S4E14 - Video Game Remasters - “Remasters of the Universe”

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We discuss remasters in all shapes and sizes including the good
and the bad.  


We wanted to talk about this because Void is working through the
remaster of Assassin's Creed 3, and it gave him a lot of thoughts
about how the new games have a lot more going for them than he
really expected. Going back shows the improvements the series has
made.


That said, we discuss whether all remasters are good, bad, or
even necessary. The Final Fantasy series has been remastered up
and down, left and right, and some are great, and others are not
so good. 


We also talk about how the remasters of the FF games is because
SquareEnix lost the source code to a number of their games over
the years. That's why some of the remasters are such a mixed bag,
and why some of the graphics are kind of hit and miss. Plus, it's
why we have no Final Fantasy VIII remaster or port -- they simply
don't have the code.


You can read more about that
here: https://www.vg247.com/2018/09/14/isnt-ps4-xbox-switch-port-final-fantasy-8-preservation-may-answer/


Dragon Quest is also a hot topic of remasters, where some of them
have content that others don't, but they rarely throw everything
people want into one remaster. This series has a ton of them,
even being remade for different platforms when a previous one
didn't perform that great. 


We touch on the Mario 64 remake on DS and just all the stuff that
goes along with those kinds of video game remasters. You know,
like Metroid 2 and Ocarina of Time and so on.
Best and Worst Remasters?

We also discuss the best and worst remasters out there for us.
But if you want to know which games we played as remasters and
realized just aren't games for us anymore, you're going to need
to listen to the episode.
Weekly Geekery

Beej has been playing Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. It was
an impulse buy, despite what he said last week. Wild Arms went on
a hiatus because Beej despises random battles, he learned,
but he's going back once he cools down. And one of his
favorite TV shows, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, had its series finale.
And it gave him feels.


Void went to a museum and wants you to go if this really cool
Egypt exhibit comes near you. He tried Golf Peaks, and listened
to 50 Things that Made the Modern Economy podcast. He can't
recommend that one enough because it's a quick and fun podcast
that taught him why the Transformers movies came out before GI
Joe. You wanna know now, too, right? Well, listen! He also
started getting into Elder Scrolls Blades, and he thinks it's
pretty. Plus, he's dipping a toe back into Magic: The Gathering
Arena; however, he thinks the software itself needs some
polishing (no friends' list? Come on, people!)
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