Re: Remakes, remakes, remakes

On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:49:04 -0000 (UTC), Bozo User
<anthk@disroot.org> wrote:

On 2025-01-14, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

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Oh, yippee.

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Not remakes, but lots of games have open source/libre engine recreations
at https://osgameclones.com , and for sure there are texture packs and
additions for modern times.

I'm actually fine with these. These are fan-led recreations made out
of love of the game. They aren't designed to prey on customer's
nostalgia because they are less risky and expensive than creating
something new. They tend to have a lot more respect for the source
material too (even if its usually only because, limited as the modders
are in resources, they /have/ to abide by the restrictions of the
original material).

I've a lot less respect when its a company with millions of dollars at
its fingertip and the best they can do is rehash the same game time
and time again. It's bad enough that the vast majority of games are
sequels; remasters and reboots are even worse.

TL;DR: I'll happily champion fan-remakes (Skyblivion, OpenTTD, etc.)
even as I slam professionally created ones.