If Sony buys Bluepoint Games, do you want them to continue as the remake studio?
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I want them to become Sony's BC team. Bring a steady stream of PS3 games emulated to the PS5 and work on improving their PS1 and PS2 (and PS4) emulation.
Feels like they are currently mostly a tech and maybe art team so they'd need help or to expand and hire creatives and gameplay designers if they are to create something new. This is of course personal speculation.
Feels like they are currently mostly a tech and maybe art team so they'd need help or to expand and hire creatives and gameplay designers if they are to create something new. This is of course personal speculation.
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Let them generate enough revenue to have a second team dedicated to original properties, Bluepoint Games clearly loves remastering/remaking games.
I don't really want anymore remakes, but they also haven't done much else... I kind of wished they'd stick to remasters over remakes at least.
They've been on a pretty steady trajectory, I can imagine it playing out like this:
Port (Titanfall, Playstation All Stars Battle Royale) -> Remaster (Nathan Drake Collection, Gravity Rush) -> Graphical level Remake (Shadow of the Colossus, Demons Souls) -> Gameplay level Remake (their next project) -> New Game
Port (Titanfall, Playstation All Stars Battle Royale) -> Remaster (Nathan Drake Collection, Gravity Rush) -> Graphical level Remake (Shadow of the Colossus, Demons Souls) -> Gameplay level Remake (their next project) -> New Game
They are the best in the business at what they do. There'd be no point in buying them if you didn't hugely respect that and want that to continue with the added benefit of increased funds and pipeline improvements.
I could only see a new IP being made if Sony drastically increased the size of the studio and gave them two teams.
I could only see a new IP being made if Sony drastically increased the size of the studio and gave them two teams.
I don't get why people think it makes sense for them to get bought out on the back of brilliant remakes then have them start making new games.
They're best of class in their niche of remakes and that's where their value is. Sony has plenty of studios making new games, if Bluepoint can make Demon's Souls calibre remake semi regularly then that's what they should do I think.
They're best of class in their niche of remakes and that's where their value is. Sony has plenty of studios making new games, if Bluepoint can make Demon's Souls calibre remake semi regularly then that's what they should do I think.
They should keep remaking games. They are great at it, and there are plenty of older games that could benefit from a new take.
And if they take on games from before Gen 7, they would probably have plenty of room to let their creativity loose, instead of just updating the graphics. Something along the lines of the recent Resident Evil remakes would be interesting.
And if they take on games from before Gen 7, they would probably have plenty of room to let their creativity loose, instead of just updating the graphics. Something along the lines of the recent Resident Evil remakes would be interesting.
Yep, their pedigree is in remastering games and technical knowledge. Who knows how good they will be making a own game. Don't get me wrong, if they want to make a own game, let them. Development freedom is key, but I think we as a community are sometimes to early with calling for a own games with praised studios like Bluepoint. As RAD showed it ain't that easy.
I like them to keep doing what they do best. Also if they want to work on a new IP, then thats fine too. I'm in the mind set that if they want to work on their own IP, then they should go for it. If they only want to work on remakes, then who am I to tell them otherwise.
I want them to do whatever it is they want to do. I trust them with remakes, so that would be my suggestion, haha - but if they want to get into creating their own OPs, I hope they get to do that.
Remaking games and designing new games are two very different things.
I think they certainly deserve to make their own game, but selfishly I'd prefer they stick to remakes.
Most remakes are outsourced, budget, or low-effort (for very understandable reasons) OR essentially brand new games (see: FF7R, or RE2). Bluepoint occupies a unique space in this area that I would love to see continue.
Most remakes are outsourced, budget, or low-effort (for very understandable reasons) OR essentially brand new games (see: FF7R, or RE2). Bluepoint occupies a unique space in this area that I would love to see continue.
Should make their own games. Their style has been relatively apparent through all their remakes. They develop like a Sony AAA studio, so let them.
My preference is new games always so hopefully they would get a chance to make something entirely their own. MGS may be my fav game of all time but do I need a remake? Not really. You can play MGS today in all its PS1 glory and get frustrated at the fistfight near the end, no no my last playthrough didn't frustrate old me why do you ask? So no I'd like them to not continue as the Remake Studio if Sony bought them.
I'd want them to do what they want to do. Whether that is create new ips or remakes, the decision is theirs to make.
This (that option really needs to be added to the poll).
They definitely have talent, would be great to see what they could do on their own with some creative freedom (which Sony mostly provides).
