What remakes of video games would you all like to see and what would you guys like changed in them? I'd like to see the following personally:
Dragon Ball Z (Legend of the Super Saiyan): No CARD COMBAT system and better animation/graphics. Also for the love of god KEEP the power level combat system.
Final Fantasy VII: You can obtain "Casino" Materia that changes anyone's Limit Break to a Gil Toss sort of attack (complete with temporary Vegas Costume swamp and Vegas Casino Background animation). Also better instructions for the timing puzzles.
Castlevania (Resurrection): Change the title to Resurrection of Tragedy, make it for the PS3, and instead of a classic Castlevania game with a clock countdown make it more rpgish and have it star Sonia Belmont AND Alucard (Victor Belmont can be a boss [aka go the Richter route ala being controlled by Dracula and all that jazz]).
honestly i don't see why you would give a Vegas style to FF7...it just doesn't seem to fit!
though I would love to see it remade with better graphics, more materia/limit breaks and a way perhaps to ressurect Aeris...
other than that...make fallout 1&2 using the new engine, but put more of the old fall out in them (i miss blowing up/kicking down doors!!)
honestly i don't see why you would give a Vegas style to FF7...it just doesn't seem to fit!
Not to the whole game mind you...just a brief battle animation/costume change and then (poof) back to normal again (minus some Gil missing). ^_~
I think I wrote an article on my old Website about this a long long time ago and strangely my answers wouldn't change much....
These are OLD games for the Apple II that I played when I was a kid (yes I'm old):
1. Age of Adventure: Return of Heracles: Best Greek Mythology game I ever played. You pick one of many possible heroes, all based in Greek myth (some rather obscure but still there) and go on 12 quests---many of course are indeed the labors of Heracles but there's also questing for the Golden Fleece, fighting in the Trojan War, and helping Odysseus find his way home.
For its time, the mechanics, pacing, challenge, etc. were all very good. The graphics... were very simple, and of their time. But sometimes I think---what if it was in a 3D or isometric style, with advanced graphics and sound effects, with more dialogues and character building--really RPG it up. I think what's there wouldn't need to be changed that much, just added to and made all the more immersive.
2. Intrigue: Really, really old game; you solved a murder mystery by walking around and interviewing people--was positively quite complex for its time. What was clever about it was that "Whodunnit" changed each time so no one game was exactly the same. Another game that could be just updated with contemporary AI, sound, and graphics and be stunning. It wasn't bad for its time but an advanced AI would just do amazing things with that concept.
3. Alice in Wonderland by Wyndham Classics--- there are a lot of Alice games but this one was really rather clever, if I recall (maybe it wouldn't seem so now). As a modern day adventure game--keep the side scrolling action, just update the graphics a bit--with some added minigames and puzzles, would be great. Below the Root by the same people would look awesome as a contemporary game.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm aching and it's well past my bed time, so it's time to put these old bones to bed. ;)
Karnov-Because who wouldnt love to play a ps3 game of a pot-bellied Russian fire breathing circus performer who fights dinosaurs and creatures from Russian myth? I loved this game as a kid.
Faxandu-I also loved this game. It was the only the second good fantasy game Ive ever played. (Final Fantasy being the first)
Faxandu-I also loved this game. It was the only the second good fantasy game Ive ever played. (Final Fantasy being the first)
Oooh, Faxanadu. I can't agree that it's one of two only good fantasy games, but definitely one of the best fantasy themed arcade/action games of its time.... god that music STILL gets stuck in my head. Great game, great concept.
Oooh, Faxanadu. I can't agree that it's one of two only good fantasy games, but definitely one of the best fantasy themed arcade/action games of its time.... god that music STILL gets stuck in my head. Great game, great concept.
Faxandu-I also loved this game. It was the only the second good fantasy game Ive ever played. (Final Fantasy being the first)
OOO no, Im not saying it is one of only 2 good fantasy games, Im just saying that it was the second good one. Before Faxandu and Final Fantasy, there was some real crap out there. Dragon Warrior and Ultima I come to mind. Especially Ultima I. How I hated it.
