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They aren't?

No. I mean, what's the point in making them interchangeable in usages when they clearly aren't synonyms? That's why the new FFVII is classified as a remake, and a remaster, because it's built from the ground up.

This bugged me earlier too. I thought FF8 was getting a remake when it is just a remaster. Maybe it is getting a remake after 7 or something but either way the confusion ensued.

I've been bother by this for years. People refer to REmake 2 as remaster despite it being literally an entirely new game.

Glad I'm not alone on this. Somehow, this distinction is a lot more apparent in movies than video games, for a lot people.

I think most people understand the term Reboot, but Remaster and Remake tend to get used interchangeably a lot since they're both similar. Remasters just polish up graphics whereas Remakes are built from the ground up, which improved graphics are kinda a given.

But they aren't even nearly the same thing. It's like comparing a photoshopped picture to an entirely new picture.

@Big No "Remakes are built from the ground up..." Well, that contradicts the previous sentence you typed, because games being "rebuilt", instead of being dollied-up, is what separates the two terms to the point that they aren't similar (not that they ever were) in the first place. I somehow doubt most people know the difference — otherwise there wouldn't be any confusion.