11 Games That Should Get A Remake Or Sequel

[_TheD0ct0r_]

As for Portals 3, I can highly recommend "Portal Stories: Mel", a community mod of Portals 2 which is as good as the original games; Also free to play!

I very much agree! Its a prequel-sequel that connects the first and second game! Amazing twist at the end which links both stories perfectly.

 

[Krakadoom]

Pool of Radiance (and sequels) is THE game that needs a remake.

 

[rjranay]

WING COMMANDER!

 

[susofseattle]

Literally ONLY came here to see where HL3 sat on the list.

You sir, can tear up your gamer-card.

 

[chenw]

Wing Commander, FF5 & 6 (the only games that has not received any remakes barring face lifts for Android/iOS), Jedi Knight series, Star Trek Armada/Elite Forces.

 

[Warrgarbl]

An actual Jagged Alliance 3 (as in, a worthy one) would be on the top of my list.

 

[DornyeiJ]

Supreme Commander Forged Alliance. Remake.

No changes are needed to gameplay as it is perfect. There is no game since its release what came close.
Parallel processing optimization is needed to allow faster gameplay with high unit count.
Multiplayer needs to be redone as it is not good.
Graphics could be improved optionally to allow sales.

I think the same number of people would buy the remake as the original if not more.

 

[s997863]

I may be in the minority, but I say "no remakes", please. We just want our favorite games fixed to play just as they did back in the day, at the same low resolutions & aspect ratios. My personal list:
-Mechwarrior 2 & mech2 mercs: fix jumpjet issues for fast PCs, even on Dosbox. We want to see silky smooth framerates without increasing the difficulty.
-Outcast: fix it for fast PCs & modern OSes. Outcast 1.1 doesn't support depth-of-field, which is core to the art-style. GOG edition has music volume balancing problems to the point of being unplayably annoying.
-Baldur's-Gate 1: fix the ambient music not loading or looping on fast PCs, and the graphics framerate problems on new video cards (applies to Planescape-Torment too). BG-EE is not BG1.
-Grand-Prix-2: Runs either too fast or too slow to be fun on modern PCs, even in DosBox. On 600MHz PIIIs, it was juuust right.
-XCom 1: None of the countless ports or editions give the satisfaction of playing UfoGold on an old pentium 2 or 3.
-MetalGearSolid 1: Fix it to work on modern PCs.
-Someone asked about system-shock-2: try the newdark engine with the graphics mods. They've done an excellent job of making it run perfectly on new PCs with such subtle improvments to the textures that don't alter the original style or feel.
-Agreed for mechwarrior 3.
-The only essential "remake" I can think of is adding speed adjustment hotkeys to Command and Conquer 1 & RedAlert 1, Starcraft style, rather than going into the options menu to do it. It was tedious.

 

[Ahumado]

Star Wars Episode 1: Racer YES Please

 

[Ahumado]

Star Wars Episode 1: Racer YES Please

 

[bit_user]

I may be in the minority, but I say "no remakes", please. We just want our favorite games fixed to play just as they did back in the day, at the same low resolutions & aspect ratios.

I think it depends a lot on the game. One thing to keep in mind is that if it was a 2D game, the graphics should ideally be replaced with higher resolution assets, because monitors are so much bigger. Personally, I don't want to spend dozens of hours staring at 256-color graphics with pixels the size of gorillas, or craning my neck to play in a small window. But, if that's the only thing they change, it's usually enough.

As for 3D games, driver-level overrides provide enough capability to fix aliasing problems in the original that perhaps a few playability enhancements are often the only thing you really need.

That said, I think Ultima V: Lazarus provides a good example of what's possible, with a remake. When a remake can really serve the original story, in ways that weren't possible in the original technology, I think it's a worthwhile effort. But if a remake is simply done to cash in on an establish franchise, then I'd agree that they should leave "well enough" alone and focus on sequels.

 

[problematiq]

Solar Winds (Remake)

I didn't think there was anyone else on this planet that remembers "Solar winds: the escape"

 

[Jeff Fx]

No Eternal Darkness? A First-Person remake, ideally in VR could be fantastic.

 

[shrapnel_indie]

When I stop to think a little more, It would be nice to see the original Bard's Tale games updated. Not like the tongue in cheek remake a few years back (when the PS2 was still a popular and current console.)

 

[RedJaron]

Starseige. There was a sequel in the works some 5 years after original release, plenty of user input and graphics, but the franchise headed in the direction of Tribes instead. Then nothing. Better graphics on my old Voodoo 16 than even some games today, easy to mod with the built-in editor. I miss NasHerc racing!

In this vein, I'd love to see Tribes brought back ( ideally a Tribes 2 graphical remaster ). The Battlefield players raving about 64 players, massive maps, and vehicles seem to forget that Tribes 2 was doing all that and more 15 years ago.

Full throttle

Yes, please! Most of the old LucasArts adventures qualify. They've done it for Monkey Island 1 & 2, as well as Day of the Tentacle, so bring back Benny already!.

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II

Fixing KotOR 2 would be grand. Include the half-completed content that was cut out and disabled.

 

[RomeoReject]

RAGE 2, Underground 3 and Too Human 2 (Two Human?)

To me, the games that best deserve a good second chance are the ones that had so much potential, but just couldn't realize it.

 

[shindongji]

As the people posted above, Half Life 3 would be nice. I also would like to see a Dragons Dogma 2 and a remake of Fatal Frame on the PC.

 

[CobraMatte]

No One Lives Forever 2 remaster or sequel

 

[Jake Hall]

Unreal 1, No One Lives Forever, Duke Nukem (a good remake), Half Life 3 (except Valve hates money apparently),

 

[problematiq]

Unreal 1, No One Lives Forever, Duke Nukem (a good remake), Half Life 3 (except Valve hates money apparently),

Think I heard somewhere they are making another unreal tournament. That game was bomb.

 

[shrapnel_indie]

Unreal 1, No One Lives Forever, Duke Nukem (a good remake), Half Life 3 (except Valve hates money apparently),

Think I heard somewhere they are making another unreal tournament. That game was bomb.

There's an Unreal Tournament being created (and is playable) that is attached to the Unreal Engine 4 project. (You don't need to download the editors to play either.)

 

[Jake Hall]

Yeah, it's free and slowly being developed, whilst missing Bombing Runs... But Unreal (not Tournament) was a great game

 

[problematiq]

Yeah, it's free and slowly being developed, whilst missing Bombing Runs... But Unreal (not Tournament) was a great game

ohh shoot are you talking about that old game on 3.1/4" floppys?

 

[BadActor]

Frontlines: Fuel of War 2

One of the greatest online FPS. Too bad Kaos and THQ went belly up. Maybe Cytek or Ubisoft or whoever the heck owns the franchise rights will bring it back for an encore.

 

[Jake Hall]

Yeah, it's free and slowly being developed, whilst missing Bombing Runs... But Unreal (not Tournament) was a great game

ohh shoot are you talking about that old game on 3.1/4" floppys?

You're probably thinking of Doom, I still have those floppys
Here's Unreal:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/13250/