• P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    Because System Shock 2023 just sounds goofy. I’m not sure how else they could have renamed it. They’ve been doing this with movies for decades, too.

    The “Enhanced Edition” was the old version of the game with some mods and tweaks to make it playable for modern audiences. The new one is an actual graphical and gameplay remake.

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      9 months ago

      I’m not sure how else they could have renamed it

      Ooh, I love this game!

      System Shock: SHODAN Edition

      System Shock: Remake

      System Shock: Unreal Edition

      System Shock: Reconstructed

      System Shock: Mainframe Edition

      IDK, one of those probably. The trend of naming remakes or reboots the same exact name of the originals is tiresome to me.

      Like Lords of The Fallen and Lords of The Fallen. Or King Kong and King Kong and King Kong. Or Godzilla and Godzilla and Godzilla.

      The need to say the year when talking about something is annoying in conversation.

      I love Doom, but found Doom just OK, y’know?

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        9 months ago

        The only game I found that was actually successful in doing something like that was “Dark Souls: Remastered”, and only because it’s fucking Dark Souls.

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          Here’s a few more. I’m only including full remakes and not any remasters, since we’re talking about the System Shock remake:

          Ocarina of Time 3D

          Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp

          Counter Strike: Source

          Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy

          Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed

          DuckTales: Remastered

          Dune 2000

          The House of The Dead: Remake

          Kirby’s Return To Dream Land Deluxe

          The Last of Us Part I

          Mafia: Definitive Edition

          Mega Man: The Wily Wars

          Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

          Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

          Metal Slug X

          Metroid: Zero Mission

          Metroid: Samus Returns

          realMyst

          Pac-Man World: Re-Pac

          Panzer Dragoon: Remake

          Pokemon: HeartGold and SoulSilver

          Pokemon: FireRed and LeafGreen

          Pokemon: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

          XCOM: Enemy Unknown