IGN's Top 10 Best Video Game Remakes of All Time
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What's the argument for it being better than anything on the list?
Interesting art style. Played worse than the last top down Zelda game on 3DS. Create a dungeon feature didn't add up to much. No update ever fixed the performance issues. Pretty much came and went.
replace FF7 with Prince of Persia on the snes and it's essentially a good list, though obv I would shuffle things around
The top one for me will prb always be RE 1 Remake. It managed to not only update the visuals to gorgeous new levels, but also create an entirely new game that was both familiar but also new and different enough that it was it's own thing. It does not make the original obsolete either as they are so different. So instead of just painting over an existing drawing with new colors it instead created one of the best games ever made (imo of course).
Demon's Souls always felt like it was too afraid to change from the original, they should've created THEIR version of Demon's Souls, not just painted over From Software's game.
Re 2 Remake started out great but suffers a lesser last half/third and from a mangled story and lack of content. They actually managed to make some of the dialogue as bad as the original, quite a feat really.
Metroid Zero mission is another great remake that is not afraid of being a new game inspired by the original instead of just a repaint.
Haven't played the FF 7 remake so can't comment on that yet.
Demon's Souls always felt like it was too afraid to change from the original, they should've created THEIR version of Demon's Souls, not just painted over From Software's game.
Re 2 Remake started out great but suffers a lesser last half/third and from a mangled story and lack of content. They actually managed to make some of the dialogue as bad as the original, quite a feat really.
Metroid Zero mission is another great remake that is not afraid of being a new game inspired by the original instead of just a repaint.
Haven't played the FF 7 remake so can't comment on that yet.
Cant agree with this. Low frame rate is always worse for me no matter what, 60FPS for SOTC is the biggest thing the remake has going for it, its better than the 30 the PS3 had, and its leagues better than... whatever that was on the PS2.
The same could be said with Starfox 64, which funnily enough also had a pretty good remake.Heck, throw MGS1 on there, too. It's essentially a 3D remake of Metal Gear 2 but it's a sequel.
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I think that's the incredible thing about REmake. I think pretty much everyone agrees it's a 100% upgrade over the original and yet, it doesn't completely invalidate it. If anything, the remake reinforces just how much damn solid game design was packed into the original.
heartgold and soulsilver should be number 1
all the content of the originals. hell, they made kanto how it used to be and added even more
FF7 is like 10% of the original game lmao
all the content of the originals. hell, they made kanto how it used to be and added even more
FF7 is like 10% of the original game lmao
They removed customizing your room, which was something I always liked about Gen 2. Especially when you could see your room in 3D in Stadium 2.
Came to echo the sentiment that REMake/Resident Evil 1 remake is still the best remake of all time over the Resident Evil 2 Remake (Mind you, I still think RE2 Remake is one of my favorite games released in the last decade) but I won't complain since the series is still recognized strongly here.
Let's see if I feel the RE4 Remake would join this top 10 list soon.
Let's see if I feel the RE4 Remake would join this top 10 list soon.
Surprised at number one, for me personally having Mr. X hunt you constantly is annoying as shit and ruins the remake for me.
HGSS loses a lot for me by losing it's base as a sequel to a previous game. That "3 years ago X happened" just doesn't come across at all. As a standalone thing it's in an odd place.
What's technically impressive about it doesn't really translate either. GSC is like "I can't believe they did this on a Gameboy", HGSS is just another Pokemon DS game where you really miss the Gen 5 QoL features like continuously using items.
Also, not a fan of adding the forced legendary subplot and the predestination stuff with the Kimono Girls. Loved the battle gauntlet with them, but the little sister running in and being like "I saw Lugia" in the water makes zero sense. Works with Ho-Oh tho, but I strongly dislike the legendary trend that started with Gen 3, arguably Crystal.
There's more game. Better? Eh.
What's technically impressive about it doesn't really translate either. GSC is like "I can't believe they did this on a Gameboy", HGSS is just another Pokemon DS game where you really miss the Gen 5 QoL features like continuously using items.
