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MMOSide Chat - Which MMO Would You Love To See Get A Remake or Remaster? | MMORPG.com

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edited October 2020 in News & Features Discussion

imageMMOSide Chat - Which MMO Would You Love To See Get A Remake or Remaster? | MMORPG.com

Remasters and Refreshes are all the rage in the games industry. Classic games throughout the last console generation have been given remasters or simple a refresh, modernizing the visuals and sometimes gameplay of older games to make them shiny and new in a different time. But MMOs typically don't see this - but what if they could?

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  • NanfoodleNanfoodle Member LegendaryPosts: 10,901
    edited October 2020
    DAoC before they changed the open world map. Im already getting Pantheon so I will pass on EQ1 remastered because who would be doing that, Daybreak! lol
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  • DevonDevon Member UncommonPosts: 22
    Asheron's Call.
    Why? Storyline and content mastery, horribly dated graphics and of course.. its gone now.
    Warner Bro's locking things up.. with I.P. rights.. and just their general garbage decision process makes me mad.
    City of Heroes.
    Why? Fun. But again.. pressures and rights and garbage got in the way from the start.
    Greed ends up getting in the way of all the good ones, as with most things in life. Idiots couldnt even keep Marvel Online going.. just ridiculous.
    Ive been coming to this site, since the beginning. So you can tell along with my choices first off Im not into what passes for an MMO nowadays. I ground my way up with Ultima Online through the red years and since. I despised EQ, and clones like it, WoW, the upcoming Ashes of Creation, I played an mmo where I was a dragon.. plagued by the worst name in the business, besides Lord British, enjoyed a long play with Anarchy Online. *shrug*
    But for me, it all comes down to some meaningful content tailoring to individuals, and the pressures now are all about none of that, as well as needing Hordes of people to accomplish things in a game. Just despicable. But.. whatever.
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    edited October 2020
    I'd much rather play new games with new ideas and new systems than any remaster or any franchise sequel for that matter. I think it's pathetic how the industry these days is so risk adverse, just like Hollywood, and will rather recycle and milk the games and IPs that are proven commodities for a quick buck rather than take a risk on something brand new.

    That way lies stagnation.
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936
    Lord of the rings online. 
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  • xpsyncxpsync Member EpicPosts: 1,854
    EQ2, however not sure i'd go back as wow has really grown on me. EQ2 has so much zoning all the time, where in classic and retail hardly ever, makes it feel like a world.
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  • BlackAdder77BlackAdder77 Member UncommonPosts: 40
    Bless Online
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  • HeadquakeHeadquake Member UncommonPosts: 23
    Ultima Online
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  • KingLlamaKingLlama Member UncommonPosts: 71
    Ultima Online.
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  • ChaserzChaserz Member RarePosts: 336
    edited October 2020
    EverQuest, hands down. Redo all the original zones, cities, and mobs and call it EverQuest Remastered.
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  • HanYoloHanYolo Member UncommonPosts: 1
    edited October 2020
    City of Heroes!

    First and only post now back to lurking
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  • xpsyncxpsync Member EpicPosts: 1,854
    This should have been a poll, be lots o repeats.
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  • DevonDevon Member UncommonPosts: 22
    It cant be coincidence so many people come here to look... thinking all the same thing...
    "Please God let there be an MMO worth playing..."

    I have to agree with the Iselin too, if someone would just listen to the amazing ideas from the players, we could have some incredible Genre mashing deep gameplay MMO's, but they never do. In recent exasperation I threw some awesome ideas at Ashes of Creation, but... Ive seen many pre-developed games and what they turned into as well... And that game is doomed to repeat the same failures as so many others. And not even spectacularly fail, just.. sort of .. quietly off in a corner fail. It is particularly poignant a discouragement when you take in mind an individual has paid for its construction, and obviously wants certain things their way, period.
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  • GreatnessGreatness Member UncommonPosts: 2,188
    Never been into the remake or remaster sense.. I would much rather play a new game, environment, new experiences. Would be great to see a new Everquest game for the series.
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  • BayenBayen Member UncommonPosts: 41
    Star Wars Galaxies
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  • sopukusopuku Member UncommonPosts: 55
    i would like to see Warhammer Online remade.. it was amazing mmorpg..
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,061
    edited October 2020
    Guild Wars: Ascended

    Take the original CRPG.

