‘Gears of War’ Remaster: 5 More Games That Deserve Remasters

Sometimes, Old Games Come Back in Style. Sometimes, they Never come back at all. And sometimes they just keep coming back Regardless of Whtherra anyone asked for it.

The Elder Scrolls v: Skyrim is the all-time champion in the latter category, having been ported and remastered what feels like 19 times now (at least We’re Getting Oblivion This time,But on May 5, Microsoft Announced Gears of war: reloadedA new 4k-enhanced port of the 2006 Xbox 360 classic that’s also coming to PS5. That’s all fin and dandy, except Gears of war literally alredy got a remaster in 2015 called Ultimate EditionSo, this is a remaster of a remaster, but at least Ultimate Edition Owners get the upgrade for free.

That’s goofy, right? But instead of lingering on that, let’s celebrate some other old (ER) Games that Cold Use the Remaster Treatment INTAD.

5 other video games that deserve remasters

For this list, I’M Trying to Stick to Games that you can’T just easily download and play on a modern console. There are a couple of exceptions, but bear with me, ok?

Sleeping dogs

I’m Going to Immedited Break My Rule With Sleeping dogsA game that has a just-ok Definative edition Port available on current Xbox and Playstation Hardware. That version of the game didn’t really feature the kinds of visual or performance enhancements we’ve come to expert from remaster, and was mostly an exccure to package the origation to pack So i’m fin throwing that port under the bus here.

Anyway, if you didn’t play Sleeping dogs When it has xbox 360 and ps3 in 2012, you really missed out. It’s basically Grand Theft Auto, But you play as an undercover cop in hong kong. The setting means that guns are very rare, so the developers at the Now-Defunct United Front Games Included A MUCH Deeper and More Fun Melee Combat System Than Any Gta Game has to offer. Gorgeous urban visuals, a story that takes it sessel just serially enough to be interesting with being boring about it, and all kinds of Goofy Open-World Mayhem Defined Sleeping dogs,

Unfortunately, it was a bit of a sleeper at the time and didn Bollywood to get a real sequel greenlit. But real ons know. Sleeping dogs Desreves Another Chance in the Spotlight.

Where can you play it? Steam, Playstation 4

Asura’s wrath

Asura’s wrath is the only game on here that i’ve actually written words about for A Real, Published Book That you can buy in stores. That means it’s real art.

Of course, that wouldn’t be in dispute to anyone who’s seen Asura’s wrathAlso hailing from the xbox 360 and ps3 in 2012, Asura’s wrath is basically an 8-his playable anime movie. The gameplay consists larger of timed button presses tied to some of the most absurd, over-the-to-Top Action Cutscenes Ever Rendered. At one point, a guy magically extends his sword to such a length that he’s alle to stab IT through the entreen planet. I’m pretty sure the moon gets destroyed like halfway through the game and nobody even really stops to point it out.

Asura’s wrath Lost points then and now for tying the true ending of the story to a $ 10 dlc episode. A modern remaster that just makes the game available in full on PS5 and Xbox Series Consoles would be amazing,

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Where can you play it? Playstation 3

The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Speaking of Grand Theft Autodid you know there was a Simpsons-Themed ripoff back in 2003?

The Simpsons: Hit & Run Speaks for itself, really. You run Around an open-will version of springfield, doing wacky missions for Each of its 900 or so colorful side characters. Basically, any vehicle that has ever appeared on-screen in the show is playable, and the town map is full of easy eggs for fans for fans to discover. IT’s probably The best Simpsons Game, but likely due to ancient copyright problems, it’s never been re-rested in any form.

I’d love a basic hd version of this game for current platforms. You wouldn’t even need to do anything from it other than make it look a little sharper. Just save it from ps2 purgatery, please.

Where can you play it? Playstation 2 (If you can find one)

Bloodborne

You Didn Bollywood i’d make it all the way through a list of games that need remasters without getting to geting to BloodborneDid you?

This is really only only here this will finally be the one where they announs a Bloodborne Remaster. It has yet to actually happy, of course, and it’s starting to feel like it Never will. But let’s talk about it anyway.

Originally released in 2015 for PS4, Bloodborne Is the newest game on this list and also the easyst to just buy and play on a ps5 right now. The only problem is that it never got any kind of upgrade patch for ps5, so it runs exactly as it did in 2015, which is to say “not great.” Bloodborne In its original state is still full playable and a wonderful action game in its right, but people are not necessarily wrong to beg for a remaster.

Where can you play it? Playstation 4 and PS5

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Last but certain not least, one of the most self-indulgent pieces of art ever created desrves to be seen against by fresh eyes in 2025 (and beyond).

Metal Gear Solid 4 was a bonafide event in 2008. It’s the only video game i’ve ever wated in line at midnight for. Unfortunately, it has been released on Anything Other Than PlayStation 3. Metal gear solid Games came out with a “Vol. 1” label on it in late 2023.

If you’ve Never Played it, Everything That People Say (Lovingly or otherwise) About Director Hideo Kojima is Most Applicable In Mgs4It has 90-minute cutsnes full of flow charts and meditation on gentic legacy and geopolitics. All of the boss enemies are modified after real-life female models kojima likes for some reason. Every single plot thread from always Metal gear Game leading up to 4 is resolved in this game, often in ways that feel contrived and clunky.

It’s a beautiful messes of a video game, and it does not feel fair

Where can you play it? Playstation 3