JWeinCom on 26 May 2020
| gergroy said: It’s kind of a silly argument, remaster vs remake. Not really sure why anybody would care to argue it really. It can really mean anything as anytime you alter something in a game you are technically “remaking” it. Myself, I tend to think of games that are just getting ported over at higher resolutions or frame rates as remasters, anything that has made actual changes as remakes. That being said, if somebody called something a remaster that I considered a remake, I certainly wouldn’t argue with them. It’s basically saying the same thing. Some people just wanna argue though I guess... |
*Shrugs* Some people are interested in semantics. And I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with arguing, even over something trivial, because logical reasoning is a skill that may be worth practicing for its own sake.
As for the actual topic, I think it can be relevant in certain cases. At the risk of restarting a debate about another game, when you're specifically marketing something as a remake or remaster, it sets certain expectations, and the wrong label might give potential buyers the wrong idea about a game which may influence their decision. In this case, where it's not marketed as either, I don't think it's particularly relevant beyond semantics.
