Remasters that no one is asking for, but would still be kinda cool?

I feel like in recent years there have been a fair amount of games remastered that were never really all that popular. Stuff like Shadowman, Bloodrayne, or Stubs the Zombie. I was pretty surprised when these got rereleased on modern platforms, they all have fairly small cult followings and weren't that huge even in their day. That said, I was happy to see them come back. They represent a segment of gaming that was gone for a while, the AA game that didn't get the budget or polish of a bigger release, but had a unique premise or charm to them.

This got me thinking about other under the radar games I used to enjoy, and would like to see get a new life on modern platforms:

Metal Arms: Glitch in the System. This was a fun shooter from gen 6 about a small, cynical robot fighting an army of robots that are glitching out. Not amazing, but solid shooter with a good sense of humor.

Extreme G. Always in the shadow of F-Zero and Wipeout, these games unpolished but had great track design and neat weapons. XGRA especially would benefit from having it's frame rate cleaned up.

Stuntman. Exactly what it sounds like, you drive vehicles through elaborate movie sets, trying to get the shot right. These games were good fun, especially for high-score chasers.

Black and Bruised. Like Ready 2 Rumble, but no one talks about it anymore.

Heavy Metal: Geomatrix. Remember the Spawn arcade game? This was like Capcom made a sequel to that, but with half the budget, and a less popular license. Surprisingly, this resulted in a better game. Scaling back the sprawling levels to simple arenas made this into a pretty awesome arena shooter/brawler.

So what are some games you don't hear about much anymore that would still be fun to revisit?

Original 5 Tomb Raider games.

In a way, already can with some PC mods. But it would be nice to have them bundled together with someone such as Nightdive Studios at the helm.

Dino Crisis and the classic RE games on Switch and Xbox.

GTA Vice City

Extreme G? Finally someone said it.

Syphon Filter remake would be sweet. Legacy of Kain as well.

Rule of Rose.

Black and white rebuilt for VR (and given a lot of polish and further development) would be pretty cool i think. EA have poked the VR a couple of times (i must pick up squadrons at some point).

I would like to see MS remaster starlancer and freelancer too.

Persona 3 and 4 collection, with full party control added to Persona 3, the FES and The Golden content included. And it should be made available everywhere, Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, PC.

Also, I hate seeing publishers re-release old games but not do it in manner they should. Sony released just first Patapon on PS4 (frankly they should have done this back in PS3 days but whatever), but just first game. They got three friggin games, dated games, simple games that should be easy to port as a trilogy collection and even then sell it at $30. They are drip re-releasing them, I hate this idea because they might say two games in say it isn't making enough money and ditch the third.

Right now they are doing it with Fatal Frame and really it should release as a trilogy for $60 for Switch, they could also do a second volume to cover the 4th game never released outside Japan, and the Wii U game they never physically published in North America, and wasn't playable to those with the 8GB Wii U.

Ha! Yeah, liked them. And I know someone has the license for a rerelease because you can buy the second game on Steam. Which is fun, but unfortunately the worst of the bunch.

YES! And make a sequel just to light a fire under Chris Roberts' ass.

And SOCOM 2, Manhunt and Parasite Eve.

WWF No Mercy.

I miss AKI :(

Remasters? None.

Remakes? There's many. Would like to see Jet Force Gemini fully remade. Never beat that game as a kid but loved the hell out of it.

Not fond of remasters. If the only thing they're going to offer is just better resolution then... pass. I'll play the originals.

Remakes, however, I'd like to see Dino Crisis with current gen graphics. After playing the storm level in Uncharted 4 I was just thinking to myself: Imagine a "jurassic park'esque" game in this setting with these graphics. After RE2Remake I'm sure Capcom can do it. It would be a best seller, I'm sure of it. People are tired of zombies and nazis. Give us dinossaurs already!

Personally, I prefer proper remakes if I had to choose... So, Parasite Eve series and Dino Crisis.

Parasite Eve 1&2, keep the gameplay exactly as it was just update the graphics. No idea why square is afraid to touch this franchise anymore.

