02-27-2025, 04:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-27-2025, 04:31 PM by DavidCroquet.)
Late and gay to the Demon's Souls conversation, but I like both versions AND I think the remake is Particularly Interesting and Important.
You usually see it happen two ways.
1. Full remake: total remake, new graphics, new gameplay, new everything (think RE4)
2. Spit polish remake: same core experience, but they tightened up the graphics on level 3 (think Shadow of the Colossus)
DeS remake is unusual, in that it is mechanically super faithful, but really fucking overt about changing the design and atmosphere. I agree with everyone who says it feels different.
In the OG, the "small king" of Boletaria looked to be exactly that: a king of a kind of whatever country that isn't the biggest fish in the pond, but kind of holds its own. He stumbles upon great power (maybe because he needs it?), bad shit happens as a result.
In the Remake, Allant (and Boletaria) seem way grander. It's like they were genuinely the big-dick swinging power in the region, and the king is always pushing this advantage. He stumbles upon great power (almost certainly just because he wants it), yadda yadda.
I want to see more remakes that keep the structural similarity, but really swing for the fences on the presentation side. Almost like OG Nosferatu vs. Werner Herzog Nosferatu...the same, but somehow completely different. That's a fun way to engage with art!
I think the big stumbling block for games and why this is always such a contentious argument is that even now, remakes tend to replace originals (or even prior remakes). It's not uncommon for old versions to get totally abandoned and lost on some ancient platforms...I was just talking about this in the "what are you playing" thread regarding Ys 3. If that problem could be fixed, then I say go fucking crazy.
Give me the mechanically-identical Ico remake, but the boy is a roided-out Conan-alike, and Yonah is one of those weird 80s medieval bikini babes, and all of the shadows are slavering bloody beasts and there are bodies piled everywhere...why the hell not?
You usually see it happen two ways.
1. Full remake: total remake, new graphics, new gameplay, new everything (think RE4)
2. Spit polish remake: same core experience, but they tightened up the graphics on level 3 (think Shadow of the Colossus)
DeS remake is unusual, in that it is mechanically super faithful, but really fucking overt about changing the design and atmosphere. I agree with everyone who says it feels different.
In the OG, the "small king" of Boletaria looked to be exactly that: a king of a kind of whatever country that isn't the biggest fish in the pond, but kind of holds its own. He stumbles upon great power (maybe because he needs it?), bad shit happens as a result.
In the Remake, Allant (and Boletaria) seem way grander. It's like they were genuinely the big-dick swinging power in the region, and the king is always pushing this advantage. He stumbles upon great power (almost certainly just because he wants it), yadda yadda.
I want to see more remakes that keep the structural similarity, but really swing for the fences on the presentation side. Almost like OG Nosferatu vs. Werner Herzog Nosferatu...the same, but somehow completely different. That's a fun way to engage with art!
I think the big stumbling block for games and why this is always such a contentious argument is that even now, remakes tend to replace originals (or even prior remakes). It's not uncommon for old versions to get totally abandoned and lost on some ancient platforms...I was just talking about this in the "what are you playing" thread regarding Ys 3. If that problem could be fixed, then I say go fucking crazy.
Give me the mechanically-identical Ico remake, but the boy is a roided-out Conan-alike, and Yonah is one of those weird 80s medieval bikini babes, and all of the shadows are slavering bloody beasts and there are bodies piled everywhere...why the hell not?
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