Remastered / Re-released Games - What would you want to see?

[tkioz]

So I was thinking about firing up the Mass Effect series again and playing it through, but I was put off because I realised that if I wanted to see the whole "story" again I'd have to play ME1, and while it was a great game, compared to ME2 and ME3, gameplay wise it doesn't compare well.

So I got thinking, there has been a rash of pretty decent "HD" remastered games out lately, like Halo and Baulder's Gate, so it would be pretty good if Bioware did a "trilogy" version of the game, keeping pretty much all the stuff the game story/voice/etc the same, just updating the games so they were consistent gameplay wise. I bet it would sell well, and it's not like it would cost nearly as much as developing a new game, because they've already got tons of content that can be reused, might be something for the new console generation.

What game would like to see get the "HD" treatment?

 

[IllumInaTIma]

I would really, really love something like Persona 3: Golden. The first Persona I've ever played was Persona 3: Portable back on PSP, and I loved that game, but let's face it, it had numerous gameplay issues. So, rerelease Persona 3 on PSVita with capital polish!
1)Add Female Protagonist campaign from Portable and give her role and action in cutscenes!
2)Get rid of all that old fusion bullcrap where you had to keep redoing persona again and again just to get skill you want, just copy fusion system from Persona 4: Golden
3)Allow male protagonist to bond with female characters WITHOUT inevitably becoming their boyfriend!
4)Allow male protagonist to bond with his male team members! I would really love to have Shinjiro for Moon arcana as in Female protagonist route, rather than have to befriend fucking Nozomi
5)Add more social events for god's sake!

 

[Mr.Mattress]

I think Kirby's Crystal Shards (Otherwise known as Kirby 64) Could use a Remastering Re-release. That game was fun, and it would be even more fun if Kirby, King De De De and that Pixie thing looked better/normal. Plus, they could add new power ups and power up combos!

 

[Exius Xavarus]

I would absolutely love to see a remastered Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age.

But not with Golden Sun: Dark Dawn's style. I hate the style they used. >_>

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[Dr.Susse]

FF XII would be an insta-buy for me. The game was huge, heaps to do and I still play it regularly.

Also it would be interesting to see a game like Alundra tarted up a little.

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

I'd love an HD MGS3, and Dark Cloud.

 

[Starik20X6]

Doshin the Giant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doshin_the_Giant], preferably re-released to the 3DS. That game looked fresh and interesting, it would have been great if I'd been able to actually buy the damn thing. Same goes for Cubivore [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubivore:_Survival_of_the_Fittest], another interesting concept that nobody bought.

I don't know if I particularly want it to be a Zelda game, but I want a game that plays like an enhanced Zelda II.

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

Off the top of my head, Halo 2 done in the same style as Halo: Anniversary would be pretty cool.
After all, Halo 2's tenth birthday is coming up next year...

 

[infohippie]

Dungeon Keeper. A prettied-up, re-mastered Dungeon Keeper would be amazing.

 

[Nazulu]

Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask without changing some of the blasted design and lighting.

 

[Snotnarok]

I think ME would be the only game I'd like to see get 'remade' or have a different combat system shoved in. It does the job but that's about it.
Which I find to be amusing that OP brought this up given the outcry on this site alone saying ME1 was dumbed down losing RPG elements in favor of dumb shooter mechanics. I'm not even sure it's subjective that ME2 & 3 are better in every way combat & stat wise. Who finds it fun to have your characters skill with a weapon in a real time shooting game to be dictated by numbers? Vanguard trying to use a sniper rifle may as well have the barrel of the gun bent 90 degrees.

I couldn't think of a more irritating method of restricting a player, sure different power guns & skills but making you less accurate because of a level? That's just stupid and takes me out of the game.

 

[Tanis]

Onimusha HD Collection

Clover Studios HD Collection

A PROPER Silent Hill HD Collection

Atlus (HD) Collection
-Hell, multiple ones would be nice.

 

[Thomiroth]

I'd love to see Ring of Red remade, but that's only because I never got to finish it. In fact, in many cases, even if they weren't remade, some of the old PS2 era RPG's would be nice to play again.

 

[crazy_coug99]

With Kingdom HeartsnHD 1.5 coming out later this year, the only logical follow-up is to have Kingdom Hearts 2 HD.

 

[Akytalusia]

remake xenogears. they don't even have to improve anything. just finish disk 2 and give the game the proper release it deserves.

 

[Drenik]

Soul Reaver / The legacy of Kain games. I really want more done with the series.

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Since the IP is circling the void of space with no hope of a true sequel, they could at least remake System Shock 2. The original version already scared me witless, no doubt that with current gen technology the terror would be unbearable.

 

[Auron]

The right answer is Deus Ex, and preferably rendered on HR's engine the gameplay's been too dated for years now.

 

[GabeZhul]

There's a lot. First the unfinished:
-Xeogears: Plain unfinished game that should have been an objective classic instead of a cult classic.
-KotOR II: Again, great game, better than the first one in most regards, but its unfinished nature really dragged it down.

Then there are the games whose graphics/mechanics didn't age well:
-Final Fantasy 7: This would actually need a proper remake, with new graphics and game-mechanics, but I would really love to see it, as it was part of my childhood.
-Arx Fatalis: Great game in the spirit of UU, but sadly its graphics were pretty meh even when it came out and today they are downright ugly (not to mention buggy...).
-The original Deus Ex, The poster-child of "didn't age well"...

Finally, the titles that should be remade from scratch:
-All the Infinity Engine games by Bioware: These games should be completely rebuild from the ground up. Take the original stories and characters and put them on a proper 3D engine with proper battle system instead of the clunky AD&D simulation (let us be honest, it never really worked in a PC game).
-The Ultima games: The same as the last one, these games should be remade properly, and everything after Ultima 7 should also be completely rewritten to make sense. -.-