10 Video Game Remakes That Butchered The Original

10. System Shock

Nightdive is responsible for remastering a ton of FPSs, including Turok, Doom 64, Quake, and Shadow Man. Since they helmed System Shock: Enhanced Edition, a remaster of LookingGlass' revered cyber-shooter was inevitable.

During development, it was decided to turn the project into a remake from the ground up. It spend so long in development hell, there were times where it felt like System Shock Remake would never be released. But in 2023, the long awaited title finally saw the light of day.

Although the music, controls, and graphics were refined for modern standards, other elements were clearly stuck in the past. A lack of identifiable markers may have been the norm in '90s shooters, but players of today expected System Shock Remake to give them some idea where to go to avoid wandering around aimlessly for hours on end.

Weapons are dropped with such regularity, ammo rarely needs to be conserved, making the combat anticlimactically easily. Even if the ammo was scarce, the fights would be a breeze, since the enemy AI is almost catatonic. The protagonist can effortlessly overpower the biggest adversaries, simply by hiding behind a wall.

If these issues were tightened up, System Shock Remake could've come a lot closer to matching its predecessor.