The reaction to the Final Fantasy VII remake has been… stratospheric is probably underselling it. Or overselling it. There is no perspective left in this topsy turvy world. What else would you like to see remade?
If we’re talking Square-Enix RPGs, I’d probably go with Secret of Mana, mainly because it’s the one I remember most fondly. Other games? NiGHTS maybe? I feel like that game would work well as a remake.
Man, I don’t know. I’m looking for your suggestions. For the most part I like playing new games, but that’s just me.
Oh wait, oh wait!
Streets of Rage 2. Do that one.
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132 responses to “Tell Us Dammit: What Games Would You Like Remade?”
Battlefield 1942
Throw a dart at most of the playstation one games and you’d have a good one.
I want a remake of the old Battlezone games. Not very many games out there that allow you to play a strategy game while allowing you to jump in and pilot the vehicles you make.
You, sir, are in luck.
http://www.pcgamer.com/rebellion-announces-battlezone-reboot/
Close, but in a similar statement as the comment section in that article it is the wrong Battlezone :p. The one in the article is a sequel to the 1980 Atari Battlezone of the same name, and was primarily a shooter. The ones I was referring to were the 1998 Pandemic/Activision Battlezone and Battlezone 2: Combat Commander. RTS/FPS hybrids.
Why they both carry the same name I have no idea. But thanks! The VR Battlezone does look like fun at least. Might give it a go anyway.
They carry the same name because the 1998 one was supposedly a remake of the old 1980 arcade game even though it’s barely recognizable as such.
Rogue Squadron Trilogy damnit…
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Jedi knight games would be cool hut selfishly i just want MGS games on PS4 so i can bin my ps3 🙂
I’d agree with the secret of mana series, but would prefer them on something like the 3ds with refined simple gfx rather than trying to go full blown 3D etc.
Champions of Norrath always brings back memories not sure if many people played that though.
I would be more excited if they were remaking VI than VII.
But other than that, I’d like to see an old school platformer done in the Ubi-Art engine.
Or “Jones in the Fast Lane”…
Battletoads with the same style of play, but better art style and modern combo systems.
Final Fantasy XII. Please. I’d ask for a Crisis Core remake, but I know it’d just end up on PS4 instead of Vita.
The Dungeons & Dragons “Gold Box” collection
The one from SSI? Like um… Curse of the Azure Bonds, Pools of Radiance, Hillsfar, those ones?
Yep, those ones
Champions of Krynn, Deathknights, Dark Queen
Great games!
Yep, can totally get behind those games being remade. Especially since I have the manual for the big box, but not the game disc / code wheel any more. :'(
I loved those games
Played them on the Amiga A500, definitely a superior version over PC
They set my imagination afire and got me playing traditional pen n paper DnD
Atari ST for me. Similarly, I played them before I even knew what D&D was. Made the transition that much easier when I did start playing pen and paper because I was already familiar with the mechanics. 🙂
Those would be the ones, I think, although personally I preferred the DragonLance games (also Gold Box) as they gave much better options for leveling demihumans.
It was very depressing with the Pool of Radiance/Curse of the Azure Bonds/Secret of the Silver Blades/Pools of Darkness series when you started CotAB and found that your demihumans had already capped out their levels (except for thief).
Not to mention that none of the Warrior meta-classes existed in Pool of Radiance (Paladin, Ranger)
So if you wanted one of those moving forward (CotAB, SotSB etc), you had to either dual-class a human, or import your party except your warrior and roll a freshie
I bought a bunch of the AD&D source books so I wouldn’t get caught by surprise the same way again. They really did stick pretty close the the 2nd Edition rules. I never played the actual pen & paper AD&D games, but I have many of the books as reference for the CRPGs.
I had/have the 2ed DMG, PM, and source material for Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Spell Jammer, Greyhawke, and 2 for Ravenloft
If only I had friends that were as interested as I was back in the day lol
Space Quest (in the traditional style)… I need more Roger Wilco in my life…
There are just so many I would like to see but if I could only pick 1 then it would have to be Super Metroid.
Vagrant Story is one of the most underrated RPGs in history as far as I’m concerned.
Other than that, maybe the original Driver. Oh, and Warzone 2100. That was absolutely fantastic for one of the first 3d strategy games
I agree with you on Vagrant Story. Some of the best music in rpgs ever.
Oh yeah and the obvious answer will be legend of dragoon.
