Not all remakes or remasters are created equally

Another week, another show -- welcome to Friendly Fire Show 206 with Stevivor staffers Ben Salter and Steve Wright! Here's what was discussed: Welcome (0:00) Show and tell – Ben’s splurging arrived, and he's gone retro As Dusk Falls (10:00) We’ve both played it, and it's yet another great subscription game. Read Ben's review here! Let’s talk remakes, remasters and value. There’s a sliding scale. (25:00) The Last of Us Part 1 is $125 and seems to be a visual remake. It’s flaming the console wars, but let’s look at the scale of remasters/remakes. Mass Effect LE included 3 games + DLC, with some minor gameplay updates/balancing and a visual upgrade for $100. Pretty strong bar. (Similar last-gen were Halo: MCC, Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection and Crash Trilogy). This is what we now use the term remaster for, generally. Gears of War Ultimate really blurred the line last-gen between remaster/remake. On the other side, we have full visual and gameplay remakes.FF7, entirely reimagined and modernised but became 3 games. Zelda: Link’s Awakening. A full remake, but still plays a lot like the GameBoy game. Resident Evil 2 in the middle. Totally remade as a modern game with some changes, but still close to it. Fair to say this style of remake is our favourite and most worthwhile? Considering all that, what do we make of the third version of The Last of Us in 9 years, not really touching gameplay, and actually increasing the price from $100 to $125? Related topic: What do we think of outsourcing remakes? Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic has been delayed We’re always keen for your feedback, so feel free to take to the comments area or social media #friendlyfireshow hashtag to let us know what you think of the show. You can also email podcast [at] stevivor [.] com with your direct feedback and questions. If you’re not subscribing to the Friendly Fire Show yet, you’ve got a couple options to correct that: Simply search for "Stevivor" on your podcast player of choice! Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Anchor.fm PocketCasts RSS feed YouTube Twitch Thanks for listening, and if you like the show, consider rating and reviewing our podcast on your platform of choice!