I'm curious as to what everyone feels about these types of games. The past few releases, Diablo 2, Re 2 and 3, FF7, and WoW, have been really hit or miss.
I feel that both the RE 2 and 3 remakes are perfect examples of taking good games and vastly improving not just the visuals, but the gameplay as well. Gone are the "tank" controls and with it, a fluid, 3rd person controls that closely resembled RE 4s perspective. While I still think the RE 3 remake should have been DLC for RE 2, they were none the less a true remake.
FF7 is 50/50 IMO. While the visuals, updated voice cast and music, and to an extent, the gameplay that switched from the tired and true turn based RPG style for a more action rpg system is ok, The lack of the rest of the game was a huge letdown. It was enjoyable, but not worth the price considering the overall package.
Diablo 2 and Warcraft 3 are examples of how NOT to do them. With Diablo 3, Blizzard vastly improved the top down, isometric action rpg gameplay and style so much so that most other game released in that style are almost carbon copies of them. If they had released this "resurrected" remake with the diablo 3 gameplay style, I feel it would've been a much better product overall. Granted, I'm sure there are some that loved the original style of said game, but as i said, the formula has been so improved that going back to this feels archaic.
We won't talk about the hot garbage that was warcraft 3.
What are your thoughts on this, folks?