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Today's game market seems to be all about bringing back old favourites or giving long forgotten games a second chance. Some of my favourite games growing up have already started coming back, like Shadowgate and Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father. There's talk of a new Battletoads, too.

So what are some game IPs, old and/or forgotten that you'd love to see someone do a sequel to or at the very least, a remake?

Some of mine include:

Battletoads, as mentioned above, is apparently coming back. I want to be excited for this, but remain hesitant. Especially if it's Xbox exclusive as it sounds like it might.

Noctropolis was a very obscure adventure game that I don't think anyone but me remembers. It included some so incredibly hammy and over the top full-motion video, which just made it all the more entertaining for me. I've had an idea in my head for years for a sequel and if I had the connections or talent in creating a game, I'd totally do it.

Deja Vu: While I loved the Shadowgate remake, this is the game I'm dying to see remade.

The Uninvited: Also by the same developers as Deja Vu. If I had to choose, Deja Vu comes out way ahead, but I'd love to see this, too.

Full Throttle was definitely in my top ten favourite adventure games. It nearly got a sequel before the adventure game genre died and LucasArts put he kibosh on it. I'd love to see this remade and then get that promised sequel.

Friday the 13th: For years, with the growing popularity of horror games, I'd hoped someone might take the mechanics from the old NES game and make something similar. Last Year, which was recently Kickstarted, might just be that, but time will tell.

Nightshade: LOVED this game on NES, but it's another obscure one like Noctropolis that I swear I'm in the minority that remembers it.

Star Tropics: I remember this game being huge back in the day. Nintendo Power hyped the hell out of it as the next big coming game. And the first game was pretty good from what I recall. I don't think its sequel fared as well, though.

X-Wing/Tie Fighter.

'Nuff said.

Mega Man.

Yep. You're going to hear my favorites again.

Masters of Orion: I know Sins of a Solar Empire is the closest equivalent, but I want my Psilon/Silicoid/Klackon galaxy-wide murderfest back, dangit.

Age of Empires: AoE III almost got it right. Its biggest failing was its lack of a good random map generator. That's the reason I keep coming back to II more than III, the ability to generate a huge random map is crucial to offset the folks who memorize the ten stock maps and then exploit that knowledge.

Dungeon Keeper: The recent "remake" is complete and utter crap, and I'll be honest that I have no idea as to the status of War for the Overworld.

Black and White: I want a version that doesn't force me to have to manage a &$@*ing pet all the time!

The Last Guardian: They need to finish this already so I can play it.

Myst: Well, not Myst exactly, I just want more stuff by the Cyan team (wonder, lore, exploration, and untangling of mysteries) and less of the Presto/Journeyman Project stuff (random puzzles for puzzles' sake).

--Patrick

Mega Man - This should go without saying, but we got to say it since Capcom is pretty much deaf to the fans.

Dungeon Keeper - That iOS piece of crap was insulting.

The World Ends With You - This one was too good not to have a sequel.

Puzzle Quest - I want a real sequel, not some iOS in-app purchase laden port.

Krisken said:

X-Wing/Tie Fighter.

'Nuff said.

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Yep.


Also, a real sequel to Total Annihilation.

And a good Mechwarrior game.

More Cate Archer.

Krisken said:

X-Wing/Tie Fighter.

'Nuff said.

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We still use it (in a heavily modded version) regularly in our Star Wars Larp campaign. A few years ago we even got assistance from one of the programmers after a friend asked him. He gave us hints how to make it run more smoothly and wrote a new file to help with the group set-up stuff (no idea, not a technician). We have a flyable frigate with 2 turrets under the control of a second player.

And always YES! for Full Throttle and more Full Throttle!

Zappit said:

The World Ends With You - This one was too good not to have a sequel.

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I came in to say this.

1. System Shock

2. Anything with Pirates that doesn't suck (EX: Sid Meier's Pirates, Sea Dogs 1)

3. KOTOR (no the MMO doesn't fucking count)

4. Baldur's Gate

5. Elder Scrolls (no once again the MMO doesn't fucking count)

Vagrant Story, though it's been spiritually succeeded by Demon/Dark Souls and Crimson Shroud.

And the only reason we haven't gotten another Elder Scrolls is because they are working on another Fallout game. They usually switch between the two.

Jay said:

Elder Scrolls

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There's been five of them. It's a long running series. I'm pretty sure we'll be getting more.

Ravenpoe said:

There's been five of them. It's a long running series. I'm pretty sure we'll be getting more.

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Yes. But not before a few years while still they attempt to salvage get some level of cash from their failing MMO.

They'll have Fallout 4 in 2016ish... then prolly an Elder Scroll game in 2019ish.

That's in 4 years... and Skyrim came out November 2011 (3+ years ago). So 7-8 years between the games.

Ich...

They'll be at least 4 more Call of Duties, 7 more Assassin Creeds and 27 or so more Freddie Nights coming out before you'll step foot in another game of this series.

You guys are covering a lot of my bases.

Dungeon Keeper - like you guys said, the mobile game is crap and doesn't count. I've got War for the Overworld but it still looks to be too alpha to buy, though supposedly it's launching in Feb? Urhmmm...

Xwing/Tie Fighter - heck yeah. Or failing that...

