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Also, eh, I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be objectively worse, but it seems like it will be objectively boring. Like, "I've seen this before, and not just when I played the original" kind of boring. Sure, it's going to look all nice and shiny and pretty but... it's not going to have the same kind of impact on people that AO would based on presentation alone.
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I know I'm taking the side of Progress (vs. Preservation) here, but I still don't think it's reasonable to fault a remake for being reminiscent of the original. I mean, yeah, it's going to share mechanics. I thought that's what the nostaligia kids
wanted.
And that's the problem with making a game to please nostalgiphiles - they'll always like the old version more than anything you make. So why not go nuts and change everything? If a game can't trade solely on its lineage, it needs to stand on its own feet; to a degree at least.
As for newcomers, I think it's probably fair to say that kids don't find the same things cool as they did in the '90s. The story is fundamentally identical, so doesn't "impact" just come down to delivering it in a style that the modern youth can appreciate? I like the gloomy '90s Oddworld, too. But kids these days, that's anyone's guess.