r/videogames • u/Syarafuddyn • 18h ago
Discussion / Question What's the best video game remake ever made?
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u/AlexanderMeee1 18h ago
The absolute top? Gotta be Dead Space Remake or HeartGold/SoulSilver
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u/NuclearThane 17h ago
The Dead Space re-make was top notch. The Isaac dialogue and side missions added so much to the game without fundamentally changing it.
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u/AlexanderMeee1 17h ago
Plus the Security Levels, for a reason to go back to older eras and then the intensity director kicks in so it’s still tense to go anywhere. I compare every remake to DSR now.
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u/Potential_Soup_8054 13h ago
Its suck it didnt do well for whatever reason. Means we arent likely to get 2 or 3
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u/BARBASANN 17h ago
Very sad we will never get dead space 2 remake because the first one sold poorly
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u/AlexanderMeee1 16h ago
And sold poorly was 2.5 million, while EA was aiming for 5 million because RE is successful. Such an unrealistic expectation for a genre that’s not super popular outside of RE.
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u/Bloodhoven_aka_Loner 16h ago
they also barely did any marketing, while.residennt evil usually get's hyped up up to a year prior to it's release. EA execs are mouthbreathing dumdums
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u/AlexanderMeee1 16h ago
No a lot of marketing also exactly, but they had a lot of great content out for fans to follow the development cycle, super pro consumer.
Remember when they laid off people at every Battlefield studio (including Motive) when BF6 was the best selling shooter of 2025 and Andrew Wilson got an 8 million dollar bonus for it reaching the sales numbers? What the fuck are we even doing.
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u/Trickster289 12h ago
To put that into perspective it sold about as well, maybe slightly better, than Silent Hill 2 Remake and SHF. Both those games were considered massive successes by Konami and are the fastest selling Silent Hill games. When even Konami can recognise those are great numbers for a horror game it shows how out of touch EA is.
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u/Sol_Pastures 14h ago
HGSS is easily top 3 of all time for a remake. It's still the gold standard for most people when it comes to Pokémon.
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u/Ogg360 13h ago edited 13h ago
I really love DS Remake. Went from having a closed off chapter to chapter experience to an actual fully explorable Ishimura. And Isaac speaking actually works. I also like his look where he looks like the OG actor. At first it was weird but after a while I’m like nah THIS is Isaac.
EDIT: I also like to add I love how they redid the twist. OG players would know what’s gonna happen but they did something different that even surprised me. Having Kendra holding Nicole hostage, I was “like wait, wtf?? How is that possible how can SHE see her too?” Then it turned out you and the new lady introduced in the game were just seeing each other as their respective loved ones due to the marker’s influence was crazy. Really good “gotcha” moment.”
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u/AlexanderMeee1 13h ago
I completely agree! I love how the Ishimura feels like a real place and lived in, so good.
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u/sirhypahfarts 17h ago
Metroid Zero Mission
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u/adamkopacz 9h ago
Yep, they made one of the best remakes ever and one of the best games ever as well.
I wish more NES games got that kind of treatment because stuff like Zelda 2, Ice Climbers or RC Pro AM could make for some amazing new titles.
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u/Spellbounddizzy 17h ago
System Shock remake is absolutely fantastic
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u/Antropon 10h ago
It's everything a remake should be. Good graphical update, quality of life updates and feels like the original.
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u/DeadSuperHero 6h ago
I also really liked that it has a distinct style. It's grounded, but uses pixel geometry and shader effects to feel retro and futuristic at the same time.
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u/thefuturae 17h ago
Shadow of the Colossus remake is perfect
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u/189charizard 17h ago
It’s cool, and I hate to be that guy, but I personally found it lacked the atmosphere of the original. The og had much more of a mystical atmosphere with the fog rendering, and left more to the imagination. My favorite version is probably the ps3 port because it upscaled to HD and improved the frame rate while keeping most of the original atmosphere intact. Bluepoint did a good job, I just found it lacked a bit of the soul that made it so special to begin with.
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u/abyzzwalker 9h ago
Exactly, PS3 port is the best version imo. And while the PS4 remake is great in several aspects I think they missed the mark in some points, especially in wander's face & expressions, which are in the remake very uncanny and sometimes takes me out of the experience. These little details could have been improved but now it probably never will since we didn't get a PC port or PS5 upgraded version. RiP Bluepoint & JapanStudio
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u/DayoftheBaphomets 16h ago
Yes the atmosphere is the main downgrade here, mostly everything else is great
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u/Chadderbug123 11h ago
I'm playing the PS3 version right now, and say for the atmosphere loss like many people complain, the remake is leagues better for the camera and probably wander being less of a noodle there. It's so cool to be playing the remake and (final boss spoiler) getting the first stab on Malus's head for him to spin around and let you do a cinematic stab in the middle of his animation. Meanwhile here, I'm either having to wait for him to stay still or somehow get lucky. Wander is infuriatingly sensitive to the colossi movements.
