Remakes, reboots, revamps and HD collections. It seems every game from yester-year is being dragged into the current gen for a new audience, for the experience, of course and in no way just to be a quick cash-in on older titles. Remakes are not a new thing however. Films are always being remade. Some need it – for example a lot of John Carpenter films are good ideas but not that well made, and the remakes usually end up being quite good. And the same can be said about the PSOne game.
There was a saying in the 90′s. Dont make a game based on a movie. Ok, not really a saying, more just a statement of fact. The 16 bit consoles of the time really struggled to recreate film moments and turn them into decent games, apart from one or two notable exceptions such as Batman Returns, Alien 3 and Goldeneye. The tech at the time just wasn’t able to turn cinematic experiences into fun, playable games. Thankfully, things have changed. Flip that around though and you’ll find that studios are still struggling to make decent game movies…
A couple weeks ago, Japan’s famous magazine Famitsu had a huge six-page spread that showcased some real huge, ugly-looking monsters and a guy that had something coming out of his mouth.
