What game do you want remade for Better Graphics?

[Joccaren]

1. I find the Bad Comapny games to be grossly overrated. I've seen enough Multiplayer of Bad Company to know its not that special. Also there's no Jets in Bad Company nor do you have the ability to prone, and the shotguns does not do true aim down sights. Destruction? They brought that back in BF 4.

TBH, I find no jets a good thing after a few matches in BF3. Those things were broken in the hands of a good pilot, and took forever to actually become somewhat balanced. When a single pilot is untouchable to an entire team of dedicated anti-air, and ends the game with a 100+ to 0 KDR... Something is broken with the jets.

2. Past 5 years? 2 years ago people were all frothing at the Bioshock Infinite (the most overrated game of the year, to the point that I think people forgotten about the original Bioshock)

Story wise, not gameplay wise. Gameplay was seen as an improvement on previous titles, but still fairly bland and generic.

3 And I think your being to harsh when you say that the Battlefield game's have been droping in quality. The only reason people dislikes BF 4 is because of the bugs at launch and right now its an even better game than 3.

The only reason SOME people dislike BF4 is the bugs. Battlefield has been progressively headed towards modern day shooter territory over the last few generations of the series, which for me isn't a good thing. The series peaked with BF2 IMO, and whilst I hear BF4 has started bringing things back in line... BF3 was pathetic. Bad companies were spinoffs and I guess good for what they were, but they weren't core battlefield.
Its a shame where the best parts of BF3 where the glitches where I'd drive a jeep off Demavand peak and use C4 to land it safely at the bottom, and the times it went back to BF2/1942 with its maps, which at least had good design.
And can I just comment on its equipment progression for vehicles being utterly broken?

I prefer SWBF2. It was always a toss up between it, and BF2, and I liked them both and they were rather different games. Moving to mass appeal modern shooter territory doesn't make a series 'good', it just means its going for mass appeal. Much like pop music these days, popularity doesn't mean it isn't shit.

OT: The Stronghold series, particularly legends. Modern day Frostbyte or Cryengine graphics in those games? Holy shit that'd be amazing. I wish we could have that. Is such a shame that's not likely to happen =(

 

[Valiance]

Unreal Tournament.

By god that would be glorious!

Your dream may actually come true! The new UT that's being made is more like a mix of the first game (UT'99) and UT2K4 than anything else. Granted, Unreal Engine 4 is beautiful, but most of the artwork isn't quite there yet. It's easy enough to find, if you wanted to check it out.

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I love a lot of the replies here. I definitely agree with the Stronghold series, Black, Burnout, Earthbound...

Dwarf Fortress is an interesting choice, since a lot of the gameplay is based upon the lack of artwork, and I find myself attracted to roguelike gameplay if and only if it's an ascii-based game, but I am not saying that the polar opposite is wrong, just interesting.

Mechwarrior (any of them) is also very good. I personally would say Mechwarrior 4, even if it was just done in the graphical "style" of Mechwarrior 3, that would be a huge improvement to me.

Arcanum is another excellent choice.



Anyway, if I had to pick just one, it would be Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri is my first one. This game was, quite simply, a forgotten diamond. Most of its flaws can be overlooked, but the largest barrier to playing through it is the graphics (which were, at the time, pretty darn impressive, but then again, this was 1996). Looking Glass Technologies had what should've been hailed as its third incredible FPS, and it came out between System Shock and Thief - but I guess the middle child is always overlooked, right? Either way, it's a fantastic game, and if I could see it brought to life with new graphics, it'd be absolutely wonderful.



Other random things on my wishlist to be remade, from old DOS games: Star Control II. Wait, Descent II. Wait, Shattered Steel (a game that Bioware should bring back!) Ugh. The list is too long.

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

Oh yeah, I really like to see the original Metroid trilogy given an HD upgrade. Maybe bump up the frame-rate, tweak the controls to be more in-line with modern shooters (ie: two-stick aiming/movement) and when it comes to Metroid 3 just the ability to use a standard controller (or gamepad...really, anything other than Wiimote + Nunchuck) would be fantastic. Other than that...

Otogi: Myth of Demons and I suppose Otogi 2 (which I haven't played much of). I loved the atmosphere and feel of those games but they could definitely use a graphical touch-up. I realize you would rather From Software work on Dark Souls 3 but come on, Otogi was freaking awesome!

Black. Do you guys remember Black? It was a short single-player shooter with a huge emphasis on landscape destruction. It wasn't a terrible shooter but the gimmick made it worth playing. It was the last high-profile Xbox game and one of its bigger features was how you could play it on the 360. I think a remake with more missions would be best for it but a graphical update and achievement/trophy support would be a great start.

Burnout...just...the original Burnout trilogy. Why hasn't this happened yet? These games were freaking amazing on the PS2 and my favorite racing games that didn't include Super Mario and his buddies. Add trochievo support, bump-up the graphics and add in some extra CRASH challenges...and that's really all you need. I miss Burnout.

Otogi was really great. I'm with you on that one.

