What Games Would You Like To See An HD Remaster?

[drgon78]

So what games would you like to see a HD remaster for?

Ones that come to mind for me...

Atelier Iris 1-3
Breath of Fire 3
Castlevania Symphony of The Night
Chrono Trigger
Diablo
Digital Devil Saga 1-2
Dragon Quest VIII
Mana Khemia 1-2
Parasite Eve
Persona 1-2
Phantasy Star IV
Shantae 1-3
Shining Force 1 and 2
Shining Force CD
Shining in The Darkness
Valis 1-3(Maybe 4 as well)

[neatoman]

Metroid Prime 1-3 and Skyward Sword.

[IMJ]

Castlevania Symphony of The Night

I'm pretty sure this was at least made to be scalable to HD if not fully remasterd because IIRC it came as a downloadable game with the PS3's collector's edition of the absolutely amazing "Castlevania: Lords of Shadow" game.

But if you mean a remake instead of an HD remaster I'd be just as excited as I would be leery of it. LOL! The use of sprites in that game was a masterwork of programming and sprite artwork.

I'm tempted to replay both this and Lords of Shadow right now just because you brought this up, but that's hours of a deep dive into gaming again, man.

Shantae 1-3

So I've noticed that this series comes up often here on these boards. I might be wrong, but I thought they were already remastered of sorts via the Limited Run Games PS4 physical releases a few years back?

I think I still have sealed copies of one of them, although I know I sold at least the extra copies I picked up on the LRG initial order.

[drgon78]

Too be honest maybe Shantae 1-3 need actual remakes to look more like Shantae and the Seven Sirens.

[IMJ]

Too be honest maybe Shantae 1-3 need actual remakes to look more like Shantae and the Seven Sirens.

Yeah, see I only became familiar with them through the two LRG releases. But I'm taking away from your context here that those LRG games were not remasters of the original three Shantae games you mentioned above?

-shrugs-

:lol:

[Storm Eagle]

Metroid Prime 1-3 and Skyward Sword.

I'm definitely with you on Skyward Sword, but didn't the Metroid Prime trilogy already get the widescreen treatment?

[neatoman]

I'm definitely with you on Skyward Sword, but didn't the Metroid Prime trilogy already get the widescreen treatment?

Maybe wide-screen on the Wii but certainly not HD. The Wii can't display HD and the games did not receive a true port for either Wii U or Switch, which are capable of displaying HD. The version you can get for the Wii U is just an ISO of the Wii version meant to run in Wii mode, so no real improvement there.

[Andrew NDB]

I take this to mean existing 3D games boosted to HD, like the recent Mario 3D release.

Zelda: Skyward Sword
Chrono Cross
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario RPG

[Storm Eagle]

Maybe wide-screen on the Wii but certainly not HD. The Wii can't display HD and the games did not receive a true port for either Wii U or Switch, which are capable of displaying HD. The version you can get for the Wii U is just an ISO of the Wii version meant to run in Wii mode, so no real improvement there.

Well then let's just see if those rumors about Metroid Prime Trilogy coming out for the Switch will ever become a reality.

[GoldMutant]

Die Hard Trilogy (unlikely)
Most major Nintendo 64 games (to list a few, either of the Castlevania games, F-Zero X, and Sin and Punishment)
Skyward Sword
Shadow of the Colossus
Zombies Ate My Neighbors


I figure with how popular Monster Hunter is that Shadow of the Colossus would benefit getting updated. Same with horror games in the case of Castlevania; can never count out Zelda either.

My main money though is updating the N64 or PlayStation games. The 2D PlayStation games hold up remarkably well. 3D modeling at the time, unless cartoonish (ex: Crash Bandicoot), doesn't. Most remain solid, but bear in mind it took time. Definitely a facelift can benefit them, as long as the core gameplay remains the same (or ironed out). I got nothing specific barring what I mentioned for the N64 games though for what can work best. Especially since several obvious/popular choices (Crash, FF7, Resident Evil, etc.) got remade this decade.

[IMJ]

[LIST]
Die Hard Trilogy (unlikely)

Oh geeze that's a deep dive.... wow...

Shadow of the Colossus

Didn't this get one either on the PS3 or the PS4 already?

[GoldMutant]

Oh geeze that's a deep dive.... wow...

