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Are PS1 remakes generally better than originals

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Subjective based on performance of the games.

FF7 Remake was a good game, showing on the process the last 25 years have made, it however as FF7 was crap, it's like a fan made remake compare to how good FF7 is, when they finish making it, and not charge £70 for basically DLC, let me know.

Crash remakes were good but the 'preciseness' of remakes because of modern graphics, hit detection and all that actually made them needlessly hard, as the old ones were a bit more forgiving because edges weren't presice, they were big and blocky and see through. Because of this it didn't feel the same.

Spyro was much the same for me, just prettier.

Can't comment on most of the others as haven't played them. RE games are updated to modern RE style of game play, look fantastic but vastly different asthetic.

You have to remember with older games of that era, we were going through a big growing phase with 3D and many modern standards had yet to be established, this gave way to experimentation. Many of the modern remakes outside of prehaps the platformers "remake" in such a way they update themselves to modern gameplay standards as well as graphics removing what made the games feel like those originals to begin with.

Are they better? not necessarily. Are they worse? Also, not necessarily.


I'll tell you one thing. My enjoyment from playing the originals far outweighs the new, as in even after the remakes have come out. Nostalgia is a hell of a kick.

Last edited by The Fury - on 06 February 2025

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Well to be fair, the current versions of Tomb Raider I-III offer a new control scheme and updated graphics, so they are better by default. Still not good, but better.



I really enjoyed the final fantasy 7 remakes. They are excellent games. I haven’t played the original for some time. It will be interesting to see how I feel when I replay the original in the future.

Resident Evil 4 is also an almost perfect remake of the Original especially played in VR. Fighting the giant in the village was such a joy.

The secret of Mana remaster is also now my preferred way of playing that game.




Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1-2. Particularly the THPS1 aspect of the game, as it applies the improvements that were initially seen in the original THPS2.



I'm not sure you can classify FF7 R as a remake, the same as the others. It's a reimagining. A reshaping. A reintroduction. A redrafting. Whatever you wanna call it.



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I like the original FF7 better. But without getting into a pointless semantics argument, it is clearly not a remake in the same sense that the Resident Evil 4 is.



FF7 is debateable since it's not even done being remade yet, and the parts are so self-contained it's hard to say if the remake as a whole is better. Agree with the others I've played though.

Also Twin Snakes is pretty great.



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I would say most remakes of PS1 games are better, but there are going to be some that are worse. Off the top of my head there's Chrono Cross (remaster I know, but it's still worse) and RE3.



Its always based on the game.



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