I didn’t realise that I wanted it until I saw the Planet Coaster trailer but Rollercoaster Tycoon and Theme Hospital.
Those sim games were the bomb diggity when I was a kid, then they disappeared. Now I just want to see them back, I’ll even settle for having them back in pog form.
I think Theme Hospital is still available on PSN.
I have a copy that I picked up on GOG. It’s not a hard game to track down. That doesn’t stop me wanting more.
They gave Theme Hospital away for free on Origin.
Was pretty happy with that.
Planet Coaster will hopefully be a solid spiritual successor to RCT3, but in the meanwhile there is Theme Park Studio on Steam Early Access (I think by some of the No Limits coaster sim devs, also with Occulus Rift support), and I backed Theme Parkitect on Kickstarter because it’s trying to do a classic isometric-style RCT game but with the benefits of Unity 5 as an engine!
sadly can’t help you on the Hospital Tycoon front because the only similar game I heard about apparently wasn’t very good
If I was going to get one of those, I want the dino park game, can’t even remember what it was called. Dino park tycoon, Dino park manager
have you played Big Pharma? it’s a Tetris/Theme Hospital kinda game. it’s lacking the hilarious diagnosis’s and scale of Theme Hospital but it’s still in Early Access so they’re adding to it. not a bad game at all.
Origin had Theme Hospital for free a while back, and I’m sure it’s still cheap. Based on your recommendation I wish I’d picked it up now!
Theme Hospital. Tricks you into thinking tis a simple game with funny diseases. Have you ever tried its end level ? BRUTAL.
Hahha … I wish there were more sim games. The strategy/sim games on mobile doesnt do the old games justice. No ChallengeTM. Only Time and Money.
Just one game I want remade; Terranigma. Being able to see the world grow and evolve with current technology would be sweet.
I love Terranigma as well, but I like it just the way it is. No need for a remake from my mind. Same for any of those SNES era RPGs.
How about just a new game by the old Quintet devs in the vein of SoulBlazer/Illusion of Gaia/Terranigma? – methinks that would be pretty sweet… especially if they also pulled a few bits from ActRaiser
That I can get behind, a spiritual successor, rather than an actual/remade one.
going from Bastion to Transistor, I actually get a similar vibe from Supergiant’s style of narrative development – I actually imagine a modern Quintet game could be like a Japanese version of Bastion before the Calamity
Was thinking about this the other day. Was thinking about a remake of Micro Machines, with full online, HD tracks and cars and with insane courses. Think it could be done well. Probably as an “arcade” type title.
Have you checked out Toybox Turbos or BlazeRush?
A lot of people don’t seem to know about TT – essentially a spiritual successor to MM but without the license – was hoping Codemasters might use it to reboot the series but I don’t think it did well enough :s
Little Big Adventure and Tenchu are my main wants, although Tenchu is more a “Just give us a new one already!” entry.
Oooo! Twinsen would be really interesting as a remake, though it has just as much chance of failing spectacularly…
Well Syphon Filter would be rad but Battletoads would be great. Forget TMNT, this is what needs to happen!
Michael Bay should make a movie about them!! Right?? Guys??
Legacy of Kain… ALL OF THEM!
I concur.
Colony Wars!
Ultima 7. Both parts. No contest. Make it so!
WIZBALL!!!!!
This would be just glorious… Use the Resogun engine and you are halfway there, update the weapons and add in the ‘cat’ and you have a game.
I’d say The Dig if you could improve on perfection, but since you can’t I’d settle for TIE Fighter.
MDK. The second game got a HD remake so why not the first? >:(
tenchu – wrath of heaven plez
Shenmue!
I recently tried to play it again and it was so clunky it was close to impossible to play. How I ever played it in the first place, I’ll never know
Same story for Eternal Darkness.
I just want Shenmue on a modern console because my DC is dying
Syndicate.
And Star Raiders and Carrier Command, but do it properly this time.
Does Satellite Reign count?
Hanging out for it too tbh 😀
Xwing vs TIE fighter for VR basically.
Return to Dark Castle http://appletothecore.me/files/pasted-graphic-429DK.jpg
Give me TimeSplitters 1-3 HD Collection first, use profits to make TimeSplitters 4… Everybody wins!
This. A thousand times over, this.
Millenium 2.2 and Deuteros for me.
Also, Stunt Car Racer. Nobody seems to do those stunt-based racing games any more (except TrackMania and sequels, but they’re not really the same thing.)
