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[–] Venutianxspring@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (7 children)

The entire Legacy of Kain series. Wish they would have finished the series :(

[–] lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

keep the original voices though!

The voice acting in those games were top-notch and I don't want to risk ruining that

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[–] astroturds@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago

Eternal darkness for the GameCube could be so good with a proper remaster.

The original Quake but the asthetic needs to be identical and NIN should actually do the soundtrack.

Deus Ex would be great, it was so ahead of its time.

[–] cantrips@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Lord of the Rings: Gollum

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Fallout New Vegas could use a 64-bit version. Even if they change absolutely nothing else about those games, that alone would be a major improvement, as they are very prone to crashing from running out of address space, especially if you have graphics mods installed.

[–] Silverhand@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not saying that these shouldn't have a more stable official release, but hasn't this been solved by mods for a long while now? At least New Vegas I remember when I last set up mods installing a fix for this, it's actually quite stable now if you install all the recommended fixes.

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[–] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Bully and KOTOR II

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For most of them a proper remake rather than a remaster but I'll take what I can get

  • Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast
  • Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds (originally used the same engine as Age of Empires 2 so porting it to the Definitive Edition engine should be doable)
  • The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
  • Final Fantasy VI
  • Final Fantasy VIII
  • Assassin's Creed 1
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[–] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Final Fantasy 9. It's my favourite in the series, and it's gotten lots of rereleases in its original form. But it would be nice if it got a more polished updated remaster.

Though I would be afraid of how modern Square sensibilities might change the pretty iconic character designs.

[–] SCmSTR@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The main reason this world/could work is because it IS so quirky, that they couldn't fuck it all up like they have everything else progressively more since ff9 came out. Square peaked with ff7 and took a nosedive after 10, change my mind. Baseless uneducated hot take: I blame Enix. Either that, or they still haven't figured out how to actually bring fun JRPG gameplay into the 21st century without ruining it and making it generic and dull. Ff11 onwards lack intimacy, value, and quiet - they're tacky, cheap, and feel disingenuous.

So, ff9 getting a remaster, they couldn't mess up something that's the antithesis of their modern stuff so badly that that quirky game loses ALL of it's appeal.

I say all of this knowing this dissent and criticism will upset people, but I've been staying quiet on this for far too long and it has to be said.

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[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] HolyHell@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Honestly read dead redemption holds up so well.

[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah but i dont want to buy a 10 year old system to play it

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[–] sandmesomesand@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

very niche but Skies of Arcadia! I miss my pirate RPG with airship battling featuring main characters that may or may not develop a harem at the end.

[–] branflakes1413@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Maybe this is moot since they would just do the usual Square Enix “remaster” (read: poorly upscaled and very basic QoL improvements)

I want some love for Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross. Even if they just made it 2.5 HD similar to Octopath Traveller, Diofield Chronicle, etc

[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

There are a bunch of old Sega IPs I'd love to see get a modern treatment. Alex Kidd. Space Harrier. Shinobi. Wonder Boy in Monster Land got the proper treatment a few years back with a gorgeous remake and a pseudo-sequel.

[–] snowbell@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] DaSaw@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

I feel like Morrowind was a "perfect storm" situation that can never happen again. A new version would be... less than good, I feel.

Now Daggerfall, on the other hand. There were many good things about it, but in sum, it was kind of a mess. I would love to see it reimagined with updated gameplay and a tightened up map. I would shrink it down to a Skyrim-like scale, but include a whole second underground map consisting of a massively overcomplicated labyrinth of tunnels and shafts connecting together a bunch of extraneous architecture representing fragments left over from thousands of years and multiple timelines of history. It wouldn't be designed to be navigable. The main quest wouldn't touch on it. It would just be there for maze-fiends like myself to get lost in.

[–] lemor@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] MooMix@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I would love Max Payne 1 & 2. I googled it for fun and found this: https://investors.remedygames.com/announcements/remedy-entertainment-enters-agreement-with-rockstar-games-for-new-max-payne-12-project/

I won't hold my breath, but I'll be happy if it happens.

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[–] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Early BioWare stuff. Specifically KOTOR (don't know what's going on with that remake, but doesn't seem to be going anywhere right now), KOTOR II (yes, I know it's Obsidian, but still), and Jade Empire. Probably Dragon Age: Origins as well.

Since they're already doing it, it's probably a useless mention, but Splinter Cell needed it, especially for PC.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and the Kyle Katarn Jedi games could probably do with a touch-up as well. But they're "not canon", so that's not happening.

