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Remaking old games. Not making sequels to, but point for point remaking them.

I had this thought when playing Dark Reign the other day... AWESOME game, but quite old... A modern remake of this game with only minor changes (Eg. better graphics, more voices, rotating buildings) would be so very awesome.

I can think of a handful of games that could benefit from the same transformation: Total Annihilation, Earth 2150, the 'classic' FPS games like Doom, etc... I can't see anyone taking it up anytime soon, but it'd be awesome to see things like "Dark Reign 2007" and "Total Annihilation Redux" hit the shelves.

I think they should just stop with the sequels and start making new GOOD games.

I have to agree with you there RaiDK.
Dark Reign was a very good game, imagine how the Mobile Shockwave Generator would look in todays Graphics?

Mobile Forces, I would love to see a Remake from that Game.
I still dont know why it never got Popular, way better than Counter Strike ...

- E.V.E.

 RaiDK, on 3 Aug 2007, 17:15, said:

There's TASpring for that.

I actually like the direction gaming has taken. All of those old sci-fi/fantasy games got on my nerves.

You're so right, RaiDK...As I said in the other thread, my first choice would be Empire Earth.
Another example of remaking an old game and updating it with modern game mechanics is Tiberian Dawn, a promising mod for C&C3 which wants to recreate C&C1 in the new engine ENTIRELY. They call it classic mode: Everything, even the stats will be like in the 90's and the only new addition will be build queues but they also plan another mode, Enhanced, in which modern gameplay mechanics will be added to make the game like TD if it was made today. I'm looking forward to this and since the project seems to be quite stable, it might even be completed some time.
Edited by Rayburn, 03 August 2007 - 08:17.

First off, I love old games. DosBox is indeed one of the programs I run the most.

However, simply recreating the old games 1:0,9 won´t result in enjoyable games in most cases. Game developers may be creating tons of soulless, boring pieces of junk these days, but still, gameplay has evolved in the last decade. Copying games of which some have been made more than a decade ago will result simply in a flood of hopelessly outdated shelf warmers.
Also, it´s the boring recycling of the ever same gaming situations, the refusal to include innovative elements into games, that makes modern gaming so unenjoyable. Simply dishing out old games again won´t change that...

imagine cnc 1 in full 3d, It would be god like.

 Alias, on 3 Aug 2007, 1:53, said:

It will still never be on par with the old TA.

Yeah, TASpring has quite a few subtle differences and just feels completely different...

ill vote for a remake of good old Crimson Skies!
awsome game!
used to play it 24/7 when i was a kid.

I would actually like to see a remade GoldenEye 007 (new graphics,sounds,etc...)

I still play Goldeneye on my Nintendo frequently and it STILL rocks! the AI was fabulous for that time and imagine how they could improve it even further. But don't get much hopes for it as it's probably rare (yes, Rare ) for a film game with this license to be made again. I think we should leave that one as it is, one of the first real awesome First Person Shooters ever made
Edited by Shirou, 03 August 2007 - 15:37.

I'd like a remake of Perfect Dark and BattleTanx from the good old N64, with better graphics and such .

 The Dr, on 3 Aug 2007, 3:38, said:

actually that happened on the n64 version of cnc 1

 cryptkeeper, on 3 Aug 2007, 21:35, said:

yer i mean good 3d

Mario Kart with new graphics ....now that wud be awesome.

or maybe even HL1 with new graphics (oh wait theres the Black Mesa mod for HL2)

Not so much recreating old games, but certainly revisiting old concepts would be good.

Played a shump on my friends DS, very Raiden-esque, freaking awesome graphics for a handheld, and very simple concept,,, fire your weapons and the occasional superweapon, dodge bullets, kill stuff, pick up bonuses. win!

 E.V.E., on 3 Aug 2007, 15:49, said:

Well apparently it was because the weapons were not balanced properly and you only had a couple of weapons out of the whole arsenal that were actually useful to you. Whereas Counter-strike is bagged everywhere for being imbalanced and all that but people will still play it because of it's fast-paced appeal.

I, personally, would like to see a remake or sequel to the NOLF series.

 RaiDK, on 3 Aug 2007, 9:15, said:

Sounds good. I don't know the game you speak of but I like the idea. I also like to see some other old games remade.

topictitle said:

Maybe slightly offtopic but I would like to add another answer to this question. What I think the gaming industry needs to start doing, aside from what RaiDK mentioned, is to get their heads out of their arses and realise their full market (including many ages and both genders). They need to realise no woman is going to fight in armour that doesn't cover everything while the men in the game fight in full armour.

This is what gaming hobbyists with modding skills are for.

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Well hey, Lara Craft was designed specifically with sex appeal in mind, so you can see the mindset developers have. Somehow, I don't think that will change much. However, I support you on this one. I would like to see women in games that are at least attempting to appear realistic. i.e. proportionately as well as attired.

They need to stop milking franchises and create new and original games.

So no remaking plz.

 CoLT, on 5 Aug 2007, 5:49, said:

everquest 2 is like that but the armor is so boring its fantasy game we need armor that doesn't look realistic I'm sorry but I believe there needs to be choose and I do know some girls who actually like that kind of armor XD

I want a Tiberian Sun remake!!