Hynad said:
JWeinCom said:
I thought you'd referred to FFVII as a remaster. If not, you can swap it for VIII in the example. And categories are obviously going to convey a range of things.
Obviously a category is going to contain a range of things. But if a category is too broad or too narrow it's useless.
Let's try this. The purpose of a label is to convey useful information about a particular thing in a quick way. Yes?
If the label of remake vs remaster literally tells you only one thing, that it does or doesn't use some undefined amount of source code, and tells you next to nothing about what the new product will be like vs the original, what is the point of this label? What purpose does sorting games into a "reuses some source code" pile and a "does not use source code" pile serve? Why should we bother?
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I referred to VIII as a remaster. Which it is. They ported it over, and embellished it by reworking many of its assets.
And the purpose of it is simply to know the kind of project one can expect. Resident Evil 2 is a remake, so I expect a new experience compared to the original. And that's what the game provides. XCDE is a remaster, and I expect it to be pretty much the same experience as it was on the original Wii version, but unlike mere ports, I'll expect it to be improved visually and from a QoL point of view. I am not expecting the game to play differently or to be drastically different from the original. Unlike remakes.
A user said FF VII Remake wasn't a remake, and I honestly couldn't have facepalmed more.
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I don't think it's a remake either so feel free to facepalm again. At best it's a part of a remake that may become a full remake in the future when it's put together with other products.
Anyway, if you're defining remake the way you are, then it actually doesn't tell you that. You can use entirely new code to create a game that is pretty much the same experience. Case in point, Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green.
If remake can refer to anything ranging from a very similar product, Pokemon Fire Red, to something that's different in almost every way, FF7 Remake, then that label is effectively useless.
And at any rate, using Shiken's system gives you a much better idea of how similar the product will be to the original.
Anyway that's probably all the time and energy I'll devote to this.
