Just don't. Please let us turn based people at least keep our old games. Ff 7 remake is just meh in my opinion due to that and many many other reasons.
Skies of Arcadia 100% needs to be remastered and put on modern consoles. But not with any of the suggestions you added. Pretty wild to submit such drastic changes to a game you never played before.
As someone who is ecstatic indie devs are now making games that invoke the PS1 era, I can't agree with all the complaints against the graphics. Modern HD AAA graphics are expensive and its why we see so little JRPGs these days. There's so much more risk to making these games now and to see gamers championing the push for graphics makes me so sad.
" why we see so little JRPGs these days" lol wut? Are you living in some other year perhaps? This year is filled with JRPGs. Just in the first 4 months of the year we have: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, Granblue Fantasy Relink, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Unicorn Overlord, Saga Emerald Beyond with Ys X Nordics, Trails through Daybreak, Decapolice, VIsions of Mana, Metaphor ReFantazio still coming latter this year. This is probably one of the greatest years for JRPGs ever.
@@martinde-serres8724 Like a Dragon is also AA game. This game had only 30M $ budget, which is still much less than Shenmue, Sakura Wars 2, Panzer Dragoon Saga had in 90's (even without counting inflation). Sega still don't released AAA game with more 50-100M $ since Shenmue. The only one AAA JRPG is now Final Fanatsy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Remake / Rebirth with 150-200M $ budget for game.
@@martinde-serres8724 Yes, i agree. If publisher dont have enough budget and orignal dev team behind original game, it's better and cheaper to remaster japanese titles. For example Remaster Skies of Arcadia should be enough. But on other hand remasters sells much worse than remakes, and some of titles aged really badly to be profitable as a remaster.
IMO I’d rather have a Parasite Eve remaster. I played it for the first time last year and was floored by how well it still holds up. I wouldn’t want them to change the battle system.
I loved Skies of Arcadia: Legends on GameCube and The Legend of Dragoon so much that I wrote up my own guides to follow and played both multiple times to get 100%. On LoD, I was failing different attacks on purpose to figure out the exact enemy HP. I also liked how the enemy tactics change when they get to 1/2 HP. That was what had me start writing that guide.
Also annoyed at your take that Final Fantasy Tactics needs to have less time piece styled language. Like "Oh Dear me I wish I could enjoy this setting but I need sweet baby inc to fix it for me so it is acceptable for MODERN AUDIENCES." Like no, Stop trying to turn every game into Milk toast bloodless, flavourless garbage.
Like I am not trying to be the worlds biggest hater but it feels like "I want them to redo all of these classics so they feel exactly like a game that already exists" is a bad take.
A modern Breath of Fire series remake would be amazing or even if they just remastered the graphics because I have a feeling with all the Rogue likes that are out today for the fire 5 would be a positive game now
Dark Cloud could 100% work with the Souls-like combat. Keep the building aspects of it, which is still really unique for the genre, even with a game that was released over 2 decades ago. BluePoint has done remakes in the past, Shadow of the Colossus and, more importantly, Demon's Souls on the PS5, so they already have the engine down and the experience necessary.
Because Valkyria Chronicles & Skies of Arcadia developers were disbanned in 2018 (whole Creative Studio R&D 3 was disbanned). They are doing now ports on Steam (for example they ported Persona 5 Royal on Steam) and mobile games on japanese market.
Honestly, something like a Xenogears resmaster doesn't seem as impossible as it seemed a a few years ago. Also as someone who loves Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis but never played FFT, modern ports? yes please!
I wish they went the Skies of Arcadia route. The GameCube version is the same game with quality of life adjustments. Make a sequel if you want to upgrade the graphics or completely change the battle system.
@@nr2676 I’ll take that musical downgrade if it means I don’t get into a battle every five steps. I tried the Dreamcast version after I finished the GC version and the random battles are rage inducing.
Games that need full remakes would be SMT1, 2, if..., 4, 4A, and Strange Journey with SMT5's combat/engine/graphics. Dragon Quest 8 with DQ11's graphics and skill system though I would be cool with a HD remaster. Other ones that come to mind would be Devil Summoner, Raidou, and Soul Hackers.