Descent Freespace - what took up the mantle when Xwing and Wing Commander sequels stopped coming out.

Carmageddon - ok, they ARE making a sequel to this, admittedly, and I'm a kickstarter backer. Development is coming along slowly, and it's still got major performance issues, but hopefully it squares up soon!

Interstate '76 - Interstate '82 was a flop, but I'd like to see a remake of the original. It was amazing for its time, using a Car Wars damage/combat model in a real-time game using the Mechwarrior 2 engine. It got "spiritual" sequels on consoles in the form of the Vigilante 8 games, but they... well, had Consolitis. A proper PC remake could be awesome.

Poker Night at the Inventory - you know, I actually find this to be a very relaxing couple of games to play, even if I'm not very good at poker.

Artificial Academy - Actually I'm serious about this... there needs to be a third one, but they need to move back toward what it was in AA1. AA2's models are less realistic and more gainax-ridiculous, and the character interactions seem less logical, at times almost random. While I like the dynamic introduced by including a teacher character, if it wasn't for the self-hate bug that eventually destroys saves, I'd still be doing HFA in AA1. Also there needs to be more male personalities and customization options. Though I might as well be asking for chocolate air, because we know who their primary demo is and what they want.

As has been said:
Dungeon Keeper (the iOS thing was an abomination)
Age of Empires (or, perhaps, Age of Mythology...though I preferred AoE over AoM)
XWing vs TIE Fighter
KotOR
TES, but I want a remake/reskin/reiteration of Daggerfall or Morrowind at the latest, not Oblivion or Skyrim - I much preferred the earlier ones)

Others:
Startopia (yes, the starbase management sim)
Sim City (no, the last two "social" iterations don't count)
Majesty (I know, 2 was pretty much the same as 1 and worse, but...one can hope)
Freelancer
Command and Conquer (RA3 and C&C4 were horrible "social" crap but one can hope)

I loved startopia back in the day, too... I wonder how well the GOG version runs. I remember the config file being very editable, and thus support for higher resolutions was a breeze on XP. But it crashed trying to multiplayer, and I haven't tried it under 7...

Chrono Trigger: Aside from the music, I don't really count Chrono Cross. I really disliked the magic system in it, and there were only three dual techs among all of the characters. Make the battle system more similar to Trigger, and if they can come up with a similarly epic story, I'd be happy.

City of Heroes/Villains: I've heard of a fan-made one being produced, but I'd like a legit sequel that added to the already awesome character creator as well as updated and improved the game play and world of the original.

Def Jam Vendetta/Fight For New York: I like these fighting games because of how brutal and over-the-top they were. The third one was a wreck. If they could keep it in the same vein as the first two and improve upon the character customization, I think it would be a blast.

SKIES OF ARCADIA

Legacy of Kain/ Soul Reaver, not this Nosgoth bullshit.

As already stated No One Lives Forever. HOW ARE THERE ONLY 2 GAMES?????

Sacrifice. God damn it did I love that game.

Gauntlet:Legends/Dark Legacy- I know there were Gauntlets before and after these, but these were, in my opinion, the best versions. I really wish they'd bring my lady-elf archer back.

Maximo- I'd buy a new Maximo game in a heartbeat.

A Microprose quality flight sim. F-15, F-19, and F-117

Hell just do the entire Microprose catalog.

sixpackshaker said:

Hell just do the entire Microprose catalog.

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Wikipedia said:

Despite cuts, Spectrum Holobyte managed to line up several big name licenses, including Top Gun (Top Gun: Fire At Will), Magic: The Gathering (Magic: The Gathering), Star Trek: The Next Generation (A Final Unity, Birth of the Federation, Klingon Honor Guard) and MechWarrior (MechCommander, MechWarrior 3). Strategy game UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-COM: UFO Defense) proved to be an unanticipated hit in 1994, spawning multiple sequels. In 1996, Spectrum HoloByte/MicroProse bought out Simtex, earlier a developer of MicroProse-published bestsellers Master of Orion and Master of Magic. Simtex was rebranded as MicroProse Texas (Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares), based in Austin, Texas. Other MicroProse developed and/or published games during that period included 7th Legion, Addiction Pinball, AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet, Civilization II, Dark Earth, F-15 Strike Eagle III, Fleet Defender, Grand Prix 2, Pizza Tycoon, Sid Meier's Colonization, Tinhead, Transport Tycoon, Ultimate Race Pro, X-COM: Apocalypse, X-COM: Interceptor and X-COM: Terror from the Deep.

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I have no problem with this.

--Patrick

Charlie Don't Surf said:

SKIES OF ARCADIA

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We almost did. It morphed into Valkryia Chronicles, a series great in it's own right.

Cheesy1 said:

Chrono Trigger: Aside from the music, I don't really count Chrono Cross. I really disliked the magic system in it, and there were only three dual techs among all of the characters. Make the battle system more similar to Trigger, and if they can come up with a similarly epic story, I'd be happy.

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You mean 3 triple techs and 9 dual techs, not that ANY of them outside of X-Cut are any good. Personally, I rather like Chrono Cross'es story and feel it's the natural evolution of the complete time fucker they pulled in the first game. Why wouldn't alternate time lines try to prevent their deletion? Why wouldn't Lavos be able to fight back against the time manipulation? Isn't it what caused it to begin with? The story is plenty epic as is too... it just has a few problems. Namely how it treated character from the previous game and that it completely failed to do anything with half the cast.

