Bluepoint Games has built a great reputation for their stellar work remastering and eventually remaking classic titles, starting with the God of War Collection in 2009. Currently, they are hard at work on remaking the PlayStation 3 cult classic Demon’s Souls by FromSoftware, which kickstarted a new gaming genre and made Hidetaka Miyazaki a recognizable name among gamers.
While many are incredibly excited to either relive or experience Demon’s Souls for the first time as a PlayStation 5 launch title, one also wonders what project the studio will tackle next. Assuming they remake another PlayStation 3 game, below are a few ideas of what they could do.
10 Metal Gear Solid 4
In hindsight, Metal Gear Solid 4 is one of the more polarizing entries in the franchise, due to its excessively long cutscenes and leaps in logic made to wrap up all the hanging story threads. Being the finale to Solid Snake’s story, it still deserves to live on. It is currently stuck on the PlayStation 3, but maybe Bluepoint could help it spread to other platforms, updating the graphics and adding bonus content during the process. It would also be appropriate considering the studio’s stellar work on the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection.
9 Resistance: Fall Of Man
While the Insomniac series is dormant, Resistance: Fall of Man was Sony’s killer IP among the PlayStation 3’s launch lineup. The alternate history setting where an alien race derails World War II still helps it stand out from the crowded genre today. The sequel lost some of the series’ originality, while the third game brought it all back home. A remake could bring the multiplayer servers back online for the hectic forty player battles. The split-screen co-op is also a great way to experience the shooter.
8 Motorstorm
This game had a pre-rendered debut trailer that did not represent the finished product in the slightest. Still, Motorstorm was gorgeous upon launch and the two sequels make a trilogy of lovely arcade-racing action.
Bluepoint should bring all three games back, using the PlayStation 5’s hardware to make the crashes more detailed than ever.
7 F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. is not a PlayStation 3 exclusive, and in fact, the version for Sony’s console is probably the worst way to experience this classic first-person shooter. This is precisely the reason why a remake by Bluepoint is so badly needed. Anybody who stuck exclusively with throughout the years has never played this horror game the way it was meant to be played. While they are at it, the new graphics could add more variety to the environments, which is the only major gripe most had with it.
6 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
This title was not super popular at the time of its release, but it was fun for Sony fans to have a Super Smash Bros. of their own. Bluepoint Games even developed the PlayStation Vita version, an impressive conversion. Sony has accumulated a large handful of new mascots since 2012, meaning a remake or sequel could significantly expand the roster. This could also be an opportunity to better balance and improve combat.
5 Lair
Factor 5 is fondly remembered for the Star Wars: Rogue Squadron series. The PlayStation 3 exclusive Lair is seen as a blight on the developer’s record. This was mostly due to the initial version’s mandatory usage of the controller’s motion sensor function.
When an update added analog stick support, the reception was far better. Unfortunately, it was too little too late. While a hard sell, a remake could give this title a second chance and the appreciation it deserves.
4 Enslaved: Odyssey To The West
Like many Ninja Theory games prior to their acquisition by Microsoft, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West was critically praised but failed to reach the same heights commercially. Alex Garland, who would later go on to find fame directing Ex Machina and Annihilation, co-wrote the game’s script and was hands-on with the design. With its cult status, bringing the game back on modern consoles might be a good idea.
3 Spec-Ops The Line
While technically a reboot, Spec Ops The Line has nothing to do with the old games and is closer to a video game adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, which also served as the basis for Apocalypse Now. The title saw little success upon release, but those who played it fondly recall its hard-hitting narrative and unique spin on choice in video games. Games like The Last of Us Part II has since proven gamers can take a more emotionally challenging story, making it a good time for Bluepoint to tackle this older title.
2 Heavenly Sword
Many early PlayStation 3 exclusives were almost doomed from the start due to the console’s low install base early on. Heavenly Sword deserves to live on, though the closest it got to a continuation was Nariko earning a spot on PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale’s roster. A remake would fix all the technical issues present in the title, and could even expand on the levels, since the original release is quite short.
1 Deadly Premonition
Another multiplatform title that runs significantly worse on the PlayStation 3, Deadly Premonition still managed to captivate gamers with its Twin Peaks-inspired story despite technical shortcomings. Besides, the sequel on the Nintendo Switch makes the original look like a Call of Duty game in terms of technical performance. If Bluepoint went back to the original, fixed all the problems and brought it to modern consoles, it would go along way towards bringing the series back into fans’ good graces.
