Forget remasters. Gone are the days where developers could stretch new textures over old games and call it a day. These days it\u2019s all about remakes, raiding the late \u201890s and early \u201800s for games that need more than just a new coat of paint.<\/p>\n
Resident Evil 2<\/em> set the bar pretty damn high, allowing old fans to relive a beloved game the way they remembered<\/em> it, while also creating a thoroughly modern horror game for newcomers. It\u2019s not on PC (yet), but by all accounts Square\u2019s Final Fantasy VII Remake<\/a><\/em> does the same. Activision created slightly more faithful remakes with Spyro<\/a> <\/em>and Crash Bandicoot<\/a>, <\/em>and is doing the same with the upcoming Tony Hawk 1+2<\/em>. The Black Mesa Project<\/a><\/em> injected new life into Half-Life<\/em>. 2K\u2019s releasing a Mafia<\/em> remake this summer.<\/p>\n Who\u2019s next? What other games should get the Resident Evil 2<\/em> treatment? We\u2019ve put together a list\u2014not just games that deserve<\/em> a remake, not just games that would benefit<\/em> from a remake, but ones where a remake seems actually feasible. And yes, that means you\u2019ll find few games the size of Final Fantasy VII<\/em> on this list, because I think even Square underestimated the scope of that undertaking at the outset. That means that as much as I\u2019d love to see a Fallout 2<\/em> or Knights of the Old Republic<\/em> or even a Longest Journey <\/em>remake\u2026well, I\u2019m not holding my breath.<\/p>\n Tomb Raider<\/a><\/em> actually seems one of the most likely candidates for a remake. The reboot trilogy, begun in 2013, culminated in a post-credits sequence that strongly<\/em> hinted at a remake\u2019s existence\u2014at least originally.<\/p>\n Patched out at release, the original ending<\/a> showed off Lara Croft\u2019s dual pistols and a letter from Jacqueline Natla, antagonist of the original Tomb Raider<\/em>. These details were removed by the day one patch, perhaps to prevent speculation about this very remake. And yet\u2026what if? It\u2019d certainly make sense, after three games spent \u201cbecoming\u201d the Tomb Raider, if Crystal Dynamics or Eidos rolled straight into remaking Lara Croft\u2019s earliest adventures.<\/p>\n Of course, this would also be the second<\/em> such remake, as Tomb Raider: Anniversary<\/a><\/em> already served the same purpose back in 2007.<\/p>\n Terrible cameras are the downfall of so many games from this era. Devil May Cry<\/em> is one of them. After Devil May Cry 5 last year<\/em> I tried for the third or fourth time to go back to the beginning of the series and\u2026I just can\u2019t. Fixed camera angles are a nightmare and I\u2019m glad we\u2019ve left them behind.<\/p>\n But I\u2019d love to see Capcom take the same tack with Devil May Cry<\/em> as it has with Resident Evil<\/em>. Give me those early stories running in the RE Engine, with modern combos and modern voice acting and (most importantly) a modern camera, and I\u2019d be happy to give the series a second shot. I think I finally understand why people love the series, but even 2018\u2019s Devil May Cry HD Collection<\/a><\/em> isn\u2019t enough to get me to suffer through that first game in its current incarnation.<\/p>\nTomb Raider<\/h2>\n
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