Great choices, especially Tactics! It's crazy that there isn't a way to enjoy it on modern consoles/PC. Though I must needs decry you, knave, for thy reproach of the Queen's English. Verily doth it move mine thespian senses, as such Shakespearian tongue is wont to do. I'm a huge JRPG fan, but there are a number of classic series that I didn't get around to until many years after their release, and in some cases, it's hard to go backwards from the contemporary entries. I attempted to go back in the Ys series after really enjoying VIII and found myself so underwhelmed by the simplistic combat of its predecessors. Having some remakes of some favorite entries in that series with the addition of the flash guard and move would be excellent, I loved the thrill of perfectly guarding enemy attacks in Lacrimosa and getting a chance to counterattack. I think it would be great to get remakes (or even just quality ports) of PSX classics like Wild Arms, Valkyrie Profile, Vagrant Story, and Brave Fencer Musashi. Plus, another horror-themed RPG, Shadow Hearts: Covenant from the PS2 era. It would be great to have a way to enjoy these that doesn't involve trying to hunt down ROMs.
Xenogears is number for me to get a remake. Hd2d would work well enough but after playing FF7 remake (Loved.) and Rebirth (Still playing first playthrough now. lol) the thought of seeing the deathblows in full 3d is too glorious to ignore. lol
Thank you for mentioning the tactics ogre reborn level capping. that is actually the one issue I have with the game, I know a lot of people complain about how it looks but I think it's very nostalgic how it looks.
Other than Nier: Automata, Chrono Trigger is my favorite game of all time. My license plate is CHRONO for a reason. And I HAVE to say: You are absolutely correct. Chrono Trigger deserves a Star Ocean Second Story R style remake with high quality voice acting, beautifully lit backgrounds, redone anime cutscenes and all the polish a game of its caliber should have. I would be fine with an FF7R style remake as well. I'm not going to be a purist. Give us action combat, give us action/ATB. GIVE US WHATEVER; all I care is that people support the fuck out of Chrono Trigger, so we can finally get Chrono Break (or whatever they'll call it.) Please. 😭
Yes! Dark Cloud is one of my favourite games. One issue is that it's a PlayStation published game so Sony have to approve it. I played it very recently in 2021 and still enjoyed it as much as I did back in the day. I think it's got a charm to it and a simplicity that I adore. Sure there's some weird typos and a little jank, but I think it controls pretty well honestly.
Can't agree w/ making both regular battles & ship battles in Skies of Arcadia action-based. Maybe one but not the other. The planning in ship battles was a really unique puzzle that it'd be a shame to lose. In regular battles, the magic elements having different AoE shapes was great but underutilized since you couldn't control positioning, so definitely some room for improvement there.
@@timedasher Plus, when you had the upgrades late in the game, the non-story ship battles becoming trivial really made the power scale be felt (and who doesn't love a super weapon).
Reminder that Parasite Eve is not a franchise that Square Enix owns in it's entirety and they have to juggle rights and ask permissions and negotiate stuff with the original franchise creator... meaning we are NEVER seeing Aya Brea again : (
A lot of the games you mentioned have aged pretty well in my opinion. So here's 10 games off the top of my head that haven't aged nearly as well that would benefit the most from a remake: - Alundra 2 - Azure Dreams - Drakengard - Dragon Valor - Jade Cocoon - Legend of Legaia - Guardian's Crusade - Granstream Saga - Tecmo's Deception - Wild Arms
Maaaan, imagine a Xenogears remake made by Tetsuya Takahashi, he would have the opportunity of finally finishing the game, that would be the dream! I know that Monolith Soft is owned by Nintendo, but I wouldn't want this remake to be made by any other developer.
I’ve been dying for a Legend of the Dragoons and Xenogears remake/remaster. It is such a wishful dream but if we ever get it, I’ll be the first few preordering it.
I want a dragon quest 11 version of Crono Trigger more than anything! Give me the same game. Overhaul it with those sweet new age Akira toriyama models. Then give me an on and off switch to play in either the 2D original or the new 3D deluxe take my money version for including both version.
So much yes on Chrono Trigger. Remember "Chroo Resurrection"? I daresay remaking it in style of let's say Dragon Quest 11 would be a dream come true but Star Ocean's style would be second best IMO. That game really needs a facelift, it is still one of the best JRPGs ever, but it received nothing but ports over the years, with a piddly additional content on DS.