I also dug the magic system... it really made normal physical attacks important instead of just turning the game into another "use nothing but spells" JRPG.

Definitely another Baldur's Gate game.

Especially if it includes Minsc and Boo.

I want NOLF and Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force to be available for purchase, so that I can buy them and experience what I only got to play the demo of, back in the day.

As to what I want more of... Hmm...

- Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures / Yoda Stories - Maybe I just don't know of games that already fill this niche, but I want fun little randomly generated adventures that are designed to be completed in 10 - 20 minutes. I want something with rogue-like elements, but without the complexity or difficulty, just a fun little time waster with familiar characters.

- Grim Fandango - Only, I don't want any repeat characters (well, maybe a Glottis cameo). I want a new story, in a new era, in the land of the dead. Instead of Film Noir, maybe a Western, or an 80's Action movie, or a 50's beach movie. Mix the day of the dead with a new genre, and see what characters come from it.

- Half Life - 'nuff said.

There are a lot of other IPs I like, but I have a backlog of games as it is, so it's kind of hard for me to say that I want more, when I have too much as it is.

I'd like to see a remake of the first Final Fantasy Tactics. I LIVED that game when it came out. I'd love to see what they could do with all the horse-power at their disposal now.

I can't be the only one who wants a new Breath of Fire game, either.

As lame as it sounds... I'd dig another Police Quest game... one that gets away from the SWAT series and back to police procedures, in the vein of the first couple. I got excited as hell when I saw that Kings Quest was getting revisited, because I have hopes that they will bring back Jim Walls, once Kings Quest proves to be a success. He tried to kickstart a project called "Precinct," but it fell FAR short of it's funding goal... THAT'S my ostentatious lottery winning spending, funding something like that, in the same kind of vein as Tell-Tale's The Walking Dead, that requires split-second decisions, with consequences to the storyline, no matter your choices.

I would also love for Obsidian to take another shot at an Alpha Protocol game, but, you know, without the glitches and with better shooting mechanics. And maybe leave out that helicopter boss fight?

Another Legacy of Kain game

Koronis Rift and Rescue on Fractalus - basically, any old Lucasfilm game.

Centauri Alliance - another old school Interplay RPG like the original Bard's Tale (which, by the way, the remake of which should get a sequel)

REPUBLIC COMMANDO - it could segue naturally into IMPERIAL COMMANDO, be a GoW type cover-based shooter.

Another Syphon Filter game or a sequel of Cold Fear.

The REAL Spyro sequel. Acitvision, Insomiac, if you are monitoring my posts for some alien reason PLEASE work together! Only together can Spyro 4 be a reality! Also make the intro to it Toxic Avenger 4 style. "In the 90s, Spyro came onto the scene fighting all sorts of monsters to serve justice. Then- SIX rotten sequels were made! Yeah, sorry about htat folks. Here's the real sequel!"

Ogre Battle. I would spend crazy amounts of money for a good sequel or remake.

Simfers said:

I would also love for Obsidian to take another shot at an Alpha Protocol game, but, you know, without the glitches and with better shooting mechanics. And maybe leave out that helicopter boss fight?

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I'd be down.

Officer_Charon said:

As lame as it sounds... I'd dig another Police Quest game... one that gets away from the SWAT series and back to police procedures, in the vein of the first couple. I got excited as hell when I saw that Kings Quest was getting revisited, because I have hopes that they will bring back Jim Walls, once Kings Quest proves to be a success. He tried to kickstart a project called "Precinct," but it fell FAR short of it's funding goal... THAT'S my ostentatious lottery winning spending, funding something like that, in the same kind of vein as Tell-Tale's The Walking Dead, that requires split-second decisions, with consequences to the storyline, no matter your choices.

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This too!

Surprise, surprise, the cops want a new Police Quest game

Seriously, though, I'd welcome a return of all the old Sierra adventure game franchises.

Bowielee said:

Surprise, surprise, the cops want a new Police Quest game

Seriously, though, I'd welcome a return of all the old Sierra adventure game franchises.

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Hell yeah, I was a Quest for Glory guy first.

Let's go back to Spielburg.

Tress said:

Ogre Battle. I would spend crazy amounts of money for a good sequel or remake.

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Did you check out the Tactics Ogre: We Must Cling Together remake? It's the same series and the remake was on PSP. Final Fantasy Tactics is considered the spiritual successor to the franchise... which, ironically, is getting a spiritual successor itself in Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians for iOS and Android (maybe a PC version?). All are done by the same guy: Yasumi Matsuno.

Frank said:

Hell yeah, I was a Quest for Glory guy first.

Let's go back to Spielburg.

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Well, it's not Quest for Glory, but it's close enough:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/264560/

And this:

http://crystalshard.net/?g=16

Tress said:

Ogre Battle. I would spend crazy amounts of money for a good sequel or remake.

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Yes, but with less Guide Dang It involved. It is way to easy to get completely screwed in that game because the game doesn't tell you how things interact.

Also was going to say "Gee, I'd really like a reboot of STRIDER."