A YouTuber I follow recently brought this game back to my attention. :D Unfortunately, I doubt it can happen. Between politics and other popular Sega games, it's likely just a hidden gem at most. A shame too. :ohwell:

Didn't this get one either on the PS3 or the PS4 already?

*checks* Indeed it did on the PS4. Guess that's me not paying attention. :lol:

If only I had a PS4 and I could check it out. Eventually.

[IMJ]

I forgot to mention my own pick for this.... I've been dying for a remaster of all three of these forever - The Parasite Eve series. I loved that series, and I never got to play the Third Birthday because of the platform it was on. They could remaster all three games and put them in a collection and I'd be all-in on those.

There's hope for Parasite Eve


FFVII Remake Producer Talks Parasite Eve; Says It Would Be a Waste to Not Use the Franchise’s Rich and Deep Characters (https://wccftech.com/ffvii-remake-producer-parasite-eve/)
https://i.imgur.com/suSf4PBm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/d8Unrgum.jpg https://i.imgur.com/zcd1bdxm.png

[Andrew NDB]

Oh! Also Castlevania: Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness.

[neatoman]

Oh! Also Castlevania: Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness.

Are they better or worse than the Lords of Shadow games?

[drgon78]

Forgot about Parasite Eve, I will be adding that to my list.

There where 3 Die Hard games?

Never liked the 3D Castlevania games. Never got a chance to play the 2D ones that came out after Symphony of The Night.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Ooh, Parasite Eve! Loved that one. And BoF3 would be awesome to see in a modern rendition. Dig that dragon gene-splicing!

[Andrew NDB]

Are they better or worse than the Lords of Shadow games?

Those came before those, but I never played the Lords of Shadow ones. Largely because they were said to reboot everything.

[IMJ]

Those came before those, but I never played the Lords of Shadow ones. Largely because they were said to reboot everything.

Lament of Innocence was a fantastic game. With an upscaling pound cable it might not even need a remaster.

I didn't get through the first level of Lords of Shadow 2, but Lords of Shadow 1 was a gaming masterpiece..... I could go on about that game all day. It was an amazing game.

[The Deadman]

The Genesis version of Jurassic Park.

[drgon78]

An HD remaster of Lollipop Chainsaw would be cool.

[neatoman]

An HD remaster of Lollipop Chainsaw would be cool.

Wouldn't that be more like a 4K remaster? The game was already made for HD hardware.

[drgon78]

Added Lunar 1 and 2, can't believe I forgot about them.

[Monty Mole]

The Mother trilogy. Link's Awakening is proof it can work.

[Stu_Padasso]

Fallout: New Vegas without a doubt. Fallout 4 had better gameplay and settlement building but Vegas had the best story and setting.

[Andrew NDB]

I don't know why I didn't mention Zelda: Ocarina of Time. But not just sharpening the polygons with a "remaster"... I mean take the same game and radically improve the whole engine and look to like a modern Zelda game.

[Leo656]

We should have someone head over and touch up the Mona Lisa while we're at it. Clearly she needs to have a bigger rack, just for starters.

[Andrew NDB]

We should have someone head over and touch up the Mona Lisa while we're at it. Clearly she needs to have a bigger rack, just for starters.

That's a fundamental problem right there. These shouldn't and can't be for just us. You can't put a 12 year old kid in front of Ocarina of Time as it exists now... you know, if they've played modern sh**. I guess you could try and masque modern games from them entirely and just give them that. But otherwise Ocarina is uniquely a game that could be pretty accessible to new generations with a decent remake. I think. If they don't f*** with anything else around it. And hey, if you want to add some bonus dungeons and such, please do.

Also hey... where is my Link to the Past remake? With the Link's Awakening remake engine? This should have been brewing for a year now.

[Turo602]

Considering the sh*t kids play today, I really doubt a remake is gonna make them interested in Ocarina of Time. You're either a kid who enjoys those type of games or not and if you're a 12 year old in 2022 interested in The Legend of Zelda series, being a little old and ugly looking isn't going to stop them from playing it. Besides, we already got Ocarina of Time 3D. Upscale that to HD and port it to the Switch.

[Prowler]

The 3DS versions of Ocarina of Majora's are fine. No need to remake the games again.

If anything, I wonder why Nintendo never did something similar to Mario 64. Maybe the DS version of the game where you can play as 4 different characters counts. But the graphics didn't seem to get significantly improved. No idea about the gameplay.

