Originally Posted by Emon I think C&C was left off the list because of C&C 3.
It's not like C&C needs an update, anyway. The sequels were actually better than the original.
Besides C&C didn't exactly have the best gameplay. I have the First Decade (where it's optimized for XP) and I really don't think it's that good anymore. Little conveniences put in the sequels have made it unpalatable.
Originally Posted by supermonkey I thought that was the point of the article. Games that are still very playable or have iconic status), but could use a makeover.
The King's Quest series is pretty old, and the graphics are very dated.
-monkey
So which is it, very playable or dated?
I played syndicate yesterday for the first time in around 12 years and I must say, I enjoyed it just as much now as I did then. So much emphasis is put on pretty graphics that I think people forget why they play games
No has mentioned Carmageddon yet! The original game was utterly brilliant, but it had two fairly poor sequels. The graphics were and still are awful, but you could pretty much make it like the original FMV suggested it would look :)
While they only did episode 1, it was amazing to play. In fact, i've never even played Doom 3, just installed it to play Doom 1 over again. I believe Carmack once said that they didn't think people would want to play the exact same game only prettier, he was dead wrong and this group of fans proved it.
Carmageddon, that game was awesome due to the nature and level of violence..
And there was a game for Amiga 500, a RPG like HOMAM where you toured a world, only thing i remember from it was the intro scene sadly, starts off by telling you why and how you have become what you are..
Originally Posted by Mighty Yoshimi They should have put Final Fantasy in, and wild arms i think!
An FF remake always sounds tasty to me, but it also scares the hell out of me. I don't think anything scares me quite as much as someone screwing up Final Fantasy in a remake.
I wouldn't mind seeing a D2 remake (or D3!), but it would be worse for me than FFXII+Wii combined. That game ate my very existence for the best part of three years.
No, since that didn't actually do anything other than update explosions, water, and physics. Black Mesa: Source, is a far better stab at what he wants.
Anyway, for myself I'd say you can forget them all if I could just have Deus Ex with 2007 graphics. Carrier Command was a good mention though, the game that taught 4 year old specofdust how to be the commander of an entire navy.
Originally Posted by specofdust No, since that didn't actually do anything other than update explosions, water, and physics. Black Mesa: Source, is a far better stab at what he wants.
Originally Posted by NoahFuLing The Star Control series. More to the point, Star Control 2. I played it on someone's 3DO about a bajillion years ago, and just recently I found the port "The Ur-Quan Masters." My god, what a fun game. I know you may think it was boring, but it was such fun tedium, and the replay value was fairly infinite. Yes, there were major plot points, but a lot of it was not necessarily needed to complete the game. 1 was weird, not sure I liked it, and 3 was just fugly. I think if you took the plot, universe style, and basic game mechanics, and dropped it into an Eve style engine, you'd have one hell of a game. Remember the Melnorme? Or the Yehat? The Slylandro probes? Imagine hyperspace in 3D, being able to modify how your ship looked in 3D. It had great physics, both in real-space and in battle. There was momentum, gravity swings around planets, missile gravity, such cool stuff. If they stuck that into a 3D engine, I'd cry with joy. I can't imagine what it would look like, save amazing.
I'm glad someone said Star Control, IMO it is the BEST gane ever made, hands down, no competition... One other series I would love remastered is Wing Command 1 and 2... loves those games. And lastly, Strike Commander. I remember having to delete almost everything on my 120meg HD and try to get 630+K of conventional memory free to play this... DEVICEHIGH baby... heh.
Originally Posted by Mister_Tad So which is it, very playable or dated?
I played syndicate yesterday for the first time in around 12 years and I must say, I enjoyed it just as much now as I did then. So much emphasis is put on pretty graphics that I think people forget why they play games
Both. The game itself is playable, and loads of fun, but it looks very dated.
I guess I just misunderstood the article, because I thought that was the point: putting a fresh coat of paint on an old game.
I thought I would pop in just to say, Deus Ex is being remastered, to a certain extent, there's a project on the go to remodel and retexture most of deus ex, so far it's only around 50% and progressing slowly, but the apha release shows promising results.
On a side note: Sam n Max are back in action with the Sam and Max Episodes. EP 3 is out on the 8th, and then there's another 3 grand months to season 1. It's got the charm and comedy of the classic, but unfortunately, it's got an odd bent.