Guess someone was listening!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/235210/

AshburnerX said:

Did you check out the Tactics Ogre: We Must Cling Together remake? It's the same series and the remake was on PSP. Final Fantasy Tactics is considered the spiritual successor to the franchise... which, ironically, is getting a spiritual successor itself in Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians for iOS and Android (maybe a PC version?). All are done by the same guy: Yasumi Matsuno.

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I don't want the tactics style, though. Give me large, customizable armies and large battle maps.

I didn't say "Ultima Underworld" because Skyrim is basically what Ultima Underworld was back in the day... but today I read somebody's got a kickstarter going to make a successor to the Ultima Underworld games, Underworld Ascendant.

http://www.bluesnews.com/s/158788/underworld-ascendant-kickstarter

Arx Fatalis was kinda fun, back in the day, I hope this works out.

I could never get into Arx Fatalis.

Frank said:

I could never get into Arx Fatalis.

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It was a good stab, but I ran out of steam on it midway as well.

Null said:

Yes, but with less Guide Dang It involved. It is way to easy to get completely screwed in that game because the game doesn't tell you how things interact.

Also was going to say "Gee, I'd really like a reboot of STRIDER."

Guess someone was listening!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/235210/

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It's more a reboot of the NES Strider than any other version. For some people that was great, for others it was terrible. Personally, I loved the NES Strider game.

Bowielee said:

It's more a reboot of the NES Strider than any other version. For some people that was great, for others it was terrible. Personally, I loved the NES Strider game.

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But the Genesis version starred Bruce Willis!

Bowielee said:

It's more a reboot of the NES Strider than any other version. For some people that was great, for others it was terrible. Personally, I loved the NES Strider game.

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Me too. Which apparently had an associated Manga that sort of made sense out of the story?

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Ravenpoe said:

But the Genesis version starred Bruce Willis!

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Bruce Willis, or 1980's Bruce Jenner?

Oh classic video game boxes. Your marketing departments had no idea what the games they were making art for were about at all.

Bowielee said:

Oh classic video game boxes. Your marketing departments had no idea what the games they were making art for were about at all.

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[DOUBLEPOST=1423077115,1423076960][/DOUBLEPOST]http://store.steampowered.com/app/252350/ - a self-aware parody of 80's game ads, about a reboot of Double Dragon with intentionally over the top "Radicool" retro style.

TECHNO- VAN DAMME![DOUBLEPOST=1423077191,1423077149][/DOUBLEPOST]I own DD Neon, and it's horrible.

Ravenpoe said:

But the Genesis version starred Bruce Willis!

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I don't know what you're talking about, that's clearly Reb Brown. Willis and Jenner both have brown hair.

I only remember the Strider cabinet, which at the time I just knew as "that game with the ridiculously swordy sword guy."

--Patrick

Rollcage
I swear my brother and I are the only people who ever played this series but I miss it so goddamn much. I still have a PSOne so I can play Rollcage stage II when i really get jonesing. No racing game compares in my book. I need more of it. With split screen. None of this online only multiplayer stuff.


Also,
Crash Bandicoot
I was so disappointed in Sony for not licensing Crash from Activision for their Smash Bros. Ripoff, and was hoping that Nintendo would do the right thing and add Crash as DLC to the new Smash. But I hear Sony has actually purchased Crash back now. Which is cool i guess but they better do something with it.

Can I say Sonic? Can we all just pretend that the games made after Sonic and Knuckles don't exist, and that we want a new Sonic game? It's been like 18 years.

checkeredhat said:

Can I say Sonic? Can we all just pretend that the games made after Sonic and Knuckles don't exist, and that we want a new Sonic game? It's been like 18 years.

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The new bosses and owners over at Sega have made it clear that they intend to focus mainly on mobile and PC games at the moment, because it's less risky. I fully expect Sega to go out of business in a few years at this rate, with Nintendo and Sony divvying up the various franchises (Nintendo gets Sonic, Sony gets Yakuza, etc).

AshburnerX said:

The new bosses and owners over at Sega have made it clear that they intend to focus mainly on mobile and PC games at the moment, because it's less risky. I fully expect Sega to go out of business in a few years at this rate, with Nintendo and Sony divvying up the various franchises (Nintendo gets Sonic, Sony gets Yakuza, etc).

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In my dream world, Nintendo acquires Mega Man from Capcom and Sonic from Sega and releases them both as new first party titles.

I am saddened by the fall of Sega. I was such a Sega fanboy back in the Genesis and Saturn days.

Me too, Brother Bhamv... Me too...

bhamv3 said:

I am saddened by the fall of Sega. I was such a Sega fanboy back in the Genesis and Saturn days.

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Dreamcast 4 lyfe

I'd kill for more in the vein of Tactics Ogre and FFT (not Advance, though, screw that noise).

CynicismKills said:

I'd kill for more in the vein of Tactics Ogre and FFT (not Advance, though, screw that noise).

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Yes, fuck Advance. I don't know why they couldn't just make the games as good as the first. Even if the story wasn't as dark, it didn't have to be "we got sucked into a magical land from the real world woooooo" crap. I like the idea of having tactical RPG prequels, with the different species and seeing how Ivalice was in the time of Ajora, but the way they went about it in both story and gameplay were so shitty.

Hated the whole judge concept the most I think.

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Can I say Sonic? Can we all just pretend that the games made after Sonic and Knuckles don't exist, and that we want a new Sonic game? It's been like 18 years.

