Half-Life 2 RTX - Gamescom Impressions and Video (SECTOR)

The textures are completely refined, which you can see on the ceilings and walls, where there are also realistic elements of damage. Some animations have also been changed, such as the weapon loading animation, which you can see at the beginning of the video. Level geometry, models, particle effects and practically everything were also modified.

[TheNamelessOne]

Have to love the PC modding scene. Constantly turning old games to new, and not charging you for remasters and remakes. I have played amazing releases like Enderal, Nameless Mod, and Fallout London that truly did deserve to be full-on retail releases.

[Zenzuu]

Game developers still need to make money somehow, especially with the rising cost of game developments and inflations in full swing. Charging for a remake or remaster is justifiable provided if the pricing is right.

[TheNamelessOne]

I disagree. Re-selling old content; sometimes even just a handful of years old as of late, isn't a healthy way to look at your releases. It also really isn't pro-consumer.

As I said in my original post, you get the luxuries of remasters/remakes/player-made- content for free on PC. It's made a necessity to have to pay to play a more modernized version of a game while on console. Hell, we had free next-gen upgrades, or offered at a low cost, earlier in the generation. That's pretty much been dropped across the board in favor of lackluster remasters. Full blown remakes of actually old games is perfectly justifiable for retail. But studios should not be looking at every release saying "How do we sell this twice".