If it's Bluepoint doing MGS, I trust they can do a great job with a remake that brings MGS1 up to moder gameplay standards while maintaining its identity. That's what I'd like to see. I replayed MGS1 a few years ago and it holds up well, but if it were remade then it deserves the modernized visuals and gameplay treatment imo.
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[VGC] Konami looking to outsource Metal Gear Solid & Castlevania franchises for new titles
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I am not sure why people think Bluepoint can't do an overhauled gameplay for a potential MGS remake.
If you look at their history with remasters and remake the next step would be a reimagining. They started doing remasters of MGS, Uncharted, Ico/SoTC then they moved on to SoTC and DS remakes. Next step is obvious.
Not to mention, they got lots of talented developers that worked on original games and they got the rest of Sony backing them if the rumor that Sony is buying them is true.
If you look at their history with remasters and remake the next step would be a reimagining. They started doing remasters of MGS, Uncharted, Ico/SoTC then they moved on to SoTC and DS remakes. Next step is obvious.
Not to mention, they got lots of talented developers that worked on original games and they got the rest of Sony backing them if the rumor that Sony is buying them is true.
When has Konami outsourced their games to big developers? They have a history of just outsourcing their IPs to companies who actually lack a pedigree even making games similar to the IPs they get. Platinum and Metal Gear was the exception, not the norm.
I really have to wonder why people think "oh man this good top tier developer is going to get this IP to work on" when they've shoved Silent Hill through the mud so frequently people only ever cared again because they saw the words "Hideo Kojima" tailored to a demo.
They're even underballing it now. Castlevania was given to two mobile game studios and one of those games died not even half a year in. But apparently it's time for FromSoftware to make a Castlevania game? What the fuck?
one of these day's we'll see a big gun "outsource" a la the sony/silent hill thing but with their current business model i dunno what's in it for them particularly
MGS, contra, Goeman, castlevania ect .. we all hold them dear to our heart but what does it mean to them if they divvy up the pie to somebody else. these aren't evergreen IPs
MGS, contra, Goeman, castlevania ect .. we all hold them dear to our heart but what does it mean to them if they divvy up the pie to somebody else. these aren't evergreen IPs
IO Interactive?
I'm not sure they would be the right fit, but they would fit within 1-3.
I'm sure if Konami shopped around, one of the platform holders would love to cooperate on an exclusive MGS. A remake or revival would be huge with the right budget and team.
IO Interactive is already working on a game with a super successful IP and that's the 007 Bond license
IO Interactive is working on James Bond now, so it's not their IP, but I imagine they are pretty busy.
If it's anything like Dusk's info (and it sounds like it is, if not the same sources just based on the wording), it sounds like they just don't know. Only one leaker/insider has ever actually committed that they 100% know/believe it's Sony Japan, and everyone else has never been willing to out and out confirm that or the identity of this mysterious 'prominent Japanese dev.'
I guess my only question is can Fromsoftware do fun 3D platforming? Obviously SOTN made platforming challenges less of a essential aspect of Castlevania but I think fun platforming challenges would go a long way towards differentiating a Fromsoftware developed Castlevania from their past works. I mean, I don't just want another Fromsoftware game but with a Castlevania skin over it.
If CastleVania were to be outsourced, I'd like for it to actually play like a CastleVania game which means platforming segments intermixed with action, this why I don't think From Software would be suited to handle it. Turning Castlevania in just another Souls game is NOT Castlevania.
Sharing the setting and some themes is one thing, but gameplay and mechanics they couldn't be any further different from each other.
Sharing the setting and some themes is one thing, but gameplay and mechanics they couldn't be any further different from each other.
I beat the game and I have the trophy to prove it. But of course anyone who doesn't like a game you liked must be "fishy" and a liar.
I am sure they can.
Assuming they do make a metroidvania, they are already halfway there. Something closer to Sekiro but with the obvious Castlevania stuff like platforming, secret items and stuff like that would be a true Castlevania game.
Sekiro showed that they can make fun traversal. A next level one with skill based platforming would be great.
So this lends credence to the rumors of new games coming and being revealed soon. Who knows about the whole Sony angle, but I'm just excited to get these games back.
They never even finished 5. I guess if they want to do a sequel to 4 (mega yikes) it is possible.