Other than that, I'd have to say I'd love an update of Viewtiful Joe. Be it a new entry or just a remake and HD update of the original, either way I'd be happy to have it.

 

[vledleR]

I'd love Silent Hills 1 through 4 to be updated to modern graphics[footnote]The HD remaster of 2 and 3 has worse graphics than the originals I swear[/footnote]. If I could only choose one, I would want 3 to be updated given that it's my favourite. The graphics need work, but really the animations being given a buff would be a huge improvement.

Even just updating it to Shattered Memories graphics would be fantastic and would drain any money I had to hand.

The thing with the Team Silent games is that they have some of the most meticulous art styles in video game history. It would be nigh impossible to recreate it faithfully without input from the original artists. The HD remaster was so bad, not only because of an inexperienced dev team, but no input from Team Silent. Not only that, Konami gave them unfinished beta code from the games to work with, whereas most remakes will reverse engineer code used from the full release.

May as well have given them a box of Crayola and told them to recreate the Mona Lisa

TOPIC: I'd LOVE to see some of the crazy fast racing games of the 90's, like Star Wars Pod Racer, Extreme G, or Aero Racer.

 

[Sonicron]

If there's any one single franchise I'd love to see revived in shiny current-gen graphics, it's the Legacy of Kain series. Those games had story, voice-acting and atmosphere so brilliant it's almost ridiculous. Keep in all the flawed gameplay, it didn't bother me back then either - I just want to experience the entire saga back-to-back on the same updated graphical standard. Come on, Crystal Dynamics. Do it. Pweeeaaaaaase.

 

[FPLOON]

I was going to say Odama... but that came out in 2006... So, I'll say Virtua Quest because that came out in 2004...

Other than that, I would rather have a remade Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days/Kingdom Hearts: Re:coded with better graphic than the HD cinematic version of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days/Kingdom Hearts: Re:coded we ended up getting in the HD ReMIX games...

 

[Mister K]

I've said it once and I'll say it another 93909235 times; Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.

Not only does the setting deserve a lot more attention, the game was also horribly behind in terms of graphics. It paled in comparison to games like Planescape: Torment, which was older even. And that's sad because it has this amazing Victorian-fantasy style and, you'd think, with corresponding architecture and whatnot. But we didn't really see that as the art design was pretty shit. To see it done on the level of Pillars of Eternity with a really good art department behind it; oh my yes.

Hence why I'd welcome a remake or a (spiritual) successor. And with the renewed popularity of CRPG's, well, why not?

It's also funny that you mention Metroid Prime. A while back I started playing it again, and honestly; for atmosphere's sake I don't really need better graphics in that game. The art direction was that good if you ask me. And that in the end is what matters to me.

Spiritual successor would've been better than a remake. I mean, don't get me wrong, I liked Arcanum, but the majority of avaliable party members and overall story were, um, not really that interesting. Also, it seems to me that Troika, maybe not on purpose, made making tech-based characters not worth it. You want a warrior-ish character? Just dump points in Str, Dex and Con and also max out your Melee and Dodge. Mage? Even better: raise your Willpower and Dex to 18 and spend everything else on OP spells like Harm. Did I mention that the more spells you know the better they become?
As for techies. Max Dex, then get your Int up to 19 (one more level then willpower for mage, mind). Then waste points to learn useless recipes (flashlight) to get access to something better. Oh, and if you want to play a gun-wielding techie, then you must also max out Perception (the useless stat) to be able to max out guns. Oh, and things start to get interesting if you want to be a diplomat and have a big party too. And after all that, you are allowed to HOPE that you've made the right choice. Yes, this whole situation pressed the wrong buttons of mine.

What I mean is that if you make a remake, you simply MUST include all of this bull or that is not a remake. With Spritual Successor (or sequel), you can make the game better.

OT: I'd really like to see Twisted Metal 2 with better graphics, but with animated cutscenes intact.

 

[Kae]

I've said it once and I'll say it another 93909235 times; Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.

Not only does the setting deserve a lot more attention, the game was also horribly behind in terms of graphics. It paled in comparison to games like Planescape: Torment, which was older even. And that's sad because it has this amazing Victorian-fantasy style and, you'd think, with corresponding architecture and whatnot. But we didn't really see that as the art design was pretty shit. To see it done on the level of Pillars of Eternity with a really good art department behind it; oh my yes.

Hence why I'd welcome a remake or a (spiritual) successor. And with the renewed popularity of CRPG's, well, why not?

It's also funny that you mention Metroid Prime. A while back I started playing it again, and honestly; for atmosphere's sake I don't really need better graphics in that game. The art direction was that good if you ask me. And that in the end is what matters to me.