Edit-Everything I write is from console only. Never owned a pc until the early 2000's. Ive heard some of the early SSI dnd games were good though.
Also from my NES vault, I would like to add Shadowgate. That would be a great game to update. Unfortunately, I dont think a point and click type of game would update well.
I don't care if it's a remake, clone, reboot, reimagining - don't care - I just want another Dungeon Keeper game (yes, I read that crap about the Chinese MMO, doesn't help me). Overlord was a weak tribute at best and Evil Genius had too much '50s/'60s spy-garbage involved. Ghost Master was a fun distraction when it came out, but now it's sadly behind the times.
Maintaining a dungeon filled with evil fantasy creatures is my unobtainable lifetime aspiration; developers need to make it a reality before I get too old to care. The sad thing is, some company will pick up the idea of Dungeon Keeper (yes, it requires bold-text everytime), but completely neuter it from a content perspective. Taking an excellent product and marketing it to the 10-14 year-old bracket is a sin against nature.
That said, here's a list of games I'd like to see remade, revamped, resomething...
Dungeon Keeper (surprise)
Sanitarium
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Planescape: Torment
American McGee's Alice
Clive Barker's Undying
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Mr. Bones
Thrill Kill
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I don't care if it's a remake, clone, reboot, reimagining - don't care - I just want another Dungeon Keeper game (yes, I read that crap about the Chinese MMO, doesn't help me). Overlord was a weak tribute at best and Evil Genius had too much '50s/'60s spy-garbage involved. Ghost Master was a fun distraction when it came out, but now it's sadly behind the times.
Maintaining a dungeon filled with evil fantasy creatures is my unobtainable lifetime aspiration; developers need to make it a reality before I get too old to care. The sad thing is, some company will pick up the idea of Dungeon Keeper (yes, it requires bold-text everytime), but completely neuter it from a content perspective. Taking an excellent product and marketing it to the 10-14 year-old bracket is a sin against nature.
That said, here's a list of games I'd like to see remade, revamped, resomething...
Dungeon Keeper (surprise)
Sanitarium
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Planescape: Torment
American McGee's Alice
Clive Barker's Undying
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Mr. Bones
Thrill Kill
I admit, I have hopes for this game.
That said, I'd really love to see remakes of the original Deus Ex, System Shock and Syndicate.
Faxanadu, there's a game I haven't heard of in a while. For me:
1) Crystalis from the NES. I liked the four elemental swords and how they had different attack abilities which also opened up new areas or infrequently made your life nasty when you accidentally supercharged a monster. I recall with great fondness the level 3 sword of thunder blasting the whole battlefield with lightning goodness. I'd add in some new quests and the routine updates.
2) Planescape Torment. To say this was 'well-written' is an understatement. I'd give my soul (more likely, everyone else's) to see this updated and ported to consoles for more goodness. No changes here other than graphics updates really.
3) Final Fantasy VI. Yes, it's gotten released to various consoles with various widgets. I'd like to see what could be done with the game with modern graphics and sound. I'd happily redo the opera with updated music and 3-D graphics. I also imagine that Kefka would be phenomenal at that point. I'd also increase the odds of a character in critical condition getting off their limit break and probably add a few combo attacks between characters like Edgar/Sabin, Sabin/Relm, Relm/Strago, and of course Celes/Locke.
4) The 'gold-box' games. Some were better than others; I have fond memories of the Champions of Krynn and Pool of Radiance series, a few less for the Savage Frontiers. I'd fix some of the design bugs. For example, in Pools of Darkness you would go through a portal to another plane just to have most of your equipment randomly explode. Uh-uh. No more of that. No more monsters in fights appearing behind walls. No more attacks by a dozen basilisks against 3rd level parties every 4 encounters. Stuff like that.
5) Suikoden 1 and 2. Good story, creative ideas, just needs a little work and they'd both be fun again.
