Think up an IP; maybe it had multiple entries, maybe only one, but it's been dead for a little while now. Say, most recent, absolute earliest days of the current generation but preferably lost to the passage of time by the end of last generation. Maybe it's beloved, maybe it's not, but the likelihood of it returning is basically zero. Zilch. Nada. It's dead, friend.
ONLY IT ISN'T. Surprise, fuckers; it's back, for next generation consoles. But it's not quite how you remember it.
- It nails the tone, it's got the mood you remember, and is clearly faithful to its source material
- It's gorgeous, the art is on point, and feels coherent with what you know
- It is, by all merits, a great title that has hit goals in all the areas that matter
- HOWEVER, it's not exactly the same genre as before. Maybe the camera perspective has changed, and the way the game is paced and structured. Maybe the genre has changed entirely from top to bottom. Either way, it's not a perfect recreation of the past, but it's still really good! And more importantly, it nails the transition in the best possible way it could
So, what is the IP, and what has it become?
ONLY IT ISN'T. Surprise, fuckers; it's back, for next generation consoles. But it's not quite how you remember it.
- It nails the tone, it's got the mood you remember, and is clearly faithful to its source material
- It's gorgeous, the art is on point, and feels coherent with what you know
- It is, by all merits, a great title that has hit goals in all the areas that matter
- HOWEVER, it's not exactly the same genre as before. Maybe the camera perspective has changed, and the way the game is paced and structured. Maybe the genre has changed entirely from top to bottom. Either way, it's not a perfect recreation of the past, but it's still really good! And more importantly, it nails the transition in the best possible way it could
So, what is the IP, and what has it become?