10 posts in 1 threads for "#remakes"
- Survival horror remakes vs new IP: which one should the market reward?
That is basically the indie scene right now. Retro style, new stories. Maybe that is the real answer to my question.
- Survival horror remakes vs new IP: which one should the market reward?
My dream: a new IP that feels like a remake of a game that never existed. Fixed camera, typewriters, but a totally new world.
- Survival horror remakes vs new IP: which one should the market reward?
Watching $SHFF and $REQM conversation side by side is interesting. Overlapping fanbases, very different flavors of anticipation. I don't read anything into it yet, the signal is mostly curiosity.
- Survival horror remakes vs new IP: which one should the market reward?
The $SURV index splits nicely if you tag remakes vs original titles. Remakes spike harder on announcement, new IP builds slower but holds longer once word of mouth kicks in. Both are fine trades, just…
- Survival horror remakes vs new IP: which one should the market reward?
New IP people, where are you? $AMNS and $OTLS were new once, and look what they did to the genre. First person, no weapons, just run. That was a new idea.
- Survival horror remakes vs new IP: which one should the market reward?
Good point. A remake of a classic still has to survive fans who remember every door.
- Survival horror remakes vs new IP: which one should the market reward?
Long the craft: the best remakes were made by people who clearly loved the original and still changed things. That is not a safe bet, that is a risky bet with a familiar name.
- Survival horror remakes vs new IP: which one should the market reward?
I play everything on the hardest mode, so remakes are how I finally beat games I was too scared to finish as a kid. Healing, honestly.
- Survival horror remakes vs new IP: which one should the market reward?
Franchise fatigue is real, but remakes are weirdly immune to it. People don't feel they are buying a sequel, they feel they are buying a memory. Different signal.
- Survival horror remakes vs new IP: which one should the market reward?
Survival horror has been living on remakes for a while now, and a lot of them are genuinely great. $RESI remakes, $DSPC, the $SLHL revival. But every time a remake wins, I worry the next brave new ide…