We certainly need the three missing Fire Emblem titles to complete the series in the West. PLEASE, add none or little of that Three Houses / Engage hub world nonsense. Modern FE games get on my nerves with how much longer it takes to play them.
Great stuff you mention. Also i would say for remake evolution dreamcast, Grandia series, Legend of legaia, breath of fire series, star ocean till the end of time, gotcha force, and rogue galaxy
I wouldn't hold your breath for anything Parasite Eve related. I'm fairly certain Square-Enix let the license go and I don't see Square-Enix renewing it anytime soon.
More than anything, I want a Tales of Destiny remake. Director's cut was great, but there's still room for improvement. Keep the art style from that version, add some voice acting, and expand on some of the side stories. I feel like they did Mary dirty. As for Parasite Eve, I would love to see a remake of that too, but keep the combat style. Resident Evil can be Resident Evil, let Parasite Eve be its own thing.
That’s a hard no to Skies of Arcadia changing to an action battle system. It isn’t needed and fun being just turn based. I can agree with updated visuals and voice acting and other QOL improvements but please keep the battle system the same. Forget Tales of Abyss. I’d rather get a Japan only tales game and have it come to the west as a remake. Or I’ll certainly be open to Fantasia remake and even Legendia. But no not Abyss.
I am definitely against turning any of the turned based games into action games. i don’t like that they did it with Final Fantasy 7 remake and I don’t understand the need to do it. If they want to have both that’s fine, but why change it for everyone who loved the original???
They could do FF 4-6 like they do with Star Ocean Fist departure, second story. Chrono Trigger like Live a Live. And finally also Vagrant Story deserves a remaster/remake. Dragon Quest 3 with the anime/manga characters.
I just played P4 golden for the first time last year and loved it. I would totally be down with a remake/remaster as it would give me an excuse to go play it again and live in that world more. Chrono Trigger at this point almost feels like they can't touch it. But I agree with you. Keep it the same just update it with better graphics and voice acting. Some quality of life improvements like fast forward. But nothing else. i'd be down for Legend of Dragoon as an action remake with the dragoon changes as like a super saiyan mode to use as a limit break kind of thing. Skies of Arcadia is sooooo good. We need a remake! NO ACTION COMBAT! It is odd that Squeenix didn't test the waters with Parasite Eve on the remake spectrum. It's really unique and I feel like a lot of people would go for it if they marketed it well. Remaking Xenogears will probably never happen with what's going on with the Xeno games. However, it would be the easiest remake ever. Just make the second disc like the first disc, make it HD, give it some quality of life improvements, and maybe flesh out the story of a couple of the characters that got left by the wayside like the big green guy.
Don’t understand the persona games but I can see the appeal, I agree legend of dragoon, dark cloud, final fantasy tactics and chrono trigger for sure. I would like to see Mystic Quest (I know not the greatest but a great introduction to JRPG), FFVIII & FFIX (FFX & FFX2 don’t need it). We already for Mario RPG, and soon paper Mario. I’m sure there are a bunch others I never got to play but these all were my childhood.
Legend of Dragoon was good. It definitely needs a facelift. I would prefer them to go with a more of an Infinite wealth/DQ11 Turn based system. It both incorporates the timed presses the OG game implemented but expands on it in more of an interactive way. Parasite Eve needs the RE2 treatment. Not just a new graphic engine and modern gameplay features. Like you said some side content and expanded lore is much needed.
Xenogears, Skies of Arcadia Legend, Chrono Trigger and Persona 4 Golden remaked ❤❤❤ I would like to add Chrono Cross, Suikoden 1 and 2 and Baten Kaitos series
Pretty good list. To those I would also add: Final Fantasy VIII & IX, Chrono Cross, Digimon World 2 & 3, Jade Cocoon, Tales of Destiny 2, Breath of Fire, Dragon Quest VIII (this doesn't really need a remake, remaster would be enough, dunno why Square had still not done it considering how many Dragon Quest games we have gotten in the last few years).
2:30 Nah, I hope they get rid of the baton pass, that mechanic is just too unbalanced. Let's hope Persona 6 is released first so they can apply what they learn from it Persona 4 remake. 14:09 Xenogears combat is too basic and outdated, a lot of jrpgs, both turn-based and real-time ones, have used a similar concepts but improving it a lot.
