| Vodacixi said: I find it difficult to agree with Mr. Linneman on this one. It has been confirmed in a Polygon interview that, much like every other Bluepoint game to date, they have only changed the surface of the game: the visuals. Everything else functions exactly as it did in PS3 because they haven't touched the game's logic. So... we are literally playing the same game that was launched on PS3. True, it has far superior graphics, framerate and no loading times. And I'm looking forward to play it as much as everyone else. But at its core it's not just "a faitful recreation", which would imply they have remade the games internals. No, they have just copy pasted. It's essentially a very elaborated and oficial mod. I can't qualify Demon's Souls (PS5) as one of the best launch games of all time because we already played it over 10 years ago. I can't praise Bluepoint games for nothing other than their impecable visual reconstruction, because they haven't "made" the game. They just made it prettier. Which is absolutely fine, but let's not get crazy over there. Bluepoint still has to prove that they can actually make a true videogame on their own before getting this kind of praise. |
Their entire development philosophy though is to re-create the original experience as authentically as possible. This has been extremely important for them given the cult classic nature of games like SOTC and Demons Souls. Even minor changes have seen a lot of criticism (the new camera and the visuals). I actually personally find the development process fascinating. They port the logic and gameplay systems over to retain the same experience and feeling as the original, then peel everything else back and build it from scratch.
Visuals alone isn't entirely true- they also recaptured all the animations, added life improvements and adjusted multiplayer.
I mean you do have a point, but it reminds me a bit of Theseus' ship. If they retain some element of the original then it's still Demons Souls but if any game shares the same source code or carries over even a pixel, is it still the same? When is it not the same?
While the gameplay may be essentially the exact same-it's a totally different experience. It will look (camera system, 4k, entirely new design), feel (60fps, haptics) and sound (new audio) completely new.
I'd like to see them tackle a new IP but there's still demand for more remakes of this quality- and they're the best at it.