@vfighter: I think their half-assed sort-of sequel The Third Birthday bombing would be used as an excuse not to being Parasite Eve back. Which is crap because most people didn't know they were related, or frankly even remember it exists.

First game's battle system is so unique and interesting, I agree they could bring that back unchanged. Second though, I'd be down for an RE2make of that.

Why did you agree with Jim Ryan but then say you wanted old games?

The SWAT series

GTA 3, Vice , San Andreas

Crimson Skies

Wing Commander

Socom 2

The original Deus Ex. Though I would prefer either a frame-for-frame remake in the latest Unreal Engine, or a remake a la Black Mesa where a different team get's the blessing to put their own spin on it.

As I said in another thread, I'm not really that into remasters.

I dont really like remasters but recently been thinking of Legend of Dragoon.

LoD PS4/PS5 remaster with rebalanced leveling, expanded inventory, much more forgiving encounter rate and most important make Kongol appear more in story cause I am very convinced the dude was added last minute.

Tell us whose alt you are and I'll gladly answer your question. You've got more posts in 3 days than you did in 3 years and most of them are hostile like you've been an active part of this place forever.

A whole lot of old games that don't emulate well or are a pain to set up on PC. Just functional versions for modern systems.

Not a fan of remasters. They are rarely better than orig.

Clive Barker's Undying. That game with RE8 graphics.. O.O

Timesplitters 1,2,3

Max payne 3.

Dino Crisis, RE Code Veronica, Driver, The Getaway, Max Payne.

I want a full Mafia style remaster of San Andreas. And is the Metal Gear remake still a thing or just a rumor?

A few off the top of my head:

- Chrono Cross

- the Dino Crisis games

- Parasite Eve 1 and 2

- Onimusha 2 and 3

- Legend of Dragoon

Jade Empire... It wasn't as good as kotor, but not much is.

Loved the setting and combat system... Would love to see them remaster/remake it with a more polished experience for modern audiences.

• 3D GTA trilogy built from the ground up like the Mafia one
• The Condemned games
• Max Payne 1 and 2
• Dead Space
• Silent Hill Shattered memories

Kingpin Life of Crime - I wouldn’t mind a remaster.

TLOU: R: R

tomb raider 1 and 2

A new SOCOM game would be so good.

Armed and Dangerous

State of Emergency

Jet Moto Series

Jade Empire

Morrowind

Oblivion

I don't mind remasters when they take the original game and maybe add improvements like widescreen support, higher frame rates, or improved controls. Remakes on the other hand which pretty much erase the game as it was, scavenge the plot and character design, slap it all on their new in-house engine and charge full price for minimal effort I find to be very annoying.

I wouldn't mind seeing proper remasters of the KOTOR stuff, early Fable titles, and more of the PS1 era tank controlled survival horror games like Dino Crisis, Parasite Eve 2, Silent Hill. But, if you look at community driven efforts, there are patches for many of these old games already that improve resolution, controls, widescreen, and a number that even replace the textures with higher definition, essentially doing complete remasters already. And games like Morrowind already have complete overhauls that completely update graphics including all new models and textures, going further than Bethesda ever will in remaking it.

Desert Bus.

@uninspiredcup: Thanks but seems like it’s not out for any of the consoles, yet.

Preferably a remaster, here are some I want:

• Strike series (Soviet, Nuclear, Desert, Jungle)
• Resistance series
• Tomb Raider 1-2-3-Last Revelation
• Freedom Fighters
• Red Faction
• Loaded
• Socom
• Syphon Filter
• Twisted Metal

@uninspiredcup: Damn, that's the first I've heard about a remastered Kingpin, one of the few PC games I had back in the day.

Everquest 1 everything like it was in 1999 with a more modern engine and better graphics. Id also like to have the first two Max Payne games with the same or newer engine as Max Payne 3.

I'd love a remaster of the Baten Kaitos games. The first one had some ingenious mechanics (e.g. converting items into cards, which then transformed in real-time - so an ice card became a water card, ripe fruit became rotten, etc.). The prequel was never released in PAL regions.

That would be pretty cool. I always thought it was criminally underrated.

FF8 Remake would be great