Yes, I'm aware of both. My meaning was there are no good pirate games since this one (or the remake, whatever).number2301 said:You are aware of the original Pirates on the Amiga and NES aren't you? The 2004ish version being the one I'm referring to as the remake.EOD Tech said:Since when? It's still the same game I remember. I just played through it again a couple months ago.number2301 said:It did, I've got it and it's pretty damn awesomeKhaiseri said:
But it's hardly a remake with "this gen's technology," which was the original post's intent. So we're in agreement, I guess. Enough said.number2301 said:I'm confused. You're quite right, there haven't been any good pirate games since the Sid Meier remake, but no-one said there was. Someone asked about a remake, I confirmed that it had happened.EOD Tech said:Yes, I'm aware of both. My meaning was there are no good pirate games since this one (or the remake, whatever).number2301 said:You are aware of the original Pirates on the Amiga and NES aren't you? The 2004ish version being the one I'm referring to as the remake.EOD Tech said:Since when? It's still the same game I remember. I just played through it again a couple months ago.number2301 said:It did, I've got it and it's pretty damn awesomeKhaiseri said: