Weekend Hot Topic: Best video game remasters and remakes
Readers name their favourite remakes and remasters from across the generations, including Mafia Definitive Edition and Spyro Reignited Trilogy.
The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Ishi, who was inspired by the recent rash of new retro releases. Which has been your favourite and why? Had you played the original when you first played the remake and how do you think the new version compares?
Some were predictable answers, with a lot of Resident Evil games mentioned, but also more obscure choices that many will have forgotten even exist.
Resident remake I think Resident Evil (2002) is the best game remake. Coming out a mere six years after the original, it vastly improved everything. The graphics still wow today, and the dialogue and voice acting are much more competent than the 1996 version. It also added things like remixed item placements and puzzles, new areas like the graveyard, and the terrifying crimson heads: superfast, aggressive zombies that can only be put down for good with decapitation or burning.
It really took the bones of the classic game and built on them in every way and is by far the best way to enjoy the game in 2022. You can even turn off tank controls in the modernised HD rerelease.
Resident Evil 2’s remake was no slouch either, so I’m cautiously optimistic about an updated Resident Evil 4 next year.ANON
Welcome replayI’m not particularly in favour of remakes or remasters, especially if the originals are still relatively recent and are still completely playable. I’d rather see resources from companies and money from gamers spent on creating new experiences. (I rarely replay games.) That said, while we are still getting enough decent new games, I’m not going to complain too much!
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