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Controversial games of the past. (lemmy.ca)
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I'm just sitting here thinking about all the hoopla around palworld right now and I was wondering what other titles out there have been in the controversy filled category in the past few years/decade? I can think of a few, but my game interests are kinda narrow.

What are some of your picks?

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[โ€“] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it feels like an exception when a remaster is generally appreciated.

Don't think I ever heard something bad about the Starcraft remaster.
The Yakuza Kiwami games are supposedly good too, but I never played them or the originals.
The Resident Evil games are more like remakes, the only bad thing I heard is about 4. But that was from the perspective of challenge runners, apparently some weirdness going on there. But supposedly absolutely fine for casual gaming, but I never played any of these either.

[โ€“] hydroel@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Off the top of my head:

  • I don't remember which one, but one recent Resident Evil remaster. Must be 4, if you say so!
  • As I mentioned, Warcraft III: Reforged was (is?) considered terrible
  • The GTA III, GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas remasters, which are pretty bad ports of the Android/iOS versions
  • Batman: Return to Arkham
  • Dark Souls: Remastered
  • Metro 2033: Redux
  • Halo: The MCC as well, although I heard that it got a lot better down the line
  • Didn't some Final Fantasy recent remasters / new releases get criticized?

From what I recall, most of these were criticized for lacking the hand-crafted textures and lighting that the originals had. For obvious reasons, since most remasters are AI-enhanced textures, upgraded engines and little to no handcraft ever comes into play.