In charge of a remake!
Here is the situation we shall ponder in this thread: You have been put in control of a remake of a game. You're the boss man, the big dog, the creme de la Kojima as it were. The only rule is this game can't be from after the year 1999!
What game will you remake? Why?
What would you do to build on the original?
What would you do that would be significantly different?
Other comments~
MILF shall post his own thoughts later, when chores do not oppress him!
I think I would remake Vagrant Story.
I havnt even finished it yet but the story so far is great and despite a few chores the gameplay is very deep and fun.
The most important change would probably be making weapon and shield switching a lot quicker and easier. I would probably implement a weapon switching system a la Metal Gear Solid where you hold down a button and it brings up the weapons while pausing the game. This would make the gameplay a LOT quicker because switching weapons for each enemy type was pretty tedious after a while.
But I would keep so that you still needed to specialise one weapon for each monster type.
I would make the graphics top notch but especially so that you can tell what type of monster it is and have a good guess at whether to use piercing, edged or blunt weapons against it. AKA, show whether it has chainmail on or a hard scale so you know you need to use a piercing weapon.
I would use FFXII's voice actors.
I would change the setting a bit so your not fighting in bland dungeons all the time.
I would make magic more useful than it is in the original. I would make it so that the RISK meter does not decrease your chance of successfully casting magic but instead up the MP cost.
Cant think of anything else at the moment.
What game would I remake?
I would most likly remake Breath of Fire III.
Why?
well to be my namesake in PC graphics of corse lol, and its such and awesome game aswell.
What would I do to improve on the original?
well first off I would change the battle system to on like on Phantom Brave, just with better graphics, improved difficulty and some new moves. I would also make it so that the game was PC only and that the armor would be changable (hence the PC only title, doubt any console games could have fully changable armor) I would also make it so that you could design your own weapons and armor for the characters. Also would make Ryu's Dragon appearenece change according to A. what level it was and B. what armor Ryu is wearing at that paticular time.
What game will you remake?
Crystalis
Why?
Because the GBC didn't do any justice and it needs one.
What would you do to build on the original?
Expand on the combat. Maybe add some combos and a skill system like in Devil May Cry. Different skill set for the four swords. Expand the world and dungeons a little bit. Add more magic and sidequests that involve messing with NPCs using said magic.
What would you do that would be significantly different?
A post game type of thing where you can play as the girl from the end of the game.
Final Fantasy IX
Make Beatrix and Dr. Tot playable, yet different enought o be useful.
Improve graphics, have voice acting, make combat a bit faster, and make the game longer a bit and add some cut-scenes and backstory. (i.e. Freya, Amarant, and Quina.)
It is possible in about 10 years, I suppose.
FF IX came out in 2000/2001.
What game will you remake? Why?
Right now I'm in my bimonthly Comix Zone obsessive kick, so let's say that. It didn't get the attention it deserved the first time around. Also, the beat-em-up genre doesn't get much love these days.
What would you do to build on the original? What would you do that would be significantly different?
More levels, definitely. What I would like to do is remake the six levels that are already there and call it one story arc. Then I'd like to add a few new story arcs with whole new levels. (For anyone who may be having difficulty following, each level is a page of a comic book, and each "book" has two pages. :P) I would also update the graphics, obviously, since it's from 1995. Everything was drawn by Comic Book artists in the original version, and I'd like to keep that going for the backgrounds, this time with high res images instead of translating everything into pixels.
I'd have to get Howard Drossin back for the soundtrack. He was amazing in the original version and he showed that the songs translate well into more technically advanced music (ie; not chiptunes :P) with the Roadkill album of remixes from the game.
I'm not sure what I'd do with the sprites, though. I'd either like to have high quality Odin Sphere style sprites or something more low key (but still awesome with the thousand frames of animation per character) like Street Fighter III. Or I could throw out sprites all together and use cel shading. That would work really well if implemented right. (And cel shading has come a long way this generation.)
I think it might be nice as a Wii game, if only because the premise is "guy stuck in comic book" any you could totally use the Wiimote to draw stuff, Okami style. :P Being a side-scroller (and possibly completely 2D) it wouldn't really need a lot of graphical power. The camera doesn't even really move, since it's key that everything be completely flat.
God, now I've gotten myself all excited for a game that's never going to exist. xP I need to stop now.
I would remake Doukutsu Monogatari in order to revive King and Toroko. Their deaths ruined the game for me.
I have no idea when it was created.
Last edited by Marshall Banana; 08-31-2008 at 03:14 PM.
Oops, I misread it as 'before 1999!'
Even though the game is awesome already, Grim Fandango! Even if it were just for better graphics and higher resolution. They could spruce up the already awesome dialogue and have the same voice casting, and maybe add in more explorative elements.
But yeah, Grim Fandango is the shiznats and it should be remade.
Zelda: A Link to the Past.
3D remake. I'd leave all of the level/dungeon layouts and everything the same; I just want to see what it'll look like in 3D =P
Just one....
One Must Fall would probably be pretty sweet with new graphics. But the Original Transport Tycoon I loved a lot as well. Maybe Princess Maker 2.... oh man.... I could go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on... is that enough yet?
For the sake of this topic I think I will pick Princess Maker 2. As for why... well first a remake would make an official English release. However, more importantly is that I think it is an excellent game that could use a bit of polish.
Changes:Basically just build upon its current potential. Get someone like Leaf-Aquaplus(makers of Utawarerumono game) or maybe age(maker of Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien) to do it. Both have a good track record of strong art and solid games. And Princess Maker would just naturally lend itself to a visual novel style setup. Though it would have a bit lackluster story and more gameplay than many of them. But that is a good thing.
- More Robust Adventure Mode
- Improved Graphics that are basically 3d versions of what is already there. In addition a wider variety of facial expressions perhaps and actually show father and daughter interacting.
- More Robust Parent/Child time/interaction menu.
- Quests/Errands that the daughter can offer to go on. Basically a random job posting that could become available. These would be varied. Perhaps an adventure. Maybe a questionnaire, or maybe just something like a normal job.
- More robust Wardrobe(PM1 already has this so it shouldn't be hard)
- Town visiting/etc to get to see peoples' opinions of daughter/father.
- Re-enter the Miss Kingdom Contest also seen in 1.
- Even more endings and perhaps PM3's Job system for the father would be nice to add in as well.
STILL Updating the anime list. . . I didn't think I was that much of an anime freak! I don't even want to consider updating the manga list!
Spoiiiiiiiiiler!!Originally Posted by Marshall banana
I would remake Pong.
I like Kung-Fu.
Lufia 2.
I would do so for the sake of improved Graphics and Script, and then hopefully either spur a sequal so players will know Who the Hell Arek is, or piss off a new generation of gamers who will be tormented with an unexplained mystery man who is an intigral part of the plot.
And it will fail.
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