I’ll also put a word in for a decent Populous remake. Unlike that other thing Molyneaux foisted off on us.
Wait wait wait… Stunt Car Racer? Are you actually referring to this game [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIOkUquoygM ]…..
Cause holy shit, that game was insane on my Amiga 500 as a kid!
Or do you mean “Stunts”, which is like what Trackmania kinda is today?
I meant Stunt Car Racer – the Geoff Crammond classic, the one in the YouTube video you linked.
“Stunts” was released as 4D Sports Driving on the Amiga, as I recall. I also had that, but it wasn’t as insane fun as Stunt Car Racer. I think I still have both as ADF files ripped from my Amiga floppies.
It’s a pity Crammond doesn’t make games any more. So many classics; he also made The Sentinel, which was frantic in an entirely different way. (There was a later PC remake for that… would probably work well as a tablet game, come to think of it.)
Burnout!
Streets Of Rage
This definitely needs to happen!
KKND Extreme, Jazz the jackrabbit, Rebel Moon Rising, Simpsons Wrestling, Heretic and Blood plz
This is a kind of strange and comparatively recent one, but…..Lair.
Yes, the game was bad, even with the patched in controls so you didn’t have to use the Sixaxis. The story was a cliched mess, the voice acting pretty awful and the idea of having a life system was generations out of date.
But….a game based around combat where you’re riding on a dragon is a top-notch idea. Put in the hands of a good developer and without terrible publisher demands and it could be amazing. Wouldn’t have to be massive – even just a downloadable game, with PvP as the cherry on top.
Oh, and X-Wing/TIE Fighter, because obviously.
Oh yeah, I should chime in with one I think is crying for a remake, and may actually be happening but probably isn’t.
Sundog: Frozen Legacy.
Absolutely love that game, and would be so good to see it updated for modern audiences, especially with the resurgence in space sims.
Morrowind. Without question.
I say this every time.
Legacy of Kain series.
All of them, but particularly Blood Omen as it’s a pain in the arse to get it to run on modern machines. But all 5 games ideally please. That’ll be great.
Dungeon Keeper. Would be epic on a larger scale and with a more sophisticated gameplay.
Mention the mobile game and I will cry.
This is normally where I say Blast Corps, but Rare Replay is giving me a remaster which is enough (although a sequel would be awesome). Mega Man Legends is another dream remake. Most of the stuff I want are either simple remasters of the old games in HD, or just full on reboots.
Battalion Wars, Luigi’s Mansion and Metroid Prime need to be on the Wii U in HD using the pro controller. They don’t need to be remade just ported. Nintendo just need to make a HD GameCube emulator already. For a console that never had any games it sure has a lot of classics.
Dune
Theme Hospital
Wonderboy [This will do for now http://www.monsterboy.com/ ]
C&C Renegade
*KOTOR I or II
*Zork (either of the first two)
*Legacy of Kain
*Psychonauts
But of all of those I’d give my right nut (no I wouldn’t…but talk to me later about my kidney) for a little JRPG series that I loved back in the day.
Koudelka/Shadow Hearts.
*runs for cover*
Total Annihilation.
I think Supreme Commander did a pretty good job of capturing the spirit of TA. I haven’t played SC2 but I heard it was a bit of a letdown.
Catacomb Abyss + Catacomb Armageddon + Catacomb Apocalypse
Mechwarrior 2.
Mechwarrior 2 remaster or go ahead and finish Mechwarrior 5. Mechwarrior online is ok but I want the story dangit.
Witcher 1
Shin Megami Tensei 1&2, I tried playing them but couldn’t handle it.
I’d want them done at least like IV, with third person dungeons & a map.
Burnout: Takedown. The most stressful and fun racing game there ever was. And Timesplitters.
Interstate 76, naturally. But the thought scares me, too..
How do you recapture that feel??? Get the music wrong – Fail. Get the poetry wrong, fail. Get the fashion/hair wrong – fail…
Oh and I guess the gameplay is important too…
I mention this game every time this topic comes up.
It actually surprises me no one has done it yet, to be honest.
I’m hoping it’s for the reasons you noted – it’d be tough to stick to that original aesthetic and keep the soul of the game… but I have a feeling it’s only a matter of time before someone redoes it poorly. I hope I’m wrong.
As a purist, nothing. Play them as they’re meant to be.
