Initial Research (Practise 2)

For semester two I will be remaking another game that deserves the same treatment as my previous project. After discussing what direction to go next with my degree, we concluded that this time whatever game I choose needs to be more mainstream.

I need to demonstrate and reiterate that just one person can create a quality game in a short period of time regardless of what genre or game.

The first project was a game that “I” personally liked and is highly unlikely to ever be remade. Which is why it made a great project to start my masters.

This time, the next project should be something that everyone knows, but has yet to receive a remake / remaster more than likely from the same era or earlier.

My first suggestions were Tombi, Silent Hill or Super Metroid. Tombi is again a game “I” like and isn’t very well known.

Silent Hill on the other hand is immensely popular (which I discussed in my Literature Review) and is yet to receive a proper remake. By proper I mean that the game did receive a complete remake and is quoted as a “reimagining of the original Silent Hill video game.”. It was indeed received very well, however it isn’t a true remake akin to the recent Resident Evil 2 like fans wanted. 
Very recently a fan remake did surface and it received a lot of attention, yet this isn’t
quite a 1:1 remake; it has different design choices such as a focus on migrating from 3^rd person to 1^st person perspectives. There is also a mod for Half Life 2 that aims to recreate the original game, but has since halted in development.
If I were to tackle this project I would ensure it was 1:1 and would contemplate adding extras that don’t distract from the game, such as a complimentary 1^st person view, but in essence would be exactly the same but much higher quailty.

Super Metroid is a mix of each; its both a game “I” adore and is widely-known. Nintendo did recently remake Metroid 2 for the 3DS which was a huge hit. Super Metroid is 3^rd in the series and is yet to receive any remake since its release in 1994, yet due to the popularity of the Metroid 2 remake it is very likely the 3^rd entry would receive the same treatment. This game was my first choice for Semester 1 but it would have been very challenging for a first project.

So to conclude, for now I am going to go with Silent Hill as my next choice of game to remake, unless I find something else within the next couple of weeks!