[General Discussion] Games we remember being the best

The most fun I've had on my PC is a number of Lucasart's adventure games. The highest being Grim Fandango, followed by the Monkey Island games. Now, the remake discussion..

The term remake in the videogame world I see as a bit superficial. When someone mentions remake they usually mean it to be a port, from an old system to a new one, with better graphics, a few extras, anything of that nature. Take The Twin Snakes, Resident Evil as examples. I say, largely, what's the point? This category, especially remakes of recent games, don't really serve any purpose other for the people who missed out last time. At odds with the remake in the film form, where a story is told in a different way, using different techniques, maybe even a different genre. Take Shakespeare's original Othello and the transformed version taking place in modern day London, starring a black Othello and bringing themes of racism into the mix. Even the modern version of Romeo and Juliet. People here who say they'd only want FF7 remade with no underlying changes seem to be stuck in a rut.

Probably standing as the best recent remake I can think of at the moment is Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Ignoring the sequels, it took the best bits of the original, the story's bare bones (maybe not even that) and adapted it into a modern videogame. And for anyone who saw 'I, Mario' over at OCR, they know what I'm talking about in terms of an intriguing remake concept.

Not trying to attack anyone. After all, this is a discussion.

Jam it back in, in the dark.