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Post by toei on May 25, 2023 14:29:06 GMT -5
Ex I hate when indie games call themselves "an homage to games of the past" or whatever and it's blatantly obvious that they're really just ripping off one game directly. Skies of Arcadia in that case.
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Post by Ex on May 25, 2023 14:39:15 GMT -5
I hate when indie games call themselves "an homage to games of the past" Yeah but "I loved this game as a kid and now I want to make a crude clone out of it!" just doesn't sound as nice.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on May 25, 2023 14:51:01 GMT -5
Related, but I love how the DS has an Arcadia-like game literally called "Nostalgia."
I bought that game no questions asked though, as I figured it was a Japanese RPG and thus probably cool. I'm very skeptical of Western indie devs, especially when they take on Japanese genres.
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Post by Ex on May 25, 2023 14:53:46 GMT -5
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Post by Sarge on May 25, 2023 14:55:43 GMT -5
Haha, yeah, I was going to throw out Nostalgia as well. But it's clearly going for Skies - and who knows, maybe it will be good.
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Post by Ex on May 26, 2023 9:09:37 GMT -5
The creatively bankrupt video game industry remake train choo choo's onward with... A remake of the original 1992 Alone in the Dark.
Right now you can play a mini-story demo for free (I plan to download it soon): It's kinda cool they included a mini-game-demo with Grace again. I say again, because she was in one for AitD2 long ago (that I enjoyed): - More new Ys X video:
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Post by Xeogred on May 26, 2023 15:54:56 GMT -5
Another remake is bad but is the 10th Y's a good thing? I can't read in between your lines here... you sounded annoyed about Dragon's Dogma II as well haha, which sounds like a big win for that fanbase (obscure cult hit I think). Plus a 10 some year gap, I think that's pretty okay for a sequel.
Just don't make it sound like it's Hollywood bad. For every remake/sequel in gaming at least there's bound to be some good alternatives and options. Highly doubt we can say that about American TV/movies. lol
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Post by bonesnapdeez on May 26, 2023 16:30:48 GMT -5
I'd rather get a remake of a good game than more AAA slop and low-effort indie cringe. Speaking of which, and this is very niche, but the late-90s VN ONE ~Kagayaku Kisetsu e~ is getting remade. I'll be getting it. store.steampowered.com/app/2432100/ONE/As with the Yu-No remake, I wish this one had an option to swap out for the original art. The 90s style was so much better.
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Post by Sarge on May 26, 2023 16:44:02 GMT -5
Dragon's Dogma is indeed a sort of cult hit. I don't blame Capcom for bringing that one back.
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Post by Ex on May 26, 2023 20:35:55 GMT -5
First off we don't have a "upcoming releases that are simply upcoming releases" thread. Instead we have "stuff I'm looking forward to" and "stuff I'm not looking forward to". So by default I use this thread so as not to sound negative about stuff I'm more neutral on. Another remake is bad but is the 10th Y's a good thing?
The Ys series started in 1987. That's 36 years ago. If you divide 36 years by 10 series entries, that averages about 3.5 years in between sequels. The most recent Ys game came out four years ago. No, I wouldn't call Ys' sequel ratio exceptionally prolific.
And at least a sequel is a new game inherently. I'd rather see more new games than remakes. Of course someone is more lenient of a remake if it's a game they are fond of. For example, you wouldn't care about a remake of Endless Ocean, but I'd get excited for that. Just as I wouldn't care about a remake of DOOM II but that might have you intrigued. Overall though, I'd rather see at least a 50% ratio of new IPs as opposed to sequels and remakes galore. That's because I value innovation and new ideas strongly, as opposed to re-implementation / continued refinement of existing ideas.
>you sounded annoyed about Dragon's Dogma II Not really annoyed so much as mystified. When games wait over a decade+ to get a sequel, that's kinda weird to me. Comes off like they are out of new ideas so instead mine ancient (in video game years) IPs instead. It's especially kooky coming from Capcom the king of frequent sequels. But that's less weird than Project I.G.I. getting a sequel (well prequel) out of the blue. The last game in that series came out twenty years ago! Are any of the people working on that prequel from the original development team? Anyway, if Dragon's Dogma II makes its cult fanbase happy, more power to them. >Just don't make it sound like it's Hollywood bad Not yet but we're getting there.
Keep in mind this remake trend doesn't mean much to me personally. The remake factory is primarily focusing on 9th gen releases. I'm not even riding that train.
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