10 Video Game "Remakes" That Changed EVERYTHING
9. MediEvil: Resurrection
He’s no Crash Bandicoot or Spyro the Dragon but Sir Daniel Fortesque had a chance of being the goth of the video game mascot family. His Tim Burton-esque horror comedy adventure MediEvil remains a beloved PlayStation classic which saw a remake by the name of Resurrection for PSP in 2005.
Sir Dan's debut adventure has been rebuilt from the ground-up. There’s a new visual style and a new camera system and these two things go a long way to, rather unfortunately, pick away at the tone and atmosphere of the original game like a child fascinated with a scab.
Grotesque imagery perhaps but this is a game about zombies and skeletons, after all. Regardless, fans of the original found themselves repeatedly asking: “why couldn’t you have left this alone?”. Stages that were previously dark and moody are well-lit and generic and the new camera system, plus dreadful hitboxes, makes navigating at times a nightmare.
All that said, the game just won’t shut up. Comedy was one of MediEvil’s strong points but it knew less was more. Resurrection changes the story by introducing a nonsensical, motormouth genie sidekick and gives every NPC their own jokebook’s worth of one-liners each, making it at times minutes between bouts of gameplay.
Considering the game was made without the co-creators on board, it’s not surprising that this one wound up feeling like a pale imitation.