Also, not a fan of adding the forced legendary subplot and the predestination stuff with the Kimono Girls. Loved the battle gauntlet with them, but the little sister running in and being like "I saw Lugia" in the water makes zero sense. Works with Ho-Oh tho, but I strongly dislike the legendary trend that started with Gen 3, arguably Crystal.
There's more game. Better? Eh.
I agree. Demon's Souls is also my number 1. Still blown away looking at screen shots of what players on reddit are posting. Absolutely love it. Wish Dark Souls got this treatment.
When FF7R came out originally I was very forgiving of it, but then Yakuza: Like a Dragon hit and proved you could have a modern game with turn based combat. Haven't been able to look at FF7R the same since, us fans of the original gameplay were robbed to try and appeal to a new generation (and did that even work?).
No it's not? The Thing was a direct prequel to The Thing (1982). 2011 ends with the opening to the 1982.
FF7R is a remake of the first part of FF7 with a few changes and a different ending.
Tactics Ogre should be up there I think. And FFVII "Remake" probably shouldn't be, in part because it's a work in progress.
Demon's Souls Remake is pure butter. Arguably still the best looking game on the PS5. It's so refined.
Including FF7R is like... uhh... did you just look at the title because, even textually, it's not an actual remake.
Ohhh I knew I've seen this ranking before. This is a video of an article they published on September. Nice ranking.
No Twials of Mana? I actually think the remake is way more fun than the original and adds a bunch of cool things like
-Searching environments for treasure compared to the lack of exploring in the original
-Jumping
-New Post game boss fight
-Combat is a lot of fun and loved the fact you can dodge enemy attack compared to the original they'll always connect and sometimes wipe out your party.
-Searching environments for treasure compared to the lack of exploring in the original
-Jumping
-New Post game boss fight
-Combat is a lot of fun and loved the fact you can dodge enemy attack compared to the original they'll always connect and sometimes wipe out your party.
Me too. Ultimately I was disappointed with the inferior A / B structure of the remake.
I'm someone that prefers their remakes more 1 to 1, but Tony Hawk is easily Top 3. Great graphics and performance. New and old music. The online sucked at launch, but they fixed and added to it. The additional controls moves compliment the already existing levels. All that for $40. Others have done much less and asked for more. I can point to Tony Hawk for other games and be like "this is what you're supposed to do".
Complaints:
Characters weirdly can't wear glasses.
And the clothing situation is a bit grindy.
RE2 is so different than the original, it's practically a reimagining. I've never played the original RE (I did play the original RE2), but the 1st remake still feels like a decades old game with updated visuals, all new additions aside. Nothing wrong with enjoying old games - but it's essentially the same design.
RE2 Remake feels like an entirely new game that retains the feel of the original. It feels like a modern game, too. As a remake, it is a bigger, more ambitious leap.
That doesn't mean you can't like the first one more, but deducting points from the second one due to some side content being reduced while the main content is basically completely reenvisioned and reinterpreted seems wrong.
For me, RE1 Remake is just too old school in terms of design and I wonder if some of you are looking at it through nostalgia glasses. RE2 Remake is an amazing modern game just as it is an amazing remake. It deserves the number 1 spot.
Yes it is?
The Thing (2011) was marketed as a remake and its real relation to The Thing (1982) was a plot twist revealed in the ending.
FFVII Remake was marketed as a remake and its real relation to FFVII was a plot twist revealed near the ending.
Ok, having never played the original (my first RE entry was the original 2) - I wouldn't know, but I assumed it was a remaster due to the tank controls, ancient feeling room transitions and, honestly, some of the dialogue.
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Exactly, REmake remains the best example of perfecting a game when remaking it
Live a Live is such a great experience on Switch. If that is how all "HD-2D" games could look going forward as opposed to TS and OT I would be so happy.
Oh and SOTC would not be on this list for me, just can't get past the art style change. Had the same issue with Demon's Soul but to a lesser extent.
Oh and SOTC would not be on this list for me, just can't get past the art style change. Had the same issue with Demon's Soul but to a lesser extent.
Understandable. Here's a video with both games side by side :
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1YwYD1YUvY