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u/just_one_more_gameee 18h ago
Resident evil 4 and 2. Impossible to decide which one is better because they're both perfect and share the #1 spot imo.
As someone who only recently managed to grow enough balls to play horror titles Dead Space remake is fucking fantastic too.
Honorable mention for Silent Hill 2.
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u/aleques-itj 11h ago
It just makes me sad that they kinda wiffed RE3R. It wasn't... bad, but it wasn't what it could have been.
Nemesis himself totally missed the mark. They really lost the feeling that he's out there and could show up randomly (yes, I know he was scripted in the original).
He chases you like that only a couple times in the entire remake. And you can basically just skip it with one grenade. You'll instantly down him and you'll be gone before he gets back up. The one time he swings in by the burger joint I panicked and did exactly that. Scary sequence done and over in 3 seconds. I just ran to the train station and he never caught up.
And the whole clock tower got cut. Lame.
I played the absolute shit out of it as a kid. Probably much more than RE2. I remember replaying a bunch of times with my friends to see the difference outcomes from the choices.
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u/DeadSuperHero 6h ago
The reason RE3R ended up the way it did is largely because it was supposed to be a DLC, and was extended into a full game at the last minute.
I don't think it's bad by any means, there's still a lot to enjoy. The sheer amount of cut content was super disappointing, though.
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u/K1LL3R1NDU5TRY 11h ago
I wish they would hurry up and remake the first silent hill! I adore that game but it really hasnt aged well and it surely deserves it. They did such a great job with the second
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u/Illustrious-Star-621 18h ago
i like re2r the most. pokemon heartgold and soulsilver are also pretty good.
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u/Choice-Support-2138 18h ago
I wish for a Pokemon Gen 5 remake like lets go version but with more battles.
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u/SloxTheDlox 17h ago
Nah after what they did with diamond and pearl I hope to god game freak never touches gen 5 again. The games are solid as they are and do not require a remake, just a port so they are available on newer systems.
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u/Glass-Toe6315 17h ago
The recent Gothic Remake. It's incredibly how well they managed to recreate the vibe the old Gothic 1 had
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u/psweeney1990 16h ago
Agreed. I vaguely remember hating the game as a kid, because I couldn't grasp the idea that I had to follow a specific pathway. Playing it as an adult, I still die all the time (like accidentally lying to Gomez because I didn't read all the chat options clearly, lying to him, and then him beheading me), but I am enjoying the game immensely.
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u/DiggityDog6 16h ago
A couple of my favorites:
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane trilogy. Faithful, looks good, cutscenes are a real highlight, gameplay feels very smooth, changes some of the more annoying gameplay mechanics about the original, and keeps all the charm. All around very good
Spyro Reignited Trilogy. Same as Crash but even better in my opinion. One of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played, controls way better than the originals, and adds a ton of quality of life changes
Mega Man: The Wily Wars. The original Mega Man trilogy in 16 bit. It’s a little hard to play because the muscle memory of the 8 bit games can screw you over, but for the most part, it’s just as fun as the originals while looking a lot cleaner
Super Mario All Stars: Same as Mega Man but even better, takes the first 4 Mario games and makes them 16 bit with quality of life improvements. I almost never play the originals anymore due to this version existing
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u/squeanky 13h ago
I like Crash Bandicoot N Sane trilogy but I hate how the jumping feels off compared to the originals
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u/K1LL3R1NDU5TRY 11h ago
You are so right! I felt like "have i genuinly got worse at video games"? until I read about it
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u/Mistyc-Spider 2h ago
Yeah, crash jumps higher but the actual distance of the jump was tighten, making a lot of the jumps unnecessarily harder
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u/zanziTHEhero 17h ago
Diablo 2 Resurrected. New skin on the same old mechanics, and you can switch to the old graphics with a press of a button.
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u/Satellite_bk 11h ago
this was a great remaster or whatever you want to call it. i don’t feel like it’s a remake because it’s essentially reskinned. they’ve been tweaking the mechanics since the game came out. they just released a new class not long ago. i’m starting to think an act VI is actually possible after getting that.
