On the shoulders of giants I was very interested in the idea posited in the Post Script for Capcom's Resident Evil 4 remake in E383 - that games being remade to bring them up to ‘modern standards' is actually another way for them to cash in on current trends. It makes a lot of sense - the writer brings up their own examples - but it got me thinking what remake could be said not to be doing this.
I landed, as I often do, on Bluepoint's Shadow Of The Colossus remakes. Throughout both their reiterations they've resisted making changes to the gameplay.
The Forbidden Lands haven't been littered with map-revealing towers. No icons. No skill trees. They've even resisted urges from the cult fanbase to include the cut colossi, "Today' succumbing only to the wish to subscrip services all too e include one last mystery with the '79 Steps To Enlightenment.
New players will face almost the exact same game as those of us did in 2006. The frustration of the player character's awkward movement, the horse's stubbornness, the colossi shaking you about just too much.
Even the most recent release (2018) still feels like a product of the initial release's era. Shadow Of The Colossus is often included in lists of the best games ever made. Measured in this metric, should it now be more widely considered as one of the best remade games of all time? Joe Cuciniello
A useful rule of thumb is whether a remake feels like the original game as you remember it, not as it actually was. Job done, then.
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BONAPARTE: A MECHANIZED REVOLUTION
No sooner have we stepped into the boots of royal guard Bonaparte than we’re faced with a life-altering decision.
TOWERS OF AGHASBA
Watch Towers Of Aghasba in action and it feels vast. Given your activities range from deepwater dives to climbing up cliffs or lumbering beasts, and from nurturing plants or building settlements to pinging arrows at the undead, it’s hard to get a bead on the game’s limits.
THE STONE OF MADNESS
The makers of Blasphemous return to religion and insanity
Vampire Survivors
As Vampire Survivors expanded through early access and then its two first DLCs, it gained arenas, characters and weapons, but the formula remained unchanged.
Devil May Cry
The Resident Evil 4 that never was, and the Soulslike precursor we never saw coming
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
With Dragon Age: The Veilguard, BioWare has made a deeply self-conscious game, visibly inspired by some of the best-loved ideas from Dragon Age and Mass Effect.
SKATE STORY
Hades is a halfpipe
SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION VII
Firaxis rethinks who makes history, and how it unfolds
FINAL FANTASY VII: REBIRTH
Remaking an iconic game was daunting enough then the developers faced the difficult second entry
THUNDER LOTUS
How Spirit farer's developer tripled in size without tearing itself apart