As for the question itself... at this point I don't know. I feel like most of the major ones have been remastered already. Also, I don't agree about A Link to the Past needing a remaster, or any other SNES classic for that matter. Most of them aged pretty fine. No need to fix what isn't broken. If anything, remaster the Zelda Game Boy games. They already did that with Links Awakening. Might as well remake the Oracles as well.

[Leo656]

"BuT tEh gRapHicS aRe OLD aNd nObOdY yOuNg wIlL pLaY tHem!1!" :lol::roll:

I mean, anecdotally, I spent my weekend with my buddy's 10-year old all over me, and all he wanted to play was NES, Genesis and SNES games on his "Classics" plug-and-play consoles. Complete with turning on the CRT filter to make it "authentic". He also was VERY into classic gaming in general, like he knew what dates all the old consoles came out in America and Japan, all that stuff. Very sharp kid.

They exist. Maybe they're not the standard and maybe more kids today really are obsessed with the newest and shiniest games. But it's not universal.

[Andrew NDB]

"BuT tEh gRapHicS aRe OLD aNd nObOdY yOuNg wIlL pLaY tHem!1!" :lol::roll:

Can you show me data that says otherwise?

[Leo656]

Only anecdotes, same as You. :)

[Andrew NDB]

"I believe MOST kids/teens prefer games with the latest graphics vs. graphics from decades ago" seems far less controversial to me than "I believe MOST kids don't care about graphics and if left to their own devices will just play any video games, even games from the 80s."

The only kids I ever met growing up who "didn't care about graphics" had parents who wouldn't buy them a NES (or a SNES), so they'd act super content with their Atari-Whatever.

[Leo656]

If I didn't know how old you are, I'd swear you were one of the same executives back in the 1990s who kept blocking the re-release of old Atari and NES games because "They're old and nobody cares." :lol:

Your personal biases show through strongly whenever this subject comes up. YOU are overwhelmingly in love with the newest and shiniest, therefore "everyone" is. Except it doesn't work that way, never has. Is the pool of kids who like "retro" games smaller than the pool of "spoiled brats" who "need" only the newest and shiniest? Sure. Nobody's disputing that. But you often outright come out with saying stuff like "NO kid will care about or tolerate _____" when all throughout the history of gaming we've seen otherwise.

I mean, you declared the new TMNT game "a flop" a year before it came out because "Nobody cares." Then it's a huge hit, and you say "Well, only old farts give a sh*t." Then countless anecdotes come out from parents who played it with their own young kids, and their kids loved it, and you counter with, "Well, MY kid got bored," as if that supersedes everyone else's experience. You can't "show the data" that proves Most Kids Are Your Kid, any more than anyone could prove that Most Kids Are My Friend's Kid. There is no hivemind of kids with a universal preference. And also, kids' tastes shift. A 6-year old who thinks the original Zelda is "dated and dumb" very well might become a 10-year old who loves it for what it is. That happens ALL the time, whether it's games, music, movies or anything. It's true many kids have an "Old Things are Bad because they're Old" phase, but many of them ALSO grow out of it and realize how dumb that mindset is.

Your perspective on retro gaming is very much "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" type of projection. YOU dislike "retro" stuff in games, YOU are a huge fan of shiny graphics and everything being "modern", and you feel so strongly about it that you cannot fathom how or why anyone would think differently. But they do.

It's probably true that the ratio of kids who'd rather play something Brand New than something 30 years old is skewed towards the former. But you constantly say outright that the latter doesn't exist at all, and that's simply false. Going "Eh, nah, I don't think so" doesn't stand as "evidence" of your position. You're just calling what you see from your vantage point, same as anyone else.

[Turo602]

When games like Minecraft and Among Us become as big as they do, especially with children, the whole "kids only like the best graphics" argument completely falls apart. GTA games used to look like sh*t too, especially by the time San Andreas came out, and that definitely didn't stop it from being one of the most popular games.

My nephew is 6 years old, and even though he has a Switch and plays modern games, he has no issue playing anything from the NES and SNES on the online subscription service because to him, it's just more Mario, Zelda, and Kirby to play.

[ChosenOne]

A Tomba! remaster would make me a very happy man(child).