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Actually, Sonic Generations and Sonic: Lost World were great games. Unfortunately they were widely ignored. In the case of Sonic: Lost world., that may have been largely because of the game being a Wii U exclusive.

But for serious, it's fun. Even though it really is Super Mario Galaxy: Sonic Edition.

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Unfortunately they were widely ignored. In the case of Sonic: Lost world., that may have been largely because of the game being a Wii U exclusive.

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Hey it had a 3DS version.


(That everyone says is inferior.)

Dei said:

Hated the whole judge concept the most I think.

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To me, the judge stuff was the only bad party of the game. The introduction of new races, with race specific jobs, added a ton of variety to the game and fleshed out the world of Ivalice.

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Actually, Sonic Generations and Sonic: Lost World were great games. Unfortunately they were widely ignored. In the case of Sonic: Lost world., that may have been largely because of the game being a Wii U exclusive.

But for serious, it's fun. Even though it really is Super Mario Galaxy: Sonic Edition.

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I actually have generations on the pc, and yeah it was pretty good. I stopped playing it around the time all the weird new characters and shitty soundtrack started popping up. I have purchased it for ps3 as well. I feel like sonic is meant for the console world.
I seem to remember hearing sonic colours was good too.

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To me, the judge stuff was the only bad party of the game. The introduction of new races, with race specific jobs, added a ton of variety to the game and fleshed out the world of Ivalice.

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The GBA games were also aimed at a much younger audience than the OG Tactics was.

Which is why they simplified some of the gameplay aspects. I also liked the new races and classes, but the depth was gone from constructing abilities together into characters. I want that diverse world + the depth of the original FFT. It doesn't have to be as dark as the original (though I enjoyed the politics and religion stuff).

Of course, what is Square-Enix doing with the property now? A shitty mobile game.

You know what was awesome? The original Wing Commander.... dynamic branching plot, based on your success/failure as a pilot, earnable awards that you could view on your uniform, the fighters were organized into squadrons that had a great fluffy feel to them... the manual was the shit, really immersive (Come to think of it, Origin was AWESOME for that... Ultima VI STILL ranks as one of my all-time favorites).... the sequels, while having a more epic storyline, never quite captured the feel of the first one for me.

Medieval. I loved how spooky and isolated you felt. I loved that whole PS1 aesthetic where models were gaining realistic motion, but still had blocky, surreal graphics.

Back to the roots Resident Evil and Silent Hill

Sanitarium

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain remake

Resident Evil Revelations is sort of a back to roots take on RE. I'd wait till the next Steam sale to get it though, especially with the reactions some people have had to the sequel.

As for Silent Hill... well, the next one is being made by Kojima, so it should be GOOD at least. But that doesn't mean it's going to be the Silent Hill we remember ether.

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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain remake

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I'd like to see that, so long as they keep it away from the people who squatted down, groaned, strained, and "produced" Blood Omen 2 by recycling a cancelled Chakan: The Forever Man game.

Oh, you know what would be cool? An HD remastering of Soul Reaver, and after you finish the game, you gain access to a "Director's Cut" mode, which would add in all the cut content from the original, including the original ending where you absorb Ariel into the Soul Reaver to augment it to be able to kill Kain, then the final level where you repair and activate the Silent Cathedral to purge all vampires from Nosgoth.

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I loved that whole PS1 aesthetic where models were gaining realistic motion, but still had blocky, surreal graphics.

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That reminds me - Die By The Sword. WASD still moves, but the mouse controls the movement of your sword arm. All in the most gloriously blocky polygon physics 1998 had to offer.

KotOR 3. Been replaying 2 lately and knowing how it's going to end (unfinished bullshit "let me tell you how your crew is doing") makes me want a big, beautiful return to the series.

Here's some titles that I would love to play HD remakes of

• Blast Corps
• Daytona USA
• Tech Romancer
• Power Stone (pick one)

CynicismKills said:

KotOR 3. Been replaying 2 lately and knowing how it's going to end (unfinished bullshit "let me tell you how your crew is doing") makes me want a big, beautiful return to the series.

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Have you tried the reconstruction mod? It's pretty big, and fills in a lot of the stuff that was cut for completion.

Ravenpoe said:

Have you tried the reconstruction mod? It's pretty big, and fills in a lot of the stuff that was cut for completion.

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I'll have to look into that. I'm still pretty early in the game (Telos) so maybe it'll be worth seeing how it changes things.

Covar said:

• Power Stone (pick one)

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Oh god, nostalgiaing very hard right now

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I'll have to look into that. I'm still pretty early in the game (Telos) so maybe it'll be worth seeing how it changes things.

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If you aren't playing with the restoration, YES. STOP (because you'll have to restart). It changes SO MUCH and about 98% of it for the positive. Storywise, especially.

Bubble181 said:

If you aren't playing with the restoration, YES. STOP (because you'll have to restart). It changes SO MUCH and about 98% of it for the positive. Storywise, especially.

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I always say games should be played through mod-free first. After that, he can go back and appreciate the difference.

Even though they ran out of time for an ending, I still like KOTOR2 more than 1. The story is much more engaging, and they really delve into the more mysterious sides of the force. Also, Kreia is just an amazing character.