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"Now I've not ever played Skies of Arcadia, not even once, but here's a bunch of things that they need to change."
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That ruined the whole video for me
Asking for the removal of turn based combat bothered me.
@@YThdhs yeah, that would be peak idiocy.
It's a HARD no adding action to either Legend of Dragoon or Skies of Arcadia.
Just don't. Please let us turn based people at least keep our old games. Ff 7 remake is just meh in my opinion due to that and many many other reasons.
No. We have lots of other games with action combat. Turn-based combat was fine. Some tweaks here and there and we are fine.
This exactly.
This! I had to stop the video to comment about how awful of an idea that is.
feel like turn based on dragoon would be hard with the combo system.
Skies of Arcadia 100% needs to be remastered and put on modern consoles. But not with any of the suggestions you added. Pretty wild to submit such drastic changes to a game you never played before.
As someone who is ecstatic indie devs are now making games that invoke the PS1 era, I can't agree with all the complaints against the graphics. Modern HD AAA graphics are expensive and its why we see so little JRPGs these days. There's so much more risk to making these games now and to see gamers championing the push for graphics makes me so sad.
" why we see so little JRPGs these days"
lol wut? Are you living in some other year perhaps? This year is filled with JRPGs. Just in the first 4 months of the year we have: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, Granblue Fantasy Relink, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Unicorn Overlord, Saga Emerald Beyond with Ys X Nordics, Trails through Daybreak, Decapolice, VIsions of Mana, Metaphor ReFantazio still coming latter this year. This is probably one of the greatest years for JRPGs ever.
@@martinde-serres8724 Like a Dragon is also AA game. This game had only 30M $ budget, which is still much less than Shenmue, Sakura Wars 2, Panzer Dragoon Saga had in 90's (even without counting inflation). Sega still don't released AAA game with more 50-100M $ since Shenmue. The only one AAA JRPG is now Final Fanatsy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Remake / Rebirth with 150-200M $ budget for game.
@@experience_point6233Compare that to the output we used to get on the PS2 and its night and day.
@@martinde-serres8724 Yes, i agree. If publisher dont have enough budget and orignal dev team behind original game, it's better and cheaper to remaster japanese titles. For example Remaster Skies of Arcadia should be enough. But on other hand remasters sells much worse than remakes, and some of titles aged really badly to be profitable as a remaster.
Action combat for Dragoon and Arcadia? No thanks.
Breath of fire, Radiata stories, Tales of Rebirty, Vagrant Stories, Legend of Legaia...
IMO I’d rather have a Parasite Eve remaster. I played it for the first time last year and was floored by how well it still holds up. I wouldn’t want them to change the battle system.
Tales of Abyss also had a great anime that got ignored. Could be worth dubbing and re-releasing at the same time.
I loved Skies of Arcadia: Legends on GameCube and The Legend of Dragoon so much that I wrote up my own guides to follow and played both multiple times to get 100%. On LoD, I was failing different attacks on purpose to figure out the exact enemy HP. I also liked how the enemy tactics change when they get to 1/2 HP. That was what had me start writing that guide.
I feel annoyed that you think Action combat would make Skies of arcadia better. Not everything needs to be a spectacle fighter bayonetta thing.
Also annoyed at your take that Final Fantasy Tactics needs to have less time piece styled language. Like "Oh Dear me I wish I could enjoy this setting but I need sweet baby inc to fix it for me so it is acceptable for MODERN AUDIENCES."
Like no, Stop trying to turn every game into Milk toast bloodless, flavourless garbage.
Like I am not trying to be the worlds biggest hater but it feels like "I want them to redo all of these classics so they feel exactly like a game that already exists" is a bad take.
Ok?? Sheesh 😂
Hell no, skies with a better combat system would be amazing.
Great list. I'd like to add Ys 1 to 7, Breath of Fire series & the Quintet trilogy
A modern Breath of Fire series remake would be amazing or even if they just remastered the graphics because I have a feeling with all the Rogue likes that are out today for the fire 5 would be a positive game now
I hate the fact that every jrpg remake transforms the games into DMC copies but reskined. Let's stop with the "go full action button mashing" trend
Nahh look at ff remake is a perfect battle system i like turn base buuuut ff remake and rebirth square nailed the combat
@@sakuyasama8986 yeah, a "perfect" DMC clone, the button mashing is good but it's not what FF should be
I want them to remake the Shadow Hearts series, at least 1 and 2. It was funny, dark, and amazing and I miss that series so damn much.