Spiritual successor would've been better than a remake. I mean, don't get me wrong, I liked Arcanum, but the majority of avaliable party members and overall story were, um, not really that interesting. Also, it seems to me that Troika, maybe not on purpose, made making tech-based characters not worth it. You want a warrior-ish character? Just dump points in Str, Dex and Con and also max out your Melee and Dodge. Mage? Even better: raise your Willpower and Dex to 18 and spend everything else on OP spells like Harm. Did I mention that the more spells you know the better they become?
As for techies. Max Dex, then get your Int up to 19 (one more level then willpower for mage, mind). Then waste points to learn useless recipes (flashlight) to get access to something better. Oh, and if you want to play a gun-wielding techie, then you must also max out Perception (the useless stat) to be able to max out guns. Oh, and things start to get interesting if you want to be a diplomat and have a big party too. And after all that, you are allowed to HOPE that you've made the right choice. Yes, this whole situation pressed the wrong buttons of mine.

What I mean is that if you make a remake, you simply MUST include all of this bull or that is not a remake. With Spritual Successor (or sequel), you can make the game better.

OT: I'd really like to see Twisted Metal 2 with better graphics, but with animated cutscenes intact.

Not really, a remake is just making a game again, you can change stuff up much like Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes changed quite a few mechanics, a remaster is the one that is only an upgraded version of the same game, there are also multiple versions of some games and all and then there's the reboot or re-imagining, which is usually restarting and making things quite a bit different from mechanics to story, but remakes are allowed to change mechanics and even the map, Resident Evil has stuff that wasn't in the first Resident Evil, while the Remaster of the same Remake is just the same game but HD.

 

[Trunkage]

Definitely MechWarrior.

The last one of these I play was a MechAssault. It was not good enough. If you cant shot (and have your) weapons off a mech, what's the point.

 

[Kingjackl]

The original Thief trilogy, the System Shock games, perhaps even the original Fallouts. All classics that i found I just couldn't get into because of datedness.

 

[Gray-Philosophy]

The Legacy of Kain series would be awesome, if they could stay true to the style and atmosphere of the old games.

As long as they don't turn it into this it should be hard to mess it up too much.

Spoiler: *twitch*Just no!

 

[pookie101]

homeworld.

i like the recent release but i would like the classic game with the remake graphics. they changed so much in the remake

 

[broadbandmink]

I usually have no problem with dated graphics, sound and interfaces. But after having played through the first Ultima a number of years ago I found that particular experience to be much too archaic to get any enjoyment out of it.

So if a developer would go ahead and give the games in that series a more modern presentation I might be tempted to reconsider. The same would go for the Wizardy-, early Might & Magic-, and the first three Bard's Tale titles.

 

[Level 7 Dragon]

The first Deus Ex game. As if, put it on a modern engine and make it look like the recent games.

 

[Rip Van Rabbit]

Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition

Sure, I may love this game with every fiber of my being, but it just hasn't aged too well in the graphics department in my opinion. Take a game with one of the most flexible combat systems, throw it in a new engine (heck, throw it in the Devil May Cry 4 engine), make it look prettier with flashier particle effects, new character models, environmental details. Just think of those juicy over-the-top cutscenes...

Oh dear, I may have to sit down for this one.

 

[Fallow]

Mechwarrior IV, really any of them.

I can't even begin to tell you how excited I was when we got that trailer awhile back for a new mechwarrior game only for it to fall apart and end up turning into online only FTP multiplayer game.

I just want a mechwarrior game with a proper single player with some multiplayer support on top of it.

A thousand times this. A mechwarrior game with mp on top would be absolutely awesome.

MW4, just like Freelancer, are exactly where they should be in terms of viewing style and complexity. I don't need a forced first person view, I just want to have fun. Throw in new graphics and stuff and I'd be happy as a flamboyant peach.

 

[verdant monkai]

The most important games to remake are games that are not easily available so I'd say Dagger Fall.

The other suggestions are okay but mine is the best and you know it. Daggerfall isn't easy to get as it's not on gog or steam. Bethesda could just make HighRock a massive DLC expansion for Skyrim that is a huge map add on.

Fallout is shit with banal visuals and no option to play as a werebear. Bethesda could make the daggerfall expansion for Skyrim to drum up interest for the next elder scrolls game. All production of fallout 4 DLC could be halted and they could divert all efforts to making the next elderscrolls game which shall be set in either elsewhere where the cat people are, or black marsh where the lizard boys hang out.

A skies of Arcadia wii u re-release is also mandatory.

 

[Kyrian007]

None. First, to me graphics don't really matter. A good game is a good game regardless of number of pixels or framerate. And second, every "HD remake" I've EVER seen hasn't managed to be nearly as good as the original that spawned it.

 

[THM]

The first two Bioshocks. (Though if they were going to do that, they could work in the story elements to 1 that 2 brought up. But if they could do that, they could add the stuff Burial at Sea had as well, which would suck.) And while they were doing that, they could spruce up the gameplay, too.

 

[Xeros]

While I'd much rather they smooth everything as opposed to simply upping the graphical fidelity, I have to say Syphon Filter. Everything still holds up today, it just really shows its age with the visuals and the blocky nature of the movement. If they were to smooth all of that out and polish it to a mirror shine, I'd write 'em a blank check.