This kind of got me triggered, I was talking to a friend that's significantly younger than me, ( a generation gap) I grew up with the NES, he grew up the days of PSOne and PS2... He's played most of the PSOne and PS2 library, loves them etc. but to my surprise, he hasn't played Shadow of the Colossus yet. I've finished about 60% of Shadow of the Colossus back when it first was released on PS2 in late 2005. Now I was so excited when the HD remaster of it and ICO came out for the PS3 about 5 years later. I remember buying the game, now with nicer visuals....to replay it again until completion.
Being who I am, someone who mostly buys games but never gets around playing them....I never did play my PS3 copy of SotC....Fast forward another 5-6 years, now the totally remastered, visually stunning PS4 version came out, and for every new (console) iteration of this game, I always gave myself a pat on the back for being lazy and never playing the older version. (bit of a graphic whore here) Long story short, this same situation has bestowed me with the remasters of God of War III and The Last of Us... As beautiful as these games were on the PS3.. They look even more stunning on the PS4...Also despite me playing most of the Crash Bandicoot games on the PSOne back in the day, I really enjoyed revisiting the games recently on the PS4 visual makeover. And can't wait to play the new Spyros.
More importantly; for me, the 60 fps upgrade in some of these games cements the decision on why I should be playing the modern versions and not touch the old ones, despite having a copy of them collecting dust on my shelf.
So.. long story short, when I asked my dude here (Who owns a PS4) if he has played Shadow of the Colossus ( I was expecting a "Yes" answer) and he said "No"... I kind of got really excited for him.."Oh wow, you should now definitely play the PS4 ver..." -"Actually I want to play the original version" My immediate reaction to that was like the maid lady from Get Out "Noo no no no no no! Noooo!".gif
I admit, I still haven't got around playing the PS4 version of SotC, and I don't know much about what they improved, but I do know the clunky controls were refined and maybe even the frame rate? This scenario made me think, (Unless a remaster of a game is totally botched by the devs.. Which I myself can't think of any remasters I played that were) (save cost and price of buying the new one) Is there any reason to play the original version of a game, when there is a new, superior version of it readily available to play?