HD Remakes and Classics

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I'd say it would have been doable on 2-3 XBOX triple play discs. And still possible on 1 blu ray

Although it's already been leaked that it's coming out later this year (YAY!), I've been dying for a Sonic Adventure 2 HD for XBLA.

Also I definitely wouldn't mind another enhanced port of Super Mario 64 lol.

And putting Wind Waker on the 3DS would be perfect!

I honestly don't get the big issue with releasing enhanced ports or remakes of games, I mean there are a lot of games from the 90's (best era of gaming) that kids nowadays have never had a chance to play. And with the HD remakes and rerleases kids now have a chance to play some of the greatest games of all time, and give us who played them in the past a blast of nostalgia.

I'd like to see games constantly updated for posterity, especially if we're introduced to a new TV standard after HD LCDs/Plamsa.
Lower res games made for CRT just look horrible on a HDTV. I had a Wii and it drove me so far as buying a brand new CRT to play it on. I even bought one of the original PS3s with backwards compatibility and upscaling just to play MGS3 (I didn't own a PS2)... wish I hadn't now since the MGS HD Collection was announced.

I'm not sure if I'm playing this right but, the Original Deus Ex would be freaking awesome with updated graphics.

The Original Doom.

First of all, HD collections aren't remakes. They're remastered ports. Remakes are like the ds versions of FFIII and IV, or Tomb Raider Anniversary. They're built from the ground up with new and improved graphics, and sometimes changes in the game mechanics. HD collections are just the original games upscaled, and with added trophy/achievement support, and maybe the occasional extra feature in the collection's main menu, which I tend to prefer, since the original game isn't tampered with. Well, that's not entirely true. Konami managed to screw up SH2 and 3, especially on the ps3. Has the ps3 version been fixed yet? I'd only consider buying it if it ends up being on par with the 360 version since I don't buy clearly inferior versions of multiplats as a matter of principle, but there's no guarantee, since Konami messed with a lot of aspects of the original games that they shouldn't have. I should just pass on it completely on those grounds, even if the ps3 version is fixed, since there's no way a patch will bring back the original soundtrack and the original voice acting for SH3.

Ah, well, take the above as an example of how not to make an HD collection. The majority I've come across have been just fine, since the original games are usually how they've always been. Then again, the Ico/Shadow of the Colossus collection had modifications too, but they were to a couple of puzzles to throw curveballs at veterans of those games, and are actually kind of neat, not to mention only a very small part of the game was modified.

Games I'd like to see ported or remade that haven't been already? Hmmm...that's a tough one. I'd definitely like to see a port of the good ps2 Harvest Moon game(I think it's called A Wonderful Life). I'd really like to try it, since it is really popular and I've never played it. I hear the one on psn right now isn't that great though, so I won't buy it. I'd love a version of Persona 3 Portable, but with the graphics of the original ps2 games, but I doubt that will happen. I have FES for the definitive male version of the game. It would be awesome if the female version looked like the original game and FES though, even if P3P still stuck with some of Persona 4's mechanics(which I'm not as fond of). As I mentioned, I'd love a proper Silent Hill 2 and 3 HD collection, but that's not going to happen. I kind of want a Ratchet and Clank collection. So far I've only come up with ports. Hmmm...well, if Chrono Trigger was remade, I'd be all over that, but who wouldn't? Then again, SE has proven that they can't be trusted with their own IPs, so they can't be trusted with a classic. I guess that rules out a FFV remake. Well, that Ocarina of Time remake did happen. I'll have to get back to you guys on that one.

It's just crazy that Konami could make such a brilliant ultimate HD collection for MGS in Japan (all 4 main games; 2 of them remastered, another remastered game, the 2 original games ported, and no bugs!) and then screw up SH HD collection so badly. They did fix the framerates by the way, but that's all...you still have the thick fog missing and ruining some views and the "into the unknown" feeling.

So, would that fix the problem with that scene where Pyramid head ummm...not sure if that's appropriate to mention here. But was that fixed? Apparently the so called "censoring" was really just a framerate thing. The MGS HD collection in NA isn't bad. I mean, sure, it has nothing on the Japanese version, but as a collection of ps2 classics, with a psp game ported over too, it's just fine. Nothing to complain about. That's how it should be. But, yeah, I would have loved to have had what the Japan got. Then again, that wouldn't be the first time I thought that about anything.

I'm playing through the "Devil May Cry:HD Collection" for PS3. I really like it so far since Capcom is my favorite 3rd party video game publisher.