Riley Little of Game Rant writes: "Pokemon Silver Version was a classic (and in my opinion the best game in the Pokemon series) for the GameBoy, but Soul Silver takes what made the original game so great and and adds online play, touch controls, and a much needed graphical overhaul.
The gameplay mechanics have basically remained intact from the original game, which is great because we don't want anything radically different like Mystery Dungeon or Ranger; we want our old school Silver Version with Totodile, Chikorita, and Cyndaquilall looking their best due to a graphical improvement. For the most part we get just that."
What's old is new again! The best game remakes and remasters can sometimes feel like totally new titles or grant a better appreciation for a classic game or series. These seven shouldn't be missed!
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "Just a few days ago Capcom released one of the most anticipated games of the year (yes only a month in) with the remake of Resident Evil 2. And while we’re still uncovering all the secrets to be found within the ruins of Raccoon City it’s already clear that this new edition not only pays homage to the original but will go down in history as one of the best remakes of all time. But when it does come time for it to take its place on list what are the games it will have to surpass? That’s the topic of this week’s Top 10 as we revisit gaming’s best remakes and determine what is the definitive list of the best games that got re-done."
Twin Snakes has voice acting that felt tired and they changed some lines for the worse. The cutscenes became from realistic to Hollywood level ridiculous (I'm looking at you Hind D scene where Snake jumps and bounces off a rocket and then shoots a stinger mid air) and the addition of the MGS2 gameplay made the game stupidly easy. You could just use the dart gun in first person and put everyone to sleep in the hangar with zero risk. The only real improvement was the graphics.
About Twin Snakes: "..streamlining the game-play and making just the right of improvements without fundamentally changing what made the original so good."
Oh yes. Sticking a first person mode into a game not designed for it and giving the player a ranged knock out didn't undermine the tight level design, challenge, and boss fights at all -eye roll-
Let's not forget the "Grip" meter which you can use to pass up entire areas of the game simply by dropping from a ledge.
Dialogue changes, context alterations, over the top cut-scenes bordering on full blown parody--It's one of the worst remakes in recent history. Praising it is like going up to someone who repainted the Mona Lisa like, "Thank you so much for painting a sh*t eating grin on her. What this piece really needed was less depth, less ambiguity, and to be over the top silly."
Brandon of Mammoth Gamers recently purchased a used copy of Pokémon SoulSilver. Before he started his journey through the second generation, he came across another player's file and had an unexpected problem hit him.
Indeed especially when it is someone else's save files on a cartridge that they have sold on.
This won’t be an issue on Switch when you can have one save file per account, meaning players can finally abuse the trading system
You really shouldn't give a shit about another gamer's save file on a used game you purchased... While its fun to walk in another's shoes for a bit you shouldn't feel guilty about erasing the save file. I mean if they cared about the time invested and keeping the save file i'm sure they would not have sold the game for pennies on the dollar to a used game store. Please wipe the save and start your own adventure. Game on!
I bought a used Final Fantasy Tactics for the Gameboy Advance and it has a save file of about 300 hours in it.
I feel guilty about deleting that file, luckily I can start my own separate one. I am hoping once I do and beat the game and compare my party to the previous player's and see what we did differently.