But they are also the best remake/remaster studio on the market and have been since the beginning, so it would be foolish to abandon that.
Fuck, no, time travel shenanigans is what makes Legacy of Kain story unique.
Soul Reaver 2 has some of the best dialogue in any game ever made, and it's all intrinsically connected to the intricate story- and time travel has been the series' staple since Blood Omen.
i mean, hiring people is hard, and you can't just snap your fingers and have two teams who can reliably ship multiple high budget, high quality games in sequence.
All of the above. They've not really established themselves as a studio that can even succeed with a new IP, but I would like Sony to give them the freedom to try. If it fails they just go back to being a remake studio.
As a middle ground I imagine they learn a lot remaking a game as far as gameplay systems and design goes. So making sequels to games they've remade seems like a good middle ground. It lets them flex their creativity but within the confines of something we all now works...I think a good way to test the waters for this would be for them to release the final archstone as DLC for demon's souls.
As a middle ground I imagine they learn a lot remaking a game as far as gameplay systems and design goes. So making sequels to games they've remade seems like a good middle ground. It lets them flex their creativity but within the confines of something we all now works...I think a good way to test the waters for this would be for them to release the final archstone as DLC for demon's souls.
Kinda, yeah. They haven't missed yet. As long as they keep that level of quality, it's a win-win.
And honestly, that's probably a better place to be for a developer to be than churning out sequel after sequel, making the same game over and over and over again. At least Bluepoint gets to do something different every time.
Legacy of Kain would indeed be a winner, but there's five games in that series.. that's not really the sort of thing Bluepoint excels at.
And honestly, that's probably a better place to be for a developer to be than churning out sequel after sequel, making the same game over and over and over again. At least Bluepoint gets to do something different every time.
Legacy of Kain would indeed be a winner, but there's five games in that series.. that's not really the sort of thing Bluepoint excels at.
All Bluepoint has ever done is prettying up old games - they've got no experience/skills in actually designing games from the ground up. Why on earth would Sony acquire a studio to then pivot to taking the risk of them doing something they've never done before? If Sony acquired them it would be to continue doing what they've already shown they're good at.
Bluepoint making original games is a ResetEra fantasy. Which is kind of funny because a load more old games getting remastered is also a ResetEra fantasy.
Bluepoint making original games is a ResetEra fantasy. Which is kind of funny because a load more old games getting remastered is also a ResetEra fantasy.
The fact that they are so experienced and talented on the technical side already puts them above a lot of studios, giving them a bigger budget and increasing their size in order to make a new I.P is not a crazy thought or anything, every studio has to start somewhere, if this is what they want to do(which is the case accorindg to some rumors) why stop them? And why not help them since they showed more than once to be talented and effective?
I don't want Bluepoint to be a studio owned by Sony, and I want even less for Bluepoint to touch any more existing properties. But Sony does seem intent on tarnishing the legacy of some of their most impressive games, so Bluepoint becoming Sony's remake factory is probably what we're going to get and the industry will be worse off for it.
Puts them above a lot of studios Sony would have no interest in a acquiring.
Sony are currently growing trusted internal studios who already have full spectrum experience of making IP into two team studios. It makes more sense to focus on getting those teams right than bringing bring a whole new, inexperienced, team on board to do the same thing.
If Bluepoint want to make new IP then I think they'll have to stay 2nd party to do it because publishers won't want to take the risk on a studio unproven in that sphere.
Why exactly does Sony NEED new IPs?
Anyway, I want them to do whatever they want. If that's remaking games for the next 10 years then that's cool with me, they do incredible work.
Sure, their remakes are among the better remakes out there in my mind so I'd like to see more modernized takes on old games.
The good thing about Sony is that they let their studios do what they want to do. If Bluepoint want to do a remake of something then let them do it. If they want to do a new IP then do that.
Buyout or no, I expect they'll keep doing remakes in the short to medium tern, since they are very sucessful at that, and they are the best in the biz in that niche.
Yes. Sony's studios love to create new IPs and they should bee free to do so with Sony having a legacy studio. BP could be scaled 3x to allow WWS to push out new IPs.
If they buy them I hope they help them expand into team for remakes and a team with creative control.
i say let the best remake studio in the world keep doing what they do best.
i'd much rather see M2 on a preservation project than announce a new ip for instance
i'd much rather see M2 on a preservation project than announce a new ip for instance
