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The Case Against Game Remakes. A decent read, although he confuses "remake" with "port" when Chrono Trigger is brought up. Excerpt (emphasis mine):
But what about Final Fantasy VII, you are likely thinking (or screaming). The white whale of video game remakes, FFVII is a title that nostalgic fans have been calling to be remade almost since the game first arrived on the PSOne in 1997. If you are one of the voices calling for a remake of this landmark RPG, chances are that you’ve already played it. You’ve already wandered the streets of Midgar, competed in all of those stupid mini-games in the Gold Saucer, beaten the final boss. You might have already done these things twice or three times with slightly different parties. So what makes you want to go back and do it all again? There are new games waiting to be discovered, cheesy new mini-games to conquer, dastardly bosses to vanquish. The truth is that no matter how well Square Enix manages to recreate the magic of Final Fantasy VII in their inevitable remake, it will never be able to recreate the feeling of awesomeness you felt the first time playing the game.
Well said. Thanks, sir.
But what about Final Fantasy VII, you are likely thinking (or screaming). The white whale of video game remakes, FFVII is a title that nostalgic fans have been calling to be remade almost since the game first arrived on the PSOne in 1997. If you are one of the voices calling for a remake of this landmark RPG, chances are that you’ve already played it. You’ve already wandered the streets of Midgar, competed in all of those stupid mini-games in the Gold Saucer, beaten the final boss. You might have already done these things twice or three times with slightly different parties. So what makes you want to go back and do it all again? There are new games waiting to be discovered, cheesy new mini-games to conquer, dastardly bosses to vanquish. The truth is that no matter how well Square Enix manages to recreate the magic of Final Fantasy VII in their inevitable remake, it will never be able to recreate the feeling of awesomeness you felt the first time playing the game.
Well said. Thanks, sir.