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        I’m trying to replay the series right now on my Steam Deck. Started with Soule Reaver, but the controls are pretty jarring coming from modern control schemes. Soul Reaver 2 was always my favorite though, the story and setting of that game is a masterpiece

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            That’s what I ended up doing. I’m playing it through emudeck. The camera is still awful though, so I doubt that I will finish the game. I’ll most likely jump to Soul Reaver 2.

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      I thought Defiance wrapped it up, no? It’s been a long time since I played it but all I remember was a convoluted time travel story

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        No, it wrapped up the story of Raziel (kind of), but it ended with Raziel sacrificing himself to cleanse Kain so he could avoid having to die to heal Nosgoth. There was supposed to be a sequel that would see Kain go on purifying the pillars, but too late for that now.

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      keep the original voices though!

      The voice acting in those games were top-notch and I don’t want to risk ruining that

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    Eternal darkness for the GameCube could be so good with a proper remaster.

    The original Quake but the asthetic needs to be identical and NIN should actually do the soundtrack.

    Deus Ex would be great, it was so ahead of its time.

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    Early BioWare stuff. Specifically KOTOR (don’t know what’s going on with that remake, but doesn’t seem to be going anywhere right now), KOTOR II (yes, I know it’s Obsidian, but still), and Jade Empire. Probably Dragon Age: Origins as well.

    Since they’re already doing it, it’s probably a useless mention, but Splinter Cell needed it, especially for PC.

    Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and the Kyle Katarn Jedi games could probably do with a touch-up as well. But they’re “not canon”, so that’s not happening.

    Maybe also the original Deus Ex and/or Thief.

    I expect System Shock 2 might get one in a few years, although it isn’t as desperately needed as the original was.

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      Bioware just announced layoffs.

      God forbid any exec there have literally any brains or sight above 3 months. I’m so goddamn frustrated with the shell corporation formally known as Bioware. Yes, your quarterly revenue is in the toilet, you invest money to make a killer game and make profit when you release. Games take time, stop fucking laying off people and trying to squeeze it for every dollar and just make a good goddamn game.

      They have massive IPs like KOTOR, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age that literally everyone is chomping at the bit for. They could have staff working on all three with a new game coming out every two years with DLCs in between, but they’re afraid to invest in it.

      They could have the next RDR2 or Witcher - if they actually invested in it. They could be the name for RPGs again, but they’re too afraid about not being able to afford their next BMW.

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        They could be the name for RPGs again

        Unpopular opinion: They never were. And neither was Bethesda. Black Isle/Obsidian are the true masters of RPGs. There was a period of time when they would take other studios’ engines and IPs and produce sequels/spin-offs that vastly surpassed the original in terms of writing and world design. Bioware made Baldur’s Gate, Black Isle made Planescape: Torment. Bioware made Neverwinter Nights, Obsidian made NWN2. Bioware made KotOR, Obsidian made KotOR2. Bethesda made Fallout 3, Obsidian made Fallout: New Vegas. If anything, it’s Black Isle/Obsidian games that deserve to be remastered.

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        Ugh, how disappointing. :( As one of the many, many many people waiting for DA: Dreadwolf to maybe, hopefully, someday come out… this is bad news.

        Edit: Maybe it’ll be fine! I am just not holding my breath.

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          I’m disheartened by dreadwolf. Talk about a game with 10+ years of hype building, the fanbase is incredibly loyal, most gamers know the franchise well enough to pick it up at launch, all it needs is stable investment from a studio. It was announced now 5 years ago, and we’ve had… 1 behind the scenes video and another 30 second trailer but plenty of news of team issues and money issues.

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    Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Fallout New Vegas could use a 64-bit version. Even if they change absolutely nothing else about those games, that alone would be a major improvement, as they are very prone to crashing from running out of address space, especially if you have graphics mods installed.

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      Not saying that these shouldn’t have a more stable official release, but hasn’t this been solved by mods for a long while now? At least New Vegas I remember when I last set up mods installing a fix for this, it’s actually quite stable now if you install all the recommended fixes.

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        Also there is a modding team making a remaster of new vegas using the fallout 4 engine. It looks really impressive, they’ve been working on it for years now.

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    For most of them a proper remake rather than a remaster but I’ll take what I can get

    • Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast
    • Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds (originally used the same engine as Age of Empires 2 so porting it to the Definitive Edition engine should be doable)
    • The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
    • Final Fantasy VI
    • Final Fantasy VIII
    • Assassin’s Creed 1
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      Played Assassin’s Creed 1 recently and it’s so clunky. A remaster would need some new controls or something to be viable today, but a remake would be better.

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    Maybe this is moot since they would just do the usual Square Enix “remaster” (read: poorly upscaled and very basic QoL improvements)

    I want some love for Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross. Even if they just made it 2.5 HD similar to Octopath Traveller, Diofield Chronicle, etc

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    Deus Ex. The original one. It has such great story and gameplay but is dated by today’s standards.

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    There are a bunch of old Sega IPs I’d love to see get a modern treatment. Alex Kidd. Space Harrier. Shinobi. Wonder Boy in Monster Land got the proper treatment a few years back with a gorgeous remake and a pseudo-sequel.

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    • Parasite Eve
    • Prototype 1
    • Legend of Dragoon
    • NFL Blitz (just a modern upgrade, keep the arcade feel)
    • Smash TV

    We’re actually getting a Star Ocean 2 remaster in November, so I can cross that off the list.

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    very niche but Skies of Arcadia! I miss my pirate RPG with airship battling featuring main characters that may or may not develop a harem at the end.

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    Final Fantasy 9. It’s my favourite in the series, and it’s gotten lots of rereleases in its original form. But it would be nice if it got a more polished updated remaster.

    Though I would be afraid of how modern Square sensibilities might change the pretty iconic character designs.

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      The main reason this world/could work is because it IS so quirky, that they couldn’t fuck it all up like they have everything else progressively more since ff9 came out. Square peaked with ff7 and took a nosedive after 10, change my mind. Baseless uneducated hot take: I blame Enix. Either that, or they still haven’t figured out how to actually bring fun JRPG gameplay into the 21st century without ruining it and making it generic and dull. Ff11 onwards lack intimacy, value, and quiet - they’re tacky, cheap, and feel disingenuous.

      So, ff9 getting a remaster, they couldn’t mess up something that’s the antithesis of their modern stuff so badly that that quirky game loses ALL of it’s appeal.

      I say all of this knowing this dissent and criticism will upset people, but I’ve been staying quiet on this for far too long and it has to be said.

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        I don’t know, I think it’s possible they do mess it up, I would worry they would update the character designs to be more “marketable” (the cast of FF9 really are a weird looking bunch, but in a good way)

        But I hope you’re right!