Meta Month 9: Remakes and Reboots
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personalapocalypseShort post today on remakes and reboots, as there isn't as much for me to say as usual.
The thing is that when you're in game fandoms, remakes and ports are generally a good thing. They mean that a lot of games that are excellent, but that might otherwise pass into obscurity because the hardware that they require is no longer being manufactured, are being kept alive and introduced to new audiences. They mean that games that were never released in English when they were new actually have a chance of being released in this country, although honestly that hasn't happened very often. There are games I've been hoping against all hope would be finally translated and released, even if only as a downloadable game (Seiken Densetsu 3? Brigandine: Grand Edition?)
Ironically, though, I don't usually purchase remakes unless they have something significantly different about them. The only FFIV remake that I own is the DS remake, the one with the 3D graphics and the Augment system. Typically the only time I buy an out-and-out remake or port of a game is if I no longer have a system that will play it, or I don't own the game in the first place. I know that it doesn't really encourage ports when I do that, but honestly, the same games are generally getting rereleased over and over (how many re-releases is FFIV up to at this point?) I personally don't end up wanting to buy them more than once.
As for reboots. I've seen a few of them, and some of them are good. For instance, I kind of liked the Star Trek reboot, since the changes that it made were interesting to me (I've always liked AUs.) Some of them are unnecessary (what's the point of the Footloose remake, really?) I guess that the reboots that interest me are the ones that have some new, fresh angle to them that make them interesting, and not just an update.
The thing is that when you're in game fandoms, remakes and ports are generally a good thing. They mean that a lot of games that are excellent, but that might otherwise pass into obscurity because the hardware that they require is no longer being manufactured, are being kept alive and introduced to new audiences. They mean that games that were never released in English when they were new actually have a chance of being released in this country, although honestly that hasn't happened very often. There are games I've been hoping against all hope would be finally translated and released, even if only as a downloadable game (Seiken Densetsu 3? Brigandine: Grand Edition?)
Ironically, though, I don't usually purchase remakes unless they have something significantly different about them. The only FFIV remake that I own is the DS remake, the one with the 3D graphics and the Augment system. Typically the only time I buy an out-and-out remake or port of a game is if I no longer have a system that will play it, or I don't own the game in the first place. I know that it doesn't really encourage ports when I do that, but honestly, the same games are generally getting rereleased over and over (how many re-releases is FFIV up to at this point?) I personally don't end up wanting to buy them more than once.
As for reboots. I've seen a few of them, and some of them are good. For instance, I kind of liked the Star Trek reboot, since the changes that it made were interesting to me (I've always liked AUs.) Some of them are unnecessary (what's the point of the Footloose remake, really?) I guess that the reboots that interest me are the ones that have some new, fresh angle to them that make them interesting, and not just an update.
