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

Listening to last night's GFF Talk Radio show and the discussion of the 1942 remake coming to XBLA, and after reading about another remake coming from Square Enix (the world-wide release of the Star Ocean remakes on PSP) I couldn't help but find myself thinking that we're seeing a lot of remakes of late. Some of them are little more than bare-faced ports to new platforms, but there's also a decent selection of remakes to be found lurking on XBLA, PSN and the Wii's Virtual Console.

Time to weight in. Are you for or against the idea of remakes?

If you are for them, which examples have you really enjoyed, or are you really looking forward to? Are there any titles you're clamouring to see re-made.

If you're against the idea of remakes, why, and what are the worst examples you care to cite.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Omnislash124

Of course, I have my own biases, and remakes like Final Fantasy VI or Final Fantasy Tactics get a free pass for me.

If the FFIII DS and FFIV 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.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Shively

I would love to see a PS 3 Remake of FF 6 using the same engine as they did in 12.

You mean you want them to remake FFVI on the PS3 using a PS2 engine? Suit yourself. If they were going to do that I'd expect it to use the FFXIII engine or something bespoke.

Meia: I know what you mean, it's dangerous when remakes start playing with nostalgia, especially when dealing with loved properties. I would love to see an FFVII remake in some senses, if handled properly, but it could go horribly wrong.

guyinrubbersuit: I think you're overstating the odds when you say 'most' movie remakes have been terrible. I can think of some bad remakes, but then I could probably also name you some fantastic remakes (not to mention those that fill the spectrum in between).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.