# What games need a sequel, rerelease/remake, etc?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-need-a-sequel-rerelease-remake-etc/504973>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 1, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-need-a-sequel-rerelease-remake-etc/504973 "2009-08-01T13:41:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-need-a-sequel-rerelease-remake-etc/504973/81 "2009-08-09T23:21:52Z")

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> [@sohvan](#):
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> Since most of my favourites have already been mentioned, I’d like to bring up Cave Story and King of Dragon Pass for a few less recognizable titles. Cave Story was great fun as a little platformer while it lasted. I still play King of Dragon Pass occasionally, but being familiar with the events takes a bit of the fun away from it. An updated King of Dragon Pass 2 with a new setting, new events, and new mechanics would make me very happy.

Cave Story is coming to Wii, or already here. I haven’t checked in awhile.

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-need-a-sequel-rerelease-remake-etc/504973/82 "2009-08-10T02:03:36Z")

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For a sequel i’d love EDF2 (Earth Defense Force) since it was a remake from an old SNES game. Killing giant bugs and robots just never gets old to me.

For a rerelease/remake i was always fond of SimAnt while i was growing up and i would eat grass to get a copy of it again.

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**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-need-a-sequel-rerelease-remake-etc/504973/83 "2009-08-13T09:31:50Z")

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> [@Airk](#):
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> I tried I-war and found it completely no fun to play. =/

I found a copy of I-War 2 on ebay for 3 bucks shipped… and honestly I’m feeling that it would’ve been a ripoff at a third the price. I wouldn’t put it anywhere near Freespace 1, let alone FS2. Hell, I wouldn’t even put it near Freelancer, it’s close to DarkStar One but a bit below it, IMO. The interface is sloppy and generally unintuitive, the gimick of Newtonian physics just makes your ship feel awful and ungainly, the voice work is pretty crappy, you can’t even deliberately fire counter measures and one wrong pass against your enemies seems to pop you like a balloon.

Gah.

I’m going to keep playing just to see if it gets better… but I have a feeling that I’ll end up reinstalling FS2 again instead.

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**Author:** ![TheMadHun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-need-a-sequel-rerelease-remake-etc/504973/84 "2009-08-13T12:41:15Z")

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**Chess** is the granddaddy of games with remakes. I liked the middle ages version played on a 10x10 board with extra pieces that moved like knight-bishop and knight-rook.  
Chinese Chess looks challenging, with its “river” in the middle of the board.  
And then there are hex and round board versions.

I was fascinated to learn that many chess masters like Bobby Fisher like to play these alternative games, and also puzzle versions like eight queens and one king on each side.

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