[Andrew NDB]

Your personal biases show through strongly whenever this subject comes up. YOU are overwhelmingly in love with the newest and shiniest, therefore "everyone" is. Except it doesn't work that way, never has. Is the pool of kids who like "retro" games smaller than the pool of "spoiled brats" who "need" only the newest and shiniest? Sure. Nobody's disputing that. But you often outright come out with saying stuff like "NO kid will care about or tolerate _____" when all throughout the history of gaming we've seen otherwise.

I'm not dealing in absolutes. A Sith never does that. I'm dealing in overwhelming averages.

You're a kid playing NES. SNES comes out. OOOOOOHHHH, 16 bit!!! Must have!!! PS1 and N64 comes out. OOOOOOOH, 32 and 64 bit!! Must have!!! And so on, and so on. What, this wasn't what you saw in Jersey with kids? I see no evidence that this general progression -- at large -- has ever changed course beyond the old people comprising a small but respectable pool of "retro gamers" that still buy games.

[Turo602]

I'm not dealing in absolutes. A Sith never does that. I'm dealing in overwhelming averages.

You're a kid playing NES. SNES comes out. OOOOOOHHHH, 16 bit!!! Must have!!! PS1 and N64 comes out. OOOOOOOH, 32 and 64 bit!! Must have!!! And so on, and so on. What, this wasn't what you saw in Jersey with kids? I see no evidence that this general progression -- at large -- has ever changed course beyond the old people comprising a small but respectable pool of "retro gamers" that still buy games.

If you're gonna talk about modern tastes, it's probably best you don't look into your own past as a reference point. Tastes have changed drastically since you or Leo were kids and gaming has never been as accessible as it is today. You no longer actually have to play games in order to consume them or even have a dedicated gaming console.

Kids today watch other people play games on Twitch and YouTube and play dumb garbage on their parents' mobile devices and I'll tell you what they aren't watching or playing, the latest big triple A release with realistic visuals, lots of walking, and top notch storytelling. Who the f*ck needs that when there's Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox? Before that, it was Five Nights at Freddy's and Angry Birds. What, now we have Among Us and Fall Guys?

You wanted data, well how much accurate can it get than these type of games? We live in a post Shovel Knight world. Kids are growing up with retro looking games and retro experiences as the norm. This stigma only really exists with adults who grew up in our eras who still partake in dumb console wars and think they're getting the most "premium" experience by dick riding a console brand even though all they do is play Call of Duty and sports games.

[Powder]

You wanted data, well how much accurate can it get than these type of games? We live in a post Shovel Knight world. Kids are growing up with retro looking games and retro experiences as the norm. This stigma only really exists with adults who grew up in our eras who still partake in dumb console wars and think they're getting the most "premium" experience by dick riding a console brand even though all they do is play Call of Duty and sports games.

Bingo. Give the man a Cinnabon.

[Andrew NDB]

Do any of you have kids? I'm a little iffy on how I'm made to seem the least qualified dude in the room to weigh in on video games with the new generation when I'm the only one that does. Jester, feel free.

My 14 year old ebbs and wanes on this or that, but she's definitely not itching to play anything retro I'm dabbing at (my Metroid run-through in preparation for Dread, for example). She's all about Stray right now, a PS5 game about a cat. So am I, it seems. Also her interest in "Shredder's Revenge" seems to have only extended to pity for listening to me trying to get to wife to jump in and try it for one day and the wife saying no, and no again. Subsequent days it has always been a "nah."

You guys would be proud of me, though. I genuinely got irritated with my wife when she first came in and said, "Wow! That looks great for an old game! I kind of remember that!" and I had to reprimand her that it was a brand new game that came out freshly the same day.

[Turo602]

That's like expecting your parents to know about rap music or their parents rock n roll. There's always a generational divide so having kids doesn't exactly make anyone more qualified than anybody else on what's going on with the youth, especially when they don't make any effort to understand them.

We all live in the real world just as you do. We all probably know some kids, as has already been stated and I'm Mexican, so I have a pretty f*cking huge family and guess what? There's a lot of kids in it. There's no need to hot tag Jester or flex having a kid like it lends anymore credibility to your point than any of ours.

We're all going to have contradicting experiences, but as I've already stated, things are far different for kids today than they were when you and even I were kids. And even then, when I was a kid, everyone played "retro" games. It was called handheld gaming. You know, that thing that was incredibly popular despite always being a generation behind. No different than the indie games of today.

