Game Remakes That Blew Us Away
Inspired by the incredible Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, this episode of The PlayStation Access Podcast see the gang chatting all things remakes: their favourites, what makes a great remake, and what games they’d love to see get the remake treatment.
The PlayStation Access podcast has me completely stumped, thinking about which games haven’t been remade, but I would want them to be.
Loads of my favourite old games have already been remade.
- Tomb Raider has been remade – with the Anniversary Edition – and remastered with updated graphics, last year
- Command & Conquer and its sequel, Red Alert, have been remastered – though I’d love to see Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2 given the same treatment
- The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker was given the “HD” treatment on the Nintendo Wii U, although it would be nice to see it re-released on the Switch
- I’m not entirely sure if this counts but loads of Mario and Luigi games have been ported and rereleased on newer generations of console, bringing them from GameCube, Wii and Wii U to the Switch and now Switch 2; the most obvious of which is Mario Kart 8
- The Batman: Arkham series was remastered for PS4 and still looks great
- Bioshock go a facelift as part of the “Complete Edition”, updating it from PS3 to PS4
- Broken Sword has been lovingly and beautifully redrawn, frame for frame, in the recent remasters
- Even some of my more niche loves, like Theme Hospital, have kind of been remade with spiritual successors like Two Point Hospital
It’s really hard to think of classic games that I loved that still are yearning for a remake or remaster.
