Posted May 26, 2017
Every now and then, a game gets remade, and while many remakes are faithful to the original versions, there are many that are not, to the point where they are arguably different games entirely. For example:
SaGa 3 (the game I'm playing right now) got a remake on the Nintendo DS that drastically changed the game mechanics. Among other things, levels and experience points were removed, being replaced with a system where you get a chance of stat growth after every action. (There were other drastic changes, but that is probably the most blatant one, especially since it interacts with many of the game's other systems, like the transformation system.) (By contrast, the SaGa 2 remake preserved the original's mechanics with some minor tweaks.)
Ys III: Wanderers of Ys got a remake (Oath in Felghanna) that changed the game from a 2d sidescroller to a 3d platformer. There were other major changes, like completely changing the role of rings. (In the original, rings were like those in Ys 1, except that you had limited ring energy and there was a ring that made you invincible.)
Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals got a remake that changed the game's genre; the original is a turn-based RPG (and is actually strictly turn-based, with no action elements), while the remake is an action game like the Ys games, from what I've heard. (I haven't played the remake.)
Any others that you can think of?
(By the way, I heard that Fire Emblem Gaiden got a remake; can anybody tell me whether that remake has weapon durability, and whether spells cost HP to use?)
SaGa 3 (the game I'm playing right now) got a remake on the Nintendo DS that drastically changed the game mechanics. Among other things, levels and experience points were removed, being replaced with a system where you get a chance of stat growth after every action. (There were other drastic changes, but that is probably the most blatant one, especially since it interacts with many of the game's other systems, like the transformation system.) (By contrast, the SaGa 2 remake preserved the original's mechanics with some minor tweaks.)
Ys III: Wanderers of Ys got a remake (Oath in Felghanna) that changed the game from a 2d sidescroller to a 3d platformer. There were other major changes, like completely changing the role of rings. (In the original, rings were like those in Ys 1, except that you had limited ring energy and there was a ring that made you invincible.)
Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals got a remake that changed the game's genre; the original is a turn-based RPG (and is actually strictly turn-based, with no action elements), while the remake is an action game like the Ys games, from what I've heard. (I haven't played the remake.)
Any others that you can think of?
(By the way, I heard that Fire Emblem Gaiden got a remake; can anybody tell me whether that remake has weapon durability, and whether spells cost HP to use?)