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[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Genuine question: why is it news that they're repackaging a game and selling it at full price? I have the game, I play the game, and I enjoy it. Why would I buy it again?

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Funny enough, some people haven't played the games yet and might be interested in playing a modernized version!

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess what I mean here is that they can just update the old one maybe and not try to make money on old property...

I'm being curmudgeony possibly lol just IMO the old game still stands because of the hardware its built for, and the story it has. Not the graphics

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess what I mean here is that they can just update the old one

The old ones are still riddled with bugs. Trying to update them would exasperate the problems

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And building a new one from scratch would magically have no bugs at all!

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, obviously they'd still have bugs; everything does, but the two original games are so broken they don't even launch without installing 20+ mods and it's clear playing either that a near full to full rewrite is the way to go. They could do that and also just replace the original but that would mean taking away peoples access to an existing mod ecosystem, so releasing it separately makes the most sense

And of course they could give existing owners a free copy of the new version but if they're redoing the whole game then its equivalent to a triple A game studio making and releasing a large game for free which would just remove any incentive to actually do the rewrite

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

you're right on a surface level; no software is bug free.

The issue I'm trying to bring forth is that the existing software is already a legacy piece of software with existing issues. Trying to extend said piece of software to do even more will make the existing issues worse AND introduce new issues.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I've played NV and would be absolutely interested in playing a modernised version. Same goes for FO3 which I played through most of but lost my save from corruption and rage quit

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

These are old enough a remake could be good

Oblivion remake was meh because Skyrim exists.

Fallout 4/76 just wasnt as good. But it exists and the graphics and quality of life there can keep people from 3/NV just because of the comparison.

FO4 is 11 years old, they could possibly update NV to where FO4 is, and that would be amazing

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

More shiny on new hardware

[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because they are remasters. If you are on PC, with graphics and performance mods, this is likely meaningless to you.

As someone who has only played these games on PS3, I really look forward to a good remake.

Unless of course they are Xbox exclusives, which is entirely possible.

Honestly the pc editions sorely needed an engine upgrade but modders shouldn't bother until the last patch is out.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'll keep an eye on this but I'm not hopeful.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Exactly. At this point everyone's expectations should be that this will either never get released or if it does it will be loaded with ads and microtransactions.

AAA is dead. We need to stop beating a dead horse and shift our attention to indie and small dev teams that respect their customers.

Fuck all this corporatized bullshit. The best of all these massive IPs is in the past. The sooner we accept that, the better. More money flowing to independent teams, the better because they're like us, subject to the same shitty economy as us, living in the same housing options as us, and unable to afford yachts like us.

Support your class. Support indie and small dev teams. They're making the best games anyway.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am. The original versions were made on the Oblivion engine, and Oblivion Remastered was fucking fantastic.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oblivion Remastered looks aweful, particularly the NPCs, most of which look like skincrawlers

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Agree to disagree. I enjoyed it.