    Remaster it.

    Add in 1 Marvel Heroes/Destiny style patrol zone for each region of the world (Ascalon, Kryta, Shiverpeaks, Maguuma, Crystal Desert, Ring of Fire, Shing Jea, Cantha, Echovald Forest, Jade Sea, Istan, Kourna, Vabbi, Realm of Torment, etc).

    Put a live balance team and a live content team on it.

    Make it free to play.

    Allow players to align their guilds not only with Kurzicks & Luxons, but also Sunspears, Shining Blade, Ascalonian Knights, Ebon Vanguard, etc.
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  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,649
    Chaserz said:
    EverQuest, hands down. Redo all the original zones, cities, and mobs and call it EverQuest Remastered.
    Call it Everquest Next, lol
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  • GroqstrongGroqstrong Member RarePosts: 826
    edited October 2020
    Lineage 2.  You always want your first back.
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  • esotericfoolesotericfool Member UncommonPosts: 2
    Lineage 2, except this time dont let the BOT companies get the source code...best hardcore MMO ever, ruined by BOTS.... :(
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  • repubrepub Member UncommonPosts: 25
    SWG for me, based on Raph's original designs, set in the same point of the canon, with his Jedi permadeath 2nd slot (repeatable, with the goal of being killed by Vader as a mark of distinction).

    The systems would be different enough from the norm as to be a breath of fresh air. The extra hinted-at profs would be incredible.
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  • MendelMendel Member LegendaryPosts: 5,609
    Remastering is a horrific idea.  I've already seen the ideas and systems presented in the original, and remastering to improve graphics generally doesn't add anything new to the mix.

    I'd rather see that energy put into new games that implement new and innovative ideas that challenge the concept of 'what an MMORPG is'.  That's the way a stodgy, old field evolves, doing something new and exciting rather than recycling old ideas with fresh paint.

    The problem is, what company has the talent and commitment to do something truly different than the old formulas?



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  • Po_ggPo_gg Member EpicPosts: 5,749
    Iselin +1. Remakes/remasters are cheap, risk-free double dipping. No games need that, imo. At least no active games.


    Apparently there's some sort of agreement on it, since a lot of mentions above are for revivals instead of remaster, which could be a different, but also a more viable topic.
    And for that question, I'd simply cite myself from a similar earlier thread: Auto Assault.

    You could even call it a remaster and update the gfx if it helps on the sales, but otherwise just the same game with the same mechanics and content. Would be great... and maybe it'd fare better now, in the current MMORPG draught.
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936
    Devon said:
    It cant be coincidence so many people come here to look... thinking all the same thing...
    "Please God let there be an MMO worth playing..."

    I have to agree with the Iselin too, if someone would just listen to the amazing ideas from the players, we could have some incredible Genre mashing deep gameplay MMO's, but they never do. In recent exasperation I threw some awesome ideas at Ashes of Creation, but... Ive seen many pre-developed games and what they turned into as well... And that game is doomed to repeat the same failures as so many others. And not even spectacularly fail, just.. sort of .. quietly off in a corner fail. It is particularly poignant a discouragement when you take in mind an individual has paid for its construction, and obviously wants certain things their way, period.
    I don't think players necessarily have great ideas. They are just restating the game in their head which may or may not be viable.

    MMORPG's are supposed to be long term games so of course they would require a facelift. Having said that, since they also lose people over time there might not be enough money to properly do that and get some return.


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  • BausteBauste Member UncommonPosts: 22
    Star Wars Galaxies!!!
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