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Games that Need HD Remakes

May 27, 2016#1

figmentPez

Saw a trailer the other day for Batman: Return to Arkham, which is just a slightly upgraded port of the first two Arkham games to the PS4 and XboxOne. Then I saw a speed run of X-Men Legends II and it got me thinking... Which games really need to have HD remakes?

For me, the X-Men Legends games definitely fall under that category. They're absolutely fantastic action RPGs, but their graphics.... Well, they kinda suck. They weren't bad for the era, but they don't hold up particularly well. Not to mention that the second game has quite a few very annoying bugs, including some that can cause your system to freeze. I'd love to see those two games get a current-gen remake, especially a PC port.

What games would you put on this list?

May 28, 2016#2

bhamv3

I'd like the Skyblivion team to hurry up so that I can play Oblivion in the Skyrim engine.

May 28, 2016#3

Ravenpoe

Mighty No. 9

May 28, 2016#4

sixpackshaker

Tie Fighter

May 28, 2016#5

Bubble181

Daggerfall
Zeliard
Dungeon keeper
...

May 28, 2016#6

Hailey Knight

Dark Souls ... console

May 28, 2016#7

ThatNickGuy

Full Throttle (which is apparently on the way!)
Deja Vu
Battletoads
Spider-Man 2 (or at least a good, new open-world Spidey game with just as good swinging mechanics)
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Maniac Mansion

May 28, 2016#8

Hailey Knight

I got a good one!

Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.

May 28, 2016#9

ThatNickGuy

Zero Esc said:
I got a good one!

Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.

May 28, 2016#10

Ravenpoe

Zero Esc said:
I got a good one!

Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.

They did that, they just called it Prototype

May 28, 2016#11

Hailey Knight

Ravenpoe said:
They did that, they just called it Prototype

You and I remember at least one of these games very differently.

May 28, 2016#12

ThatNickGuy

Zero Esc said:
You and I remember at least one of these games very differently.

He...kind of has a point.

May 28, 2016#13

Sara_2814

bhamv3 said:
I'd like the Skyblivion team to hurry up so that I can play Oblivion in the Skyrim engine.

And Skywind for Morrowind.

May 28, 2016#14

GasBandit

Chuck Yeager's Air Combat.

May 28, 2016#15

sixpackshaker

Pacman

May 28, 2016#16

ThatNickGuy

sixpackshaker said:
Pacman

Done and done quite awesomely at that.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/236450/

May 28, 2016#17

Terrik

GasBandit said:
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat.

More like LucasArts Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

May 28, 2016#18

GasBandit

Terrik said:
More like LucasArts Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

That was good too, but one of the things I liked about CYAC was that it spanned 3 wars (WW2, Korea, Vietnam).

May 28, 2016#19

AshburnerX

Pfft... how about Red Baron, Red Baron 3D, Aces Over Europe, and Aces Of The Pacific? You can get Steam ports of some of those and I think GoG has some too, but I want a full remake.

Fuck, I guess I'm going to add Crimson Skies and Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge to that too. Someone already mentioned TIE Fighter.

May 28, 2016#20

figmentPez

ThatNickGuy said:
Done and done quite awesomely at that.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/236450/

That said, Pac-Man Vs. could definitely use a port to other platforms.

May 28, 2016#21

phil

I think it would be interesting to see something like the original Zelda in a full 3d environment.

May 28, 2016#22

PatrThom

Battlezone

I mean c'mon, we can do the 3D in actual 3D now, we don't need to do wireframe any more.

Along the same vein, maybe something like Zaxxon or Super Cobra.

--Patrick

May 28, 2016#23

jwhouk

Battlezone I'd be all for.

Pole Position?

May 28, 2016#24

Tress

Spy Hunter!

Elevator Action!

Ghouls 'n Ghosts!

Paperboy!

These were some of my favorites from childhood.

May 28, 2016#25

AshburnerX

Tress said:
Spy Hunter!

Elevator Action!

Ghouls 'n Ghosts!

Paperboy!

These were some of my favorites from childhood.

Ghouls 'N Ghosts has a great PSP title actually.

