Remasters makes old games look worst

Hi everyone,

I just saw Skyrim on switch. I though it lost all its magic...clay like look. I thought it was only because of that system but then I check out the ps4 and xbone versions.same impressions.

I came out with the conclusion than in old games such as twilight princess or skyrim itself all those high qualities resolutions makes their dated graphica more evident.

Skyrim 2011 played now on my pc looks better because not having such a nitidy level it hides its graphical defects and it even gives a more "magical" feeling because of its foggy effect.

Anyone with me here?

I can agree with you. It makes sense. But remasters are still good thing. It lets people who never played the original game a chance to play it.

@jord:

I dunno about Skyrim remaster but for the most part, remastered games look way better. Halo Anniversary 1 and 2 and Batman Return to Arkham come to mind. The graphical difference is so big that it has become really hard to go back to the original versions.

The original Sleeping Dogs looks better than the Definitive edition I own both and to me they over did it with the fog effect.

I think it makes them look different - not necessarily worse. But there is something to be said for playing an old game the way it was originally made.

Yes, there is. There is also an argument to be made about the state of the industry, where entire segments are dedicated to remastering, remaking, rereleasing, repacking, rebranding... And most of the industry seems dedicated to recycling instead of creating and/or innovating. Sometimes the technological gap may be too great to ignore, and a remaster/remake of an old classic can help bring that game to a newer audience, sure. But that cannot happen at the cost of creativity on other fronts. Skyrim is a very good example. Bethesda has a lot less incentive to make the next Elder Scrolls game for as long as they can keep milking the last installment, right? Also, we could even make the argument of "is it even ethical to keep milking it like this? How many more releases does Skyrim really need?"

Well not really made them worse but more on putted some cons, like in Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lion with their slower gameplay than the original and Final Fantasy 6 in GBA looses the original sound quality from the SNES while still retaining the entertainment value of the game.

Legally, Yes they can milk their own game as long as they want to. But ethically, it's kinda 50/50 for me. 50% fine since not all people have multiple console and another 50% not fine because, what the hell, with all the money they got from this more than 6 years old game they could have created a better game for the public instead of porting the game on different console.