RemasteredGames: If you’re a fan of games with solid ideas that never quite reached their full potential, then the army men series might just be the perfect example for you. 🎮
Why the Army Men Series Deserves a Remaster or Remake
The Army Men series, although fun in theory, has always been plagued by rough edges that prevented it from becoming a true standout title in the gaming world. The developers had some solid ideas, but they were unable to fully realize them due to technical limitations at the time.
Actionable Steps for Reviving the Army Men Series
If you think the Army Men series deserves a second chance, here are some actionable steps that developers could take to bring the games back to life in a remastered or remake form:
- Improved Graphics: One of the main issues with the original Army Men games was their outdated graphics. A remastered version with updated visuals could breathe new life into the series.
- Enhanced Gameplay Mechanics: By refining gameplay mechanics such as controls, AI behavior, and level design, developers could address the rough edges that held the series back.
- Expanded Content: Adding new missions, multiplayer modes, and customization options could make the Army Men series more engaging for modern gamers.
- Optimized Performance: Improving performance issues like frame rate drops and loading times would ensure a smooth gaming experience for players.
- Community Engagement: Getting feedback from the gaming community and involving fans in the development process could help developers identify what aspects of the series need the most improvement.
Potential for Success
With the right approach, a remastered or remake of the Army Men series could appeal to both fans of the original games and new players looking for a fresh take on classic gameplay. By addressing the issues that held the series back, developers could create a game that fully realizes the solid ideas behind the series.
So, if you’re a fan of the Army Men series and want to see it get the remaster or remake it deserves, make your voice heard and support the cause for bringing this classic franchise back to life in a whole new way! 🎮✨
Xenogears 2nd disk is rushed
Alpha Protocol
I think a Katamari game with a modern game engine would work perfectly with the game’s growing mechanic. Imagine starting off in a detailed microscopic world and growing to the size of the earth seamlessly with no pop-ins.
Spore
Evolve. Solid ideas that the devs were unable to realize was this game middle name.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
Anthem. I know it’s a shit game but man, it sure was fun being a flying mech blasty boy.
Remake Motorstorm with modern lighting, destruction physics, real time weather effects, and more tracks and events
Fable
Lego Rock Raiders. Lego goes hard as an RTS. The Lego Alpha Team game was pretty cool puzzle game back in the late 90’s early 00’s.
Spore.
Brink, although it would just be another “Apex clone” now.
Plane Crazy, you don’t get many plane racing games.
APB+APB:R.
I’d love to see Arcanum (Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura) get remade. The basic premise was a high fantasy world undergoing an industrial revolution and has some of the best worldbuilding I’ve ever seen, but it came out in 2001 and damn it is hard to replay nowadays.
Kingdoms of Amalur
So close to being great, would really shine with some polish and TLC
Anthem
Had amazing gameplay bones to build on, just needed someone to curate the world map, tweap drops and build better dungeons
Trespasser an older game based on Jurassic park, the story was awesome jam packed full of JP back story. Concept was you crash landed on the 2nd island and have to find your way off. The mechanism was too wonky.
Mercanaries
Vagrant Story. To this day I have not found a game with a similar combat system, and I found it quite unusual and interesting. I also think that in the remake of the game it would be possible to better reveal the level design, to make the world not so cramped (although the game space in the form of explicit arenas have their own entourage in the structure of the game).
I have pretty debatable feelings about the visuals of the game though. I fear that fully modern graphics could ruin some of the atmosphere of the game. As it stands now, the game looks pretty cohesive.
What do you guys think about it?
Fallout New Vegas. Freeside and the strip should have been way bigger. The legion should have also been more fleshed out.
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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Enter the Matrix. It was heavily rushed to make the launch date with the second Matrix movie and it ia horribly glitchy. The thing is though that it does some things really well (like bullet time) and the cut scenes are full on movie quality with the Wachowskis directing them. It’s a whole entire parallel story that most people haven’t seen.
Kameo: Elements of Power
I will never forgive Microsoft for cancelling the sequel. It was a 360 launch title, but it started development as a Gamecube game. Rare’s concept art showed a much darker and mature tone and it sucks we never got to see their true vision with more powerful hardware.
I really believe it had the potential to rival Fable as a great Xbox franchise.
Command & Conquer Renegade, man that game was just awesome and way ahead of its time especially in the multiplayer.
And yes I know about the multiplayer mod/standalone game 😉
MAG
Syndicate
Final Fantasy 8 had so much on the cutting room floor that I want it to get the FF7 treatment just so that the world can actually get the fleshing out that it sorely needed.
Any of the Adventure era Sonic Games. All they need is a better camera.
Deadly Premonition a wonderfully bizarre game that has severe problems with crashes
Parasite Eve
Battlefield Bad Company 2. Just remake that game with more content.
I’d love a new Black and White using the current/upcoming AI hardware being built into CPUs. Another Peter Molyneux game that fell short of the promises.
Dragon Age 2.
I could write an essay on this if I wasn’t on mobile. Basically, the devs were only given a year and a half to churn out a sequel (which was supposed to, and eventually did become, Dragon Age: Inquisition). They already had plans for a spinoff title called Dragon Age: Exodus, which was supposed to be a character who was on exodus to another continent due to the Blight. Also was an “exodus” to the tactical elements of the main title, as this was to be played as an ARPG. Bec of executive meddling (F*ck EA), they were forced to turn it into a sequel, renamed as DA2, and elements that were already in development had to be scrapped due to time constraints. Elements such as Mage Hawke struggling with demon possession, actual aging of the characters and the environment after the time skips, and multiple endings. Including an ending where a certain companion doesn’t destroy a certain building.
Black and white 2.
They had a really great things but could have done so much more with extra processing power and animation options.
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Daggerfall
Tenchu
Legacy of Kain games.
The story is rock solid with no need for alterations, maybe some dialogue touch up’s here and there to be concise with the sequels that expanded the lore, but what it truly needs is a solid gameplay component.
As much as I love LoK games, I only revisit them over on YouTube, because their gameplay loops are very weak & don’t offer any deep replayability, Defiance was onto something in that regard, but we’ll never know.
Hellgate London
Star wars republic commando. The devs didn’t realize how thirsty for more it left us when the game ended.
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