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A Skies of Arcadia developer "strongly wants to develop the sequel"
- Thread starter Lant_War
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Maybe targeting Switch and not next-gen could lower costs?
There's no real need for a remake though. A re-release/re-master though? Yes please.
I just had a cold chill recalling relentless early random encounters, but I'd bite, maybe even if it was a reimagining.
Totally agree with that! As an attempt to revive the brand, it would probably be safer to do a remaster first. If only to test the market.
Absolutely. That world needs expansion and elaboration. Plus make the air ship battles real time, and baby, we got a stew going.
Port the original to modern consoles and make that sequel. Kickstart the damn thing if you have to.
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Not sure if there's a 20 year gap between the original and the new ones, but it's close.
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I'd love a full-fledged sequel, but I can't help but feel it would be a pretty big disappointment -- [side-eyes the various Valkyria Chronicles sequels].
It has to be a remake or don't bother. As I said above the game wasn't all that good even when it came out, so it damn sure won't hold up now. A remaster would only serve to remind people that the game was sub-par and get them less excited, which is what I believe happened to Shenmue 3. By re-releasing Shenmue 1&2 people were able to play that and go, "Hey, nostalgia really painted my perception of this game it really doesn't hold up at all." Remasters only really shine if the game being remastered was actually good to begin with.
This is one of the few JRPGs I've ever liked so I would be down for a sequel. Sega should probably put out an HD remaster first.
That's why doing a remaster / remake first, and only then a full-blown sequel if there's interest could work, I think.
Sequel could be cool, but so much of the magic of the original (at least to me) was how the excellent soundtrack, optimism, and sense of discovery worked in concert. I'm not sure the sense of discovery could be replicated, especially if it went for higher-end graphics.
I'd definitely be down for a remaster though -- give me the Dreamcast quality soundtrack, Gamecube extras, and make the battle system a little less crappy.
I'd definitely be down for a remaster though -- give me the Dreamcast quality soundtrack, Gamecube extras, and make the battle system a little less crappy.
Uh, what are you talking about? Skies of Arcadia was good then and good now. The first time I got into it was probably only around 5 years ago too, and I enjoyed it far more than any FF game. The only improvement I'd hope for in a remaster/remake would be a reduction in the random battle encounter rate, which is an easy fix.
As for Shenmue III, it's much worse game than Shenmue I & II, and Shenmue as a franchise has always catered to a niche fanase. SoA is a traditional jrpg, so it wouldn't face that type of hurdle, especially if a sequel is internally developed.
I had a trick for this when I had my GameCube, I would hear thr disc drive start making noises as it was prepping for the encounter.
I just had to hit the "open" button on the top of the console to expose the disc and it wouldn't load the encounter 😂
I'd argue battles need more of an overhaul than just reducing random encounters. It was weird even at the time how there was relevance to where you were standing but no real control over it. After something like Grandia, it was a weird mix of features without fully committing to a style.
I love the game though and would love an updated version.
Do it sega!
Ahh this game! So good! And look, Sega blue skies!! How I miss them.
I agree the positioning aspect wasn't clearly defined, but I think overall the combat was fun for what it was (especially the ship battles), and the game itself is too easy to make the battle system worth overhauling. Now for a sequel, i can get behind doing something like that.
