God of War Trilogy Remaster!

Summary

The author is contemplating purchasing the upcoming God of War Trilogy remaster, primarily for preservation and the potential of old games and consoles becoming obsolete, despite initial skepticism about the need for remasters.

Abstract

The author reflects on their history with the God of War series, starting with the original game on PS2. Despite initial frustration at the announcement of a remastered trilogy, they consider the purchase for several reasons. The inevitability of aging consoles and games, the desire to have playable versions in case the originals fail, and the curiosity about any new features are the main factors influencing their potential decision to buy the remastered trilogy. The author acknowledges the necessity of remasters for preserving classic games and ensuring they remain playable on modern systems, even though they are not particularly interested in the updated graphics or frame rates. With the remaster not releasing until 2025, the author has time to decide and is leaning towards purchasing it for archival purposes, not necessarily for the new enhancements.

Opinions

The author initially reacted negatively to the news of the remaster, expressing a desire for new gaming ideas rather than remasters of existing titles.
They believe that games and consoles, like all things, will eventually deteriorate and become unplayable, making remasters a practical solution for preservation.
The author values the ability to play these games in the future over the appeal of improved graphics and frame rates, which are common selling points for remasters.
They see the remaster as a potential necessity rather than a luxury, to ensure the longevity of the gaming experience, especially for titles that are prone to wear and tear, like God of War III on PS3.
The author is not overly excited about the new features that might come with the remaster but is open to the idea of buying it for the sake of game preservation and as a backup to their original copies.
They recognize that remasters serve a purpose in the gaming community by providing access to older titles on current hardware, despite some resistance to the idea of remastering games.
The author is pragmatic about spending money on remasters, seeing it as an investment in the continued enjoyment of their favorite games, rather than as a needless expense.

Gamers, we have a problem!

As far back as I can remember, God of War 1 was my very first God of War game on PS2 and while I obtained this in college back in ’05 when it first premiered, it has been apart of my PS2 game collection since. Then, March of ’07, God of War II, amazing game, came along.

That game was a fuckin’ masterpiece! God of War games have always been apart of my gaming collection and they always will be! Recently, I read somewhere, one of the random notification from a gaming magazine online, that there’s going to be a God of War Trilogy remaster.

When I first saw this, I was a little dumbfounded and flabbergasted. Then, I went on my rant of, “why are they doing this/not again to OMG, people, stop remastering good games, come up with new ideas!”

Then after like 15 minutes of that, I got to thinking for a minute. “Well, if they’re going to make remasters to the trilogy then it might be worth a buy.” And there are only a few good reasons why I’m even following this line of logic at all!

For one, games age, console of those games age. PS2, PS3 even the old disks of those games. No matter how good a condition you keep your games and consoles, eventually they’re going to die like everything else, the console more than the games but the games will get there. Eventually.

The next thing that popped into my head was based on the fact many will justify buying this remaster on account of the updated graphics and frame rates, but me, I don’t care about that kind of thing, I never did.

But, if anything, I would buy it just for the sole purpose of having it in the event that the original games on the respective consoles, die or stop working.

And really, that’s the only reason I can justify spending the kind of money that this trilogy remaster demands or will demand. And, I guess you could say that I would be buying it for the same reason I bought Final Fantasy 8 Remastered and Final Fantasy IX Digital Edition, out of curiosity and to see the new pops and whistles added, if any.

In a big way, I can’t wait to see what they actually do with this trilogy remaster. I was thinking back to when I got God of War III Remastered on my PS4. Incidentally, it made me think about why I got it in the first place.

I wanted a God of War III working copy, and with the PS4 remastered, I got to realize that dream. That was before I found an actual working copy on PS3 so it makes me wonder if it’ll be anything like that.

But who knows, I may get the trilogy remaster and never go back to the old games but I don’t think that’ll happen though. I can justify doing that to more than a few games from the past in the present day, but there are also lines I won’t cross! Spending money needlessly for one.

I’ve gotten to a point where I can see why the remasters on certain games from the past is necessary, and I see it for what it is. I mean, if I’m being honest, no one wants to start a game on an old console and the game or the console just dies. Then its like, “well hell, what am I supposed to do now?”

Having the trilogy remasters can and will rectify that especially if you have copies of the old games that get scratched up easily like God of War III on PS3.

One thing I had to teach myself was to have a bit more of an open mind about remasters because even though most of us are in old game mode and not really trying to rock the boat, maybe I’m the only one, it goes without saying that you can’t justify spending money to save money. Or, maybe you can!

I guess I’ll have a little while to think about this because the trilogy remaster won’t even see the light of day until 2025, it gives me a good open window to decide what to do and when but my final say on this is, I think I will buy it and have it for safekeeping in the event that my old version of those games die or stop working.

I’m not really interested in buying the game for the new pops and whistles, I’m curious, but not overly so. I would buy it for preservation purposes and maybe to play it only after I’m done with my project. Again, 2025 is short little bit from now so incidentally, that give me some time to make as big a dent in my project as possible.

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