Maybe also the original Deus Ex and/or Thief.

I expect System Shock 2 might get one in a few years, although it isn't as desperately needed as the original was.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bioware just announced layoffs.

God forbid any exec there have literally any brains or sight above 3 months. I'm so goddamn frustrated with the shell corporation formally known as Bioware. Yes, your quarterly revenue is in the toilet, you invest money to make a killer game and make profit when you release. Games take time, stop fucking laying off people and trying to squeeze it for every dollar and just make a good goddamn game.

They have massive IPs like KOTOR, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age that literally everyone is chomping at the bit for. They could have staff working on all three with a new game coming out every two years with DLCs in between, but they're afraid to invest in it.

They could have the next RDR2 or Witcher - if they actually invested in it. They could be the name for RPGs again, but they're too afraid about not being able to afford their next BMW.

[–] Sordid@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They could be the name for RPGs again

Unpopular opinion: They never were. And neither was Bethesda. Black Isle/Obsidian are the true masters of RPGs. There was a period of time when they would take other studios' engines and IPs and produce sequels/spin-offs that vastly surpassed the original in terms of writing and world design. Bioware made Baldur's Gate, Black Isle made Planescape: Torment. Bioware made Neverwinter Nights, Obsidian made NWN2. Bioware made KotOR, Obsidian made KotOR2. Bethesda made Fallout 3, Obsidian made Fallout: New Vegas. If anything, it's Black Isle/Obsidian games that deserve to be remastered.

[–] sneaky_b45tard@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Jedi Knight 2 and Medieval 2 Total War for me

[–] kuchaibee@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago
  • .hack IMOQ (I was coping so hard after GU got a remaster but still nothing)
  • Dragon age origins
  • Digimon world 3. There have been two reboots/reimaginings of digimon world 1 (re digitized decode, and next order), but never anything about world 2 and 3.
[–] Valliac@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago
  • Parasite Eve
  • Prototype 1
  • Legend of Dragoon
  • NFL Blitz (just a modern upgrade, keep the arcade feel)
  • Smash TV

We're actually getting a Star Ocean 2 remaster in November, so I can cross that off the list.

[–] communist@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

black and white 2 needs a modern remake.

[–] TDCN@feddit.dk 2 points 2 years ago

Good old Revolt. It'll be awesome with a remake of the game with the similar feel, realistic driving characteristics and challenging gameplay that's actually fun and difficult to master. I'd love a hyper realistic version of an RC car game just like revolt was back when it launched.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

More a remake from the bottom up than just a remaster, but 1st person 3d Fallout and Fallout 2.

It's probably impossible due to rights issues and the like and would definitely piss off purists, but it would introduce a new generation to the origin of the series, the game that us olds first fell in love with.

It would also give us the opportunity to experience them anew with increased immersion and immedience as we wait for 5 to be released some time in the middle of the 2030s if even then..

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I would love a New Vegas remake. I think the old games would be too hard to reimagine in 3D, but New Vegas already has that covered and has the same feeling as the old style of Fallout. And it deserves a proper remake as too much of the original vision got diminished by technical limitations (the strip being in 3 parts instead of one huge strip), short development schedule (Legion and House being somewhat underdeveloped) or both (Ulysses was originally supposed to be the legion aligned companion but he was too big to fit on the disk and they didn't have time to reduce his size, so he got cut from the base game). There's probably a lot of untapped potential in New Vegas to feel fresh while still feeling like New Vegas.

[–] FlyLikeAMouse@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A modern remake of Populous could be amazing.

[–] Gork@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Deus Ex. The original one. It has such great story and gameplay but is dated by today's standards.

[–] eudoxus@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wing Commander - Privateer (1)

[–] PorkTaco@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Duuuude that was my favorite game for YEARS. Probably the first really open game I ever played. I still remember sitting in junior high dreaming of my next upgrade. Good times.

[–] ag_roberston_author@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Beyond Good and Evil.

Absolute masterpiece. Ubisoft has been squandering the IP for decades.

[–] 4nix@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Spore! Prince of Persia - SOT! Simpsons Hit'n'Run!

[–] variants_of_concern@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Im excited for that nvidia ai enhanced rtx thing! now we wont have to wait around for a remaster and can just automagically remaster it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUX3u1iD0jM

[–] nutcase2690@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

I'd love to see star wars republic commando as well as the Jedi knight series!

[–] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

No One Lives Forever 1 and 2.

[–] 577_Rhea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Arcanum and Divinity II (Ego Draconis, not original sin 2)

[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Jet Force Gemini

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