I would love to see Chris Carters Balance of Power updated to a 2024 version. No change to mechanics but just a different starting scenario. I would also love a really big re-do of the Lords of Midnight Series - I still play the old rotoscope version. And I always loved Reach for the Stars on C64 but the PC upgrade version lost something in the conversion - so I'd like to go back to the C64 version and just upgrade the interface plus add Multiplayer Online. I'm looking forward to the Age of Mythology reboot (already have it setup for preinstall) - but I also know that in current year it may also be terrible. But the graphics certainly look enticing.
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Phantasy Star 3, however, was perfect in every way, and needs no remaster.
Sarcasm aside, the plot of Phantasy Star 3 had very little to do with what came before or what would come after, bordering on being noncanon. Even if it is as worthy of a remaster/remake compared to the rest of the series, all that would do is make its plot stand out all the more, and it would need to be completely reworked in order to fit in within the universe of PS 1, 2, and 4.
The... 3rd ending, I think? Of PS3 can help tie together a lot of lore. Where it fits within the timeline is more questionable, but not the lore. The ending I'm thinking of, is the one where the satellite-ship loses navigation and power, but drifts and ends up near a habitable planet. That planet could easily be Motavia of PS4. PS3 would still be a "bottle episode" game, since it is contained on a space ship instead of the planets, but a minor change from the endings, and a minor change in the space flight navigations in PS4, would easily slot it into place. It wouldn't need a "complete rework", just some annotations.
Assuming the satellite never drifts away from the home system of Algo, just, like, a couple planets out, enough that it looks like a star from the planets, and the planets like stars to it (which is basically Saturn's distance to us), it's "close enough" for the Dark Force infestation being still in Algo, and timeline wise, could have the Nei weapons commute up to it, and then back down planet-side.