The Xenoblade Chronicles Series Thread: Definitive Edition (All Spoilers in Tags)

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Hynad said:

OTBWY said:

Ehm, he also said that some parts were not remade, meaning that a lot of parts were remade. Kind of selective.

Indeed. As per the nature of being a remaster and not a remake, some aspects like assets can be touched up or remade, without having to make the whole thing from scratch. Character faces and textures being such things.

But my point is that in this case, where the vast majority of assets are remade, it is a remake.  There is far more going into this than just your average port, which is why the resolution is so low.  If it was mostly the same assets, 1080p docked would have been a given.  But it isn't, as most of it was remade and put on a different engine.