00:00Are video game remakes losing their identity?
00:02The conversation comes from the release of Metal Gear Solid.
00:05And also Gears of War Reloaded, two games that obviously came out about 20 years or so ago.
00:10Drastically different art styles.
00:11The main culprit being Metal Gear Solid Delta.
00:15Compare the way that that game looked back when it first came out on the PlayStation 2 to the Unreal 5 version that Virtuous of...
00:20Put together in 2025, there are noticeable differences in regards to lighting, the overall fidelity of...
00:25Graphics themselves, the character models, just how detailed everything is in the modern day.
00:29And there's a conversation...
00:30Doing the rounds as to whether or not that has actually meant that Metal Gear Solid 3 has lost a little bit...
00:35Of its overall punch and its memorability.
00:36In Gears of War's case, a lot of the changes that are now being talked about in...
00:40Reloaded actually came about in Gears of War Ultimate Edition in regards to changing the skybox, changing...
00:45The different colours and the way that the colour palette is used in the game, as well as how menacing the krill are.
00:50Or certain scenes that are supposed to be more horror focused, now being lit or having different rain effects in the...
00:55Newer versions of the game.
00:56Ultimately, does the mainstream audience even care if you're coming to these games new...
01:00Are you having a worse experience?
01:01Let me know what you think.
01:02The conversation is very much ongoing.
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