Re: Remakes, remakes, remakes

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

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Oh, yippee.
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Here's a (probably) incomplete list of remakes we can expect in the
near future:
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    Bubble Ghost Remake *  Crazy Taxi  *  Croc: Legend of the
    Gobbos *  Dragon Quest 1 HD-Remake  *  Dragon Quest 2 HD
    Remake  *  Front Mission 3  *  Gothic *  House of the Dead
    2: Remake  *  The Legend of Heroes: Trails of the Sky * 
    Lunar: Remastered Collection (Lunar Silver Star & Lunar 2
    Eternal Blue) *  Max Payne 1 Remaster *  Max Payne 2
    Remaster *  Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater *  Operation
    Black Mesa (Half Life Opposing Force/Blue Shift) * 
    Presentable Liberty Remake *  Prince of Persia: The Sands
    of Time *  Splinter Cell *  Star Wars: Knights of the Old
    Republic *  Suikoden I HD Remaster  *  Suikoden II HD
    Remaster  *  Tiny Dangerous Dungeons *  Tomb Raider 4
    Remastered *  Tomb Raider 5 Remastered *  Tomb Raider 6
    Remastered *  The Witcher Remake *  Xenoblade Chronicles
    X: Definitive Edition  *  Yooka-Replayee
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I guess we only have ourselves to blame; we BOUGHT all the previous
remakes the publishers vomited up, so we shouldn't be surprised if
they're going whole-hog into the genre now.
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But I really miss new IPs. New ideas. It's great that we have the
Indies (although they often only seem fresh because there's so MANY of
them. Shall I count the number of Indie games that use the
platformers-with-small-children-in-gruesome-danger-that-use-a-
Chiaroscuro-art-style?. Indies are in a rut too) but I'd love to see
the Big Names put all their talent and resources into something fresh
rather than just rehashing old classics.
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But rehashes are what we get, I guess.
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Yay.
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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.