Am I hallucinating, because there was definitely a bundle that had all 6 remasters that I got... for $50 in 2022 I wanna say? All 6 are in my library and there is no way I spent $25x6 (or whatever the price is, I know FF I and II are lower in price).

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're not. There's a bundle but for a collection of 16 bit games from the 1990s, 50 dollars is too much, IMHO.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They aren't though? They're not ports, they're partial rebuilds of the games in Unity with native resolution support, new pixel art, full arrangement of most of the music, and huge QoL and gameplay improvements/modernization.

I'm not a huge fan of SqEnix's money grabbing (see: literally any of their FF gatcha content), but the Pixel remasters are one of the few that are actually worth it...at $50 for the whole bundle. Not $25/ remastered game.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They aren’t though? They’re not ports, they’re partial rebuilds of the games in Unity with native resolution support, new pixel art, full arrangement of most of the music, and huge QoL and gameplay improvements/modernization.

Call them what you want, I recently paid 15 Euro for 62 1990s Capcom games. 30 for 6 Square games would be fine, given the bigger scope.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ok but again, are they ports or did new content go into it? Did a whole new soundtrack and full orchestral recording go into your 60 Capcom games? There IS a labour difference between adding new/upscaling the content vs porting it to new hardware and calling it a day.

Saying "call it what you want" is pretty disrespectful to the people actually working on modernizing these games (I'm one of those people).

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

Ok but again, are they ports or did new content go into it? Did a whole new soundtrack and full orchestral recording go into your 60 Capcom games? There IS a labour difference between adding new/upscaling the content vs porting it to new hardware and calling it a day.

Then give me a bundle without all that crap. Now I'm emulating the games and you get no money on top of what I paid for the SNES originals back in the day. I'd happily pay again for some convenience but not 70 Euro for six 30 years old games.

Saying “call it what you want” is pretty disrespectful to the people actually working on modernizing these games (I’m one of those people).

The cost is very disrespectful to us customers.