Team Buddies!
Same answer every time!
Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper
Crusader: No Remorse and Crusader: No Regret.
Decent controls and a cutscene budget greater than $5 would be lovely!
Wonder Boy 3 – The Dragon Trap.
Anno 1602. The Remember this the other day had me wandering down memory lane for quite a while.
Yes I’m aware of Anno 2025, but I would love to re-colonise the new world all over again ^_^
Destiny.
Shadowman.
Dino Crisis
Bully
A HD remake of Vice City with tighter driving and gun controls
….Red dead redemption 2….please….
Crusader No Remorse.. Well pretty much anything made by Origin. Their games were AWESOME!!!
Hell yeah how good would a new Crusader game be.
The Warriors
Dune 2000
Legend of Legaia!!! That was an awesome game and deserves a HD remake!!!
Final Fantasy XIII *trollface*
But really, I’d go for a re-imagining of The Last Ninja or Baldur’s Gate.
Transport tycoon, Metal gear solid and Diablo 2. Would love to see the exact same game but with new graphics audio etc.
Heretic and/or Hexen. Hellraid was looking to fill the void but with Techland putting it on the backburner and the new Doom looking damned (lol) awesome I think it’s high time to resurrect that particular flavour of first-person fantasy. Especially if they can nail Hexen’s multi-level puzzle mechanics.
Yes yes yes. Also maybe Blood?
I just bought the Rise of the Triad remake, pretty pumped to give it a whirl.
Blood’d be nice. Caleb was a fun protagonist.
Metroids 1 to Fusion in 3D or HD. Done along the same lines as Shadow Complex.
Toy Commander.
“First plane in to the cats butt hole wins!”
Secret of mana in the style of bloodborne… Drool
Biker Mice From Mars?
STAAAAAAAHP just stop it… make a new (Good) game and stop playing on bloody nostalgia.
Chrono Trigger!!!!!
The original Deus Ex on PC…
I’m aware of the texture mods… but I’d love to see a full on remake, with a current game engine and an auto save feature added!
If no one has said so, Dark Forces I, Magic Carpet, Syndicate (as multi player).
Apologies in advance otherwise.
🙂
Timesplitters trilogy would be nice!
Crash Bandicoot, or a new game in the series would do.
Parasite Eve II. Please and Thank You.
Ok here goes…
Full Throttle
The Dig
X-Wing vs Tie Fighter
Dark Forces / Jedi Knight series
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2
Baldur’s Gate 2 (PROPER REMAKE)
Z
Battlefield 1942
Cannon Fodder
Black and White 1 & 2
Dune 2000
Mechwarrior series (not some multiplayer only game)
Some good games on this list!
KOTOR would be good, but I have a feeling they would go with a continuation of the series rather than a remake (not that this would be a bad thing)
Z – Hell to the mother f%#$ing yes. Keep the basic mechanics, fix the flaws in the UI, snazz up the graphics and keep the childish humour and you have a dead set game of the year.
Black and White – sorry, can’t agree with you here. Anything Peter Molyneux is dead to me.
Dune 200 would be fantastic. I’d also love a first- or third- person shooter set on Arfakis.. can you imagine a vehicle chase through the desert a la Mad Max, except you have to dodge Worms too? Already excited.
Mechwarrior – a nice idea, but I think Titanfall filled that ‘giant mech fights’ niche for the time being.
Speedball 2 & Wings from the Amiga days thanks.
Dam I used to love those games.
Chrono. Fucking. Trigger.
Oh ok, a day old post that’s 4 pages worth of comments already. I guess there’s no real point in posting my response so late BUSHIDO BLADE 2.
Age of Empires, Call of Duty 4, Settlers.
The first 2 Shenmues because I never played them but loved them so much that I watched youtubers play them all the way through – and BLOODRAYNE! Those games were the tits.
Any of the old Sierra Games ala
King Quest,
Police Quest,
Quest for Glory
etc.
Legend of Dragoon.
Old Classic, Act Raiser. Was a great game of its time and would love to see it make a comeback
For the love of god: X-Wing vs Tie Fighter.
Oculus Rift it.
Watch grown men cry.
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, still love to play through that masterpiece to this day… would love some updated graphics however!
Shenmue 1 and 2 on PS4.
Advent Rising from the Xbox. It was a good game (except for the bugs and glitch’s) but I’m talking dual weapons, magical powers, off-roading and turrets.