Platinum is a better fit for Castlevania than FromSoft. Tone down the bombast and put it in a more gothic setting and you have an action game with a fast enough tempo to fit Castlevania. Only one game in the entire series has a stamina bar and that filled up fast. All of From's dark fantasy games are slow, plodding dungeon crawlers if you look at their catalog at large. They're immersive for the intricacies in that direction, and that is not a direction Castlevania ever really focused on. In fact, the games closest to that tone was the N64 era, an era people incorrectly say as a period of proof Castlevania can never work in 3D. Even the "Igavania" games could still be played like a level based game if you knew the exact areas and order you should tackle the castle.
I really have to wonder how much of the FromSoft stanning camp here actually wants a Castlevania game or just more Bloodborne and are using the IP to retrofit their desires, similarly to what happened with the Lords of Shadow reboot trying to shape the IP into a direct God of War substitute. A lot of what people are wanting with this combination seems to be because they want something "alike" another franchise altogether. I know the thirst for a Bloodborne 2 is real, but even platforming in Sekiro felt weak, and that's a core feature of Castlevania. Sekiro already felt like a game that was awkwardly sandwiched between starting as a Tenchu game and having to adopt the permadeath system of the Soulsborne games even if parts of the game clearly show the narrative structure doesn't account for the gameplay systems. We're going to have currency and experience be one system in a Castlevania game?
That's not a trend...they did remasters because those were collections and remakes because those were singular games. That isn't evidence or even a trend pointing to anything more
Revengeance 2 with wallrunning confirmed. Cyborg-resurrected Jetstream Sam as the main character.
Honestly don't even do MGS6,
Remake MG1 and MG2 if that is successful drop the MGS/Kojima baggage and just make Metal Gear 3 as a separate branch.
Ghost Babel(Gameboy) already did that as well.
gives you the basics(Big Boss, Snake, Campbell, Grey Fox) but basically cuts clones, Venom and all that extraness out.
You could even reuse MGS1 elements in different ways like Liquid and Sniper Wolf being "good guys" with Foxhound
I believe bluepoint themselves said they are taking on bigger and bigger projects in the DF interview. When they say bigger I assume they are taking more challenging projects.
A re imagining is way harder than DS style remake.
That would be $300 million well spent imo and bolster their Japanese presence.
Murayama wants to do it. If Eiyuden is a success, there's no better chance. It can lay dormant for now.
KojiPro and Remedy.
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Koji is possible but kinda lulz after everything, who knows though.
Remedy is in a publishing deal with EPIC, working on a AAA game and then they will make a small scale game in the same universe as the first one, possible, but I guess it would be(at least) after the first game, and while they make very good shooters I don't recall them having any experience with stealth focused games(one of the points of the poster you are quoting to).
After the way 2 ended I really don't think there's any room for a 3.
Clearly, now's the time for Konami to outsource Castlevania to us to make a turn-based, party-based gothic/horror JRPG. :)
Also, why would FROM want to make a Castlevania when they could just make another Dark Souls (or spin-off) game that would probably sell better than any Castlevania and they'd own the IP themselves and not have to pay royalties to Konami.
Also, why would FROM want to make a Castlevania when they could just make another Dark Souls (or spin-off) game that would probably sell better than any Castlevania and they'd own the IP themselves and not have to pay royalties to Konami.
I don't understand this mindset. Why is it so prevalent in the thread? Bloodborne already exists. Why would From take a gig developing Konami's IP for them when they could just...make another Bloodborne?
My thoughts exactly. It doesn't benefit FROM to work on an IP that's less popular than their recent hits.
I have visions of a MGS1 and 2 remakes made in the same style as Remake 2 and 3.
Remake with major modernisations to gameplay, and more than likely a change of camera perspective. I'm trying to stop myself from envisaging an RE engine-like Shadow Moses.
Goddam.
Remake with major modernisations to gameplay, and more than likely a change of camera perspective. I'm trying to stop myself from envisaging an RE engine-like Shadow Moses.
Goddam.
BloodBorne is my least favorite FROM game (still liked it though). Bloodborne is not Castlevania, and to this day there is still not a great 3D Castlevania game, and I think FROM would make an amazing one.
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