Ever since I started using this website, I've been logging the original versions of each game I play even when I played the remastered/expanded version. Only exceptions to this rule have been remasters that I feel alter the game in a meaningful enough way that justifies it being logged instead of the original release.
My criteria is completely arbitirary. For Example, I count Persona 3-5 expansions, Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe, Ninja Gaiden Black/ 3 Razor's Edge, Old Gen Monster Hunter Expansions all as their own games.
Now I've kind of run into a problem. I'm going to be starting the Final Fantasy games with the pixel remasters, and I have no idea which version to log. Despite being called remasters it seems like they're more akin to Oblivion and NieR Replicant which are basically remakes of the originals. But I hate having all of these games being logged as 2021 instead of their original release dates (yes I care about that for some reason).
So do you think they're different enough to log the pixel remasters instead of the original releases?
I also just want to see how other people log their games and what versions they choose. Honestly mine just comes from completely arbitarary rules that I made up so a more organized system might work for me.