6) Breath of Fire, particularly number 3 in my case. A proper rewrite of 4 wouldn't hurt either.
I think that sums it up for me, though I know people will come up with more as we go along.
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Dragon's Lair series. With all the technological improvements over the past 20+ years, I would love to see these games in a format that was more free-form, without the pattern memorization/repetition.
Leisure Suit Larry series. Improve the graphics, and make it naughtier (in the wacky Benny Hill sense, rather than the sleazy Larry Flynt sense).
Some great games here, guys, some really great games. Mad propz for Suikoden- I'm just a purist(is anyone surprised by this statement? Anyone? No? oh well...) that I would settle for nothing less than the entire series remade, and it being a TOUCH easier to
In terms of Nintendo games, I was a HUGE fan of Legacy of the Wizard. Now THAT'S music that gets stuck in my head every now and again. I don't think we'll ever see a remake, but a man can dream...
They seem to be slowly re-making Fire Emblem, so I'm happy about that.
The only game series I would truly burn a gem on a ring of three wishes for in order to have remade/brought out with full respect(no dubbing!!!) in this country would be Super Robot Wars. Cuz...yeah. It's Super Robot Wars.
I would rather just see a well-made Suikoden VI that wraps up the whole series than the first games remade (that said, even as I type this.... it would be interesting to see the games re-made with the same consistent mechanic.... in that, some of the runes' abilities changed from game to game, some slightly different mechanics were used in how stats were applied, etc. Maybe throw in the later games' skill system into the first two games, and... okay, never mind). ((Goes off to continue work on Suikod20 with Pathfinder RPG rules...))
I admit, I have hopes for this game.
You've just brightened my day; 2011 is starting to look like a really good year for PC games.
I would rather just see a well-made Suikoden VI that wraps up the whole series than the first games remade (that said, even as I type this.... it would be interesting to see the games re-made with the same consistent mechanic.... in that, some of the runes' abilities changed from game to game, some slightly different mechanics were used in how stats were applied, etc. Maybe throw in the later games' skill system into the first two games, and... okay, never mind). ((Goes off to continue work on Suikod20 with Pathfinder RPG rules...))
I second the desire to have Suikoden I and II remade. Especially 2. The only change I would hope for would be a better ending.
I second the desire to have Suikoden I and II remade. Especially 2. The only change I would hope for would be a better ending. ** spoiler omitted **
There were several possible endings. In the best one
I second the desire to have Suikoden I and II remade. Especially 2. The only change I would hope for would be a better ending. ** spoiler omitted **There were several possible endings. In the best one
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For some reason, I prefer
Panzer general 1 + Pacific general.
With better looking maps and units and "Beach boys" on the stereo I'd be in Moscow by the end of -41.
First and foremost, a real, honest-to-goodness sequel to Star Control 2.
By Toys for Bob.
Especially if things took an MMOish turn, and had missions of level for individual troops, captains for ship to ship combat, new races, the whole shebang.
THERE IS NO STAR CONTROL 3.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, a remake of Legendary Wings that's prettier than Aion and more over-the-top than Godhand.
Third is a Sengoku Basara-style remake of the old arcade game Knights of the Round, expanded to be a full 13-player rumble extraordinaire, with online play.
Yeah but I was dissappointed that the game ends there. I guess Final Fantasy 3 (VI, whatever) ruined me as far as console RPGs go. I want every game to be like that. The world ends and is forever changed, and thats the half-way point!
Edit- I also would like to see a new Armored Core game that didnt suck.
Definitely Final Fantasy VI remade!
Also a BETTER remake of Final Fantasy IV (why the hell they didn't include the Cave of Trials or the Lunar Ruins as well as the extra characters being available after you beat the Giant of Babel is BEYOND ME)!
Also, A REMAKE OF FORGOTTEN REALMS: TREASURES OF THE SAVAGE FRONTIER! ^_^
Dragonforce. With a deeper tactical control of your general and troops. Maybe a little expansion on the castle garrison and army deployment part.
