Sean @ FG: Needless to say, The Crash N.Sane Triology has been a resounding success for Activision who think that more beloved franchises from yesteryear could get the same treatment. I imagine many other publishers are looking at the sales of the N. Sane trilogy and are thinking the same thing too.
But what should be next? What other franchises as big as Crash Bandicoot deserve to be rebuilt for the modern day gamer? Well, we have a few suggestions.
The platformer’s original creators and the stewards of the remastered trilogy dive into the original series and how it impacts the franchise today.
Thanks Sony for letting this slip away to Activision.
25 years wasted.
Oh btw I just purchased the trilogy.
Brought tears to my eyes.
It's so good. I bought it for my nephew's and we played all night.
Crystal Dynamics' interest in Legacy of Kain and the new secret playtest rekindle hopes for the epic vampire journey's much-needed revival.
Yeah. It would be nice.
But kind of hard to do when they are tasked in helping TRILLION dollar companies finish making their games. Just blows your mind right? Sucks the life right out of you like a vampire.
They need to do it quick the voice talent isn't getting any younger and we need a wrap up of the story of Kain and Raziel.
Man I can only imagine what a modern take of Nosgoth would look like past and present. Have Blood Omen with D4 style top down graphics and Soul Reaver taking advantage of SSD and physical/spectral plain shifting with modern graphics and updated combat ,,,, drool :p Honestly they could condense soul reaver 1,2& defiance in to 1 game if they ever do a remake , make it a huge epic arpg
What does Microsoft's pending acquisition of Activision mean for Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon? How did Sony let them get away?
Sony more interested in remastering The Last of Us again instead of focusing on the classic IPs that made PlayStation what it was
Sony should have been working hard for years, especially during the quiet period when it was doing nothing with the franchise and after Skylanders died down, to get the franchises rights back off Activision.
They'd have had remakes, new instalments, Kart racing games and party games (Crash Bash) to do, it would have been worth it.
Guys check the video on the article it’s very informative and well made with the history behind both studios.
Another thing people don’t want to understand is that the studios and Sony never owned the right for this games a the publishers had the rights to them and Sony saw the diminishing returns the franchises had and just let them be.
Would it had been nice if Sony pursued and purchased them YES would it make business sense NO.
If I had to choose between having those franchises or the studios that made them I would go with the studios 1 billion %.
Growing up I remember seeing those commercials with a guy in a Crash costume picketing outside of what was supposed to be Nintendo headquarters. Next thing I knew Crash games were appearing on Nintendo owned devices. lmao
Yeah those was funny but they was influenced by the developer name and the character been a naughty dog 🤣
Wow that's a good article. I didn't know half of that stuff. Xbox has always been lacking in the mascot games, so I wouldn't be surprised if they made some exclusive Crash and Spyro games. Hopefully we get some good stuff from them after the acquisition and it would be smarter to keep them multi plat honestly. I also am hoping they make a Skylanders game that's all inclusive and doesn't need any freaking toys. But seriously hoping for a new open world Spyro adventure that doesn't suck. After the great reception of the Spyro and Crash remakes, I'm pretty confident there's some life left for these franchises. Nintendo has been able to keep Mario adventures fresh all these years so maybe it's time these get that kind of treatment.
I hoped they got the respect they deserve as excellent games that shaped the industry for the better but so far they haven’t personally I don’t think Microsoft can do it ether as they haven’t shown respect even to their flagship title (halo) in the quality area according to a few hardcore Xbox players here asking for a new developer for the franchise but I can be wrong if they give it to the pirates game developer (sorry forgot their names no offense meant 🤦🏿) and don’t make it into gas game full of micro transactions.
@ solitary
The word moves forward by copying and improving what is available otherwise we wouldn’t be writing stuff online on our phone and be making calls at home sticking our finger in a hole and do a clockwise motion 10x to make a phone call
Lol, Microsoft always trying to copy Sony. Crash and Spyro had their time in the sun already, I'm not interested in Crash or Spyro anymore.
Crash and Spyro are as timeless as Mario and Sonic. There's always going to be new gamers that want their kids to be introduced to gaming using the franchises that they played when they were younger. We're at that point now where a new and exciting Crash and Spyro are needed. Good franchises don't need to die if they can keep doing new and exciting things with them. There's still a lot of potential left in those 2 franchises. They could hand them to someone like Rare or Double Fine to concoct something fun and original using the IP. Mascot games are ready for a Renaissance and Microsoft may just be the ones to bring them back to forefront to compete with Nintendo.
Lol @ Microsoft, they'll probably just liquidate and suck all the fun out of these IPs just like how they fucked up Perfect Dark and everything else console related that they touch.
" A remake of the Door to Phantomile which has become something of a cult classic would certainly make many people happy."
Namco already made a remake to the first Klonoa and it bombed commercially, hence why the there was never a remake of Klonoa 2 and why franchise has been on hiatus since.
"we can but hope that Microsoft have taken note and are investing in new Banjo-Kazooie or a remake of the original adventures."
Microsoft already remade or more accurately ported the two Banjo-Kazooie games. They're widely regarded as the superior versions. It's absurd to think Microsoft would rerelease them a third time after Rare Replay.
They also made a controversial new one as well. If Yookah-Laylee's lackluster commercial appeal has proven anything it's that Microsoft would feel even less enthusiastic to make another B-K game when it's not even going to sell well, which is this publisher's MO and how they basically operate.
"The fact remains that the Legacy of Kain franchise is being criminally underutilised by Square Enix."
Square Enix underutilizes many of Eidos' classic franchises though, so it's really nothing out of the norm. Even Taito's classic properties haven't been getting a lot of attention.
" Remake Bad Fur Day or Live and Reloaded. Please."
Conker' BFD was already included in Rare Replay. Live and Reloaded is already a remake, a divisive one at that, and Microsoft definitely aren't going to remake a remake when the original game is already finally widely available.
"There’s a whole generation of gamers out there that don’t have the means to play Chrono Trigger and a simple port of Chrono Trigger might be enough"
Chrono Trigger already got remade on PS1 & DS. Not to mention it's already widely available on iOS, Wii, PS3, PSP, Vita, & Android.
If a publisher were going to develop a remake, they would do so. They wouldn't get inspired by N-Sane Trilogy's success and be spurred to do so, especially when we've had plenty of other successful remakes in the past.
dude, by screaming for more reheats you are preventing the gaming industry to evolve. why should they try harder if everybody is buying the same old crap anyway? i know i wouldn't.
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