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[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Modern reboots of 8 bit and 16 bit ips that *aren't* retro throwbacks, either 2D or 2.5D things, I'm talking when they would take an old ip and update it to try to be on par with modern games.

There were a lot of these in the 7th gen, think Golden Axe Beast Rider, Castlevania Lords of Shadow, stuff like that, most of them were mixed bags, but it was interesting to see devs try and the fact that this has vanished entirely now, save for series that never fully went away like FF, Ninja Gaiden, Zelda, Mario etc, is kind of a shame, instead the world has moved on to rebooting PS1 and even PS2 and GameCube stuff like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, which makes me feel old lol.

Am I crazy in kind of missing these? Fans didn't really like them at the time, fanbases still tend to ignore this era for these series, yet I still find it interesting to look back on, I honestly wish that there was more, like say Contra as a Gears of War type shooter (as much as that would have pissed everyone off at the time)

 

[jshackles]

They were definitely a product of their time. Like you said, now most of the stuff getting remade or having IPs resurrected are things that were already 3D to begin with. Or being remade into more modern 2D / 2.5D stuff.

But I'm with you, it was great seeing devs trying to transition older games and IPs to fully 3D games.

My favorite is probably still Mega Man Legends. What a bunch of dumb fucks that cancelled the third game.

 

[IAmRei]

Somewhat i understand.
Today is different, people have their options now, more than before. and kind of us is kinda niche.
and niche is somewhat limited the number of sales. and that's why company will try to stay relevant with their sales.
You are not crazy, some niche guys like me, still playing older games, and sometimes new games didn't amazed us.

but I'm in the middle, I like video games, whatever they are, as long as it is good or great, i will try it. of course good or bad, is my own opinion.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Hmmm, like Rygar on PS2? It was ultimately like a DMC/God of War clone.
Lords of Shadow was also more like God of War clone.
Can't say I enjoyed either of those games though.

Bionic Commando on 360 / PS3 comes to mind too. It was also a pretty shitty 3D game.