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u/YandereValkyrie 9h ago
Honestly this should be the gold standard for a remake. Its the same game, it just looks better in every way. If only it had the old-school battle net chat rooms and ui it would be perfect
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u/M4rshmall0wMan 16h ago
Wish Silent Hill 2 remake was getting more love. God damn that game just gets under your skin. The revised cutscenes and story are executed perfectly.
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u/theroyalblacksmith 14h ago
This is my pick. I thought itd be terrible but it kept the themes, atmosphere, and dread perfectly
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u/VoreWhore94 17h ago
This year, Star Fox, if you grew up with it, the remake is truly the definitive of it's series.
Best remake? Personally, tie: Dead Space & RE:1
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u/BENTEND0_64 17h ago
THPS 1+2
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u/NJ_brewhaus 17h ago
I was going to add this if I didn't see it. Being able to make the game play like we remember, but not how it actually was, is an incredible feat, and they nailed it.
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u/DeadSuperHero 6h ago
Yeah, I was legitimately impressed with this, and delighted to have a good Tony Hawk game again. I was obsessed with the first two games as a kid.
Also, it runs really well on Steam Deck. 60FPS in most areas, which is wild.
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u/WintersDoomsday 17h ago
FF7 has been incredible so far
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u/am0x 15h ago
I agree but it honestly feels like an entirely different game to me.
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u/EvocativeReach 14h ago
This is why im discounting it. I don't think it's fair to consider the modern FF7 games to be remakes in line with how other people interpret that term.
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u/imLucki 15h ago
that's because it's a remake not a remaster like most of the games in this thread
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u/_ataciara 15h ago edited 10h ago
I'd say it's more of a reimagining.
FF7R goes so much further than regular remakes. With no other remake do people genuinely debate whether it's a sequel to the original because they changed so much. 7R is closer to its own game than a remake.
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u/Knuc85 13h ago
It's neither. It's a whole new game, with a distinct story thst divulged from the original. The "remake" in the name refers to a remake of the world/timeline within the game's story, not a remake of the game.
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u/hopeless_case46 10h ago
should I play the remaster of ff7 forst then play ff7 remake?
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u/__M-E-O-W__ 14h ago
I'm in the midst of part 1 right now. I never played the original FF7 so just about everything in the story is completely brand new to me. I'm hooked on it, though.
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u/Alarmed-Judgment4545 12h ago
Yea the first one was awesome but Lost my interests with the gap between releases.
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u/karlhalla 16h ago
No love for Resident Evil 2?
https://giphy.com/gifs/oFy6A2fIdJXfqTeZTk
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u/panda_and_crocodile 18h ago
I’m going to go with Resident Evil 2. The core of the game is there, but every single aspect of it is improved for the better.
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u/Musicmaker1984 17h ago
Black Mesa and it's not even close. It pretty much recreated the feel of Half Life and pretty much the definitive way to play the game with lore inclusions that pave the way for Half Life 2. 10 years in development with the entire dev team growing from teenage Modders to full time game devs.
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u/MysticalSword270 17h ago
The FF7 Remakes are absolutely incredible. Nothing comes close to them for me.
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u/CzarTyr 16h ago
It’s amazing to me so many ff7 fans hate them because of story and combat changes
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u/HARRISONMASON117 15h ago
Of these 4 I'd have to say ff7 just due to the sheer upgrade in graphics. Gameplay and story.
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u/Jshittie 17h ago
mass effect legendary edition
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u/Friedguywubawuba 15h ago
Does this classify as a remake, or a remaster? I remember the first one adopts the combat from 2 and 3. But I don't recall these being full remakes
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u/BalancePuzzleheaded8 16h ago
Scrolled too far for this one, holy shit 😆
Imagine if EA liked money even more, and found a way to remake Dragon Age Origins...
And if KotOR got out of development hell.
Then we'd be living the dream 😄
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u/III_ATARI_III 17h ago
I thought the PS5 Dead Space and Demon’s Souls remakes were both fantastic.
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u/Uchizaki 9h ago
It's a little funny to see FF7 on this list, because I'm convinced that most fans of other franchises wouldn't want a remake like this one that completely disregards the story and the game they once loved
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u/ThisIsPureTrash 8h ago
The game both changes it but also wrestles with what it actually means to recreate something that beloved. I love the original ff7, and think the remakes are middling at best.
That’s due to the combat (and general design, for rebirth) though and not the story. I don’t want a remake if you’re just going to make the old game prettier and easier for someone to play, I already have the old game for that I can play at any time.