I'm a huge fan of KOTOR 2. I think it's the only game I've ever finished in every possible way (dark/light/grey consular/guardian/sentinel male/female). I also absolutely agree that you should always play a game modfree first.
However, KOTOR 2 really is the only exception to that rule. The restoration mod does add one or two parts which, to me, are superfluous, but it mostly fills in stuff that's already included but unfinished for several reasons - mostly budgetary. And it solves a lot of bugs - especially the crash- and rendering game unwinnable ones are sort of important.
Lastly, he's posted already that he already has finished the game, so it's not an issue.

Ravenpoe said:

I always say games should be played through mod-free first. After that, he can go back and appreciate the difference.

Even though they ran out of time for an ending, I still like KOTOR2 more than 1. The story is much more engaging, and they really delve into the more mysterious sides of the force. Also, Kreia is just an amazing character.

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I've played through it a couple times back on the ol' EcksBawks, so the only downside of restarting is that goddamnded mining facility. Also I prefer 2 to 1 also. It's just a more refined and fun experience.

Evil Genius, mostly because I want a fully-realized version of the game, rather than what we had gotten.

CynicismKills said:

I've played through it a couple times back on the ol' EcksBawks, so the only downside of restarting is that goddamnded mining facility. Also I prefer 2 to 1 also. It's just a more refined and fun experience.

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There's a skip the mining facility mod... just sayin'

filmfanatic said:

Evil Genius, mostly because I want a fully-realized version of the game, rather than what we had gotten.

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Double hell yes to this.

And on a similar note, I'd LOVE a remake or sequel to Ghost Master.

Ravenpoe said:

There's a skip the mining facility mod... just sayin'

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This makes me about as happy as the Skip the Fade mod.

That is to say, very fucking happy.

I wouldn't play KOTOR 2 without that mod, the last 15% of the game is fucking bullshit.

Bubble181 said:

I'm a huge fan of KOTOR 2. I think it's the only game I've ever finished in every possible way (dark/light/grey consular/guardian/sentinel male/female). I also absolutely agree that you should always play a game modfree first.
However, KOTOR 2 really is the only exception to that rule. The restoration mod does add one or two parts which, to me, are superfluous, but it mostly fills in stuff that's already included but unfinished for several reasons - mostly budgetary. And it solves a lot of bugs - especially the crash- and rendering game unwinnable ones are sort of important.
Lastly, he's posted already that he already has finished the game, so it's not an issue.

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It wasn't budgetary, it was time. LucasArts pushed the release date up to match up with one of the prequels.

Frank said:

It wasn't budgetary, it was time. LucasArts pushed the release date up to match up with one of the prequels.

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Yeah, it wasn't so much released as hauled, kicking and screaming, out the door by half a dozen large burly men.

I would really like to see a return to single-player KOTOR as well. I played the MMO and it really only flirts with the storylines of the 2 predecessors. Problem is, EA owns Bioware now. So, I'd want some other company to pick it up. Not sure if that is going to happen.

What I'd want is for the original Bioware people to make another RPG. I really enjoyed both KOTOR 1 and Jade Empire, so if we could get those same people to make a new RPG, I don't really care what IP they use. I'd actually like if they came up with their own new one.

Other than that, when I first saw this thread, I though of Heretic. It was one of the first FPSes I ever played and still holds a spot in my heart. If we can get a new, proper sequel to that, it'd be awesome.

General Specific said:

I would really like to see a return to single-player KOTOR as well. I played the MMO and it really only flirts with the storylines of the 2 predecessors. Problem is, EA owns Bioware now. So, I'd want some other company to pick it up. Not sure if that is going to happen.

What I'd want is for the original Bioware people to make another RPG. I really enjoyed both KOTOR 1 and Jade Empire, so if we could get those same people to make a new RPG, I don't really care what IP they use. I'd actually like if they came up with their own new one.

Other than that, when I first saw this thread, I though of Heretic. It was one of the first FPSes I ever played and still holds a spot in my heart. If we can get a new, proper sequel to that, it'd be awesome.

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I loved the Heretic series.

Playing Heretic at 2 am when you're alone in the house and suddenly out of nowhere that cultist chanting shit started up, that was some serious jumpscare stuff back in the day.

Also, Heretic's sequel, Hexen, had some pretty innovative weapons for its time - Heretic might have mostly just had reskinned doom weapons, but Hexen had some really interesting weapons and "spells."

I'd love to see an update of the old SSI Gold and Silver Box AD&D games. Pools of Radiance, Secret of the Silver Blades, and all the Dragonlance games.

The more I replay older games, the more I'd love to see a return to form from companies like Square and Capcom. FFIV is still captivating, Megaman is still fun and challenging, but anything I play from the companies now just doesn't have that same spark. FFXIV does the FF formula pretty well for an MMO, but it's a tough game to get into without a solid guild to play the game with thanks to the challenge presented in hardmode dungeons and raids.

Has anyone mentioned Star Control yet, because Star Control.

Gonna have to do my biyearly playthrough.

I know Stardock is working on one right now. I hope it at least involves Fred Ford and Paul Reiche a little bit.

I've owned three separate 3DO's in my life for the sole purpose of being able to play Star Control 2. This is before the ubiquitous Ur-Quan Masters release that anyone can download and play.