May 29, 2016#26

Jay

System Shock 2

May 29, 2016#27

PatrThom

Jay said:
System Shock 2

I can see it now.
System Shock: 3-D

--Patrick

May 29, 2016#28

papachronos

Descent: Freespace, but only if I can find my sidewinder joystick.

May 29, 2016#29

PatrThom

papachronos said:
Descent: Freespace, but only if I can find my sidewinder joystick.

Didn't Descent already get remade? Or was that just a Kickstarter?

--Patrick

May 29, 2016#30

ThatNickGuy

A System Shock 2 remake is actually in the works.

http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/25/9801434/system-shock-remake-first-look-art

May 29, 2016#31

AshburnerX

ThatNickGuy said:
A System Shock 2 remake is actually in the works.

http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/25/9801434/system-shock-remake-first-look-art

It also has the original designer on board, last I heard.

May 29, 2016#32

Hailey Knight

ThatNickGuy said:
A System Shock 2 remake is actually in the works.

http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/25/9801434/system-shock-remake-first-look-art

That's actually a System Shock 1 remake. You can tell because the older screens have that fat HUD underneath the game's screen like a number of PC games had back then for some reason.

May 29, 2016#33

ThatNickGuy

Zero Esc said:
That's actually a System Shock 1 remake. You can tell because the older screens have that fat HUD underneath the game's screen like a number of PC games had back then for some reason.

Oh, whoops. I've honestly never played either one. I thought it was just the second one that got all the big acclaim.

May 29, 2016#34

Hailey Knight

ThatNickGuy said:
Oh, whoops. I've honestly never played either one. I thought it was just the second one that got all the big acclaim.

Later on. While the first one did well enough to get the second one made, the second was unfortunately overshadowed in 1999 by a little game called Half-Life.

At this point the first one is practically unplayable, whereas System Shock 2 still works fine and is an enjoyable albeit challenging experience. That's why the link you posted stresses that this is a reimagining of the first game and not a straight-up remake, because the latter would be a mess.

May 30, 2016#35

Jay

Zero Esc said:
Later on. While the first one did well enough to get the second one made, the second was unfortunately overshadowed in 1999 by a little game called Half-Life.

At this point the first one is practically unplayable, whereas System Shock 2 still works fine and is an enjoyable albeit challenging experience. That's why the link you posted stresses that this is a reimagining of the first game and not a straight-up remake, because the latter would be a mess.

This dude is correct.

System Shock 3 is now in development, I'm optimistic and hope to find myself enjoying that game when it is released.

But I'd love a remake of System Shock 2.

May 31, 2016#36

CynicismKills

I'd love to see some SNES-era RPGs get real remasters instead of the ugly phone/tablet pixel-smoothing. Especially if they were redone in the style of Vannilaware games, with that sort of painted look to the characters and environments.

May 31, 2016#37

Adam

Chrono Trigger. With orchestral music and hand-drawn sprite animation.

May 31, 2016#38

AshburnerX

Adam said:
Chrono Trigger. With orchestral music and hand-drawn sprite animation.

I Am Setsuna (coming to Steam and PS4) is basically Chrono Trigger for the modern audience. Yes, I'd like another sequel or remake instead, but this looks fairly good too.

May 31, 2016#39

CynicismKills

AshburnerX said:
I Am Setsuna (coming to Steam and PS4) is basically Chrono Trigger for the modern audience. Yes, I'd like another sequel or remake instead, but this looks fairly good too.

Yeah that's what made me think of the whole thing, I've been following the game closely and I'm excited.

May 31, 2016#40

figmentPez

CynicismKills said:
I'd love to see some SNES-era RPGs get real remasters instead of the ugly phone/tablet pixel-smoothing. Especially if they were redone in the style of Vannilaware games, with that sort of painted look to the characters and environments.

So, like Orioto's work?

Spoiler for lots more art:

May 31, 2016#41

CynicismKills

Man that guy's art used to be regular rotation on my desktop.

Jun 1, 2016#42

Null

That is amazing.

I'll add Front Mission 3 to the list.

