[General Discussion] Remakes: for or against...

It really depends.

I would prefer remakes of old, under-appreciated games. Remakes of already-big name titles seems kind of pointless. For example, remaking Final Fantasy games seems overly excessive if they don't bring anything new to the table. Of course, I have my own biases, and remakes like Final Fantasy VI or Final Fantasy Tactics get a free pass for me.

So in short, I'd rather remakes of, say, Secret of Mana over, say, Final Fantasy VII. Remakes of games that were great but obscure, or those that never made it to a region due to lack of localization are fine. But remakes of a bestseller seems more like the company is milking the game for all its worth.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

If the FFIII DS and FFVI DS remakes had been extraordinarily lazy remakes then I might agree, but I don't think that has been the case. And I have to totally disagree about the Final Fantasy Tactics remake (or rather re-release) on the PSP, since FFT never came to Europe so I was very glad to be able to get my hands on that legitimately and have the opportunity to play it.

I wasn't aware that FFT never made it to Europe, but if that's the case, I caught it with the second statement:

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Remakes of games that were great but obscure, or those that never made it to a region due to lack of localization are fine.

Final Fantasy III falls under that clause too. I also assume you mean Final Fantasy IV DS and not Final Fantasy VI DS, and if that's the case, it falls under:

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remaking Final Fantasy games seems overly excessive if they don't bring anything new to the table

Maybe I should say that there hasn't been a remake (at least not one I can recall quickly) that I thought was excessive.

There's nowhere I can't reach.