Just gonna copy my comment from Polygon ‘cos I’m lazy:

I always assume when devs make a bet like that, they were going to do it anyway.

Others are explaining the difference, so I’ll just chime in on what the issues are. That’s “issues” plural, because there’s multiple conversations around it that tend to get conflated:

“there’s bound to be people lacking in social decorum that seep into a community”

Before the HD era/indie renaissance? That was a good decade and a half ago.

Wasn’t there a remake on PSP or something?

iirc it was a Burlesque House, not a brothel.

It’s bizarre. Were it a AAA title I’d put it down to GAAS shenanigans or DRM to please the shareholders, but from an indie studio? What were they thinking?

“I cannot figure out why Cloud did not just pull out his giant sword and cut his way through Cornetto’s dudes until he found Tifa.”

That’s a strong case for a patch, not a remaster.

The reason they exist is money of course; but I don’t think art needs to justify itself. Now and again you get something like One Piece, which was a delight.

You don’t think that having the writers hew to a given editorial position would be, literally, promoting an agenda?

But that can be a patch!

“But a remaster would also potentially open up the possibility of it coming to other platforms instead of just being a PS exclusive.”

re. “new actors playing familiar heroes”, I think the main thing the MCU’s had going for it has been that they’ve resisted the temptation to reboot, even with the multiverse in play.

It’s only a generation old! It’s still playable! It still looks great!

I’m guessing most of the files are watermarked so leaks can be traced. Noone’s gonna throw their career away to leak one film.

Two different writers. They're not a hive mind.

What do you think "credibility" means?