Sucks that won't happen anytime soon
@blakefenslerjr4858 yeah, I know. I don't think it ever will. But I can hope
Dark Cloud could 100% work with the Souls-like combat. Keep the building aspects of it, which is still really unique for the genre, even with a game that was released over 2 decades ago. BluePoint has done remakes in the past, Shadow of the Colossus and, more importantly, Demon's Souls on the PS5, so they already have the engine down and the experience necessary.
I'm happy to have played Legend of Dragoon back in it's day. A remake for modern players would be really cool.
Super surprised path of radiance and skies of Arcadia haven’t been ported or remastered for switch
Because Valkyria Chronicles & Skies of Arcadia developers were disbanned in 2018 (whole Creative Studio R&D 3 was disbanned). They are doing now ports on Steam (for example they ported Persona 5 Royal on Steam) and mobile games on japanese market.
Honestly, something like a Xenogears resmaster doesn't seem as impossible as it seemed a a few years ago.
Also as someone who loves Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis but never played FFT, modern ports? yes please!
"Have you played Dark Cloud recently?"
Oddly enough, for the first time just without the past few years. I had a lot of fun with it!
Same
Rogue Galaxy needs a remake and a sequel.
I'd be happy with just straight ports of many of these games. Remastering would just be a nice bonus.
I wish they went the Skies of Arcadia route. The GameCube version is the same game with quality of life adjustments. Make a sequel if you want to upgrade the graphics or completely change the battle system.
On other hand Gamecube version is also downgrade in music quality.
@@nr2676 I’ll take that musical downgrade if it means I don’t get into a battle every five steps. I tried the Dreamcast version after I finished the GC version and the random battles are rage inducing.
Legend of dragoon has one of the most unique combat systems in a turn-based game imo. No it does not need to go full action combat.
I would keep LODs combat the same, I still enjoy it to this day
Are you telling me with a straight face that Persona 4 needs a remake more than Persona 2?
yes
Or SMT 1 & 2 ?
@@nr2676 SMT1 deserves it first, but man I'd kill for an SMT2 remake. It'd have strong potential to be the best in the series.
@@Gerd0 Yeah. SMT 2 plot is crazy.
Games that need full remakes would be SMT1, 2, if..., 4, 4A, and Strange Journey with SMT5's combat/engine/graphics. Dragon Quest 8 with DQ11's graphics and skill system though I would be cool with a HD remaster. Other ones that come to mind would be Devil Summoner, Raidou, and Soul Hackers.
But If and Strange Journey are dungeon RPGs...
Great choices, especially Tactics! It's crazy that there isn't a way to enjoy it on modern consoles/PC. Though I must needs decry you, knave, for thy reproach of the Queen's English. Verily doth it move mine thespian senses, as such Shakespearian tongue is wont to do.
I'm a huge JRPG fan, but there are a number of classic series that I didn't get around to until many years after their release, and in some cases, it's hard to go backwards from the contemporary entries. I attempted to go back in the Ys series after really enjoying VIII and found myself so underwhelmed by the simplistic combat of its predecessors. Having some remakes of some favorite entries in that series with the addition of the flash guard and move would be excellent, I loved the thrill of perfectly guarding enemy attacks in Lacrimosa and getting a chance to counterattack.
I think it would be great to get remakes (or even just quality ports) of PSX classics like Wild Arms, Valkyrie Profile, Vagrant Story, and Brave Fencer Musashi. Plus, another horror-themed RPG, Shadow Hearts: Covenant from the PS2 era. It would be great to have a way to enjoy these that doesn't involve trying to hunt down ROMs.
Xenogears is number for me to get a remake. Hd2d would work well enough but after playing FF7 remake (Loved.) and Rebirth (Still playing first playthrough now. lol) the thought of seeing the deathblows in full 3d is too glorious to ignore. lol
That dark cloud remake would be so absolutely amazing!!!!
