Lonely Thoughts of a Turtleduck

something else bothering me is how normalized it is now to call a remake just the same title as the original. like it's not "ocarina of time remake" or "ocarina of time hd" no they're literally just calling it "ocarina of time".

a lot of people are questioning how this is an issue. in the short term, there won't be any confusion, a majority of people will know what you're talking about. but when a game like this comes out with the same title as a classic game, it becomes more difficult to search for information about the original game, because the search results become flooded with information about the new game, especially with how gaming journalism tends to put out a lot of poorly written and poorly researched articles about the new game as soon as it's revealed. and when you try to talk about one game or another in conversation it starts to become awkward when you have to over-correct to make it clear which thing you're talking about. like for example, link's awakening, which also had its remake titled the same way as ocarina of time's. since it's not labelled as a remake you have to add on that it's a remake somehow in your dialogue or if you want to refer to the original one specifically you might have to note that you mean the one on the game boy

sorry i'm still ranting about this but another thing that bothers me is how for the past 10 years remakes have been considered disgusting and unacceptable but now that it's a remake of a specific game in a specific "realistic" style from your favorite mega corporation, suddenly it's ok and should be praised actually...i just find that interesting

> turns on my computer

I have come to realise that perhaps I just live in a completely separate dimension from the median gamer

Even outside the obvious "where has the strength of your convictions gone", I have to say; I have never had the thought of spending *checks notes*