In recent years the number of remastering and of remakes of classic video games. For example, in 2018 I saw the light Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Spyro Reignited Trilogy and earlier this year, Resident Evil 2 Remake, which is even nominated for Best Game of the Year at The Game Awards.
In 2018, the remake from Shadow of the Colossus one of the works of Fumito Ueda that is considered by many as a cult game. Those in charge of this work, Bluepoint Games, have great experience
doing remakes and Marco Thrush, the president of the company, has spoken in an interview about the importance of remakes and remastering. Thrush thinks that remastering a video game in a meaningful way is essential for console versions, because many games that have shaped the industry today cannot be played on current consoles.
High quality remastering and remakes are incredibly important. Many great games are locked by hardware and are only available to players who own those consoles. Over time, most of these consoles break or disappear, collecting dust in a garage or in an attic. As I mentioned earlier with Shadow of the Colossus, it is important to bring the masterpieces of game history to new players.
In addition to the value of remastering /remake As a way to preserve the work, the president of Bluepoint Games also believes that it serves to add elements to the game that, due to limitations of the medium, could not be carried out. For example, Thrust indicates that “Many games, including Shadow of the Colossus, were incredibly ambitious visions and the hardware of the time was limited. Sometimes, the original development team had to take shortcuts because of those limitations. Sometimes the frame rate suffered and in certain areas the game was not going well. Now, 100 million players can enjoy a more elaborate Shadow of the Colossus that moves at 60 fps ».
In any case, the work of Bluepoint Games is not over, since the study is involved in a remake secret for PlayStation 5 and, in the words of the studio itself, it is the project of which they will be most proud to date.
