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Hynad on 06 May 2020
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JWeinCom said:
Hynad said:

A remaster takes the game code and improves the stuff on top of it, visuals, UI, music, etc.

A remake is a game that is built from scratch, using the original game as general blue print.

Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age, Yakuza Kiwami 1-2, Okami HD, Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered (which was handled pretty much the same way as Xenoblade Chronicles DE, with all of its assets being redone), are all remasters.

Trials of Mana, Ratchet & Clank, Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Resident Evil 2 and 3 are remakes.

You completely ignored the first question... But here are some sources that use the term remake.

https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/4/20850169/xenoblade-chronicles-definitive-edition-remake-nintendo-switch-direct

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/switchs-xenoblade-chronicles-remake-adds-new-story/1100-6475264/

https://www.imore.com/xenoblade-chronicles-definitive-edition-everything-you-need-know

https://hardcoregamer.com/2020/05/03/xenoblade-chronicles-definitive-edition-is-a-crucial-remake/377491/

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1260725/Nintendo-Direct-Mini-March-2020-out-today-Xenoblade-Bravely-Default-2-Pokemon

https://www.engadget.com/2019-09-04-xenoblade-chronicles-will-be-remastered-for-switch.html

https://www.inverse.com/gaming/xenoblade-chronicles-definitive-edition-release-date-future-connected-switch

Some, Gamespot and Engadget, has actually used both.  As far as I can tell, your claim that the majority of outlets call it a remaster is false.

As for the second, you're not explaining what's wrong with his definition, you're just giving an alternate definition.  Why is yours better?

I could do the same and copy/paste plenty of sources that call it a remaster.

My definition is better on the simple fact that it is consistent and doesn't arbitrarily calls one game a remake and another a remaster, despite both sharing the same kind of work, be it equal in % or not. 

Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered had the same kind of work done on it that is done for Xenoblade Chronicles, yet it is also titled Remastered. Why? Because the work done on it was on top of the original game code. Not made from scratch. 

When I sculpt something and go back to it later on to improve it because it hasn't aged so well, I'm not remaking it. I'm building upon it, improving it, remastering it. When I take another piece of wood and recreate the same idea again, I'm remaking it.

Last edited by Hynad - on 06 May 2020