Hopefully this is a net positive. I'm guessing with the partnership they still want to work on Crash and Spyro, and I hope they do. They've been held in limbo for way too long. Would be pretty crazy for Crash to have an indie dev.
Spyro Reignited is a beautiful remake. The vibe and ambience of some of those levels is absolutely unreal. This has to be my favorite one, hands down. Spyro 1 was on an entirely different level in terms of mood. 2 and 3 just don’t hit the same, but there is still some great atmosphere.
Totally agree. There’s something so focused about the first one. Two and three are good in their own ways and obviously much more expansive, but the in the original you just go.
The sequels just felt too busy, as though the developers tried to jam so many activities and variance into every inch of the map that it wound up feeling extremely chaotic as a result. Even the soundtracks of 2 and 3 seem to reflect this feeling. It’s like they had a lot of pressure on them to deliver everything bigger and better than before, and it took a lot of focus off of what made Spyro so charming in the first place. The games have no chill.
Spyro 1 levels felt like mystic worldspaces to explore, with room to breathe and pretty sights to enjoy. 2 and 3 just feel like dense puzzles, with ladders and layers and tunnels and ledges, and this thing tieing back to this thing, and this thing opening up later once you get this other thing, and it just didn’t feel very organic or authentic. It was like running around in the inside of a clock.
Also, Star Control 2, which recently got a free release on Steam. Though, I’m not sure what happen with the Star Control franchise, since that specific game is now open-source.
They’ve been working on a sequel for quite a while, including doing regular hours-long YouTube videos although I’ve never followed closely enough to get a feel for how far along they are or what their plans really are. Most of the posts are pretty abstract and the videos seem mostly like futzing with assets and tweaking melee modes and things.
Tangent: SC2 is possibly my favorite game of all time for different reasons. And honestly I liked Star Control Origins a whole lot, for anyone who hasn’t played it but liked SC2. It’s rough and dirivitive in some ways, but excellent in others, and improves on a lot of things in SC2 (including a bunch of quality-of-life stuff). And the writing and voice acting and things is pretty good. Actually, 3 of my favorite races come from the game.
Even if they do, who cares? These are the guys who created Star Control and Skylanders without the benefit of them being a remake of a sequel of a reboot of a sequel of a sequel. Give me more original TfB IP!
So, they're no longer part of Activision and presumably no longer part of Microsoft, but they want to keep working with Microsoft? So will they be completely independent or are they just no longer under Activision in the Microsoft hierarchy? Either way I hope a partnership with Microsoft means they might be able to make Spyro 4. Also, excited at the prospect of studios breaking away from Embracer. Obviously there is no guarantee that they'll be treated better, but at least they have a better chance of not being shut down by the end of the month.
Watch people try to still predict a Switch 2 reveal within a partner showcase. And while that’s not gonna happen, most games I’m interested in will sadly never hit the current Switch - namely the new Monster Hunter or Metaphor, the new game from the Persona people. But you’ll never know, there could some other awesome stuff in there.
Rumor has it that the Switch 2 was going to be revealed this month, but got delayed. I assume this is a partner showcase because Nintendo promised third-parties a direct this month but aren't ready to show off what they're working on
Persona 3 Reload is finally here, and fans of the series have welcomed it with open arms, happily becoming reacquainted with the high schoolers who get magical powers from a shot to the head. Speaking of which, Persona 3 Reload has shot to the head of Atlus’s ranking of fastest-selling games, shipping over a million copies worldwide in its first week.
I think Bloodborne will be one of the first, if not the first, games ever to be emulated on a PS4 emulator. There are multiple projects, but they are not ready yet (plus it would require a monster pc).
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