WGTC writes: While it isn't always the case, every so often you'll come across a remake or a remaster that's actually better than the original game.
Talal writes: "I'm talking about having that rush of excitement - that feeling you get when you know you've just made a memory for a lifetime."
There are different games. Some have gamplay at it highest priority, some have the story, some have the replay value and choices... There are a lot of different game experiences.
It is laughable that just now graphics does not have anything to do with that experiene. We have had many games of that type over time. This is just the one that have come closest to feel like playing an actual movie. Just look the the Digital foundry walkthrough it is a masterpiece in that perspective and hence wrth trying. But yes do not do it for the gameplay - but that was never the goal of this experience.
They don't make games like this anymore.
Too dated in my book. The AI is way too unpredictable to be acceptable today. It's definitely a game of its time.
I had a good time with the game. It is a product of its time. But when it came out it was a must have game for a lot of people. I wish Ubisoft would make another game in the series or at least a reboot.
Due to the lack of modern stealth games, and me constantly playing the MGS series, I've been looking for alternative stealth games to play, and went back and re-played the SC series recently. I wouldn't call SC1 or SC:PT masterpieces, there are AI issues, they're very much trial-and-error games, and that can lead to a lot of frustration. I also found the stories in this series to be boring, uninteresting, and just sloppily told. Cinematics are also of poor quality for both in-game scenes and CG cut-scenes, the soundtrack didn't leave any impression on me either.
Chaos Theory is better, but there was still a lot of room for improvement, and Double Agent (old gen ver.) was a sloppy mess that ended up a regression from CT. But still, at least they tried back then, these days Ubi-junk doesn't even try to make good games!
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
Great shout with Twin Snakes!
RE: Remake is how a remake should be done! Enjoyed reading that
I can't wait for The Shadow of Colossus remake next year
As an MGS fan, I feel like Twin Snakes' new mechanics completely break parts of the game (the Revolver Ocelot fight for example).
Still, good list overall.
"every so often you'll come across a remake or a remaster that's actually better than the original game."
That's a sly presupposition. Saying it as if it's a fact doesn't make it so. It's also a ridiculous insinuation in that it presumes it's an exception rather than a norm.
Of course remakes and remasters are usually BETTER than the originals -otherwise there would be no point. Taking the original material and improving it IS the point.
Sure, there are exceptions where the developers phone it in (Prototype, 2), but if remakes and remasters were generally less than their originals, nobody would buy them and the gaming industry would abandon them.
Instead, as it stands, some of gaming's finest experiences can be found amongst them.