My god. I'd almost forgotten. Thank you. Dragon Force is one of my favorite games, I think I'll dust off the Saturn and give it a whirl sometime soon.
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Here are a few titles I'd like to see updated, remade, sequeled, etc:
Low G Man (NES) - The guy used a laser gun to stun skyscraper-sized robots and then leapt hundreds of feet into the air to impale them dragoon-style with a spear. It'd be like Shadow of the Colossus without all the climbing.
Mr. Bones (Saturn) - A guitar-pickin' skeleton with a southern accent fights a vampire and his undead army with the help of leprechauns and the power of Ronnie Montrose's awesome soundtrack. An update or sequel could incorporate the Guitar Hero guitar controller to create a hybrid music/action game.
Killing Time (Panasonic 3DO) - A prohibition-era FPS set in a haunted mansion with a story involving weird Egyptian immortality rituals, and ghosts. This game had great music, actual human actors giving pretty good performances right in the middle of your gun battles and zombie ducks. It's a shame Panasonic killed their own system with its ridiculous price because more people would have gotten a chance to play this and see how cool it was.
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (PC) - Anybody who's played this game likely feels the same way.
Berzerk (Atari 2600) - Granted there isn't much to this game given the limits of the technology at the time, but that just gives programmers more room to expand. I'd envision this as a Metal Gear-style stealth game with the player attempting to evade robot death machines or destroy them with clever traps in his quest to escape the labyrinthine prison of his nemesis, the Evil Otto.
I've played Arcanum and I do agree, I'd love to see it remade. It was a great concept, but horrible gameplay, combat timing, and full of bugs. I especially objected to the "bug" where you as a female character, in order to access an area that you must reach to complete certain quests and gain others, are forced to either sleep with a skeevy NPC, steal from the skeevy NPC (which will fail unless you explicitly built for stealth), or kill the skeevy NPC. And if you kill the skeevy NPC, even if in self defense (the closest you can get to talking him into it is provoking him via dialogue to attack you--and i'm sure of this, my speech ability could not have been higher), your alignment significantly drops toward evil. I don't mind the existence of the skeevy NPC and what he demanded; I do mind being told defending myself from a rapist is evil.
And then there's the fact that the game utterly crashed and corrupted itself right at the very end, so I never saw the ending.
Yes, an Arcanum that actually worked and had been fully playtested and was actually fun to play during combat would be a lovely thing indeed. And despite the snark, I'm serious about this, because the concept was extremely cool. (*sigh* And YES, my game was as fully patched as it could have been.)
I thought of one more game:
A Mind Forever Voyaging. I know it's horrible to suggest sound and graphics to a text adventure, but done right, I think an utterly moving, utterly immersive experience could be created, surrounding by one of the best, most thought provoking stories I have ever seen in a video game. Talking of Infocom games, Trinity would be a good candidate too.
Seeing the Dungeon Explorer remake reminded me of another game that direly needs a retread.
Bonk's Adventure/PC-Genjin/BC Kid.
Preferably NOT in 3d, but if done with 3d graphics in a 2d style it might remain nifty.
EDIT - evidently someone agrees with me!
Planescape, Vampire, Deus Ex and Arcanum
Loom. I want to play more in this world. I want to know more about the guilds. I want to know how to spin the magics hinted at in the game manual. I want this game to be about ten times longer than what it was.
And I want to play it on my DS, iPhone/iPad or Android.
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I would love to see a remake of Microprose 1992 release Darklands. That game had an incredible character creator something most games these days are severely lacking.
I know everyone seems to hate MMOs with a passion but I would love to see the battletech/mechwarrior verse done up in an MMO. However I would also like to see a comeback of Mechcommander, the RTS which everyone on the internets seem to love dearly.
I miss the old Sierra adventure classics too.
- An honest to god X-Com remake. This means: it must be turn-based, it must have a base-construction aspect, it must allow players to research alien technology (mind control :D), and take place on Earth.
I saw the new "X-Com" trailer and was sorely disappointed.