Persona 4 100% still holds up and doesnt need a remake. Id rather they remake the first 2 Persona games
Vagrant Story for me. So much potential but the combat was really a hassle, I want a modern take of that game.
Man that game is HARD.
Thank you for mentioning the tactics ogre reborn level capping. that is actually the one issue I have with the game, I know a lot of people complain about how it looks but I think it's very nostalgic how it looks.
If only Legend of Dragon wasn't a PlayStation exclusive. I'd take a remaster of 9:07 😊
Brave Fencer Musashi, Legends of Legaia, Star Ocean 3 ported to PC & Switch, Mega Man Legends 1 & 2, Chrono Trigger Ported to Switch
I want remakes of Xenogears and Skies of Arcadia so badly, would be amazing to play them with updated visuals!
Super good list, and thanks for including Tales of the Abyss. I mentioned that I want an Abyss remake in my review of the game
Awesome video and awesome list Taylor!, WE NEED THAT SKIES OF ARCADIA REMAKE!
Here'a hoping we get Parasite Eve remakes this generation. 🙏🙏🙏
Lunar Silver Star and Eternal Blue...Grandia...Ys 1&2!!!!....please.
Grandia already got a Remaster a couple of years ago
Lunar: Silver Star Story and Lunar: Eternal Blue do need HD Remasters, especially Eternal Blue.
I want a full remake of Grandia...not just a upscale version of the original.@connorwaltman4966
@@anthonyjohnson9088 Just expect it to be a AA game
Other than Nier: Automata, Chrono Trigger is my favorite game of all time. My license plate is CHRONO for a reason. And I HAVE to say:
You are absolutely correct.
Chrono Trigger deserves a Star Ocean Second Story R style remake with high quality voice acting, beautifully lit backgrounds, redone anime cutscenes and all the polish a game of its caliber should have. I would be fine with an FF7R style remake as well. I'm not going to be a purist. Give us action combat, give us action/ATB. GIVE US WHATEVER; all I care is that people support the fuck out of Chrono Trigger, so we can finally get Chrono Break (or whatever they'll call it.)
Please. 😭
Yes! Dark Cloud is one of my favourite games. One issue is that it's a PlayStation published game so Sony have to approve it. I played it very recently in 2021 and still enjoyed it as much as I did back in the day. I think it's got a charm to it and a simplicity that I adore. Sure there's some weird typos and a little jank, but I think it controls pretty well honestly.
As someone who's playing Golden Sun again on the Switch I think it deserves a honorable mention.
Honestly i dont want them to so much as touch skies of arcadia as I'm convinced they will screw it up somehow.
Race swapped Vyse? Sure thing, you're welcome!
1. Rogue Galaxy
2. Dark Chronicle (Dark Cloud 2 in NA)
3. Wild Arms
Can't agree w/ making both regular battles & ship battles in Skies of Arcadia action-based. Maybe one but not the other. The planning in ship battles was a really unique puzzle that it'd be a shame to lose. In regular battles, the magic elements having different AoE shapes was great but underutilized since you couldn't control positioning, so definitely some room for improvement there.
Agree, the ship battles required a strategy, trial and error for the later game ship battles
@@timedasher Plus, when you had the upgrades late in the game, the non-story ship battles becoming trivial really made the power scale be felt (and who doesn't love a super weapon).
I think what you said about Chrono Trigger is spot on! Only thing I would add is they could have a port of the original on it as well.
I need chrono trigger remake asap this game is a masterpiece
Great list for sure. Thank you. Dragon Quest VIII seems like a no brainer for Square Enix to at least release a remaster since it's only on PS2.
They ported it to 3ds
@@AnarickTheDevilThat's good. Hopefully they'll eventually port it to PS5, Switch, etc.
Unicorn Overlord seems like a big release. I'm surprised to see them sponsoring all over CZcams.
Chrono Trigger should get a remake in the style of Dragon Quest 11.
This fits perfectly.
I would love to see a remake of legend of legaia. That game was great.
Still my favorite JRPG of all time!
I want a Valkyrie Profile remake, Wild Arms 2 remake, TLOD remake, Xenogears remake.
If they made LOD have action combat itd take away the main thing that made it cool and stand out
Legend of Dragoon does NOT need a remake, it needs a SEQUEL.
