What would you want as an HD Rerelease?
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This is harder than I expected...
I suppose I'd really like to see the PS2 Grand Theft Auto titles re-released in HD.
Totally agree with all four of those. Especially morrowind (but then you could rebuild morrowind as a mod if you really wanted to and had the time).
Some other games that come to mind are
X-Com: Enemy Unknown
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Fallout (all of them)
Heavy Gear
Heavy barrel
Im sure I would have more if I thought about it and looked up some old system game lists
Some other games that come to mind are
X-Com: Enemy Unknown
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Fallout (all of them)
Heavy Gear
Heavy barrel
Im sure I would have more if I thought about it and looked up some old system game lists
The original System Shock.
I love the two System Shock games, but I played the first one long after I played its sequel. I think the first one didn't age nearly as well as the second... and from what I've read, even when it was new, the controls and layout of the game were seen as somewhat finicky and overly-complex by most people who played it.
And of course, if you're going to update the first game, why not give the second one some love too?
Sadly not gonna happen though. The ownership of the rights to that series are all sorts of messed up. EA has the trademark to the name, but an insurance company holds the development rights. I bet SHODAN would be pissed to know that she's currently held hostage by a goddamn insurance company
I love the two System Shock games, but I played the first one long after I played its sequel. I think the first one didn't age nearly as well as the second... and from what I've read, even when it was new, the controls and layout of the game were seen as somewhat finicky and overly-complex by most people who played it.
And of course, if you're going to update the first game, why not give the second one some love too?
Sadly not gonna happen though. The ownership of the rights to that series are all sorts of messed up. EA has the trademark to the name, but an insurance company holds the development rights. I bet SHODAN would be pissed to know that she's currently held hostage by a goddamn insurance company
That's some good taste, by the way.Daystar Clarion said:
For me, there's hardly anything I'd love more than a perfect, full featured, bonus including, well done HD port of Tales of Symphonia to Windows and Steam. Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Symphonia, and Dawn of the New World including. Even though the Tales of Phantasia plot with Dhaos is silly and inconsistent with Tales of Symphonia. And Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World isn't an amazing sequel to the original.
It'd be an amazing, complete, ultimate version. To have all games together, and at least given 1080p resolution and other bonuses. They don't even need to remake Tales of Phantasia. Hqx4 filter and other bonuses emulation gives plus a little more would be good enough. In fact one of the problems that PC ports often have is the need of mods to get ports up to speed of their emulation counterparts. The re-release of Final Fantasy VII for PC still looks worse than emulating it without mods, because while the copy has 1080p resolution, it has nothing in terms of aliasing/sampling like emulation has.
And people don't just like emulation because they're pirates. Sometimes jRPG fans just happen to be PC gamers. Or like the superior options emulation often gives. If Steam sales as service are the "cure" to piracy, then good Japanese PC game ports are the cure to emulation. The port of Sonic CD on Steam is so good I don't even bother emulating it anymore.
And that's what Tales of Symphonia deserves, one, definitive version made for Windows and maybe even Linux, and available on services like Steam, Good Old Games, GamersGate, and Desura. Mostly Steam. Almost universal os software and digital distribution software in the world. Which would keep this game universally available in its best version to everyone forever.
A definitive version that has Tales of Phantasia with all of the perks of emulation and more. Resolution and filter options, something that makes it as crisp as it does on ZNES at max settings. Direct XBOX 360 controller maps in configuration menu, and easy configuration for other controllers. And a few pieces of bonus content for the game. Chrono Trigger esque bonus cutscene content wouldn't hurt, either.
A definitive version version of Tales of Symphonia. One with all of the anti-aliasing, super sampling, and HD resolution you could imagine. Bonus content, Japanese and English track, all of the PlayStation 2 content, and even more bonus content that the PlayStation 2 version didn't have. Easy to use XBOX 360 controller config map, easy support for other controllers, PC friendly interface, all of the bonuses. And do the same for Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. And as a bonus, tie the game saves all in together with bonus content for the Iselia world, like extra videos, interviews, songs, after game puppet theater, anything and everything. It would all be worth it, and it's everything people would want out of a PC port and a re-release of the game, period.
All in one, universal, digitally distributional package, on Steam and maybe the PlayStation Network. I call it Tales of Symphonia: Ultimate Edition. The definitive version of one of the most gripping worlds in jRPG history. And an amazing copy of an amazing game everyone would hold up and be eternally proud of. And after a few years on Steam and the PlayStation network, it would probably sell more than the originals put together. For the minimal effort that would take, it would be well worth it.
And if that happened, not only would that be the quite possibly happiest gaming moment in my life. I would buy a copy for each of my friends, even if it costed me $500.
Timesplitters 2 and/or Future Perfect, since the only similar game available now is the HD release of Perfect Dark
I'm pretty much covered with all the HD re-releases out there, but I guess GTA III(since I never played that one), GTA: VC and GTA: SA wouldn't be too bad. Played the hell out of the latter two. First games I had where I got to slaughter people and crash cars at high speeds. <3
Metal Gear Solid. The original, a nice HD redo would be great. Twin Snakes was never released over here so yeah.
I would say the Kingdom Hearts games. And while they're at it bring their other handhelds to console.
Oh, and the original Crash and Spyro trilogies.
Oh, and the original Crash and Spyro trilogies.
I wouldn't mind an HD spit shine for Kingdom Hearts 2.
I've been playing it again recently, and despite being last gen it still looks really damn good. So having it presented in crisp HD would be sweet.
I've been playing it again recently, and despite being last gen it still looks really damn good. So having it presented in crisp HD would be sweet.
Star Wars Battlefront 1+2
Which won't happen, because Lucasarts are a bunch of cotton eating toads.
Which won't happen, because Lucasarts are a bunch of cotton eating toads.