I wish this project had gotten further than it did. It was looking SUPER promising.

PatrThom said:

The Last Guardian: They need to finish this already so I can play it.

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Ravenpoe said:

I'm pretty sure The Last Guardian is never coming out.

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Funny, we were just talking about this.

Also, Star Citizen is going to require > 120GB???

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

Also, Star Citizen is going to require > 120GB???

--Patrick

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Doesn't surprise me. A game that's trying to be everything to everyone in 4k texture resolution? I just hope the game isn't ruined by feature creep.

PatrThom said:

Funny, we were just talking about this.

Also, Star Citizen is going to require > 120GB???

--Patrick

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I remember when Leisure Suit Larry 7 was one of the first games to break the 1GB level. It was on a 10GB hard drive.

I think the first game I realized was taking up a crapload of space was EverQuest 1 after the first xpac released. I don't remember how large it was but at the time it was definitely crazy huge.

Shit, I remember Monkey Island 2 came on like 10 floppy disks. That shit was cray-cray. Baldur's Gate! FIVE CDs, plus another for the expansion pack! And it's not like it was just hours of FMV like FF7 was.

I remember downloading the 50mb Diablo demo from Blizzard's website in the 90's. It took HOURS.

AshburnerX said:

I remember downloading the 50mb Diablo demo from Blizzard's website in the 90's. It took HOURS.

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The 100mb Diablo 2 stress test client... On dial up.

GasBandit said:

Shit, I remember Monkey Island 2 came on like 10 floppy disks. That shit was cray-cray. Baldur's Gate! FIVE CDs, plus another for the expansion pack! And it's not like it was just hours of FMV like FF7 was.

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Even the base WoW game was like 5 or 6 discs. I think EQ1 was 6 or so, plus 2-3 per xpac. The PC version of FF7 was 5, I think. 3 play discs, one install, and one cinematic.

CynicismKills said:

Even the base WoW game was like 5 or 6 discs. I think EQ1 was 6 or so, plus 2-3 per xpac. The PC version of FF7 was 5, I think. 3 play discs, one install, and one cinematic.

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I'm pretty sure EQ1 was only 1 or 2 CDs, and 1 CD per expansion (for the first 3 or so expansions, I stopped playing after that).

Dark Age of Camelot was way more visually complex than Everquest, and initially came on 1 CD, plus 1 CD for each expansion.

City of Heroes/Villains, however, was like 4 CDs

GasBandit said:

I'm pretty sure EQ1 was only 1 or 2 CDs, and 1 CD per expansion (for the first 3 or so expansions, I stopped playing after that).

City of Heroes/Villains, however, was like 4 CDs

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Ah you might be right, I could be thinking of when we got it for my brother and it was the multi-xpac box (though that might not have been more than 2-3 either, really).

AshburnerX said:

I remember downloading the 50mb Diablo demo from Blizzard's website in the 90's. It took HOURS.

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Hah, first game I ever downloaded that wouldn't fit on a floppy disk was Sandstorm (a VGA missile command clone that pit patriot missiles vs SCUDs and also had you pilot tomahawk cruise missles to their targets)... it was like BARELY over 720kb. Took HOURS on my 2400 bps modem! I had to start over twice because my parents kept picking up the phone![DOUBLEPOST=1426193615,1426193535][/DOUBLEPOST]

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Ah you might be right, I could be thinking of when we got it for my brother and it was the multi-xpac box (though that might not have been more than 2-3 either, really).

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Shit, remember this song? Remember listening to it for like 5 minutes straight? Remember the excitement you felt building as the melody swelled?

... now I'm sad.

I've had my new gaming rig for a week now, and I am still trying to get 6 games downloaded... then only to find that Fallout 3 does not run on windows 8.1. What the hell, I remember game companies putting out patches back in the day.

CynicismKills said:

Ah you might be right, I could be thinking of when we got it for my brother and it was the multi-xpac box (though that might not have been more than 2-3 either, really).

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The Lucelin patch bundle that you could get had, like 6 CDs, I believe. That was the one with the major graphics overhaul.

Jesus they're still making expansions for that. Last one came out last year, which increased the level cap to 105.

Man, suddenly I remember everything that was WRONG with Everquest

sixpackshaker said:

What the hell, I remember game companies putting out patches back in the day.

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That was back when the useful lifetime of a game was measured in years, not seasons.

--Patrick

GasBandit said:

Hah, first game I ever downloaded that wouldn't fit on a floppy disk was Sandstorm (a VGA missile command clone that pit patriot missiles vs SCUDs and also had you pilot tomahawk cruise missles to their targets)... it was like BARELY over 720kb. Took HOURS on my 2400 bps modem! I had to start over twice because my parents kept picking up the phone![DOUBLEPOST=1426193615,1426193535][/DOUBLEPOST]
Shit, remember this song? Remember listening to it for like 5 minutes straight? Remember the excitement you felt building as the melody swelled?

... now I'm sad.

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GasBandit said:

Jesus they're still making expansions for that. Last one came out last year, which increased the level cap to 105.

Man, suddenly I remember everything that was WRONG with Everquest

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They're up to like twenty-something for EQ1, it's fucking bonkers.

CynicismKills said:

Ugh, gut-punch to the nostalgia gland, GB. That screen and song were always the best part of getting home from school.

