Poll: The remake line

[SckizoBoy]

What a strange thing to say. Did any one actually watch Gus Van Sant's Psycho?

Yes, and it was rubbish...

I think there's only one remake that I like, and that's Ocean's Eleven. In films, remaking a popular film is a one-way route to getting a lot of grief, since they're often crappy. If it's an adaptation, I could understand, but with original stories... nah.

For games, remakes might be worth it if the consumer prefers a pretty visual aesthetic, perhaps, but otherwise, there's not much real point.

 

[Gregg Lonsdale]

I don't think there's a time limit, really what matters is the tech difference between then and now. Take the halo remake for example: I really don't see the need to remake a 2nd-gen 3D game into the current graphical technology. however, remaking a 1st gen 3D game, like system shock or half-life, would probably work well because the graphics back then were so bad that it may have legitimately impacted the gameplay or narrative aspects. But halo functioned just fine under the graphics it had to work with, and there hasn't been enough innovation between then and now to warrant a remake of the game.

 

[RevRaptor]

I like the idea of video game remakes, I really liked the resident evil remake on the game cube and the game boy remake of shining force was pretty cool. Wild Arms alter code F and lunar silver star complete are both good examples of how a remake should be handled remaking the game with better graphics and expand content I've played the originals and the remakes and the remakes are a much better experience.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Depends really. I mean any games from before the Gamecube, Xbox and PS2 era are acceptable (Resident Evil on Gamecube and MGS). I also think that LoZ OoT on the 3DS and the recent Halo remake are also acceptable.
The only time I seen to disagree however is the Ninja Guaiden Sigma since it look the same as the original game.

 

[Mackinator]

Id day it depends on the game. Some games failed to show what they were really capable of (Kotor2) and could be remade to make them far better while others would only be remade for profit and slightly updated graphics.

 

[JoshGod]

I think remakes are useless, as with games the mechanics/style will be old and so a remake will either not be as enjoyable as the original was, or will have to change things alot, and then the remake is only there for the name to increase sales. With films I also don't see the point as they are confined to a story they are changing, and so ends up not as good as the original, however I can see the use of digitally remastering the film/game.