Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green seemed alright, but that's about the only positive experience I can recall having with a re-make/re-master.
I think it's safe to say that the only thing old games need is to be made compatible with more modern systems. Leave the actual game itself completely unaltered.
the updated controls and detailed textures were great, but they fucked up the lighting. The original had many dark sections that you could illuminate by shooting down the hallway. The remake is brighter and projectiles don't illuminate walls.
It's weird, I wasn't able to get into Soul Silver as much as I got into Leaf Green, and Leaf Green was a cartridge I found in the middle of a very busy street by sheer dumb luck. I played that way more than the game I paid good money for because running around properly EV training a Nidoking for the first time was a blast but fiddling with the egg walker peripheral just didn't do it for me I guess.
Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green seemed alright, but that's about the only positive experience I can recall having with a re-make/re-master.
I think it's safe to say that the only thing old games need is to be made compatible with more modern systems. Leave the actual game itself completely unaltered.
The Metroid Prime remaster that came out like a year ago was pretty good. Mostly a straight-up port with enhanced textures and models.
Very little dialogue or voice acting for some Treehouse jackass to fuck up.
the updated controls and detailed textures were great, but they fucked up the lighting. The original had many dark sections that you could illuminate by shooting down the hallway. The remake is brighter and projectiles don't illuminate walls.
IIRC there were also some mirrored surfaces scattered around the original that were not present in the remaster.
Disappointing but not a deal breaker.
I remember enjoying HeartGold and SoulSilver too but admittedly I haven't played those in 9 years or so.
It's weird, I wasn't able to get into Soul Silver as much as I got into Leaf Green, and Leaf Green was a cartridge I found in the middle of a very busy street by sheer dumb luck. I played that way more than the game I paid good money for because running around properly EV training a Nidoking for the first time was a blast but fiddling with the egg walker peripheral just didn't do it for me I guess.
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver were peak remakes, and it's not even close.