5 video game reboots/remakes that failed to live up to expectations
Video game reboots/remakes are often required in the gaming world for various reasons. Some remakes are made to allow fan-favorite games from previous years to be created on upgraded hardware. Others are often made when developers feel that there needs to be some change in the direction of a particular series.
While some video game reboots/remakes work well, some go down in history over their botched performances. The next five games all have one thing in common - they failed to meet expectations and players. The examples also show that video games can have more than one reason to become failures.
Note: This article is solely based on the writers' views.
Alone in the Dark became the first horror video game published in 3D. It naturally received a tremendous ovation from the players who loved the original version very much.
When the remake was announced in the latter part of the 2000s, fans were quite excited. In the end, they were about to get one of their favorite games with better hardware.
The biggest problem the remake suffered from was its high expectations. The developers forgetting the improvements in hardware didn't help too much. The combat was bland, the quality was poor, and the remake, Alone in the Darkness, ultimately failed to hit the spot.
To make matters worse, Atari has reportedly taken action against those who have negatively reviewed their game. What was a revolution in the horror genre became a glitchy, poorly-mad episodic title.
This particular incident of a remake of the game had more to do with the Nintendo Switch console as the work fell outright flat. It's still unknown why Ubisoft decided to enter the handheld console with a remaster of this version. The expectations soon fell flat as the lack of
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