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Conina on 13 July 2014
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QuintonMcLeod said:

Lets go back to a previous "remastered" game. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. The game so many people were told would be superior to the PC version, but still falling flat on its face in comparison. In case you forgot the verdict on which was better, check out the link here:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-tomb-raider-definitive-edition-next-gen-face-off

So TLOU:R for PS4 will fall flat in comparison to the (not existing) PC-version of TLOU? Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition for PS4/XBO was much better than Tomb Raider for PS3/360, wasn't it? People expect an improvement to the PS3-version of TLOU, not an improvement to PC.

QuintonMcLeod said:

So, now the question is, "What constitutes a remaster?". Lets use the definition assigned for movies. Someone provided a definition already, but lets just cut to the chase. When a new movie is released and a year goes by, if the movie is ever re-released with new features, video enhancements and audio corrections, it's never labeled as a remaster. As a matter of fact, it's labeled as a Director's Cut. Why? Because the movie is still fairly new and there's no much to do make it look better for today's technology.

No, they don't label it as Director's Cut because the movie is fairly new, they label it a Director's Cut because they changed the cut according to the director's wishes (which often go against the wishes of the cinemas... if the movie gets too long, they sometimes have to reduce the number times they can show it per evening). Sometimes they label it Enhanced Edition, Special Edition, Ultimate Edition, Extreme Edition, Unrated Cut, Unseen Edition, Collector's Edition, Uncut, Superbit, 3D or other catchwords, but "Director's Cut" has a pretty precise definition.

And all these terms aren't mutually exclusive. the new version can be a director's cut, a remaster and an uncut edition at the same time... the PR decides in these cases which of them is the strongest label for sales... when they call it "Director's Cut" or "Uncut" that doesn't automatically mean that it ain't also a "remaster".