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Heres an idea, Fromsoft should make the Soul Reaver sequel (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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They had GRRM write Elden Ring. They can get Amy Henning to write SR before she retires

It has Souls in the name already.

Lords of the Fallen did the dual world thing

A weakened hero taking on bosses who are literally gods?

Worst case we get the Lies of P studio to do it

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Post made me wonder where the IP ended up, Eidos published the series and owned the IP, that went through SquareEnix after they bought out Eidos, then they sold the IP to Embracer who is currently going through a very slow bankruptcy.

So outside the thought exercise, this is mostly wishful thinking. The best we can hope at this point is that embracer sell their IPs to someone else who maybe publishers remasters?

From software probably aren't a good choice though, they don't really vibe super well with the more straightforward European mythologies, they like to weave more (intentionally) convoluted worlds that don't super mesh well with the stories in the soul reaver series.

The closest I can think of would be the psvr exclusive Déraciné, which is a time travelljng story about faries in a boarding school, and it's still pretty far.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd say THQ Nordic could maybe do it justice. They remade the Destroy All Humans! games and those were great imo.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

So, yeah. THQ Nordic is owned by the aformentioned Embracer. They got no money. Everything they have is currently being shut down and will likely all be sold off to pay the bills in the next year unless they pull a mega hit out of their behind

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

My real hope is that they sell off the IPs to a capable group. They sure gobbled up some great IPs and then did fuck all with them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't think from would ever resurrect a dead franchise and not keep making the cash cow that is souls.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Armored Core? That was dormant for a decade and two console generations before FromSoft brought it back.

(Still hoping for a new Kings Field.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I also crave a new Kings Field! Some of my favorite childhood games.

Have you heard of Lunacid? Indie PC game that fully released this year by the developer behind Lost in Vivo. It’s absolutely crammed full with the legacy of Kings Field. First person dungeon crawl with magic rings to equip (Eternal Ring!) and a weapon stamina build up mechanic like KF. A TON of hidden secrets behind fake walls. Very obscure story that you piece together by the few characters in the game and environmental story telling.

I wouldn’t call it a perfect Kings Field clone, but it sure scratched the itch. It’s on Steam for probably 15-20 usd.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, I just wanted to say I bought Lunacid right after your comment and finally got around to playing it. I'm only at the Catacombs, but so far it's excellent and a great throwback to Kings Field (though I miss having armor; with only weapons and rings there's far less exciting loot).

Thanks for the recommendation, my friend!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nice! Glad to hear that you are enjoying it, happy that the recommendation worked for you! Agreed about the armor. I did miss that. I did enjoy the weapon level ups and finding rings that worked well together. It was a good way to scratch the first person dungeon crawler itch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I hadn't heard of Lunacid, thanks for the recommendation! It looks good; I'll probably pick it up during the current Steam sale.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

They could just make a souls-like game set in Soul Reaver. It was already an action game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Honestly, I could see a new Soul Reaver game being a Souls-like if anyone was actually serious about resurrecting the franchise. I mean, between the ruined world and characters who can come back from death you could definitely market it as "Dark Souls, but vampires" towards newcomers. Shame the rights are with Embracer, meaning we aren't likely to ever get a new entry unless someone buys it off them.