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Forever Entertainment entered agreement with Square Enix to produce several remakes based on one IP
- Thread starter sebbbbe_WiiG
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"Several remakes" implies it's a long-running series but I have doubts they'd let someone else work on remakes for Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy. I'm personally rooting for DQ but idk I feel like this won't be that big of a deal for me.
It already exists, it's called Second Evolution and it came out on the PSP along with a remake of the first Star Ocean.
Yo this looks nice.I thought that other pitch (the Dennis Dyack one) looked intriguing.
Forever getting such a huge cut rules this out as being a major franchise imo. Square isnt give 50%+ of the revenue for FF or Dragon Quest remakes.
Those are ports of the mobile versions, which are quite janky.
I-VI (VII too really) need proper 2D remakes, preferably in the style used for the 2D portions of DQXI.
Looking at Forever's portfolio, this is definitely a PS1 era IP with multiple entries. The only two franchises I can think of are Parasite Eve and Legacy of Kain, and I'm leaning towards the latter.
Yeah that's what was getting me too. Although they do say "several" remakes in this unknown series. Not many SE niche games come to mind with having multiple games to remake.
I'm thinking Front Mission or Legacy of Kain.
I'm getting Grin vibes about Forever, but not quite as good. Grin took on way too much work and just imploded at some point (Square Enix pulling out of their big project the main factor!) , and Forever feels to be headed in a very similar direction. Wasn't a fan of the art direction on their Panzer remake at all either, so they have a lot to prove.
Yeah this is going to be PS1 or later titles I think. Probably something from the Eidos catalog since there's a bunch of Japanese companies like M2, ArtePiazza, and Access they've used for their re-releases of Japanese titles when they don't do it in-house.
I would faint if they announced Front Mission. The tactics genre is really under represented these days.
I feel like these guys should slow down? The Panzer Dragoon remake was good, but it had a rough launch and it definitely felt like a lower budget project. Stuff like House of the Dead seems right up their alley as it's more rail shooters but taking on several projects in a series like Legacy of Kain seems ill-advised for a smaller team.
Cross your fingers and hope they do an R release for PS4/Switch?
It's possible the success of Panzer Dragoon Remake has allowed them to expand some.
It had a rough launch that has now been significantly patched and is absolutely a great game and a great way to play it.
Whatever happened to that Fear Effect remake? Weren't they involved in that?
Also how big is this team? They seem to be taking a lot of projects under their belt lately between the SEGA stuff and now this.
Still, bringing back old IP's I remember from the PS1 days is definitely something I'm on board with.
Also how big is this team? They seem to be taking a lot of projects under their belt lately between the SEGA stuff and now this.
Still, bringing back old IP's I remember from the PS1 days is definitely something I'm on board with.
This info come from a podcast like in 2018/2019, a spokeperson of FE said that FE was given to the team of Panzer Dragoon remake, implyng a reboot, also Sunshee died(the team behind Sedna)
It liste as in development at Megapixel(PD remake ecc)
Considering we got an enhance port of the remake of SO1 I wouldn't be surprised if the next in that line happens anyway in 2021
It's still not quite as good as the original, and the art direction leaves a lot to be desired.
Them making 50% of the money from it makes me really doubt it's anything as big as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest
"Multiple games" also rules out Xenogears and Einhander (I really would have guessed the latter otherwise).
Which IMO leaves...
"Multiple games" also rules out Xenogears and Einhander (I really would have guessed the latter otherwise).
Which IMO leaves...
- Parasite Eve 1 & 2 (if they can figure out that license)
- Tobal
- Bushido Blade
- Chrono (if they feel comfortable remaking one 2D game)
- Brave Fencer Musashi
- Valkyrie Profile
- Star Ocean
- Space Invaders
- Bubble Bobble
This is totally going to be some really obscure old Taito IP, isn't it? Or something really minor from the Enix side, like Bust A Groove.
Still, pretty interesting news, considering the Fear Effect remake that was originally announced for 2018 release is nowhere to be seen, and even the official Twitter for that seems to have gone silent over a year ago.
Still, pretty interesting news, considering the Fear Effect remake that was originally announced for 2018 release is nowhere to be seen, and even the official Twitter for that seems to have gone silent over a year ago.
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I'd like that and it fits the "several" with 2 PS1 games, 3D, scope should be right their alley... RPGs, tactical remake would suprise me, by them.
I doubt they will let them handle important projects like FF8 or Chrono Trigger.
I would assume those kind of games Square would want to keep for themselves(Perhaps for after the FF7 games end?), especially with that 50%.
Parasite Eve and Vagrant Story are more likely to get picked.
Oh, and Threads of Fate too, I could see it happening.
They're short and interesting games, which I believe fits perfectly for a first project to see how it fares.
I would assume those kind of games Square would want to keep for themselves(Perhaps for after the FF7 games end?), especially with that 50%.
Parasite Eve and Vagrant Story are more likely to get picked.
Oh, and Threads of Fate too, I could see it happening.
They're short and interesting games, which I believe fits perfectly for a first project to see how it fares.
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As someone who slogged through the original, I disagree! It plays so much better now.
But the art direction's the kind of thing no one's ever going to agree on because despite how much I love Panzer Dragoon's aesthetic on the Saturn it's not really something that can be hard replicated in 2020 using modern graphics. "Desolate" means something different now than it did in 1995.
Not yet. But apparently, they are also working on Zwei and Saga too.
