JULY 2020 PCWorld 87underestimated the scope of that undertaking
at the outset. That means that as much as I’d
love to see a Fallout 2 or Knights of the Old
Republic or even a Longest Journey remake...
well, I’m not holding my breath.
- TOMB RAIDER
Tomb Raider (go.pcworld.com/tmrd) actually
seems one of the most likely candidates for a
remake. The reboot trilogy, begun in 2013,
culminated in a post-credits sequence that
strongly hinted at a remake’s existence—at
least originally. Patched out at release, the
original ending (go.pcworld.com/oren)
showed off Lara Croft’s dual pistols and a
letter from Jacqueline Natla, antagonist of the
original Tomb Raider. These details were
removed by the day one patch, perhaps to
prevent speculation about this very remake.
And yet...what if? It’d certainly make sense,
after three games spent “becoming” the
Tomb Raider, if
Crystal Dynamics
or Eidos rolled
straight into
remaking Lara
Croft’s earliest
adventures.
Of course,
this would also
be the second
such remake,
as Tomb Raider:
Anniversary
(go.pcworld.com/tman) already served
the same purpose back in 2007.- DEVIL MAY CRY
Terrible cameras are the downfall of so many
games from this era. Devil May Cry is one of
them. After Devil May Cry 5 (go.pcworld.com/
dvl5) last year I tried for the third or fourth time
to go back to the beginning of the series
and...I just can’t. Fixed camera angles are a
nightmare and I’m glad we’ve left them
behind.
But I’d love to see Capcom take the same
tack with Devil May Cry as it has with Resident
Evil. Give me those early stories running in the
RE Engine, with modern combos and modern
voice acting and (most importantly) a modern
camera, and I’d be happy to give the series a
second shot. I think I finally understand why
people love the series, but even 2018’s Devil
May Cry HD Collection (go.pcworld.com/
1.