Send in the clones... Please

[Raven's Nest]

Rather than just talking about remakes in general I'd like to talk about one of my favourite types of game. Why doesn't anyone replicate and update the classic point 'n' click games of yester-year?

I've never* had more fun in a game than I have playing stuff like Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max, Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island etc...

Have I just missed any recent ones or has this genre of gaming truly been left behind? I know there was a Monkey Island for iPhone but that's hardly what we want. Lucasarts needs to kick that SCUMM engine back into gear and develop some quality gaming again...

So, do you think we should get a few decent games made in this style again? If so, how would you like to see them, 3D or 2D? Any other changes?

*that was a lie, but the sentiment remains...*

EDIT:

I guess this discussion could be opened up for all genre's too.

Also, more importantly, what elements could be added to a remake to make them better?

 

[Kollega]

I, for one, think we need more Serious Sam-style shooters. Sure, Modern Warfare 2 is great, as are Half-Life series. But i would like to just have a long wide plain in front of me, enormous enemy fortress in 10 kilometres, a stream of enemies running from there, and biggest gun in the entire goddamn universe. Yeeeeeaaaaah.

As for point-n-click adventures, just make them on the cheap with 2D art instead of time-consuming 3D graphics. Would look better, too.

 

[Jekken6]

Someone needs to remake 007 Goldeneye for the current gen consoles with an online mode for those who want it. And they must keep the 4 player splitscreen.

 

[zauxz]

Deus Ex 1 with a decent physics engine, current gen graphics, revoiced, remodelled, retextured.

same story, same mod/ skill system.

 

[Nmil-ek]

1. Planescape Torment - I can only imagine how awsome this would be if it looked like Dragon Age
2. System Shock 1 & 2 - Kicks the arse of any horror type shooter in the last 10 years without competition without fancy arse HD graphics, with orgasm material.
3. Deus EX - Awsome game but its looks like quake filtered through coke bottles.