FPS Games That Need a Remake 518
kube00 writes "With the release and successful sales of Goldeneye 007 on the Wii, this opens the doors for other 90s FPS game remakes. Games like Jedi Knight, Red Rampage and Tribes could all use remakes and would look great with next-generation graphics. Nothing would be more satisfying than a remake of Jedi Knight that lets gamers slice Jar Jar to bits in multiplayer."
Tribes is kinda sorta being remade (Score:3, Interesting)
Tribes is kinda sorta being remade - it's not really a Tribe remake so much as the clumsy, bastard offspring of Tribes and Planetside with some antlions mixed in for kicks. The in-game footage I've seen has none of Tribes' grace, though apparently there are some Tribes devs on the team so it might not turn out to be completely bad.
They're calling it Firefall [firefallthegame.com], and I am prepared to be disappoint.
Re:One game (Score:3, Interesting)
Not quite a remake, but a prequel [wikipedia.org] is being made.
Hopefully it lives up to the original. The second one perhaps fell just short, but it did have high standards to meet.
That's assuming... (Score:3, Interesting)
Goldeneye remake -- any good? (Score:3, Interesting)
From what I've read, they've removed the best parts of the game and turned it in to a mediocre Modern Warfare clone (and given that Modern Warfare is, itself, pretty mediocre, that's saying something).
No bots(!!!), no weapon pickups (so you can't have a proximity mine match unless everyone picks the "class" that has them, for example) and horrible framerate issues when there are explosions in multiplayer.
That's what I've read. Can anyone who has it verify that this is accurate? If so, let's hope that's not the kind of "re-make" we're in store for with other older FPS games--re-makes that gut the original of what made it great.
As for my own FPS re-make wish list:
Deus Ex
System Shock 1 and 2
The Gunman Chronicles
Dark Forces
Thief (all of them, even 3 could use a re-make)
Why FPSes? (Score:5, Interesting)
Give Homeworld the modern graphics it deserves.
Re:That's assuming... (Score:3, Interesting)
Bungie's Marathon (Score:4, Interesting)
http://resurrection.bungie.org/images.html [bungie.org]
Aleph One does exist to make sure the game can run on todays Mac, Windows and Linux (and other OS) - but a pro remake beyond MS xbox limits would be nice
Easy one: Descent (Score:5, Interesting)
I want Oni back. (Score:3, Interesting)
Hexen (Score:5, Interesting)
No love for Wing Commander? (Score:4, Interesting)
Wing Commander 1 & 2 basically revolutionized PC graphics expectations, story, game engine, etc. Give it some love.
Re:Remake of Jedi Knight? (Score:3, Interesting)
Strictly speaking yes. But it was a sequel that was heavily influenced by both Dark Forces and Jedi Knight in both level design and story, importing elements from both to the point of nearly 'remaking' them both. That's why it started you out without a lightsaber so you could do DF-style Imperial base runs and mine crawls, and then gave you a lightsaber later. Story-wise, it had the Valley of the Jedi mythos and a renegade Jedi mixed with a Dark Trooper-style Imperial mass production project. It really did capture the spirit of both games. Even the textures were beautifully evocative of both earlier games.
If Lucasfilm were to remake both Dark Forces and Jedi Knight, it would probably be a 'reimagining' rather than a literal polygon-for-polygon remake, and I don't know how they'd do that better than what Raven already did.
There are of course fan attempts at reimaginings/remakes of Dark Forces and Jedi Knight on the Jedi Academy engine, but at least the Dark Forces one is very different from the original and really doesn't capture the fun of it for me.
Re:Why remake just FPS titles? (Score:2, Interesting)
Strife (Score:3, Interesting)
How about Strife? A very early (and largely successful) FPS-RPG. Was based on I think like the Doom2 or Hexen engine.
Re:I want Oni back. (Score:3, Interesting)
I'm a big fps and fighter games fan and there definitely need to be more stuff like Oni.
