Either the game holds up really well or the new release spruced up in a major way that made us love the same game all over again
Remakes and remasters are popular in this generation of consoles, but thankfully the quality and work gone to these supposedly re-releases are now surmountable to be a full-on new release.
Coming in to the deliberations, Spyro Reignited Trilogy has an advantage for being on the dia.log- The Gamer Matters Podcast in two occasions (here, and here). Though Shadow Of The Colossus also made a large impression. It’s a beautiful, tragic, boss rush game about climbing big colossi and killing them.
Meanwhile, Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered is a great showcase of the new necromancer publisher that is THQNordic on how they revive their IPs. Lastly, Katamari Damacy Reroll sneaked in late into the party just because after all these years, the eccentric puzzler about rolling a ball around is still great.
At the end of the day, however, the panel believes on the little nudist purple dragon that is Spyro. The three-in-one remake of the Super Mario 64 equivalent for the original PlayStation still holds up as a new remake. Congratulations!
Gamer Malaya And Gamer Matters’ Best Remake/Remaster Award 2018
Winner: Spyro Reignited Trilogy (Toys For Bob, Activision)
Honorable Mentions: Shadow Of The Colossus (2018) (Bluepoint, Sony Interactive Entertainment), Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered (THQNordic), Katamari Damacy Reroll (Monkeycraft, Bandai Namco)
Choice quotes from the deliberations
“Spyro. I love looking at people mad like.. ‘Why you haven’t change this and this and this..'” -Daniel
“Spyro. It’s fun looking game. Colourful. Good for children. Good for old men..” -Irham
“..Spyro.” -Anan
“Now that Spyro wins it, I can say that my vote was for Shadow Of The Colossus.” -Meck, number one Spyro fan
“In the end I’m glad a Dark Souls game won an award.” -Wam
At the time of recording, our resident Spyro fan has yet to play Spyro Reignited Trilogy, but he is now working on a full review so stay tuned for that.
On that note, stay tuned as tomorrow we will be revealing the winner of the Best Game We Didn’t Play Award!
Check here for the full results of the Gamer Malaya and Gamer Matters Game Of The Year Awards 2018.