You Fail At Remasters If...

So I went on a little bit of a rant last Thursday. You may or may not have read it but it had everything to do with Remastered versions of games. It is not that I hate them it is what is going on in the gaming industry right now with them. So in keeping with that same sort of theme. Fail day is going Remaster.

You Fail At Remasters If...

• The first version of the game just came out
• You are making Remasters when people have been asking for remakes for years
• You didn't actually improve the sound quality
• You remastered glitches which were in the original game
• You try to add content no one is interested in
• You make the achievements and trophies so ridiculous no one is ever going to attempt them
• You are using your remaster to hype the other new game you are making
• You remaster reveals the flaws in the original gameplay
• The price of the remaster was more than the original price of the game
• No one ever wanted to play the original game
• People were asking for a sequel and you gave them a remaster
• You are choosing to remaster one of your games no one has asked for instead of the game everyone is asking for

and finally

• You stop making new games

There you have it this week's edition of Fail. Hope you all enjoyed it or got something out of it.

Remastered

So it is the big thing now to release old games as new. Sometimes these games aren't even that old and they are thrown right back at us. Now I don't have a problem with it if say companies are doing it for fans who may have never got the opportunity to play a specific game. I have gone over this multiple times in regards to The Last of Us. It was an exclusive title and a last generation PS3 game that many people who switched from xbox to Playstation did get the opportunity to play. This gave them the opportunity to do so.

This also is evident the price of the item and how Sony has made it a selling point of the PS4 being that it is a bundle item. Why wouldn't you want to show off one of your best games? What is bothering me about this remastered thing lately is that it seems that more than half of the games currently coming out for this generation are remasters. There is minimal new titles. Sure we have seen some great games come out this year, but for a second just sit back and think about the amount of games that came out that you would think about buying for this current generation of consoles?

And that is my point. Sure it is great to see these games. Especially ones that you know are great choices for remasters because of not only the time period they came out, but the iconic value of the games. I just would like to go to the store and see a variety of games I want to get my hands on that are not just remasters. I get that they are trying to connect new gamers to the glory of the PS2 days, but there is a limit to my patience and to my fellow older gamers patience looking for something which is new, fun, and exciting to us as well.

Again I want them to continue with the remasters and I will be playing some of them. I just don't want current content to suffer as much as I believe it has

Ask Gauss

So here we are my first Ask Gauss since I have been back. Let me tell you I will have a pile of questions for quite some time to go over. I will also tell you that keep sending in your questions I still will be looking at old and new and picking the best of the week so don't worry you will not be ignored. With all of that out of the way let's get to this week's questions.

Do you think it is odd the new Hearthstone Heroes will not be able to be purchased with gold?

Honestly, and I know people are going to hate me for this but no. I look at them like skins. Skins in any other free to play game are purchased with real money. They are purely cosmetic and offer nothing in the way of gameplay advantage or disadvantage so really are the perfect thing to be purchased with real money. I know people are up in arms about it and that they are completionists and need to have the chance to do everything for free, but really i'm sorry you don't. You want the hero pay for it. I actually believe it is selfish of you complaining you can't get everything in a game for free just because you want everything in a game. Support the company and the game you love if you truly want it that badly if not then just live with the fact you can't have it.

So Uncharted games are all going to be remastered for PS4 what do you think?

Do I think they all need to be remastered? No. Would I like other games remastered before this? Yes. Do I think this is a bad idea? No. You have to remember PS4 has a large population of people who switched from XBOX to PS4 meaning their are countless people that have never got the chance to experience arguably one of the great series there is in gaming. This is the same reasoning I used for The Last of Us and it still works. Naughty dog is providing a fan service to people who haven't had the chance. Also if there is people who want to buy the remastered version all the power to them.

When are they going to fix matchmaking in Heroes?

Go see my Thursday Post. Along with the other hundred people who sent me this question.

There you have it questions all answered for the week. Thank you to everyone who sent in questions along with all of those who sent them in while I was away. I will get to them all eventually if they make it on here or not. This would not be possible without all of your contributions. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and the Game of Thrones Finale.

Just Whistle

So what can I say I have been playing the Final Fantasy X/X-2 remastered. Although haven't got to X-2 yet and I am playing them in order so there is that. What can I say besides how you sometimes forget how much fun a game was until you go back and play it. The sphere grid was such an interesting way to progress your characters back then and it hasn't changed. Besides the Expert feature which does change your play style quite a bit.

Now the story itself nothing has changed so I am not really going to get into that at all. The graphics themselves as you would expect in a remaster have had a serious upgrade but that isn't the biggest thing you notice. The largest thing is the sound quality and for a games whose music and sound bites are one that I remember quite fondly and I cannot complain and can in fact praise. One funny thing though is because of the increase in graphic representation it is obvious the mouths don't perfectly match the speech but fora game which came out over 10 years ago what can you expect.

That was another thing I realized when I launched this game up it has been over 10 years since I first played the game and that was actually quite hard to believe. Not to mention 10 plus years and we still don't have a Blitzball stand alone game. If you did play it before you will get all those nostalgic feelings every step of the way. which I think they were really baking on. Now it definitely is the best remaster I have played thus far, but it is the newest and was a game I thoroughly enjoyed when it came out in the first place so there is that to be taken  into consideration.

This is the first remastered I have played that made me think and excited for some possible other remasters in the future we may see. Also getting a new couple game before I immerse myself in that which is Reaper of Souls next week is nice as well.

So for those playing it enjoy your trip down memory lane and maybe if you are a Final Fantasy X/X-2 first timer I hope you enjoy one of the better stories video games has brought us over the years.