[Andrew NDB]

Sorry to have struck a nerve, bro.

We all live in the real world just as you do. We all probably know some kids, as has already been stated and I'm Mexican, so I have a pretty f*cking huge family and guess what? There's a lot of kids in it.

Oh OK. Yes, having a big family where other family members have kids around you is exactly the same as being the parent of some. Clearly. I can't imagine how this wouldn't give you exactly the same insight as someone who raised children day in, day out since birth.

[Leo656]

I'm now more annoyed that nobody ever smartened me up that Turo was Mexican. I need to know these things so I can dial up (or down) the Casual Good-Natured Racism the way I do with guys like Prowler and Coola. C'mon guys, help me out once in a while.

Er, to the topic... I do not and never will have kids, but most of my friends do and anecdotally I would agree with Turo's evaluation. A lot of kids like retro and retro-inspired games, for reasons such as they inspire them to use their imagination and appeal more to their childlike sense of wonder. Also, they tend to offer more of a "straight and to the point" gaming experience, which kids appreciate. Whereas the more modern stuff tends to be a lot more story-driven with more complicated controls and so on; some of my friends' kids do play those games as well, but they tend to mash the button to skip all cutscenes, take zero interest in what the game is actually about, and then just run around aimlessly doing whatever they want until they get bored of it.

Again, anecdotal, but fairly consistent. I don't think there's a huge overwhelming preference either way amongst kids, and also, as mentioned, any individual kid's tastes are inevitably going to shift as they get older. I think kids just play whatever grabs their attention, frankly.

[Turo602]

Sorry to have struck a nerve, bro.

Oh OK. Yes, having a big family where other family members have kids around you is exactly the same as being the parent of some. Clearly. I can't imagine how this wouldn't give you exactly the same insight as someone who raised children day in, day out since birth.

And as I've already stated, having children doesn't make you more qualified than anyone else. I don't need to wipe a kid's ass to be able to talk about what they're into. Your one kid in your house who you raised is hardly evidence against world-wide trends. This isn't exactly parent having secret information. Feeding a kid, buying them clothes, and keeping a roof over their head doesn't magically boost your credibility when discussing what type of games are popular with children.

Especially when your main argument is that you have kids. You say you struck a nerve, which btw, couldn't be further from the truth, yet you're the one who flat out felt like we were attacking your parenthood by making a point about video games. You wondered what made you the least qualified, well, there you go. You've failed to acknowledge any actual points because you're not able to counter-argue any of them. Which is why you've deflected the entire conversation into being about who has kids.

I'm now more annoyed that nobody ever smartened me up that Turo was Mexican. I need to know these things so I can dial up (or down) the Casual Good-Natured Racism the way I do with guys like Prowler and Coola. C'mon guys, help me out once in a while.

LMAO! I mean, it wasn't really a secret. I think I might've mentioned it a few times over the years.

[Leo656]

I love to drown my tacos in sour cream, I know how much You People f*cking hate that. Deal with it, ese vato. :tgrin:

[Turo602]

I love to drown my tacos in sour cream, I know how much You People f*cking hate that. Deal with it, ese vato. :tgrin:

AU0u6SCAXWI

[Leo656]

"Now go get your f*ckin' shine box." :lol:

Thanks man, I needed that today! :tgrin:

[drgon78]

Well since Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a full on remake, I can take that off the list.

[IMJ]

And as I've already stated, having children doesn't make you more qualified than anyone else.

The real killer is with Gen Y and younger, there is something about who they are that grants them these weird perceptions and limited vision. When I was a kid I didn't grow up with Led Zeppelin or Jim Morrison, right? But I had some awareness of who they are - like all I had to do was hear a song on an old radio station a couple times or see even just a hint of the 60's on T.V. to connect me with it enough that I had a general awareness of that whole movement and so on.

But kids today? They'd look at you with a blank stare as if anything before them is inexplicable. For example, Generation X experienced both a life without cell phones yet also came of age when cell phones first became a widespread thing. I was just discussing this with our 19 year old here the other day; and I'm like "honey you've got to get a grasp of reality - your experiences are your own and that's great but you are hardly the first person to step foot on Earth and experience technology".

