Games That Should Be Remastered

Bit-Tech.net has published a new feature called “Games That Should Be Remastered”, providing us with a list of classic games that they feel could use a new coat of paint. Their picks in the RPG genre? Baldur’s Gate II, Fallout, and Ultima VII:

The quintessential RPG is a sword and some sorcery, and not many do it better than the Dungeons and Dragons series. Though over thirty games were released in the name of the ultimate geek franchise, not every one deserved a nod. In fact, out of all of them, only a few really spring to mind – but none are as well executed as Bioware and Black Isle’s Baldur’s Gate II.

The thing is, D&D is not to everyone’s taste. The rules system is sometimes overly complex, even overwhelming. So it says something when a game can create a good enough story and environment that the nuances of the system don’t feel out of place. BG2 was so well polished that even lots of people who don’t like D&D have really enjoyed it.

The story behind the game is too deep to get into much. Your character starts out with amnesia in a cell, and ends up in a world full of magic, mayhem, friends and enemies. The party system allows a well-balanced team that has its own dynamics, adding deeply to the replay. Though the graphics are still respectable, it would be great to see what could be done with the better graphics technology and developer tools available today.

A revised version of Ultima VII that plays well on Windows XP would be nice, but please don’t mess with my Baldur’s Gate II and Fallout. They run just fine.