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How bad is Hollywood eating into retro territory, and how do you feel about it? Shadow of the beast, Doom, Oddworld, etc. are all being 'remade' with slightly newer technogy. I'm not talking about sequels but straight remakes with 'better' tech.

Would you pay for newer, kinda different versions of your favorite classics?
Also, who owns this shit anymore? Reflections, Psychosis, Atari, THQ, Westwood, etc. have long since sold out or folded, so who's profiting on this rehashed intellectual property?

>> No.3768828

Of course not, remakes are almost always worse in regards to the original, they always ruin what is good of the original and make it more streamlined.

>> No.3768925

Shadow of the Beast was never good. All graphics no gameplay.

>> No.3768936

>>3768297
I couldn't care less because all those games are shit, especially SotB.

>> No.3768939

>>3768936
It wouldn't be a trilogy if it was shit to begin with.

>> No.3768943

>>3768925
This. They couldn't possibly damage the "brand". Games like that are exactly what should be getting "remade". They should have been remade before they were ever released to begin with.

>> No.3768953

>>3768943
This is exactly what they've done with Shadow of the Beast. It came out on the PS4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGd3UWaPcIQ

>> No.3768965

>>3768953
I know.

>> No.3769008

>>3768939
Explain God of War then.

>> No.3769026

>>3768925
>Shadow of the Beast was never good. All graphics no gameplay.

It has about as much gameplay as tons of Sega or Nintendo classics that got cult status, like, I dunno, Altered Beast or Ice Climber.

>> No.3769027

>>3769008
Is not shit. There's your explanation.

>> No.3769030

>>3769026
Altered Beast is as shallow as they come and it's still deeper than SotB

>> No.3769034
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>>3768297
>Would you pay for newer, kinda different versions of your favorite classics?

That's basically what M2's 3D Genesis games are, and I love them. If a straight remake looks good then I'm all for it. If it looks like shit like the IOS FFVI then I just stick with the original. Cool either way in my books.

>> No.3770852

>>3769030
But it looks and sounds like shit. I'd go with SotB for the music.

>> No.3770858

I would personally murder many people for an Eye of the Beholder or Ishar remakes by the same guys who did Legend of the Grimrock.

>> No.3770864

>>3768943
I remember people saying that "This isn't what SOTB is about " when the remake was announced. I'm saying "Dude, I HAD that game, I COMPLETED it, and it was COMPLETE SHIT"

The sequel was worse. There's like five points where the game can become unwinnable because you weren't fast enough, and that's not including the coins you have to get from chests that vanish in seconds.

>> No.3770884

>SotB
I can't be the only one who's reading this as "son of the bitch".