Re:Why Craig? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Why remake just FPS titles? (Score:3, Interesting)
100% agreed. They could repackage the exact same story, missions, everything (throw in some voice overs with Malcom McDowell, Mark Hamill, and John Rhys-Davies to maintain consistency with Wings 3, 4, and 5, which would also be released with remastered footage on a Blu-Ray disc so I could play the whole thing without swapping discs) and I'd pre-order right now and be there opening day to pay full retail for all 5 of them. Also, if possible, I'd love to see a Mac port, I hate dual booting though I totally would for Wing Commander.
Even better though would be if they decided to finish off the Nephilim [wikia.com] triolgy introduced in Prophecy, I still want to know what the frack happens to Blair after being captured.
Re:Not only FPS games. (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Why remake just FPS titles? (Score:3, Interesting)
You have it exactly. Put new models and textures into Tie Fighter and I'd buy it all over again.
Re:Eduke32, HRP etc. (Score:4, Interesting)
This. Oh god, 1000x this...
Re:Why remake just FPS titles? (Score:3, Interesting)
How about Combat Flight Sims? Seems like pretty slim pickings lately. Mostly more Arcade style than proper Sims like Falcon. And what about Formula 1, is GP4 still the best that can be done?
Re:Let's get this right. (Score:3, Interesting)
Like the Fallout series, I was hoping someone would be willing to buy the IP from Interplay and release a new title. I would definitely love to see a new Descent with current-gen graphics, but other than that, it's hard to improve upon the original.
Magic Carpet (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Eduke32, HRP etc. (Score:4, Interesting)
Well the thing about XvT is there's plenty missions with Xwing vs Tie and Balance of Power to keep you busy - AND there's a map editor which allows you to create your own missions (albeit this was not packaged in the game, it was a seperate download).
Essentially the ONLY thing they need to update is the Graphics Engine and the Network code - and that game would be an instant hit. If they wanted to, have an expansion pack with the new episodes crafts and missions.
I have sent a letter and email to this effect to Lucasarts before - but got no response. They don't seem to want to revisit their old titles - or when they do it's actually worse than before because they altered the main mechanics. For example, they mention Jedi Knight. I enjoyed that Series from the original Dark Forces all the way through the Jedi Academy. Though the story in JA was a bit weak compared to its predecessors it's gameplay was basically a more balanced and exciting version of Jedi Outcast. However that whole series has been put aside since Force Unleashed was in development. Rebellion was replaced by Empire at War. It kind of sickens me - as both of these games had great potential if they had just kept the existing mechanics and added onto it.
Re:Eduke32, HRP etc. (Score:4, Interesting)
...and you'lll never see it. Why? Because the 'rights' to depict Star Wars space combat are now exclusive to the MMO's under the franchise. Thank Sony for that...
Re:Eduke32, HRP etc. (Score:3, Interesting)
I said this up above as well, but you're not facing a lack of interest so much as a divestment of the rights. Per Lucasfilm, if you want to play a space combat multiplayer, you need to buy the MMO. It's been this way since SWG's expansion pack.
Re:Eduke32, HRP etc. (Score:3, Interesting)
Which is a tragedy - because I have tried that and its no where near as good as the old space combat lucasarts titles, even the single player ones like Rogue Squadron.
Given that Lucasfilm and Lucasarts are all pretty much under the same roof - it wouldn't be hard to change that fact if they wanted to launch a new game. The reason they didn't was that they wanted people to subscribe to SWG.
Problem is - SWG has started to bomb. Almost everyone I know who plays it is of the opinion that it was way better before "it changed". Now its apparently trivial to get almost everything, so you can experience a wider variety of the game but it takes almost no effort.
I thought this was why they commissioned Bioware for a new MMO - SWG is dying, slowly but surely. I think they want to kill that beast and start over fresh, but don't want to offend the people still playing it.
I imagine once this new game is out - if the SWG numbers drop significantly enough we'll see something happen with that regard.