My Top Five Games That Need To Be Remade

Panzer Dragoon Saga.

I never usually do lists but I was thinking about games that I really would love to play again but the means or availability of the game do not permit me to experience them. I should explain that I don't think any of the games on this list are flawed and require a remake to justify their existence but I think that while thinking about the possibility of them being ported, might as well talk about the possibility of remakes.

I should also note that these are not an order of my favorite games but in terms of availability against the need for a remake of sorts. There are far more I wanted to add to this list than I could fit in any reasonable way. Games like Panzer Dragoon Saga I would have added but if I start on the Saturn, the list would be more or less a complete list of Sega Saturn games...Sorry.

5.Parasite Eve HD Remake

Easily one of the most exciting action RPGs on the Playstation

Parasite Eve was originally a game not too dissimilar to Vagrant Story, but with a modern setting and more action based gameplay. I feel Parasite Eve was ultimately the superior game. The game is actually a sequel to the Japanese novel by the same name. Aya Brea is a cop for the NYPD and soon finds herself surrounded by people bursting into flames while other creatures into monsters. The mitochondria inside their bodies are evolving and this also gives Aya powers.

Parasite Eve is such an interesting idea with a captivating story that I'm surprised they failed so much with the two sequels that were released.

4.Super Metroid HD Remake

We tried having Samus talk...Can we please go back to 2D now?

The problem with a Super Metroid remake is that there is basically nothing that needs to be changed. I mainly put this on the list so new fans can appreciate what I feel is the peak of the series and hopefully drag Nintendo back into making 2D Metroid games once again.

3.Rival Schools 1 & 2 HD Collection

If you had a Dreamcast you were spoilt for fighting games.

I would love to see a revival of the Rival Schools series. Fast paced, tag team gameplay with colourful and imaginative characters. This is something I can actually see Capcom doing some day. HD lick of paint, with netplay and some balancing and you can pretty much release the games just like that.

2.Shin Megami Tensei 1 & 2 Collection

Religious symbolism makes Shin Megami Tensei a task to localize.

I am a huge fan of the Shin Megami Tensei series but as of yet, the two major games in the series have not reached outside Japan. This upsets me as the dark story of the first two games were something rare to see on the Super Nintendo. Just Balance the difficulty a little bit and add an auto mapping feature and you'd be good to go.

1.Mother Complete Collection

Colourful games...I remember those.

My top spot is something that could never possibly happen but it's something I would very much like to see. Mother on the NES never saw the light of day outside Japan but those in America got to play Mother 2 on the Super Nintendo. Localized as Earthbound, it was a wacky game that broke many RPG conventions. It was set in a reasonably modern time and instead of fighting dragons and slimes you would fight bees and dogs. In place of a sword and shield, you would have a baseball bat and yo-yo. Against your foes you would not throw a magical fireball at your enemy but use your psychic powers against them.

Add Mother 3 to the mix and you'd have the ultimate collection if you're looking for a non conventional RPG. Nintendo could never release these games without some heavy editing as it plays music similar to licensed songs and various other copyright issues. So far there are not even any plans to release Earthbound on the Nintendo Virtual Console, So the likelihood of playing these games by normal means is next to impossible I am afraid to say.

Playstation 4 Kerfufflery

Stop talking at me and show me some games.

Oh Sony...You really are the sledgehammer of the games industry. In as much as that you solve all issues by throwing yourself at the wall until it breaks. If you tuned into the Sony press conference a little while back. It can be mainly summed up by first person shooty, driving and looking at cars'em up, Lego Wii music and some tech demos/ports. I had to raise my eyebrow during the conference from the general lack of direction from Sony. They went greatly out of their way to speak more about the social features of the machine than the actual application of the hardware.

So yes, now I can watch my friend play his game over the internet in real time. Call me crazy but I do not really recall being in dire need for the ability to watch my friend play the new Assassin's Creed. In all likeliness it's only going to help remove the hype of the game by having the player bumble about the level instead of moving like the Artful Dodger through their carefully scripted trailers. Or worse, show the game as a buggy, broken mess...Which is frankly becoming more and more common.

Oh...I better not forget...You apparently can jump into a person's game and play over the internet...I don't know if you would be required to own the game first or maybe it comes with a built in time limit but surely this is just going to lead to the loss of more sales? Aliens: Colonial Marines would have been in shit city had a system been in place for the release their game. Well they got called out...So I guess they are already in shit city...So just imagine something worse.

I don't know about the rest of you but I really enjoy kicking off the announcement of a new system with some wicked cool (I'm really sorry) games. Or at very least a clear distinction about the direction that this console will be making compared to it's precursor. So far the impression I am getting from the PS4 is that it's the PS3 but with more clouds and teraflops. This still does not tell me what the hell it can actually do. Nintendo was very clear with the Wii-U I thought. It's a Nintendo product where the gameplay will incorporate both screens to innovate the game experience. For better or ill, we knew what kind of experience we were roughly going to get. With Sony we are totally at the mercy of the publishers and they're not selling it to me.

The problem lies in the fact that they have not learned from last generation. Their product is not the product of pedigree. I do not even know where they got the idea from. Just because they did well when all the other consoles were running through a bad spot, that does not make them good. That means they were better than the poorer selling or in the Dreamcast's case, poorly timed consoles. No Sony, you are not restaurant food to Nintendo and Microsoft's trashy fast food. You're in the same boat. but you cost more.

Add on top the fact they do not plan any backwards compatibility at all with the PS3, you are looking at a harsh transition for developers and consumers. Sure you will be able to stream PS3 games through the cloud, but we know that won't be free. To be honest, Bob Chipman, The Game Overthinker, Moviebob says it better than I ever could. So if you have time, give it a watch. I'll leave a link at the bottom of the page.

Believe it or not...I want Sony to do well...Even if it's only because I know it's the most likely way the type of games I love will see it into the next generation. So I hope Sony sort it out. Cut the price of the Vita, hopefully they made the hardware friendly this time and pray that they open the gate with some solid publishers backing them.

Overbytes