In many ways I'm more capable on my computer and phone than she is, but the narrative amidst her generation is as if we are all ancient-grandparents who know nothing. Which I think is sort of common amidst all young-people except that this generation of kids lace their beliefs with false narratives about racism and oppression and all sorts of other bull$#!( that generation X largely began putting an end to across mass society.

My whole point? To what you said earlier - I think a lot of those generational partitions come from young people's ignorance or sense of self-importance. And their attitude seems to proliferate across society for everyone to experience, whether you have kids or not.

[Leo656]

Well since Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a full on remake, I can take that off the list.

Wait, what? Are you for f*cking actual right now? Don't lie to me, my heart can't take it.

[Turo602]

Wait, what? Are you for f*cking actual right now? Don't lie to me, my heart can't take it.

The only caveat being that they're neutering the soundtrack.

[Leo656]

Ah that sucks.

Flipside, updated Juliet model. Mrowrr.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

I would like to see a remaster of Brave Fencer Musashi, but they would probably fu** it up.

[drgon78]

There a lot of things I would like to see, but the odds are really low.

[Storm Eagle]

We now know that Super Mario RPG is getting the HD treatment.

I have the SNES Classic and that game is on there. Perhaps I should give it a shot?

[Monty Mole]

Here's hoping they do the Mother series next

[Andrew NDB]

We now know that Super Mario RPG is getting the HD treatment.

They're calling it that right now but it isn't that. It's not quite like Zelda: Wind Waker getting the 1080p treatment from 480p, with an existing engine underneath. They have to completely rebuild Super Mario RPG from the ground up so it's a full-on remake, not a remaster.

[Coola Yagami]

They're calling it that right now but it isn't that. It's not quite like Zelda: Wind Waker getting the 1080p treatment from 480p, with an existing engine underneath. They have to completely rebuild Super Mario RPG from the ground up so it's a full-on remake, not a remaster.

Too bad they (so far) didn't add anything extra. There was literally no reason all to not have had Luigi in the original.

[drgon78]

We will be getting a Dragon Quest 3 HD 2D remaster....one day.

We have the rumors of ....

FF10 remake

FF9 remake(with turn based combat)

Chrono Trigger HD 2D remake

[Andrew NDB]

Weird all around.

We will be getting a Dragon Quest 3 HD 2D remaster....one day.

Like, just 3?

FF10 remake

Why? The 4K remaster looks amazing still.

FF9 remake(with turn based combat)

OK but... this over 8?

Chrono Trigger HD 2D remake

It could probably use it but... can we not get Chrono Trigger 3 already?

[drgon78]

Well they are rumors so who knows what we will get and too what degree they will be remade. Though it has been said that FF9 will not be to the level of the FF7 remake and will be turn based. As for FF10 the only thing we know is that it will be released in 2026(it's 25th anniversary).

As for DQ3 HD 2D remake, they showed us the game during the DQ 35th anniversary 2 years ago. I did think that picking 3 was weird choice but it was the most popular of the old school ones(1-4). Though I would have preferred DQ4 of the NES games. Also not sure why the game is taking so long and why it has been radio silence for 2 years....maybe they decided to remake DQ1, 2, and 4.

The people working on the remakes want to remake FF6 but I think the people in charge isn't letting them....at least yet anyway.

[Storm Wolf]

I wouldn't mind seeing a remaster of Dragon Age Origins. It's one of the few games that I really enjoyed and replayed several times.

[drgon78]

Looks like the Lollipop Chainsaw remake might end up being a remaster.

[Wednesday's Serial]

All the recent news about the Metal Gear Collection makes these prospects so much more dull. I don't understand why they would bring out the games again in such a state. It's just an argument for piracy.

[drgon78]

I took FF6 off the list, at this point I would prefer a full on remake(if still turn based).

[Andrew NDB]

I took FF6 off the list, at this point I would prefer a full on remake(if still turn based).

Yeah right, we'd get a FF 16/7R style actioner with a jump button and all. No overworld map or airship flying, just a lot of narrow corridors with only 1 way you can go and FMV.

[IMJ]

We had several instances of LRG discussion going on, but most of the time that was related to the TMNT game. I'm glad to say that I finally received the PS4 Blade Runner Enhanced Edition from Limited Run Games.

I originally ordered this thing on August 4, 2022 for $206.37 and received it yesterday. I had every intention of playing this game when it was announced, but at this point if I never do it, it doesn't matter. I mostly ordered this bundle out of my Blade Runner fandom.