Reminder that Parasite Eve is not a franchise that Square Enix owns in it's entirety and they have to juggle rights and ask permissions and negotiate stuff with the original franchise creator... meaning we are NEVER seeing Aya Brea again : (
Breath of fire
Phantasy star
Legend of legaia
Jade cocoon
All series that could be awesome if remade/remastered properly.
A lot of the games you mentioned have aged pretty well in my opinion. So here's 10 games off the top of my head that haven't aged nearly as well that would benefit the most from a remake:
- Alundra 2
- Azure Dreams
- Drakengard
- Dragon Valor
- Jade Cocoon
- Legend of Legaia
- Guardian's Crusade
- Granstream Saga
- Tecmo's Deception
- Wild Arms
Drakengard might be to out there for people today.
I don’t think “My 3rd Birthday” did well enough for Square-Enix to consider remaking Parasite Eve.
Legend of legai is also a good candidate for a remake.
I could see them remaking Breath of Fire 1 and 2 though I think 3 would be fine as a HD remaster.
I’d add Tales of Destiny 1 & 2, Thousand Arms, the Growlanser games, Zone of the Enders: Fist of Mars, the Arc the Lad trilogy and Lunar 1 & 2.
Maaaan, imagine a Xenogears remake made by Tetsuya Takahashi, he would have the opportunity of finally finishing the game, that would be the dream! I know that Monolith Soft is owned by Nintendo, but I wouldn't want this remake to be made by any other developer.
Devs turning more and more to remakes is a sign they are cutting costs, minimizing risk, and running out of ideas.
My wish come true list of remakes:
Grandia (any part) , breath of fire (mainly 4), ogre battle (oryginal and or 64)
I’ve been dying for a Legend of the Dragoons and Xenogears remake/remaster. It is such a wishful dream but if we ever get it, I’ll be the first few preordering it.
Ohhh I wasn’t aware that people loved abyss as much as me. I figured everyone cared about symphonia the most
I want a dragon quest 11 version of Crono Trigger more than anything!
Give me the same game. Overhaul it with those sweet new age Akira toriyama models. Then give me an on and off switch to play in either the 2D original or the new 3D deluxe take my money version for including both version.
>FF7 Rebirth greatest remake
Come on man you can like it but it dilutes the og game so much as a remake its horrendous
Legend of Dragoon is the game in this list that deserve a remake the most but Sony would probably just add yellow paint everywhere.
I would love to see a remake or at least a port of Infinite Space. I borrowed a copy from a friend, but I never finished the game.
Wild Arms remake
I'd love to see Gust release remake/collections of their ps2 games (Atelier Iris, Mana Khemia, Ar Tonelico 1-2) with some new or enhanced sprites.
So much yes on Chrono Trigger. Remember "Chroo Resurrection"? I daresay remaking it in style of let's say Dragon Quest 11 would be a dream come true but Star Ocean's style would be second best IMO. That game really needs a facelift, it is still one of the best JRPGs ever, but it received nothing but ports over the years, with a piddly additional content on DS.
We certainly need the three missing Fire Emblem titles to complete the series in the West.
PLEASE, add none or little of that Three Houses / Engage hub world nonsense. Modern FE games get on my nerves with how much longer it takes to play them.
Parasite eve is the best survival rpg
Great stuff you mention. Also i would say for remake evolution dreamcast, Grandia series, Legend of legaia, breath of fire series, star ocean till the end of time, gotcha force, and rogue galaxy
Legend of legaia needs a remake
I wouldn't hold your breath for anything Parasite Eve related. I'm fairly certain Square-Enix let the license go and I don't see Square-Enix renewing it anytime soon.
Final fantasy 6 get a FF7R treatment and I know it probably wouldn’t happen but same for FF8. Fire Emblem path of radiance and Radiant Dawn
FFIX remake would be epic
Shining Force III is my favorite offline RPG and it really needs a remake.
Grandia 2 needs a remake as well. Keep all the combat systems and legendary voice actors. Just enhance the visuals.
I’d vote for a Legend of Dragoon remake on the PS5, give it the same treatment that the Final Fantasy 7 Remake got.
More than anything, I want a Tales of Destiny remake. Director's cut was great, but there's still room for improvement. Keep the art style from that version, add some voice acting, and expand on some of the side stories. I feel like they did Mary dirty. As for Parasite Eve, I would love to see a remake of that too, but keep the combat style. Resident Evil can be Resident Evil, let Parasite Eve be its own thing.
