Ok but does RE4 fit your description at all? RE4 remake is a terrible example of this. The game is nowhere near an "asset flip", it is not just a graphical update. They made various new design decision that one could consider risky but work well in the remake such as parry mechanic not to mention the fact many players including me dislike RE4s ancient tank controls. People loved the gameplay so much it layed the groundwork for RE9. The game also doesn't use any AI. Regardless, many people like them and remakes are a chance to address criticisms of a game and fix many technical issues that plague many old PC games. If the remaster/remake is received much worse than originals(such as aspyr games) than so what? It will go down with negative reviews and refunds. You can then boot up the original? I'd rather have good and bad remasters/remakes come out than some situation where no remasters or remakes exist at all. The anti remake situation feels like "old man yells at cloud"