- Baldur's Gate series
Missionforce Cyberstorm. (so maybe I'm the only one who liked it.)
Better graphics, some cinimatics, chatter from the herc pilots, maybe some ways to develop their characters.
Holy crap, I remember that game. It was awesome, and I usually don't play games like that.
Good idea.
One more to add to the list (back to RPGs): Thunderscape. Awesome little known steampunk game. WOuld be great to see it redesigned in an Elder Scrolls type engine.
- An honest to god X-Com remake. This means: it must be turn-based, it must have a base-construction aspect, it must allow players to research alien technology (mind control :D), and take place on Earth.
I saw the new "X-Com" trailer and was sorely disappointed.
- Baldur's Gate series
+1, plus one, plus one. X-Com I, II (TFtD), III (Apocalypse), and even IV (Interceptor) was a defining moment for me. From fighting grey aliens worldwide, then the seas, then in a futuristic city, and in space was the best game series barring Star Control II and III.
A new X-COM would be "hard" sci-fi with some technical consultants that also part-time host on "Coast to Coast AM", with realistic UFOs, our own UFOs, weapons, mind control, hybrids, making and controlling bases on Earth, the Moon, in space, and on Mars. You'd have to deal with infiltrators, bad Senators, and public riots. Oh, X-Com was the best. Add some anime and CGI cutscenes, make it computer AND console, and you'd have 13 to 45-year-olds turning somebody into a billionaire.
- An honest to god X-Com remake. This means: it must be turn-based, it must have a base-construction aspect, it must allow players to research alien technology (mind control :D), and take place on Earth.
I saw the new "X-Com" trailer and was sorely disappointed.
- Baldur's Gate series
+1, plus one, plus one. X-Com I, II (TFtD), III (Apocalypse), and even IV (Interceptor) was a defining moment for me. From fighting grey aliens worldwide, then the seas, then in a futuristic city, and in space was the best game series barring Star Control II and III.
A new X-COM would be "hard" sci-fi with some technical consultants that also part-time host on "Coast to Coast AM", with realistic UFOs, our own UFOs, weapons, mind control, hybrids, making and controlling bases on Earth, the Moon, in space, and on Mars. You'd have to deal with infiltrators, bad Senators, and public riots. Oh, X-Com was the best. Add some anime and CGI cutscenes, make it computer AND console, and you'd have 13 to 45-year-olds turning somebody into a billionaire.
+1 to that.
Stardock's Elemental is this to a large degree but.... new Master of Magic anyone? With better developed heroes with some light roleplaying options?
One of my old favorates is the original Legand of Legea.
I think i may still have my old copy of this somewhere. just need something that will play it to complete the deal.
though I would love to see it remade with better graphics, more materia/limit breaks and a way perhaps to ressurect Aeris...
I just knew they were going to allow me to bring her back.
Stardock's Elemental is this to a large degree but.... new Master of Magic anyone? With better developed heroes with some light roleplaying options?
+100
I loved Master of Magic. I picked up Elemental because of that, and i have to say: they tried. The original Elemental was horrid, but after their first major patch it fixed the glaring problems present in the game and it was fun to play and not a futile exercise in random crashing and self corrupting saved games. Unfortunately, while it does have the exploration aspect, and i don't mind the Civ style research trees (at all)the magic aspect is a pale shadow of the one in MoM with the books of mastery of the 5 schools and the Torc prestiges. The ability to make magic items and the heroes were also head and shoulders better then Elemental.So yes, count me in to very much wanting another Master of Magic!
also, loved X-com! my runner up for "new version!" choice.
I just knew they were going to allow me to bring her back.
though I would love to see it remade with better graphics, more materia/limit breaks and a way perhaps to ressurect Aeris...
hahaha. I know you weren't the only one who thought this too!
XCOM coming soon to a PC or X-Box 360 near you.
Stupid of me to forget the side scrolling Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara.
XCOM coming soon to a PC or X-Box 360 near you.First person shooter?
blarg.
/facepalm.
+1.
God, I hate FPSs.