Blade Runner doesn't commonly have stuff released, so when merch does show up I usually just go for broke. I'm not going to say that I'll never order something from LRG again, but honestly I can't imagine what they'd release to bait me enough to do it. I was onboard with them going back to day one with Saturday Morning RPG and stuck with every release for several years actually, but then they jumped the shark with cash grabs in volume and "collectors offerings" and I just quit cold turkey.

I have to say though - to their credit this set is quality, man. I haven't played the game, but the replica badge is legit metal in a real leather wallet and the shadowbox with the gun in it is amazing.

I wouldn't mind playing the game, which was obviously remastered for HD but I just don't know that I'll ever do it.

[BornAgain]

The Legacy of Kain series although it seems like something may be coming from that series. The owners of the license put out a survey a year or two ago asking what fans would want from the series and then came back and said the feedback was humongous in volume and that we can expect to see something.

[member_removed]

Pre ordered this today https://limitedrungames.com/collections/all-games/products/limited-run-532-rocket-knight-adventures-re-sparked-ps4

Absolutely fizzing at the bunghole for this, I never owned a SNES, so very eager to play Sparkster.

I wish they put the 2010 steam game on there as well. But I'm happy with the 16 bit classics.

[ResidentEvil7]

The games, even real old ones, I like to see an HD or 4K remaster are as follows:

The early PS1 Resident Evil
Tomb Raiders I - III from the PS1
The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja (SNES)
Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles In Time - SNES
Donkey Kong Country - SNES
Street Fighter II - SNES, Genesis, Arcade
Mortal Kombat I, II - SNES and Genesis

[drgon78]

Glad we are getting HD remaster of Lollipop Chainsaw but still mad that it will not get a PS4 version.....glad they changed their mind and we are getting a PS4 release in November.

[drgon78]

Looks like we are getting a remaster collection for Lunar 1+2.

[Andrew NDB]

We will be getting a Dragon Quest 3 HD 2D remaster....one day.

Speaking of this... it's out in like a couple weeks. Followed by DQ 1 & 2 HD 2D by Christmas, I think. Which is pretty cool! I was actually starting to play the Android version of DQ1 HD on my phone here and there but screw that, if this is coming out.

Hopefully they'll do the Zenithia trilogy next!

[CyberCubed]

At this point I'm starting to wonder what *hasn't* been remastered. It seems almost every old game is getting re-released these days, all the big ones anyway.

[Coola Yagami]

In this weird culture war nonsense the AAA games have nowadays (luckily it doesn't affect retro games and beat em ups), the first Horizon game had a slimmer attractive Aloy but they made her uglier and fat-faced in the sequel for... reasons.

Now they're doing a remaster for the first Horizon game and are making Aloy fat-faced since 'day one'.

I personally don't get it. Something about not wanting attractive women in games cause reasons, hiring attractive models to pose as the characters while the character in the finished product is 'uglified'.

Main reason Stellar Blade got blowback from the 'woke' types, since China decided to stick with adding sexy back in video games.

[Andrew NDB]

Now they're doing a remaster for the first Horizon game and are making Aloy fat-faced since 'day one'.

Apparently.

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I personally don't get it. Something about not wanting attractive women in games cause reasons, hiring attractive models to pose as the characters while the character in the finished product is 'uglified'.

The best guess is the initial hires are done by people with the best of intentions but in the "post" process, it falls into the hands of Sweet Baby Inc. types/"How can we help The Message™?" and use what small influence they have to virtue signal this way or that way and people near the top are too scared to interfere.

Main reason Stellar Blade got blowback from the 'woke' types, since China

Korea.

[Coola Yagami]

Ah Melonie Mac. I don't agree with all of her takes, but at least she gets it right with how these gaming companies work. In particular with how they continue to wreck Lara Croft.

[Andrew NDB]

In particular with how they continue to wreck Lara Croft.

Some of it seems like possibly false alarmism (I've watched a few of those videos). But jesus... if all of those rumors are true? Good grief...

1. Lara will not raid any more tombs and is just given stuff by natives now.

2. She'll have a lesbian girlfriend in the new Netflix show, complete with The Haircut™.

3. In the new game coming, Lara will have a new Indian girlfriend. Lara will then retire early into the game, leaving the Indian girlfriend to take over for the rest of the game as the new "Tomb Raider."

