Reissues, remasters, remakes, whatever you want to call them they are here to stay and become more ambitious every year. This year had some fantastic returns of older games that look and play well on modern systems. Usually, the full-on remakes end up being the best, but you can do remasters well if you add enough features to make the game worth revisiting.

NieR Replicant

NieR Replicant is a full on remake of the original Nier on PS3 and Xbox 360. The game didn’t do well sales wise and had mostly middling reviews, but it was a cult classic that had a lot of fans. Thanks to the success and reboot of the sequel, Replicant brings the original game back with new features and an updated engine. It just looks and plays well and is such a fantastic remake of a game that wasn’t all that great originally.

Runner-Ups

Diablo II: Resurrected

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition

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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

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SaGa Frontier Remastered

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