10 Obvious Video Game Remasters The Industry Is Ignoring
3. Narc
In what is the most obscure entry on this list, Narc started life as an arcade game first released in 1988. VIS Entertainment began working on an adaptation to sixth-generation consoles, which saw its release in 2005.
The plot follows reunited the reunited Jack Forzenski (a narcotics officer) and Marcus Hill (a DEA Agent) as they attempt to uncover the source of a new drug named Liquid Soul.
Narc is a compelling police story with an easily implemented morality system and skill tree, as you can either turn in the narcotics you recover as evidence, use them for stat boosts for mechanics like shooting or sprinting, or sell them for profit to upgrade your gear.
This is oddly paradoxical to the anti-drug messages of the original game, but in the modern-day industry, this can only make the world of Narc far more dynamic and interesting, not to mention the potential to choose whether you wish to be the good cop or the bad cop.
The game certainly saw its share of controversy, being condemned by many American politicians and outright banned by Australia before release.
When you consider games where you play as a police officer, they are few and far between, but the open-world you can inhabit and the gritty nature of the story could be brilliantly adapted for the upcoming ninth gen.