Controversial character design changes in game remakes

[Raven]

Ka-pi96 said:

Raven said:

You don't get to decide what a remake is about and what the boundaries are for the artists and programmers working on it. They are free to make those artistic changes to the game whether you like it or not. There are no rules when it comes to making a game, only the ones people decide to arbitrarily set for themselves and expect everyone else to read their mind about. A remake is still a game at the end of the day and developers and artists are allowed to make the choices they want.

Don't really get the point of this post. Like, developers should be immune to criticism because they chose to do it how they wanted? No, that's just ridiculous. Of course they're free to do what they want with the game, but other people are also free to criticise them for it. There's no reason at all consumers can't decide what they expect of a game for themselves and criticise the developers if it doesn't match up.

If the criticism is based on this expectation of arbitrary rules of what a remake can be and then being upset with the developer for not adhering to that framework, then yes I'm going to take an issue with that because there's really nothing suggesting that's something they had to do. If someone is just not pleased with a choice a developer makes based on their own preferences I don't see any problem; just say its your preference and let that be it.

Last edited by Raven - on 08 December 2022