If you've ever seen the clerks animated shows (not the awful live action one), it's essentially to the same degree. You add on some odd characters (in this case Sybil, Bosco and a trio of failed child star twins the "Soda Poppers") in order to carry the plotlines along. In itself, you end up with a good 2 hours of contained entertainment for <$10.
I would want to see a remastered Turrican 2 (my first sidescrolling platform-shooter which got me hooked on gaming on the Amiga) and other Amiga games like North and South, Steelball, SWIV, etc..
Heck I would want the Amiga itself to be "remastered" (they have tried many times, adding PowerPC hardware and other stuff, but it never became a commercial success).
I still own an Amiga 500+. But I got no software/games for it. Too bad. Someone care to send me some?
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It's not like C&C needs an update, anyway. The sequels were actually better than the original.
Besides C&C didn't exactly have the best gameplay. I have the First Decade (where it's optimized for XP) and I really don't think it's that good anymore. Little conveniences put in the sequels have made it unpalatable.
So which is it, very playable or dated?
I played syndicate yesterday for the first time in around 12 years and I must say, I enjoyed it just as much now as I did then. So much emphasis is put on pretty graphics that I think people forget why they play games
Carmageddon Remastered...
Theres still work being done on Crusader, they even found one of the old devs, dug out some old mulitplayer code and are working on it as we speak!
http://cyberionsystems.com/echosector/forum/index.php
For the surreal amongst us: Franky Goes To Hollywood (Google it. It was surprisingly good).
http://cdoom.d3files.com/
While they only did episode 1, it was amazing to play. In fact, i've never even played Doom 3, just installed it to play Doom 1 over again. I believe Carmack once said that they didn't think people would want to play the exact same game only prettier, he was dead wrong and this group of fans proved it.
Flashback on SNES and Megadrive is still hugely playable. I only played it a few months ago. The controls and animation are really sophisticated.
Of course, Delphine's Amiga selling precursor, Another World, has a rather nice XP remake featuring support for high resolutions.
http://www.anotherworld.fr/anotherworld_uk/
And there was a game for Amiga 500, a RPG like HOMAM where you toured a world, only thing i remember from it was the intro scene sadly, starts off by telling you why and how you have become what you are..
You mean like Half-Life Source?
I wouldn't mind seeing a D2 remake (or D3!), but it would be worse for me than FFXII+Wii combined. That game ate my very existence for the best part of three years.
No, since that didn't actually do anything other than update explosions, water, and physics. Black Mesa: Source, is a far better stab at what he wants.
Anyway, for myself I'd say you can forget them all if I could just have Deus Ex with 2007 graphics. Carrier Command was a good mention though, the game that taught 4 year old specofdust how to be the commander of an entire navy.
And then I'd have to toss my vote in for Parasite Eve. Which is, in my opinion, the greatest game to ever grace us from Squaresoft.
Well, it was nice of you to answer for him.
I'm glad someone said Star Control, IMO it is the BEST gane ever made, hands down, no competition... One other series I would love remastered is Wing Command 1 and 2... loves those games. And lastly, Strike Commander. I remember having to delete almost everything on my 120meg HD and try to get 630+K of conventional memory free to play this... DEVICEHIGH baby... heh.
Amulets and Armor
Monkey island 1-2
Quest for glory series
Goblins
Space Quest series
Diablo 2
Blake stone
Maniac Mansion
Simply graphics and make them run on new systems...
(I left out Doom, Heritic, Blood, Dune, Descent, and the other(s) that have already been mentioned...)
I guess I just misunderstood the article, because I thought that was the point: putting a fresh coat of paint on an old game.
-monkey
http://www.offtopicproductions.com/hdtp/
If you've ever seen the clerks animated shows (not the awful live action one), it's essentially to the same degree. You add on some odd characters (in this case Sybil, Bosco and a trio of failed child star twins the "Soda Poppers") in order to carry the plotlines along. In itself, you end up with a good 2 hours of contained entertainment for <$10.
Wait who am I kidding, its the only reason I own a n64 - leave it alone its fine!
Heck I would want the Amiga itself to be "remastered" (they have tried many times, adding PowerPC hardware and other stuff, but it never became a commercial success).
I still own an Amiga 500+. But I got no software/games for it. Too bad. Someone care to send me some?