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Who are Nightdive Studios and why are they important enough to feature in an article? That’s a good question. They are a company that specializes in making remasters of favorite games of the past. The most notable remasters they’ve created lately are Turok 3, Star Wars: Dark Forces, The Thing, Quake 2 and a lot more.
These are all solid choices for remasters. The company mainly specializes in restoring games from the Xbox 360/PS3 era. With backwards compatibility taking a back seat on priorities for all companies, this company will play a huge role in digitizing or backing up the games we can’t get easily anymore.
I’ve stated my thoughts before on remasters and reboots, but I’ve come around to the idea that if I can’t fully accept we won’t get new ideas anymore, why not revive some dead franchises and modernize them?
This company will open the doors for more remasters and ways to deflate the third party selling market for older games, as well as strive to build game preservation to games that are locked to one platform. We won’t get to see new ideas floated anymore in the video games industry, but at least we can play modernized versions of our favorite games of the decade past.
What am I hopeful for?
The company has gone on social media asking fans for what they want remastered. Anything from the PS3/Xbox 360 era is fair game.
If I had to create a dream wishlist of modern day remasters, here’s what I would go with.
Top 5 wishlist for remasters
1. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (X360/PS3)
2. Battlefield: Bad Company 2(X360/PS3)
3. Prototype 1 and 2(X360/PS3)
4. Shadow Complex (X360/PS3)
5. Rock Band 3(X360/PS3)
These are a good variety of games that will cover a good stretch of genres that most fans would be psyched for.
I think there is a time and place for remasters. This modern era of gaming is going towards a remake/remaster continuous tidal wave that won’t stop anytime soon. As long as there is demand, companies will eyeball this to gauge what the fans want. I am all for remasters as long as it makes sense to create them again. We are heading towards a digital age of no more physical cartridges, so why not use our available technology for good?
Yes, this may only appeal to a niche audience, but with enough word of mouth, I think we can get people to support more game preservation instead of pumping out base games with unfinished content, carefully crafted as DLC pieces. I am okay with added content, but I also want a full game.
Regardless of what NightDive Studio does, I hope they enjoy the process of preserving great games of the past. Imagine if we can finally utilize all of the technology we have for digitizing everything or updating great games of the past decade and releasing it today, for our future generations and allowing us to reconnect with what made it special in the first place. You are able to introduce it to a new audience, as well as remembering what made it special to each of us as well.
Charle Subketkaew is a passionate gamer, storyteller, and daydreamer. When he's not immersed in a fresh new video game, he also enjoys creating art, graphic design, spending time with friends, watching movies or anime, listening to a podcast or custom playlist, writing, collecting, working out, and scouting out his next weekend adventure.
He runs a design page and website, Fortis Ideas. This is an evolution of his design and media career over the span of a decade. He works with different creators in different disciplines on a multitude of projects to push himself to create new ideas.
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