A great trend in gaming: HD ports

I've noticed a trend growing lately in video games. It seems like just about every beloved PS2 franchise is getting "HD re-releases". Honestly I really like this trend because it allows newcomers to get exposed to these older titles and hardcore fans a chance to relive their favorite games. How do you guys feel about this ever growing trend?

If I still have a hard copy of a game that works, I don't typically bother with HD "remakes". Once I get that 320 gb HDD I bought into my PS3, that might change. But until then my PS2 copy of CVX, for example, works perfectly fine. If Sony ever released SOCOM and SOCOM II, I might consider getting them because night levels are really hard to see without night vision (which only works in first person view), but that's about it.

As the PS3s don't have the backwards combatibility anymore it's great you cn still get and play these games on your current console. As GL said, I wouldn't go getting a HD port of a game I already have either. I won't buy RE4 HD because I already have the PS2 version but I'm getting CVX HD as I don't have the game yet. I'm also interested in the Silent Hill HD Collection.

Well I sold every last one of my PS2 games when I sold my PS2 so that's why I want them both.

I don't care one way or the other really.

Final Fantasy X will be getting a HD-remake too . X is my favorite FF, but I would've prefered a FFVII, VIII or IX remake. FFX still looks pretty good.

NiteKrawler wrote:

I don't care one way or the other really.

Funny, that's how I answer when someone asks me if I believe in God. lol

ThomVD wrote:

Final Fantasy X will be getting a HD-remake too . X is my favorite FF, but I would've prefered a FFVII, VIII or IX remake. FFX still looks pretty good.

It will? Huh. Hadn't heard of that one. I agree FFVII should get a remake. It deserves it!

Yeah, I found out about it just after posting that It was on a Hard News episode from two days back that I had missed.

I don't think I'm going to buy it. I don't really care about graphics, and if I want to play it, I can always use my PS2.

Still, I would totally buy a remake of FFVII. Not an HD port but a complete remake.

Yeah, I would too. But that's because it's a ps1 game. I don't think there is any need to remake FFX. That game still looks pretty good. I would also want VIII and IX.

I think I'll end up getting the Final Fantasy X HD remake too. I absolutely LOVED that game back on PS2. I could imagine it looking really crisp in HD. To be honest I like it more than VII (which is ridiculously overrated if you ask me).

I also like it more than FFVII. I think that game is a bit overrated, not ridiculously.

FFVII is the best game in the series, at least in my opinion. FFVI is a close second.

I like VI, IX and X more to be honest.

Huh... Apparently GTA III is also getting an HD port.

And the Devil May Cry trilogy too.

And there are also rumors that the FFX remake is a full remake with the FFXIII engine.

ThomVD wrote:

And there are also rumors that the FFX remake is a full remake with the FFXIII engine.

Wow. That would... still not make me buy the game. Sounds good, anyway.

You don't like FFX?

No, it's just that my ex used to play it so much. Pretty much saw everything. Great game but it's just not my cup of tea.

Btw. I can't believe people are complaining on the gameplay, graphics AND story of GTA3 in the comments! I mean, I know this is YouTube but God damn, show some respect!

FFX is one of my favorite games of all time and although FF7 was my first FF game, FFX made me love the series. Too bad X-2 sucked ass. The ending of X still makes me sad. So for me it's an instant buy. But I'm not looking forward to dodge 200 lightning bolts, complete the chocobo race with 0:00 seconds left and play the stupid butterfly catching game again. I also heard that they'll improve blitzball (which I already liked).

And for GTA3: A lot of people on youtube are little kids that complain. Personally, I never really liked GTA. It bored me really soon. San Andreas was the only one that I've finished and it was decent. I can see why people like it though.

For GTA3 I must say that it did a really good job being the first 3D style GTA.

Maybe I should give it another chance.