>>717320046
>That would be kind of a first, going back and updating a 25 year old game with a new version and pushing it as a big deal

This already happens in other genres with massively varying results. AoE II went through two re-releases and only convinced competitive players to switch off from the CD release for good by the second one, after trying to get tournaments to use HD with extra expansions made by former modders. AoE I DE on the other hand did not convince the Vietnamese competitive diehards to play it at all and I don't believe Return of Rome did either despite officially giving them a mode that outright helps them reinforce their ruleset.

That said, I would think that re-releases would generally need to be a lot closer to the originals to stay relevant in a competitive manner before everyone else moves on.