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That screen and that song meant I was minutes away from being able to talk to this neat girl I met on the game called "Chikii."

Her real name turned out to be Pauline.

sixpackshaker said:

I've had my new gaming rig for a week now, and I am still trying to get 6 games downloaded... then only to find that Fallout 3 does not run on windows 8.1. What the hell, I remember game companies putting out patches back in the day.

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Fallout 3 can work with Windows 7 and 8, but it may require a few tweaks.
http://www.reddit.com/r/FalloutMods/wiki/fixguide#wiki_fallout_3.3A
https://steamcommunity.com/app/22370/discussions/0/828937546147175081/

Alternatively, if you have New Vegas and all its DLC, you can download a free mod called Tale of Two Wastelands. It combines Fallout 3 with New Vegas, but uses the New Vegas engine, which is more compatible with Windows 7 and 8. Tale of Two Wastelands starts in Fallout 3 but allows you to travel to the New Vegas game world (and back again, without restrictions), so basically if you want, ToTW lets you play Fallout 3 in New Vegas's more stable engine.

Weird. I have Fallout 3 installed on this machine and it's running Win 8.1 Pro. No problems running FO3 or New Vegas and I'm not using those mods. Just the unofficial patch and one that gives you a laser pistol at the start of Operation: Anchorage.

AshburnerX said:

Weird. I have Fallout 3 installed on this machine and it's running Win 8.1 Pro. No problems running FO3 or New Vegas and I'm not using those mods. Just the unofficial patch and one that gives you a laser pistol at the start of Operation: Anchorage.

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Yeah, I run Fallout 3 on Windows 7 without any problems, but I've seen lots of people report crashes on startup with Win7 and 8. So far no one's been able to determine a pattern. Additionally, no one's been able to come up with a single guaranteed fix for the crashes (you can see the links I've posted basically list a bunch of stuff to try), with some people still unable to run the game no matter what they tweak. So, basically, it's a bit of a crapshoot whether Fallout 3 will work.

Sounds like a classic array overflow symptom to me.

I remember having Xcom on 5 disks. But the first real space hog I recall was TIE FIGHTER CD, it was 50megs on a 420Meg HDD. Almost 12%

I didn't realize it until today, but I want more Twisted Metal. I never played any of the PS2 ones, but I jdid play every ps1 one. I just downloaded the ps3 one last night and man, I forgot how fun the whole vehicular demolition genre was.
Supposedly sony is still trying to get a twisted metal movie made- I doubt that will ever happen but if Mad Max proves successful, who knows? But they've said the 2012 ps3 game was likely the last ever in the series and that makes me sad.

checkeredhat said:

I didn't realize it until today, but I want more Twisted Metal. I never played any of the PS2 ones, but I jdid play every ps1 one. I just downloaded the ps3 one last night and man, I forgot how fun the whole vehicular demolition genre was.
Supposedly sony is still trying to get a twisted metal movie made- I doubt that will ever happen but if Mad Max proves successful, who knows? But they've said the 2012 ps3 game was likely the last ever in the series and that makes me sad.

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I personally happen to think that Twisted Metal Black on the PS2 is probably the best of the series, or just after World Tour. If you can get a copy, I highly recommend it.

AshburnerX said:

I personally happen to think that Twisted Metal Black on the PS2 is probably the best of the series, or just after World Tour. If you can get a copy, I highly recommend it.

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I'm pretty sure they did a ps3 re-release. It wasn't upscaled to hd or anything, but I'm pretty sure I should be able to find it

I want more Alan Wake and I want the story finished. Fuck you Remedy for just moving on.

Frank said:

I want more Alan Wake and I want the story finished. Fuck you Remedy for just moving on.

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Remedy didn't "just" move on. They shopped the hell out of the series and no one was willing to finance another installment after the poor console sales... never mind that it made back it's development costs on PC in less than a day. They even did a whole video about it.



So no... don't fuck Remedy. They still want to make more of it. Fuck the investors that needed their money on day one and weren't willing to shell out for another title.

I want High Moon back on Transformers games. Yeah okay the Deadpool game wasn't great, but that's no reason to slap them down to a fucking CoD DLC studio. War For/Fall Of Cybertron are fantastic games, doubly so if you're a TF fan.

I know all that. I still feel like they didn't try hard enough.

CynicismKills said:

I want High Moon back on Transformers games. Yeah okay the Deadpool game wasn't great, but that's no reason to slap them down to a fucking CoD DLC studio. War For/Fall Of Cybertron are fantastic games, doubly so if you're a TF fan.

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Yeah, they were great. Dark Spark, not so much.

Null said:

Yeah, they were great. Dark Spark, not so much.

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Yeah DS came out of the devs that took over, and it was trash.

Null said:

Yeah, they were great. Dark Spark, not so much.

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I LOVED the War/Fall games and I never even touched DS. I had so much fun playing a scout and a medic in multiplayer.

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Frank said:

I know all that. I still feel like they didn't try hard enough.

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Having recently gotten to know someone on the development side at a what will remain nameless AAA game company, I don't think it's ever a matter of "trying hard enough". The money folks sign the checks and own the copyright on the series. You ain't pushing anything through unless you can guarantee them a hit if it's an IP that did moderate to poorly.