Quote Originally Posted by Aussie2B View Post
Most pro reviews on 1:1 remakes are worthless. They go into them with the mindset that old games are inherently inferior to modern games, so they'll score remakes low if they aren't totally modernized. It was the same deal with the Secret of Mana remake. People will talk like the SNES game is a classic, yet also talk like the remake is trash, even though it's basically the same game with a new coat of paint.
To be fair, some games that are remade kind of don't deserve it and they really do need to be modernized as they weren't even that good when they released. As I've said the only thing I remember about Medievil is that the camera was bad, but I can't tell you whether I liked it or not because I've only played it once way back when and didn't even finish it. However, I've had the same opinion of Secret of Mana for the longest time. You know of this opinion because we spoke of it in a couple of threads prior to the remakes release. People aren't wrong about their complaints of Secret of Mana, they're right on point with their comments about the remake, but as you stated, these complaints are the same complaints they would have had back on the SNES except "bias"(not quoting you, this is actually my opinion here.) The reason people loved Secret of Mana wasn't because of the gameplay at all, and now that the game looks like a budget mobile game, or "people have finally played it" they finally are honest about this biased opinion they've held for years.

However, journalists wouldn't have to crap all over a game for having old mechanics if it wasn't for Sony bothering to make sure whether the games are even worth remaking in the first place. Look at Nintendo's remakes. Ocarina of Time's remake on the 3DS is very playable to this day, Crash Bandicoot is playable to this day and the only reason Sony finally proposed a deal with Activision is because the fans were begging for a long time. These games are actually good. However, Sony making decisions is is like a bunch of suits saying, "oh let's remake this old game because it sold well" over people who have been developing games for over 30 years and are like "let's remake this game because it's actually good." PS1 Classic vs the SNES Classic, people who have no about games and it's nothing but a business decision over a business decision based on actual knowledge of their games.