{"id":12655,"date":"2023-01-22T20:36:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T17:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kevuru.smplfy.eu\/?p=12655"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:35:27","slug":"remasters-remakes-reboots-and-ports-in-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevurugames.com\/blog\/remasters-remakes-reboots-and-ports-in-video-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Remasters, Remakes, Reboots, and Ports \u2013 Feel the Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You’ve definitely heard those words with the prefix re- in some context, be it movies or games. Be honest, are you good at distinguishing between remasters, remakes, and reboots? Putting the port aside for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is that in today’s fast-paced technology environment, generational changes in consoles and PC components are happening much more frequently than ever before. Now the game is considered old if it is more than 3 years old. Yes, yes, the legendary Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 are already old games, no matter how blasphemous it may sound. Modern games are mostly incompatible with older consoles, and older games are incompatible with newer consoles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what can we say about the cult samples of the zero years and the tenths, which in many cases remain the best examples of individual genres? Is the solution really just to forget about them and put up with it? Certainly not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The developers found a way out and successfully harnessed it, giving players nostalgic joy in a modern wrapping and making a lot of money from it. This way out is remasters, remakes, and reboots. Ports too, but it’s a bit about something else. You already feel like they stand a little apart, don’t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While sounding similar, remasters, remakes, and reboots represent varying degrees of modification of the original game. And we’re here to sort things out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The port won’t be forgotten either, no worries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is a Remaster in Video Games?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A video game remaster is a cosmetic update to an existing game that gives it a more modern look.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of all the types of game modification, the remaster is the most delicate. Nobody changes the game. We are talking about only minimal updates, for example, new textures for models. The models themselves, the engine, the plot, and the code remain unchanged. Therefore, a remaster is usually applied to relatively recent games that are not quite outdated yet and work fine with modern consoles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main purpose of the remaster is to bring the graphics of the game to the modern level and, if necessary, improve its performance and sound. <\/strong>The duration of this process depends on the amount of graphic content in the game and the features of the game engine. The level of model modification is also important \u2013 it can be a slight change with color correction or an almost complete replacement of textures or even a partial reworking of the model to increase the level of detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, for the remaster, we have such a picture of changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>Graphics Changes<\/strong>

(updating textures, adding model details)<\/td>		Gameplay Changes<\/strong>

(interaction between the game and the player)<\/td>		Storyline Changes<\/strong>

(main plot lines, characters, quests, cutscenes, etc.)<\/td>		Game Design Changes<\/strong>

(UX\/UI, design and construction of locations)<\/td><\/tr>
Remaster<\/strong><\/td>\u2714<\/td>\u2718<\/td>\u2718<\/td>\u2718<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Good examples of remastered games among famous tiles are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n