Are videogame remakes a good idea or a sign of creative decline?

Vikingod · Jul 3, 2007, 02:44 PM

Source: GamesIndustry
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After 11 years of travelling around the world, from Paris to London to Egypt to Area 51, last month saw Lara Croft go back to exactly where she started: in Peru, gunning down the wolves that had just mauled her native guide. Turning away from the body, Lara headed through the large stone doors into a cave system full of bats, bears, traps and puzzles, just as she did over a decade ago.

This is Tomb Raider: Anniversary, and while it is, for practical purposes, a completely new title programmed from scratch for PS2 and PC to current technological standards, in terms of the shape of the story and the environments explored its the same game as many, many people bought 11 years ago for the PS1 and other formats.

Jul 3, 2007, 02:44 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Are videogame remakes a good idea or a sign of creative decline? Source: GamesIndustry _____________ After 11 years of travelling around the world, from Paris to London to Egypt to Area 51, last month saw Lara Croft go back to exactly where she started: in Peru, gunning down the wolves that had just mauled her native guide. Turning away from the body, Lara headed through the large stone doors into a cave system full of bats, bears, traps and puzzles, just as she did over a decade ago. This is Tomb Raider: Anniversary, and while it is, for practical purposes, a completely new title programmed from scratch for PS2 and PC to current technological standards, in terms of the shape of the story and the environments explored its the same game as many, many people bought 11 years ago for the PS1 and other formats.