10 Video Game Remakes & Remasters That Surpassed Expectations

10. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

Looking back at the GameCube, it's amazing to consider some of the high profile exclusives Nintendo were able to bring together, but one of the biggest was the complete remake of the espionage classic, Metal Gear Solid.

Subtitled 'The Twin Snakes', Nintendo and Konami (who were knee deep developing Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater at the time) brought in Silicon Knights to oversee the production along with original creator Hideo Kojima and Mr Nintendo himself, Shigeru Miyamoto.

Silicon Knights would completely overhaul the visuals and some of the key game play mechanicsg to fit more in line with Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, whilst also beefing up the enemy AI and the ability to choose a first person view during certain combat sequences. The entire voice cast was also brought back in to re-record their lines too, including the original Solid Snake himself, David Hayter.

Twin Snakes' success (along with fellow big name remake, Resident Evil) proved there was a market for completely remade games if left in the right hands, something that would become less a gimmick and more a mainstream success story as consoles progressed.