[Coola Yagami]

Mel usually makes videos as the news breaks, so it's all subject to change as new stuff develops. Kinda like when you look at any of our 'new movie coming out' topics and all the changes and whatnot as updates come up.

On the topic of 'ugly women in gaming', one that brought much uproar was Abby from The Last of Us 2. The funny part was, the mocap actress was just as built, and the 'woke' crowd tried to point to her as a 'aha! that proves women can be built like that'...... but they failed to mention (or purposely ignored) that Abby's model was built like that... while also being attractive. They still, for whatever reason, hit her face with ugly stick a few times before they turned her into Abby's final model.

[Andrew NDB]

On the topic of 'ugly women in gaming', one that brought much uproar was Abby from The Last of Us 2. The funny part was, the mocap actress was just as built, and the 'woke' crowd tried to point to her as a 'aha! that proves women can be built like that'...... but they failed to mention (or purposely ignored) that Abby's model was built like that... while also being attractive. They still, for whatever reason, hit her face with ugly stick a few times before they turned her into Abby's final model.

Though remember, they only used the body of a female bodybuilder for Abby's body. The face was taken from a genuinely pretty, if super skinny girl. And then a third person had to do the voice, lol... so yeah, hardly a good case for "this exists out there!" I mean, apparently it does, but only when you have to put 3 different women into a blender.

Though I'll always sign Last of Us 2's praises. I despise the virtue signaling, but it really is a great and intense game.

[Coola Yagami]

Though remember, they only used the body of a female bodybuilder for Abby's body. The face was taken from a genuinely pretty, if super skinny girl. And then a third person had to do the voice, lol... so yeah, hardly a good case for "this exists out there!" I mean, apparently it does, but only when you have to put 3 different women into a blender.

Though I'll always sign Last of Us 2's praises. I despise the virtue signaling, but it really is a great and intense game.


No I meant the female bodybuilder herself had an attractive face.

Then who was the poor girl that donated her 'pretty face' only for them to **** it up and make her look like a guy?

[Andrew NDB]

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[Wildcat]

I just thought of a couple games I’d love to get an HD remake.

The Grinch, based on the live action movie. I’m sure basically nobody would care except me but oh well :lol:

I have the original PlayStation version. I thought it was pretty fun. There’s a lot to do, big environments, pranks you play and side missions. The humor was good too imo.

I finished the game but I later encountered a crash in the post office stage. Not sure if it’s a glitch with the game or just something that happened with mine. It didn’t ruin the save file but I had to restart the system. You don’t need to play this stage at all though. It’s completely optional.

Anyway it would be really nice with updated graphics to make it look closer to the movie/Dr. Seuss world.

Also Earthworm Jim 3D. I mentioned this in another topic. Underrated game that just has some really annoying issues. Updated graphics of course, fix the marble collecting, fix the boss difficulty. I didn’t have a problem with the camera but it’s the biggest complaint I see brought up. I guess you could tighten it up.

[tmntpower1988]

I want to see a HD Collection for the TMNT 2003 games that were out for the PS2 etc along with the GBA and Nintendo DS versions of the games too. I would love to see the Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi games released in a HD Collection too.

[drgon78]

Why not HD collection of all the arcade games and NES and SNES games?

Glad we are finally getting the Lunar games as HD remasters.

[ResidentEvil7]

Why not HD collection of all the arcade games and NES and SNES games?

Glad we are finally getting the Lunar games as HD remasters.

Yes! I would love to see an HD remaster of such games like:
The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja - SNES
Super Mario 3 - NES
Super Street Fighter II - SNES, Arcade
Donkey Kong Country - SNES
Super Mario All-Stars - SNES
Mortal Kombat I, II - SNES, Arcade
Pit-Fighter - Arcade
Ninja Gaiden - Arcade

[drgon78]

Well I can take Lunar 1 and 2 off my wish list.

[ResidentEvil7]

We did get Tomb Raiders I-VI (two trilogies) an HD remaster which is what some of us, including me, wanted.

Now we need an HD upgrade of the PS1 era Resident Evil games, with no giant spiders, because I have a weakness against spiders, just like 1987 Leonardo (my favorite Ninja Turtle) has a weakness against snakes, which I have also.

[drgon78]

Considering how common remasters are you would think more stuff from wish list would have happened by now.