The Real Purpose of Modern Game Remakes

[_Antediluvian]

The real reason game companies are so obsessed with remakes isn’t to ''update'' old games or make a quick buck. It’s about rewriting history. They know Zoomers and Gen Alphas have a hard time getting into older games, so remakes are made to let them skip the originals completely. The point is to stop younger players from going back and seeing the contrast between how things used to be and today’s sterile, dystopian entertainment scene.

That’s exactly why studios are suddenly allowing Lara Croft to look very close to her classic design in the Atlantis demake. It’s deliberate imitation. By stealing her iconography, dual pistols, backpack, blue top, they can hollow her out while keeping the silhouette. They erase the real Lara by warping her personality, values, and behavior, then insisting this distorted version is the ''authentic'' one because she looks familiar.

It’s a clever strategy. If the character looks familiar but acts out of character, most normies won’t question it. Over time, they just accept that this is how it’s always been. The original version fades away, and the demake becomes the official memory.

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if one day they start pull the original games from digital stores altogether, claiming they’re misogynistic, harmful, or racist. Once demakes replace the memory, the originals become ''problematic artifacts'' that need to disappear completely.

 

[Belowthesalt]

It's very embarrassing how RE2 remake is what got me into Resident Evil after RE5.

 

[TooSomething]

It’s about rewriting history. They know Zoomers and Gen Alphas have a hard time getting into older games, so remakes are made to let them skip the originals completely. The point is to stop younger players from going back and seeing the contrast between how things used to be and today’s sterile, dystopian entertainment scene.

They've done this even in the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, albeit with very few changes of the content.

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if one day they start pull the original games from digital stores altogether, claiming they’re misogynistic, harmful, or racist. Once demakes replace the memory, the originals become ''problematic artifacts'' that need to disappear completely.

They have done this to am extent to GTA III, Vice City and San Andreas.
Many original songs are also missing The conemt has remained the same from what I can tell, though.

Eventually the woke bastards WILL HAVE TO rewrite GTA's history despite it being safe edgy because it is still too problematic for their agenda.

 

[HomicidalSuicidal88]

I agree its dumb

 

[PersonalityChad]

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if one day they start pull the original games from digital stores altogether, claiming they’re misogynistic, harmful, or racist

Ironic since then og tomb raider games were basically considered feminist propaganda back in the day

 

[TooSomething]

Ironic since then og tomb raider games were basically considered feminist propaganda back in the day

For real? I have never played this slop.

 

[thespanishcel]

But at the same time they released Tomb Raider 1 to 6 remastered without altering the content

 

[TooSomething]

But at the same time they released Tomb Raider 1 to 6 remastered without altering the content

Are you sure about that?

 

[thespanishcel]

Are you sure about that?

Yeah there's even a soy disclaimer at the beginning "some elements of this game are outdated and insensitive, but we left them as they were originally"

 

[TooSomething]

Yeah there's even a soy disclaimer at the beginning "some elements of this game are outdated and insensitive, but we left them as they were originally"

Oh yeah, I remember that one.

Fuck the game though. The controls are EXTRA ass.

I have tried playing two different Tomb Raider games. Dropped them like the hot garbage that they are within minutes.

 

[TooSomething]

I will just casually drop this hear for Tom Raider fans.
@PersonalityChad

 

[PersonalityChad]

For real? I have never played this slop.

For real. Ofc they're still good games and Lara has big tits so whatever

 

[Rick prime]

Ironic since then og tomb raider games were basically considered feminist propaganda back in the day

 

[_Antediluvian]

But at the same time they released Tomb Raider 1 to 6 remastered without altering the content

That’s not entirely correct. They made subtle changes, like removing the sexy posters and removing Jb Lara’s cleavage. I also noticed while playing TR3 remaster that they changed the moan sound when Lara surfaces to catch air. In Soul Reaver, which has the same publisher, they changed a statue from a curvy female to a troon one.

Just because some demasters keep the visuals mostly the same doesn’t mean the industry isn’t trying to rewrite history.

Evil Hat Productions

 

[TooSomething]

That’s not entirely correct. They made subtle changes, like removing the sexy posters and removing Jb Lara’s cleavage. I also noticed while playing TR3 remaster that they changed the moan sound when Lara surfaces to catch air. In Soul Reaver, which has the same publisher, they changed a statue from a curvy female to a troon one.

Just because some demasters keep the visuals mostly the same doesn’t mean the industry isn’t trying to rewrite history.


Evil Hat Productions

See? I KNEW IT! I FUCKING KNEW IT !!! They did change content, even if slightly.

In this case it is very little but still.

Think what you will but as soon as content is being changed, it shouldn't be allowed to call that a remaster anymore. It should be labeled a remake.
Calling this a remaster is false advertisement, imo.

 

[Spooky_Heejin]

That's a big part of the reason that no one talks about. Another reason is because it's easier than making a new IP.

 

[flute_snoop]

Same with movies. It's about comsoooming, too. The wheels on this shit show must keep turning.

 

[pumpkinlord130]

Water.

 

[Kan>Foids]

The real reason game companies are so obsessed with remakes isn’t to ''update'' old games or make a quick buck. It’s about rewriting history. They know Zoomers and Gen Alphas have a hard time getting into older games, so remakes are made to let them skip the originals completely. The point is to stop younger players from going back and seeing the contrast between how things used to be and today’s sterile, dystopian entertainment scene.

That’s exactly why studios are suddenly allowing Lara Croft to look very close to her classic design in the Atlantis demake. It’s deliberate imitation. By stealing her iconography, dual pistols, backpack, blue top, they can hollow her out while keeping the silhouette. They erase the real Lara by warping her personality, values, and behavior, then insisting this distorted version is the ''authentic'' one because she looks familiar.

It’s a clever strategy. If the character looks familiar but acts out of character, most normies won’t question it. Over time, they just accept that this is how it’s always been. The original version fades away, and the demake becomes the official memory.

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if one day they start pull the original games from digital stores altogether, claiming they’re misogynistic, harmful, or racist. Once demakes replace the memory, the originals become ''problematic artifacts'' that need to disappear completely.

You're right. It's so they can infest the games with more lefty/feminist crap. Normies (especially Gen Alpha) have little interest in any sort of questioning of what they're told so remake devs can change the fundamental aspects of a game (like Lara Croft actually looking like a woman in Legends and Underworld) into whatever they want.

See how they still nerfed her tits and ass in the new game, but just threw her original outfit on her. Dumbfuck normies, as expected, started slurping it up like brainlets as I expected. "Anti" woke people on YT commenting about how woke is dying and gaming is saved. No it isn't. Your standards have just plummeted to the point where if a foid doesn't OUTRIGHT look like a troon, you want to heap unearned praise on the game.

 

[Solid State]

Many older games are also a pain in the ass to get them to work on modern hardware.

 

[_Antediluvian]

See how they still nerfed her tits and ass in the new game, but just threw her original outfit on her. Dumbfuck normies, as expected, started slurping it up like brainlets as I expected. "Anti" woke people on YT commenting about how woke is dying and gaming is saved. No it isn't. Your standards have just plummeted to the point where if a foid doesn't OUTRIGHT look like a troon, you want to heap unearned praise on the game.

Yes, many in the anti woke crowd think woke is dead because they don’t realize the over the top woke phase was intentional. The goal was to push people to their limits. This phase also served as a calibration, showing which extremes would trigger backlash.

Obnoxiously woke games like Veilguard and Concord make subtler games like Baldur’s Gay 3 and KCD 2 feel moderate by comparison. Once people see extreme, woke messaging, they accept quieter content as reasonable and even defend it, without realizing they’ve been assimilated.