The Original Resident Evil Remake Is the Only RE Switch Port Worth Getting Today

Zhiqing W. writes:

There are three Resident Evil games getting released on the Nintendo Switch this week, but only one of them is worth getting.

[Hroach616]

Remaster. RE2 2019 is a remake. Not a huge issue. But with all the Remakes and Remasters coming out we need to get the proper terminology down so people know the difference.

[TeamIcoFan]

It's a remaster of the gamecube remake, so it's not technically wrong to still call it a remake.

[Hroach616]

Hmmmm, I wouldn’t say you’re wrong. But I wouldn’t say you’re right either.
The age old question. Is a remaster of a remake a remake or a remaster?

[TeamIcoFan]

@HRoach616 I would call it, "confusing."

[2pacalypsenow]

They're both remakes.

It's impressive how well the REmake holds up 17 years later, shows how powerful the Gamecube was.

[CorndogBurglar]

Was anything modified for this version? If not, and it's a straight port, then I would still call it the Remake.

I don't see anything saying it has been remastered for Switch, but when this same game came To PS4 they made damn sure to let everyone know it was a remastered version. It's even called Resident Evil HD on Sony's website.

That's the difference.

[2pacalypsenow]

Nothing was changed in terms of content.

The HD version has 5.1 DD, and 1080P Widescreen.

[Kosic]

It's a remaster. As it's a copy of the game cube game.
It wasn't made from the ground up for the switch, it was ported of an old title and had a few tweaks (resolutions, detail etc). Making it a remaster and not a remake.

If it came out for the switch only and not on the game cube years ago, it'll be called a remake.

It was a remake in 2002, any time after that if it was re-released with improved assets it's a remaster.

[Hroach616]

Remaster- Taking an existing game/code and updating it for current platforms

Remake- Creating a new game completely from the ground up using an old games story/structure to replicate the old game for current platforms

[Yama]

The game itself is referred to as REmake, as it's not the 1996 original. They actually didn't mean it in the way you're thinking here, though I'd agree with your otherwise in that the confusion between the term has been an ongoing annoyance since early this gen.

[mamotte]

Resident Evil Remake is a remake.

[Silly Mammo]

And I'm guessing the Switch is the best place to play Resident Evil games.🙄

[Gemmol]

If it’s running at same frames and resolution and can still play in handheld then it probably is

[PhoenixUp]

I’m not paying $30 for a game I can get elsewhere for $20

[Sgt_Slaughter]

As for Resident Evil 4, even the Wii version is better than the Switch version since you can use motion controls which are mysteriously absent from the Switch release.