These Video Game Remasters SUCK!
2. Parappa The Rappa Remastered
This one just stings my crack.
Parappa the Rappa is an undersung Ps1 classic, a title that oozed style and swagger in a manner that doctors called "worrying" and I don't think there's a single one among us that wouldn't immediately shake their hams to the beats of Chop Chop Master Onions Rap or toasting their buns with the infection fast food freestyling soundtrack found in the sequel.
It's a true shame that the world never showed this young pup more love, but we did get the occasional look in here and there, and I for one was howling to the moon when it was announced that the original was getting a remaster. Hell thanks to the cartoony graphics, the devs really only needed to tidy up the edges and this would be good to go.
So how did they mess this up so badly? How did they turn this adorable rapping dog into a mangey mutt?
THEY FUCKED UP THE TIMING IN A RHYTHM ACTION GAME.
As unbelievable as it sounds, the team managed to bring everything across from the PS1 core, but fail to think that doing so and applying it to HD Tv's might cause some latency issues. It's a shocking oversight that made this Rap God look like mom's spaghetti.
So in a weird sense, you had to be terrible with your timing to be GOOD at this game. Woof indeed.