When a video game remake or remaster is done right, the experience can sometimes transcend the original, helping a beloved classic find a new audience. But it doesn’t always go that way.
00:00Gamers are getting old, per data from the NPD Group's 2022 Gamer Segmentation Report, which shows a rapid uptick in the number of middle-aged gamers.
00:12So it's no surprise the industry is cashing in on nostalgia, as seen with recent remakes like Dead Space and Metroid Prime.
00:20Remakes or remasters can help a beloved classic find a new audience, but sometimes it goes horribly wrong.
00:27In my restless dreams, I see that town.
00:31Silent Hill HD Collection will forever be remembered by fans as the worst way to replay Silent Hill 2 and 3, with updated visuals that somehow diminished the original's inherent spookiness, and instead called attention to their flaws.
00:46A combination of poor design choices and mismanagement of assets by publisher Konami, per a report from 1UP, resulted in one of the most half-baked efforts of gaming.
00:55I remember.
00:57We'll incriminate all of them, from number 20 to number 1.
00:59I haven't fulfilled my mission.
01:01If it ain't broke, don't fix it, should be the guiding philosophy of any remake project.
01:07Yet, Playmagic's 2020 remake of 13 changed up the original's art style, widely considered a highlight, as well as introducing numerous technical and audio issues, making it nearly unplayable.
01:19The remake's overwhelmingly negative reception actually resulted in publisher Microids hiring a new developer to fix the game, which they released for free in 2022.
01:29Remastering all three PS2 era Grand Theft Auto games was always a tall order, but calling this botched collection definitive is like adding insult to injury.
01:45The use of artificial intelligence to upscale textures resulted in a host of graphical issues, textual errors, and glitches.
01:52While reinterpreted character models and the removal of songs due to expired licenses didn't sit well with both fans and critics alike.
02:00The backlash led to Rockstar issuing an apology and restoring the original games to PC stores.
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