There is nothing like looking back to remember those legendary games that amazed us so much when we played them when we were just 15 years old, or 25, and that have somehow marked the history of video games . Titles that deserve a second chance, recognition and, above all, come back to life with the power of machines like the Xbox Series X or PS5, which are the best example of how much the industry has advanced in the last 25 years.
What three remakes do we ask the industry?
There is a saying that says that “by asking, don’t let it stay”, so that is what we are going to do, aware of all the difficulties involved in bringing old titles to the present that are not only overcome by the technology, but also for its game mechanics, scenarios, characters or control modes. So what we come to imagine is not so much a remake , an inflated HD resolution, but a development from the beginning, inspired by the original , as if it were a King Kong by Peter Jackson with respect to the 1933 original.
In addition, both PS5 and Xbox Series X have made it quite difficult to ask for a remake and we can no longer do it from the previous generation, PS4 or Xbox One, since the backward compatibility functions make any effort by a studio that wants to improve one of them useless. his most recent creatures. So, neither short nor lazy we have gone to the past, a little more than two decades ago to ask the Three Wise Men that we want new versions of…
Lara Croft Tomb Raider (1996)
Indeed, we want to see Lara Croft again telling us the story of her first game in 1996 (which celebrated its 25th anniversary throughout 2021), with completely renewed graphics, updated Lara movements and all the power that the new generation allows. To ask, we would like it to be quite similar to the atmosphere of the last three games, the so-called survive generation, and which are the best we have seen of the adventurer so far. Now, an unchartedization wouldn’t hurt either and luckily Square-Enix still owns the franchise so we could have it back with the new machines. Don’t you see it?
Dark Forces (1995)
We can consider it as the FPS that marked an entire generation and that achieved resounding success when it came to offering that Star Wars environment that was so complicated to print in a video game 25 years ago. Also, we have successful examples of bringing back old franchises from the 90s, like Doom or Wolfenstein , which Bethesda has given a second life to. Although LucasArts as such does not exist (only the brand remains), it would be interesting to open the melon of bringing Dark Forces to the present, with good games exploring new mechanics and stories and, yes, never giving up its FPS soul.
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
Metal Gear Solid could not be missing . The PlayStation game that marked millions of players around the world and the starting point of a franchise that has lasted until 2015. Of course, we are aware of the impossible that we are asking for since Konami is no longer there for these projects, since it has preferred to dedicate himself to maintaining his empire of pachinkos in Japan. Still, it would be extraordinarily awesome to see the famous Shadow Moses incident again , not in HD, but in 4K and remastered with settings and mechanics adapted to the present. Like Capcom’s Resident Evil 1, 2 and 3, for example. But in this case, unfortunately, everything that is to think about a return of Solid Snake is part more of fiction than reality.
