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Video Game Remakes

October 18, 2010 in News comments 7

Video game remakes are almost a necessary part of any successful franchise. However, not all remakes are successful, or should even be made! Dom Cook from Questional takes a look at several great remakes, as well as some... not so successful.

Some remakes just shouldn't have been made in the first place. If you ever have the chance, don't check out Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop. Probably one of the worst remakes I've ever had the misfortune of seeing. A remake of the excellent 360 version, and built from the ground up for the Wii, Chop Till You Drop does everything wrong. The ability to take photographs was completely removed (which is odd, considering that the protagonist, Frank West, is a photographer...), the amount of zombies on-screen at one time was reduced from approximately 800 to 100 or so. It's unfortunate that such an awesome game received such a poor remake treatment, but considering the limitations of the Nintendo Wii, it's not too surprising that it doesn't match up to the Xbox 360 version.
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  • 1
    reaver11 Oct 18, 10
    MGS: The Twin Snakes. Nuff said.

    What needs to be remade? Blood Omen! Soul Reaver!
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      Dark Dom Oct 18, 10
      Agreed. Twin Snakes lost a ton of impact from the original game. I remember reading another article on this and seeing a good example of why Twin Snakes shouldn't have been made - the scene where Meryl is introduced to Snake. In the original, she's obviously a rookie and acts like it, yet in Twin Snakes she does a whole bunch of flips and cartwheels as Snake and Meryl try to one-up each other in a display of flashiness. It broke the characters, and it was just there to show off the power of the GC. :\

      also yes to Soul Reaver, I'd love to see an HDifying of that. <3
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    Dark Dom Oct 18, 10
    Short of FFVII, I would LOVE to see a PS3 HD-collection remake of Silent Hill 1-3. Like... change absolutely NOTHING. Just bundle 'em together and make 'em shiny and spiffy. 2 and 3 still aren't bad to look at, but the ability to play them on PS3 and in HD would be nothing but a bonus. <3
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    ShadowGuard Oct 18, 10
    Final Fantasy VII should be the first game on any list. Any list that does not, is bogus...
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      Dark Dom Oct 18, 10
      I'm still baffled as to why they don't do it already. Are they waiting for a certain date? Are they scared of ruining it's prestigious reputation? *sigh* I want answers Squeenix!
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    Dark Arcanine Oct 18, 10
    Got to love the nostalgia factor. Sonic and the Black Knight is an average game, but it's not a horrible game. It just has the flash with no splash is all. They're already doing something I've wanted to see remade, Star Fox 64!
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    Storm Oct 19, 10
    It's amazing how patient Squeenix is with a behemoth cash cow like FFVII. Remaking that game for the PS3 would be epic on every account. Like it or hate it, the game would sell like cakes.

    I'd like the original RE's, 1-3, to get a little makeover. RE2, especially.

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