There is nothing like looking back to remember those mythical 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 proverb that says that “by asking, don’t let it stay”, so that is what we are going to do, knowing 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 remakean inflated to HD resolutions, but a development from the ground up, inspired by the originalas if from a King Kong by Peter Jackson was about the 1933 original.
Also, 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 backwards compatibility features make any effort of a studio that wants to improve one of its most recent creatures useless. So neither short nor lazy we have gone to the past, something more than two decades further back 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 revamped graphics, updated Lara’s moves and all the power that the new generation allows. For asking, we would like it to be quite similar to the atmosphere of the last three games, the so-called of the generation survive, and that they are the best we have seen of the adventurer so far. Now one unchartedization It 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. In addition, we have examples of success in bringing old franchises from the 90s, such as doom or wolfenstein, to which Bethesda has given a second life. Although LucasArts as such does not exist (only the brand remains), it does it would be interesting to open the melon to bring 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)
could not miss metal gear solid. 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 amazing to re-encounter the famous Shadow Moses incident, not in HD, but in 4K and remastered with scenarios and mechanics adapted to the present. Like the resident Evil 1, 2 and 3 from Capcom, 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.