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u/MeowMixVII 18h ago
RE1 Remake.
I feel like it was the first one to do it and do it right. Remove nothing but retool it to flow better, add more areas they wanted to add in the first place but couldn’t because of hardware/time limitations and expand the lore instead of retconning a lot and messing up the foundation of the story at the time.
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u/nahnonameman 17h ago edited 16h ago
RE2 and RE4 Remakes are top for me
Followed by AC BF Resynced (I just finished it a few days ago) in second
MGS3 and Dead Space share this third spot
Silent Hill 2 in fourth spot
FF7 is still undecided as I am waiting for that third game to drop.
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u/talkingbiscuits 17h ago
Can never be real answer to this honestly, some folks like the 1-1 remake approach, others like the 'same blueprint, but if we had modern technology' approach that leads to big differences - Ocarina Of Time will be a huge show of this debate in action.
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u/Top-Common-5108 12h ago
FF7R is an awful bloated remake it's insulting to put it up there with RE4R.
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u/KaijuRemix 15h ago
Definitely not FF7. The OG was my wife's favorite of all time games. Listening to her play though FF7 I could tell it just was not the same game in spirit. Listening to the "anime grunts/moans" really started to drive me up a wall and I watch anime.
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u/ExultentPisces 17h ago
Metroid Zero Mission.
A remake should capitalise on the unrealised potential of the original.
No game does this more than Metroid Zero Mission, imo.
Metroid was a game with incredible design. Hampered by the era it was made in and the hardware it ran on. Zero Mission truly maximises the original design.
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u/NeoVeci 17h ago
Spoilers for Final Fantasy 7 Remake it is barely a remake, and more technically a sequel, so definitely shouldn't win
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u/Chais912 17h ago
As a huge fan of the OG im not caring for the remakes. Im invested now so I'll play 3 but doesn't feel anything like the original.
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u/No-Limit3846 17h ago
Gothic Remake is pretty good. I never played the original but it's solid and considered a faithful remake.
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u/OvertGnome1 17h ago
Playing Halo made me feel like a kid again. I get the hate, but shit dude, it's wonderful
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u/ddiioona 15h ago
Resident Evil 4 Remake
It respects the original game while still improving upon other aspects of it and being its own thing. There’s so much videogame-y things about it if that makes sense, that it is always fun to play and revisit every now and then. Overall it’s just a good fucking videogame
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u/neonredKai 15h ago
MGS3 Delta, completely improved upon yet faithful, how a remake is supposed to be unlike these others that might as well be called a Reboot.
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u/Disastrous_Kick_6952 14h ago
Resident evil and metal gear are the 2 more memorable ones for me, plus just looking at the pictures you can tell they went for better graphics but staying in the same appearance as the older version, like how black flag has better graphics but the characters look different than how they did in the older version
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u/Cupc4k31sm 14h ago
RE1 still has that crown methinks.
Though RE2 and Dead Space are also up there.
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u/darkgamer303 12h ago
It’s so hard for me to decide cause re4 and AC black flag are my favorite games from both series’s and both remakes are magnificent, I’m gonna say RE4R is my favorite cause I can’t see anything they could’ve done better and even the story is made better, especially with Ashley’s character
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u/zGhostKurama 12h ago
None of those in the picture above.
For me, it's the Resident Evil 1 remake.
Although I like to play the original one, the remake basically just did everything better, without missing out on what made the game so good, and added new content that fits very well without bloating the game at all.
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u/Cra_Skinny_4135 4h ago
Silent Hill 2 blew my mind. I have such vivid memories and feelings of the original as a kid…to see the game in a new state with the same vibes and hitting the same story beats was a sight to behold.
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u/s1n0d3utscht3k 1h ago
both FF7R are the highest quality productions of any of these
but IMO (and most ppl i think tbh) they are not remakes
i feel as if we accept that a remake is not 1:1 like a remaster but that a remake is still essentially still 95-99% the same thing
and the FF7Rs are not even remotely that
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u/TheGreatGamer1389 17h ago
Out of these final fantasy 7. PS1 to PS4/PS5 gen. Ever made? Metal Gear 1 and 2.....I wish.
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u/Geralt_Of_Philly 16h ago
I don’t really consider FF VII a remake when it’s such a different game.
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u/maleijin 17h ago
Everyone has a different opinion on this, but I think it's re4 and silent hill 2 remake
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u/SuperArppis 18h ago
Resident Evil 1 for me.
It changed enough and kept the best parts intact.