That’s a hard no to Skies of Arcadia changing to an action battle system. It isn’t needed and fun being just turn based. I can agree with updated visuals and voice acting and other QOL improvements but please keep the battle system the same.
Forget Tales of Abyss. I’d rather get a Japan only tales game and have it come to the west as a remake. Or I’ll certainly be open to Fantasia remake and even Legendia. But no not Abyss.
Terranigma, soul blazer, 7th saga , Secret of evermore, Alundra, Breath of fire 2, Brandish, Vanguard bandits, Wild arms, Threads of fate..
I am definitely against turning any of the turned based games into action games. i don’t like that they did it with Final Fantasy 7 remake and I don’t understand the need to do it. If they want to have both that’s fine, but why change it for everyone who loved the original???
I see the new FF7 as more of a reboot than a remake
Great video as always, Taylor!!!
They could do FF 4-6 like they do with Star Ocean Fist departure, second story. Chrono Trigger like Live a Live. And finally also Vagrant Story deserves a remaster/remake. Dragon Quest 3 with the anime/manga characters.
I just played P4 golden for the first time last year and loved it. I would totally be down with a remake/remaster as it would give me an excuse to go play it again and live in that world more.
Chrono Trigger at this point almost feels like they can't touch it. But I agree with you. Keep it the same just update it with better graphics and voice acting. Some quality of life improvements like fast forward. But nothing else.
i'd be down for Legend of Dragoon as an action remake with the dragoon changes as like a super saiyan mode to use as a limit break kind of thing.
Skies of Arcadia is sooooo good. We need a remake! NO ACTION COMBAT!
It is odd that Squeenix didn't test the waters with Parasite Eve on the remake spectrum. It's really unique and I feel like a lot of people would go for it if they marketed it well.
Remaking Xenogears will probably never happen with what's going on with the Xeno games. However, it would be the easiest remake ever. Just make the second disc like the first disc, make it HD, give it some quality of life improvements, and maybe flesh out the story of a couple of the characters that got left by the wayside like the big green guy.
Don’t understand the persona games but I can see the appeal, I agree legend of dragoon, dark cloud, final fantasy tactics and chrono trigger for sure. I would like to see Mystic Quest (I know not the greatest but a great introduction to JRPG), FFVIII & FFIX (FFX & FFX2 don’t need it). We already for Mario RPG, and soon paper Mario. I’m sure there are a bunch others I never got to play but these all were my childhood.
I won't be happy until game companies stop making new games and only remake old games I've already bought and played.
I agree with everything on this list. Would love to see them with updated graphics and gameplay!
Infinite Undiscovery really needs a remake or sequel
Infinite Space would make an amazing remake material!
Legend of Dragoon was good. It definitely needs a facelift. I would prefer them to go with a more of an Infinite wealth/DQ11 Turn based system. It both incorporates the timed presses the OG game implemented but expands on it in more of an interactive way.
Parasite Eve needs the RE2 treatment. Not just a new graphic engine and modern gameplay features. Like you said some side content and expanded lore is much needed.
Xenogears, Skies of Arcadia Legend, Chrono Trigger and Persona 4 Golden remaked ❤❤❤
I would like to add Chrono Cross, Suikoden 1 and 2 and Baten Kaitos series
Pretty good list. To those I would also add: Final Fantasy VIII & IX, Chrono Cross, Digimon World 2 & 3, Jade Cocoon, Tales of Destiny 2, Breath of Fire, Dragon Quest VIII (this doesn't really need a remake, remaster would be enough, dunno why Square had still not done it considering how many Dragon Quest games we have gotten in the last few years).
2:30 Nah, I hope they get rid of the baton pass, that mechanic is just too unbalanced. Let's hope Persona 6 is released first so they can apply what they learn from it Persona 4 remake.
14:09 Xenogears combat is too basic and outdated, a lot of jrpgs, both turn-based and real-time ones, have used a similar concepts but improving it a lot.
Persona 4 doesn't really need a remake to be frank. It's perfectly fine as it is.
LEGEND OF LEGAIA!!! Keep the turn based combat and the great story. Still my favorite jrpg.