Alice

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
It's a great classic. It has such a great style and look to it. If they remade it with updated graphics, I'd buy it again.

Ain't that the truth with a lot of old games? Too bad no-one ever does it...

 

[Eeezee]

I thought it was fun when I played it, I think that was ~ 5 years ago? It came out in 2000, but I didn't play it until 2003/2004.

I liked it, you should get it if you were thinking of trying it anyway.

I heard it's being turned into a movie.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: Denithor

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
It's a great classic. It has such a great style and look to it. If they remade it with updated graphics, I'd buy it again.

Ain't that the truth with a lot of old games? Too bad no-one ever does it...

I still maintain that a FF7 remake on the PS3 would significantly boost console sales. That would easily be a must-have game if done correctly. Even a half-assed attempt would be great.

 

[IdaGno]

utterly craptacular - nothing but jumping puzzles, which I abhor - still, played thru twice due to the quality of the soundtrack, one of the best ever

 

[noko23]

Great game for sure!

but it runs slow ,i always play it on my brothers' machine

 

[bullbert]

Originally posted by: Denithor

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
It's a great classic. It has such a great style and look to it. If they remade it with updated graphics, I'd buy it again.

Ain't that the truth with a lot of old games? Too bad no-one ever does it...

Short version:
It usually does not happen, because the people who developed the game, no longer own the rights to the game. And the company that ?owns? the rights, can not imagine enough profit to make it worth their risk.

Longer version:
The problem is with the IP ownership. With developers being unlearned about financing, scheduling, marketing, distributing, etc, the developers turn to publishers. The publishers routinely screw the developers out of ownership, and ?lawyers? the developer into bankruptcy. Publishers now own the IP but have no talent to develop it further and no desire to risk its own capital on the initial development stages. The publishers choose instead to wait for (a) the next new slightly-less-naïve developer to pony up a mint for the IP rights for the previously mentioned game franchise, and (b) the next new naive developer to pony up a nearly finished game title for two or three rounds of funding, with the second or third financing round eating up the entire IP equity.

A few companies are starting new paradigms.
? One company charges you a monthly fee for access and tech support. They license the original source code, and ?upgrade? it run within their client wrapper on newer online PCs but only works if connected online to their licensing token server. But you can only play those old games, as long as you pay them a monthly fee, and as long as you keep you PC permanently online to access their server. If they go out of business, you lose your gameplay. If you travel, and have no online access, you lose your gameplay.
? Another company sells you a download with the promise of future tech support. They also license the original source code, and ?upgrade? it run on newer PCs. You own the game, but if the company goes out of business, you lose your tech support, again. (Again = 1st by the original publisher, 2nd by this new company.) No monthly fees. Playable anytime.
Neither idea is perfect, but I like the second option better. For the classics with replayability, I like to own, not rent. Assuming I give up on trying to trick the latest OS and drivers into running my old original code (or assuming the original floppy or optical media is no longer readable), and repurchase another copy of what I already own, at least I own it and can play it while offline (laptop on airplane, for example).

 

[xtabi]

Alice was a great game. I remember being in Best Buy when it first came out and picking up the box. I thought ahh what the heck I'll buy it, it looks pretty cool/different. When I started playing it I got blown away. Very good game.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: Eeezee

Originally posted by: Denithor

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
It's a great classic. It has such a great style and look to it. If they remade it with updated graphics, I'd buy it again.

Ain't that the truth with a lot of old games? Too bad no-one ever does it...

I still maintain that a FF7 remake on the PS3 would significantly boost console sales. That would easily be a must-have game if done correctly. Even a half-assed attempt would be great.

Never gonna happen. Square/Enix is gonna milk VII until the end of time. We will have oodles of VII offshoots, more VII movies.............