• JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    You should buy “System Shock: Enhanced Edition”, as the name implies, it’s the newer better one!

    Seriously, why do we keep using the same names with reboots and remasters and remakes and argh. Languages have words, use the goddamn words!

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      Languages have words, use the goddamn words!

      I ffeel this in my bones every day. Seems like some people are trying to make words not mean what they’re supposed to mean.

    • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Because System Shock 2023 just sounds goofy. I’m not sure how else they could have renamed it. They’ve been doing this with movies for decades, too.

      The “Enhanced Edition” was the old version of the game with some mods and tweaks to make it playable for modern audiences. The new one is an actual graphical and gameplay remake.

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        I’m not sure how else they could have renamed it

        Ooh, I love this game!

        System Shock: SHODAN Edition

        System Shock: Remake

        System Shock: Unreal Edition

        System Shock: Reconstructed

        System Shock: Mainframe Edition

        IDK, one of those probably. The trend of naming remakes or reboots the same exact name of the originals is tiresome to me.

        Like Lords of The Fallen and Lords of The Fallen. Or King Kong and King Kong and King Kong. Or Godzilla and Godzilla and Godzilla.

        The need to say the year when talking about something is annoying in conversation.

        I love Doom, but found Doom just OK, y’know?

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          The only game I found that was actually successful in doing something like that was “Dark Souls: Remastered”, and only because it’s fucking Dark Souls.

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            Here’s a few more. I’m only including full remakes and not any remasters, since we’re talking about the System Shock remake:

            Ocarina of Time 3D

            Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp

            Counter Strike: Source

            Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy

            Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed

            DuckTales: Remastered

            Dune 2000

            The House of The Dead: Remake

            Kirby’s Return To Dream Land Deluxe

            The Last of Us Part I

            Mafia: Definitive Edition

            Mega Man: The Wily Wars

            Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

            Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

            Metal Slug X

            Metroid: Zero Mission

            Metroid: Samus Returns

            realMyst

            Pac-Man World: Re-Pac

            Panzer Dragoon: Remake

            Pokemon: HeartGold and SoulSilver

            Pokemon: FireRed and LeafGreen

            Pokemon: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

            XCOM: Enemy Unknown