We are getting a lot of successful games being remade on modern gaming systems much like movie remakes overtaking the genre.
In both media, I cannot help but feel as if a large cache of material is going unused in solid ideas for movies/video games that were originally poorly executed being revamped in to the entertaining material it always had the potential to be.
So what video games fit this criteria?
What was a great concept or idea or mechanic or plot point for a video game that deserves to be remade in modernity?
Velvet Assassin. A stealth game told from a recovering patient’s memories, where the mechanics are realistic, but the patient receiving morphine can allow her to misremember parts of her work and have her do more action-ey things when the player got stuck. This was a cool in-canon move that made the game seem so awesome. Unfortunately, it was developed by Southpeak Games, best known for Roogoo, Ninja Town, and Two Worlds, a game so bad that the press kit for the sequel included an apology letter.