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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/27366526

I know that remakes and remasters are contentious, but let's pretend whatever game in question you're thinking of is handled with the utmost care by your favourite devs and they absolutely nail it.

Mine would be Shadow of Memories (called Shadow of Destiny in North America). It's legitimately one of my favourite games of all time but it kinda flew under the radar and I haven't met many people who know of it let alone played it. Seeing it get modern graphics, maybe some expanded mechanics, would be soooo cool.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Vib-Ribbon.

It's one of the coolest concepts I've seen for PSx. It's a rhythm game that loads into the console's ram, allowing you to swap the disc to one of your CDs and could generate unique levels for your songs.

While looking it up I did find there was a PS3 port, but I don't know how good that is or if it has the same custom level feature or not. I'd love a modern version that looks visually similar but allows you to either input a playlist from a service like yt or use your own local files to generate unique levels.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Megaman Legends Megaman Battle Network Jetforce Gemini

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Worms

But they'd fuck it up again

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[–] Deway@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Shadow of Memories is such a good game. That's all I had to say.

pretend whatever game in question you're thinking of is handled with the utmost care by your favourite devs and they absolutely nail it.

Crash Team Racing. :(

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

The rest of the Legacy of Kain games

[–] sanae@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Mercenaries 1 playground of destruction

Just cause graphics could be something nice

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

Wing Commander 1-4, space epics of my childhood.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

The entire Ultima series for sure. I think those were the first CRPGs I played. I loved Ultima: Underworld I & II, but I was never able to get Ultima VII: Pagan to run properly on my computer. (And, holy fuck, that was 30 years ago.)

But also The Elder Scrolls: Arena, TES: Daggerfall, TES: Battlespire, TES: Redguard, and TES: Morrowind. The first two TES games would be challenging to make, given that many of the areas were randomly generated, rather than being designed.

[–] TheV2@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

Here comes the Pain or No Mercy.

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I want a remake of the original Harry Potter 1 and 2 games from the PS1. Not asking much, anything that looks nicer than this would do

[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

How dare you, this Hagrid is beautiful

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[–] lemonmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Trapt

Bloodrayne

Primal

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Subspace Continuum

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

It doesn't need a remaster, but a PC port of Lost Odyssey would be awesome.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Make clue finders for adults! Same game, just adult level facts, puzzles, and math!

[–] catalyst@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I feel like I could have some fun with a remake of Descent 1 and 2.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Overload exists. While not a remake, it is the spiritual successor with the original development team making it.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I would enjoy a copy of Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance with some spiffed up lighting effects, maybe the mech pack mechs included in the base game, and higher resolution copies of the FMV segments. I have my original copy but I can't get it to run on Linux. Wonder if there's a way to wash a CD game through Steam Play. Lutris...doesn't function as software? It's one of those magnetic "performance enhancing" bracelets, it doesn't do anything but it has convinced a LOT of people it does.

This may be stretching the premise a little bit but I would like to play the game they thought they were making when they made Ride To Hell: Retribution.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

I really wouldn't mind a remake of Left 4 Dead 2 with better netcode and more official maps.

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

X3: Terran Conflict.

Yes, we got X3FL in 2021 AND X4, but X4 is a very different game and X3FL is just a heavily scripted X3AP (more or less).

It's a more-than-me years old game with a lot of mods that keep it enjoyable to day – as "enjoyable" as it can be, that janky piece o' junk – but I feel about it the same way I feel about Halo 2: imagine what it could have been, if the devs had the resources they could have today. ~~(if you say "X4" I'm going to fucking flip)~~

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[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm not particularly a fan of either re-makes or full remastered but I'm a big fan or, for example, when Xbox upgraded the resolution and FPS or backwards compatible games.

I would love to see Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes again and have a similar service on Switch for GameCube games.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I'm outing me as ancient:

  • M.U.L.E.
  • Load Runner
  • The Castles of Dr. Creep
  • Seven Cities of Gold
  • Paradroid
  • The Sentinel
  • Hanse / Kaiser / Fugger
[–] godzillabacter@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The Sly Cooper Trilogy +/- Thieves in Time

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Elite 2: Frontier.

elite dangerous is very close but it doesn't really capture the seamlessness you get from not having a landing mode or frame shifting. pioneer spaceship sim is a remake in the truest sense of the word, but a remaster would fix the ui issues the original had rather than just rolling with them.

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[–] ButtonMcLemming@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This might be too many, but what I want to see remade, remastered, or given complete editions (although "complete editions" may not be relevant to the post topic; and some titles may not be considered niche but whatever) are Asura's Wrath, Bloodborne, Bujingai, Bully, Dante's Inferno, Dark Sector, Dead Rising 2 (and Off the Record), The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, the F.E.A.R. series, From Dust, God Hand, Grand Theft Auto IV, the first two Gungrave games, Just Cause, killer7, L.A. Noire, the Legend of Spyro trilogy, Like a Dragon Kenzan!, Mary Skelter 2, NieR: Automata, NieR: Replicant, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Ninja Gaiden 3, No More Heroes 2, Prototype, Red Steel 1 and 2, Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman, Solatorobo: Red the Hunter, Spec Ops: The Line, the original Splinter Cell (plus Pandora Tomorrow, Chaos Theory, Double Agent, and Conviction), Stranglehold, Tail Concerto, Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2, Watch Dogs 1 and 2, and the original World Ends with You.

Primarily, the goals would be to either restore cut content or integrate separate DLC into the main package, offer enhanced graphics, take advantage of the 16:9 aspect ratio if originally released during the time of 4:3 screens or on handhelds, or fix bugs or address technical limitations that affected their original console or PC releases, alongside numerous quality-of-life improvements like anti-cheat and DRM removal and extensive performance optimizations. Also, we're still waiting for a PC release for Bloodborne.

[–] faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I do agree with the Splinter Cell series yeah.

Although I'm confused, why did you include Nier Replicant and Automata? Automata has already a complete version, and Replicant already had a remaster/remake/director's cut version 3 years ago.

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