I think people unfairly rate remakes.  They compare them to new games on the market and expect them to be on par.  That's asking for very unrealisitc expectations.  Romancing Saga got like a 6/10 on this site, but garnered much better ratings on RPG sites that acknowledge it to be a remake.  I haven't played the game, but I bet that it deserves at least a 7 something.  Sword of Mana got a crappy score on this site too, and people who didn't realize it was a remake thought the game sucked too.  Play Final Fantasy Adventure for the gameboy, then play Sword of Mana and tell me how you feel.  They did an amazing job remaking the game, adding to the storyline and improving the gameplay.  It deserves at least an 8/10 over how good the remake is. 

The most recent debate is with Wild Arms: Alter Code F.  This game is a remake of the PS1 game, and they improved the graphics, along with overhauling the storyline and characters.  Sounds pretty cool huh?  Well for some reason, it's been delayed a bunch and now no one cares.  It's sad, because people are ripping on the graphics being out-of-date.  Well it's a remake!  And the graphics aren't THAT bad.  That can't be a factor with remakes.

I guess the point I am trying to make is that when rating a remake, don't compare it to other new games on the market, but look at how the game has been improved from its predecessor and go from there.

On another note, my PSP hasn't shown up yet and I think the dude on half.com swindled me.  It's a shame that the system is so popular that people have to be jerks.  The expected delivery time was Oct 21-Nov 1, so there's still a few more days, but I have a bad feeling heads are gonna roll.