Rumor: God of War Original Trilogy Remaster is in Development - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 January 2024 / 9,778 Views
XboxEra co-founder Nick Baker is claiming he heard a remaster of the original God of War trilogy is in development. He isn't "100 percent sure" if it would be announced in 2024 or in 2025.
The first God of War released for the PlayStation 2 in 2005, God of War 2 released for the PS2 in 2007, and God of War 3 released for the PlayStation 3 in 2010. The first two games got HD releases in the God of War Collection for the PS3 in 2009, while God of War 3 got a remastered version for the PS4 in 2015.
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Now THIS is a Sony remaster I could get behind! Primarily for the first 2 games since the gameplay, while fun, has a lot of outdated gameplay mechanics.
What mechanics are outdated?
Mash Square. TO this day I don't get why they are so revered when they have the most brain dead combat on top of grey character on grey backgrounds with unlikable main character.
The combat is way more sophisticated than in the new games
That's sad
It's not because the last 2 God of Disneyland games have some TOTALLY USELESS skill trees that the original games are outdated. I had and still have way more fun with the old games than the new ones and not only cuz there were more weapons. I just hope they will abandon the TOTALLY USELESS and UNFITTING rpg aspect and focus more on the hack-and-slash aspect which never get old and was what made the franchise a cult one.
There's nothing wrong with preferring the Greek era games, however you come across as very immature and narrow-minded. You also sound firmly stuck in the past which is pretty sad.
Regardless, the 'God of Disneyland' duology is universally critically acclaimed and turned the franchise into the behemoth it is today, not everyone is going to like all the changes but Santa Monica Studio's gamble clearly paid off with the vast majority of gamers.
Also just because you personally can't comprehend the skill trees doesn't make them TOTALLY USELESS & UNFITTING, that's a you problem.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to have remakes of these given the 3 games have previously had the remaster treatment.
Remasters already exists and are a missed opportunity.
I usually don't even care about remakes much less remasters, but oh boy, if Santa Monica delivered a remake making the campaign of 1 to 3 become a single continuous game, that would hype me to ridiculous levels.
Do it.
Would also love to get Killzone and Infamous collections
With the costs of AAA development sky high, it makes sense for developers and publishers to double dip with games that have a proven track record. As long as they are truly modernizing the games, not just polishing them up a bit, then I'm a likely buyer.
TLOU isn't something I'll buy, because the games aren't old or outdated enough. But, a modern remake of a 20-year-old game like God of War is definitely reasonable, in my eyes.
They already got remastered. Sony needs new leadership it seems
What's this leakers track record with Sony stuff?
A remaster that I'd buy and is actually warranted.
Remaster(not Remake) to some games that are already remastered?!
How about remake and how about to games that aren't even remastered, like Killzone and Resistance?
I'd love some new IPs instead of the same old remasters
This is a welcome addition but they should remake God of war!
And they should remaster forgotten franchises like killzone trilogy and resistance trilogy
Why remake a game that's already great to begin with?
I honestly don't mind if it's a remake, a remaster, or even just a port. I just want to be able to play the first two God of War games on my PS5.
But the PS3 and even PS2 are both dirt cheap to buy nowadays so why not just buy those instead?
I already own the God of War Collection. It's the only reason why I've kept my PS3 for all these years. I simply wish that I could get rid of my PS3, and play those first two God of War games on PS5 instead.
Uh, just keep that version then, the PS5 version might probably get censored due to "political correctness" and it'll only get a 4K enhanchment when the PS3 version already runs at 1080p.
ive always wanted the getaway 1-2 remastered but was way to much licenced products and alot of racism ect probably wouldn't work releasing it today
That would be great. GOW 1, 2, 3, ghost of sparta, chains of olympus, and ascension all in one. PC release would also be a cherry on top!
Nice! I want to see a proper upgrade! If it's a simple increase in resolution and framerate, hopefully the price reflects this.
Finally!
GoW3 is my favorite GoW. After the credits I started it up for another run immediately.
The modern GoW (2018 & 2022) games I'm happy when they are over and I never felt an urge to replay them.
Hopefully they don't remove the hot scenes like they did in the last 2
Cringe.
That isn't cringe.
This is what I request for at least 4 years. Please, bring GoW his past glory back and bury the walt disney garbage it has become.
I’d buy this, but the dev’s desperately needs to get rid of all the atrocious QTE’s just for opening doors, and lots of other crap that made those games a pain to play. But overall the gameplay is still good.
I wonder if they will remove or change that horrendous last platforming section at the end of GoW 1 ?
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