relogiJun 10
Dana Fried

Controversial opinion:

The point at which a video game should be remade/remastered is when the original user experience finally makes the game inaccessible to modern players.

Every 3D Zelda game before BotW has terrible UX and it's fine to redo them with modern controls and inventory management.

Also: we don't need a Skyrim remaster, but man I can't wait for one of the fifteen Morrowind remake projects to finish because it was one of my favorite games and it's completely unplayable in 2026.

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Show threadOblomovJun 10
@tess I've been of this opinion since fighting against the cumbersome controls of SimAnt 20+ years ago
Show threadMatthew MillerJun 10

@oblomov @tess

That whole early generation of Windows games where they thought using Windows UI elements was a good idea....

Show threadEl DuvelleJun 10
@tess Morrowind's still fine though? (IMO) - I played it when it came out on a laptop and I'm still playing it now on a laptop, same controls, why would it be unplayable all of a sudden?
Show threadDaniil BaturinJun 12
@elduvelle @tess I can’t imagine playing it in the original engine rather than OpenMW: proper NPC navigation without fixed navigation grids, saves organized by characters, item search, tab completion in the console, etc.
But many Morrowind mechanics I think are in fact features rather than bugs indeed.
Show threadBryan Redeagle Jun 10
@tess My wife wouldn't play a Skyrim remaster. She likes it as is with all the goofy bugs and stuff. It's part of the charm.
Show thread0xC0DEC0DE07EAJun 10
@tess so, Nightdive’s remake of the original System Shock: good
The System Shock 2 remaster: did we really need it?
Show thread0xC0DEC0DE07EAJun 10
@tess the scale of these is also very different. The remake of 1 is very different technologically and plays much more smoothly; the remaster of 2 feels like just taking some of the mods and bundling them in.
Show threadfrogJun 10
@tess openmw fixes pretty much all of the technical issues and adds things like distant land and widescreen support.
Show threadclonedhumanJun 10
@tess Fallout New Vegas! All of humanity needs that.
Show threadSin VegaJun 10
@tess for all of morrowind's strengths, *even at the time* its flaws were glaring. I'm pretty tolerant (eg I still play several 90s strategy games) but yeah there's nothing about morrowind that *requires* those menus etc for the good parts to shine
Show threaddisorderlyfJun 10
@tess This is controversial?
Show threadDaveyJun 11

@tess this must be why the Resident Evil (1) remaster didn't do it for me. Still handles like a tractor, Just couldn't play it.

Resident Evil 2 remake though... Lovely stuff.

Show threadNetzblockiererJun 11

@tess also everytime a Game is unplayable due to targeting EoL'd systems, APIs and consoles with no means to procure new licensed copies…

  • At least a licensed way to obtaining Emulator-ROMs should be the norm!

#Gaming #Delisting #delisted #copies #licensing #RetroGaming #ROMs #Emulators #Emulator #API #ABI #commentary

Show threadMarc, Antifa Surgeon GeneralJun 11

@tess So many people say that about Morrowind. I've tried two or three times to get into it, and the age and general graphical jankiness has been a big barrier. I would love to play a modernized version.

I'm replaying Skyrim right now. I don't find its bugs endearing, it just pisses me off that Bethesda leaves so many games full of land mines for completionist players to navigate.

Show threadDana FriedJun 11
@marcfranz8 I put easily 200 hours into that game and I'm not sure I could play it now due to the jank.
Show threadAdam MillerchipJun 11
@tess just fewer cliff racers, please
Show threadDana FriedJun 11
@adam cliff racers are the *good* kind of friction, I say keep 'em
Show threadbovazJun 11
@tess I fully agree.
Similar reason why I'm glad for the Starfox remake: the original hardware has become inaccessible/unavailable.