Jun 1, 2016#43

CynicismKills

Oh, FFXII's International Version. The game's textures are already pretty high-res, just had to be scaled down for the PS2. Outside of translations I can't see it needing much work, save for a PC port because yes please.

Jun 1, 2016#44

fade

Did X-Wing and TIE Fighter get high-res remakes yet?

Jun 1, 2016#45

sixpackshaker

fade said:
Did X-Wing and TIE Fighter get high-res remakes yet?

There was some fan made retextures about 10 years ago.

Jun 1, 2016#46

GasBandit

I'd also like to see an HD remake of Interstate 76.

I know, fat chance, but until a couple years ago I'd have probably said the same thing about Carmageddon and Road Rash.

Jun 1, 2016#47

ThatNickGuy

I'd kill for a remake, sequel, or remastered edition of NOCTROPOLIS. I think I'm the only person on the planet that remembers or liked that adventure game. It's not even on Good Old Games. It should be.

Jun 1, 2016#48

Bubble181

I'd like an updated version of Afterlife, but fat chance that'll ever happen...And if it did, it'd be either a Mobile cash grab à la Dungeon Keeper, or a crapfest à la SimCity.

Jun 1, 2016#49

sixpackshaker

Mechwarrior

Jun 1, 2016#50

GasBandit

sixpackshaker said:
Mechwarrior

Just out of curiosity, have you tried MWO recently?

Jun 1, 2016#51

sixpackshaker

GasBandit said:
Just out of curiosity, have you tried MWO recently?

No, I've been burned by too many shitty games from this IP.

Jun 1, 2016#52

GasBandit

sixpackshaker said:
No, I've been burned by too many shitty games from this IP.

I used to be very grouchy with MWO, but I played it again a few months ago, and it seemed improved. I mean, it doesn't have a single player campaign or anything like that, but if you want to stomp around various environments in a giant robot shooting other giant robots, it scratches that itch. They even got some of the "unseen" back in their stable. They had to retool some things in the name of balance, though - Clan is still better than IS, but not to the overwhelming degree that canon has it, and mech classes are now a Rock-Paper-Scissors dynamic where Assault beats Heavy beats Medium beats Light beats Assault, and firing several weapons of the same type simultaneously cause exponential heat growth instead of linear (to encourage diversity of weapons in loadouts).

And it's still free to play.

Jun 1, 2016#53

Null

GasBandit said:
I used to be very grouchy with MWO, but I played it again a few months ago, and it seemed improved. I mean, it doesn't have a single player campaign or anything like that, but if you want to stomp around various environments in a giant robot shooting other giant robots, it scratches that itch. They even got some of the "unseen" back in their stable. They had to retool some things in the name of balance, though - Clan is still better than IS, but not to the overwhelming degree that canon has it, and mech classes are now a Rock-Paper-Scissors dynamic where Assault beats Heavy beats Medium beats Light beats Assault, and firing several weapons of the same type simultaneously cause exponential heat growth instead of linear (to encourage diversity of weapons in loadouts).

And it's still free to play.

harebrained Studios, who did Shadowrun Returns, are doing a new PC version of Battletech. I supported the kickstarter.

Jun 1, 2016#54

ThatNickGuy

Bubble181 said:
I'd like an updated version of Afterlife, but fat chance that'll ever happen...And if it did, it'd be either a Mobile cash grab à la Dungeon Keeper, or a crapfest à la SimCity.

Ditto. It was such a great concept. I'm honestly surprised another developer hasn't done something similar.

Jun 1, 2016#55

AshburnerX

I'm with @GasBandit on Mechwarrior Online: I don't play it a lot, but I can't complain about it ether. It has what I want, looks good, and it's pretty balanced.

I'd be on board for Interstate '76 too... though I suspect a modern remake would probably play more like Twisted Metal or Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge than the original.

Apr 17, 2020#56

figmentPez

Necroing this old thread because Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets would be an awesome concept to completely remake with modern graphics, if it were done with enough time and budget.

Nov 14, 2023#57

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
Daggerfall
Zeliard
Dungeon keeper
...

KeeperFX keeps Dungeon Keeper alive by making it actually playable

I remember not liking this game, until I played this passion project version.

arstechnica.com

--Patrick

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