that's why i so quickly jumped on making a topic, when I read the site I was like 'oh shit it's actually still alive, wooo'
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New SHADOW OF THE BEAST (PS4) concept art; details
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that's why i so quickly jumped on making a topic, when I read the site I was like 'oh shit it's actually still alive, wooo'
SiegfriedFM
Member
Interesting that the artwork is clearly inspired by the Roger Dean artwork that actually had nothing to do with the games.
Psygnosis had the most gorgerous covers ever though.
Psygnosis had the most gorgerous covers ever though.
Thanks! I lost the shirt of the first game X( and aside the shirts only have the disks left. Wish I had kept the boxes for proper scanning
Looking def. forward to that game. Seems like the art is a semi-remake of sorts. If done right, the backstory could be blown up to Kratos-levels of a revenge tale. I hope for proper storytelling.
Would love to submit ideas and suggestions to the devs :-/
i want to play dat low budget art. i miss pre rendered environments some times.
SymbiantXenos
Member
Also SOTB2 had/has the best game over music ever.
blastprocessor
The Amiga Brotherhood
Looking forward to a modern version that fixes the game play of the original (i.e., damn hard lol).
BloodMoney
Banned
Yeah, SoTBII in particular was brutally hard.
Charmicarmicat
Banned
I admit it was stupidly difficult, with some ridiculous trail-and-error gameplay, however I can only think of a handful of other games with that amount of incredible atmosphere. The music, the graphics, just the FEEL of these games made them worth playing, despite the frustration.
BloodMoney
Banned
Napalm_Frank
Member
This was revealed waaaaay too early
hastethedav
Member
I'm assuming this will not be a full 3d type game? More of a side scroller?
Loved the artstyle in the teaser + here so I'm interested in seeing more hopefully soon
Loved the artstyle in the teaser + here so I'm interested in seeing more hopefully soon
Would be really cool if the game captures the same feel and imagination of the art.
Definitely
Definitely
Demon Lizardman
Banned
Concept Art looks interesting, would like to see some gameplay soon.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Was wondering where the hell this was during PSX. Glad it's not forgotten.
TheHollowNight
Member
My buddy is working on this! I barely know anything about it, other than the team is really small. Intrigued to see how this game turns out.
Awesome. I sincerely happy to see this game is alive.
Nice
How many people are there in the team ?
Nice
How many people are there in the team ?
Nostalgia Overload
Seriously, they have their work cut out for them in trying to recapture the music.
Shadow of the Beast 2 wasn't as memorable for me except for the main overworld theme.
Seriously, they have their work cut out for them in trying to recapture the music.
Shadow of the Beast 2 wasn't as memorable for me except for the main overworld theme.
TheHollowNight
Member
Nice
How many people are there in the team ?
Roughly about 10 or so core employees in Heavy Spectrum I think, but I know they have some outsourcing. Probably Sony helping out here and there.
It may have been frustratingly punishing and difficult, but SotB was top tier in its AV presentation (both graphics and music), and ground breaking in the parallax scrolling tech used (12 levels).
ichtyander
Member
The original had some fantastic music indeed. I'd love for this to have a good atmosphere and presentation. Something minimalistic but powerful, like Another World or Journey. I'm a bit skeptic about this, just somehow feels like it might turn out like the Flashback remake.
GIANKRATOS
Member
Can't wait to see more
BloodMoney
Banned
This. Amiga gfx were god tier in the late 80's and the SotB games were some of the first to utilize the pOWAr!
TheHollowNight
Member
small budget PSN title CONFIRMED
Genuinely I have no idea what the production budget is for this. But I imagine if it's staying faithful to the original, it wouldn't be some mega budget game. An amusing fact for me is that my friend and I came from the same previous studio that made the original SotB (Ubi Reflections), so it's neat to see him at HS now!
Yeah, what made SotB "work" for me was not necessarily the gameplay. I was immersed in the setting thanks to the great art and the fantastic music which both "set the mood" for the game.
I mean, the gameplay was pretty damn simple. just run/jump/punch/kick and enemies either went down in one hit or two (or bosses about a dozen).
Shadow of the Beast 2 tried to add more exploration elements into the game, but man, if you didn't do things exactly right you were pretty much blocked from any game progression and were just left wandering around or stuck in areas.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Eh, I dunno about that concept art. Call me when the game looks like a Dean Psygnosis cover.
GeordieMark
Member
I clearly recall many hours sat staring at the screen in complete bafflement as a kid playing SOTB2 on my Amiga.
I loved that opening cinematic with the big demon bat thing. The game had a really bleak, broody atmosphere going on.
Hydrargyrus
Member
Awesome!
Can't wait
Can't wait
firebranded
Member
Is there a chance this will come with the originals in the game? Want to try those out too.
Good question. Does Sony own the full rights to them?
fuzzyreactor
Banned
2 years later we get some concept art. yea, i wouldnt bet on this game ever being released
firebranded
Member
I think it will, just with the uncertainty before the launch they needed to have some announcements and decided to use this one since its in-house. Besides 16 months doesn't round up to 2 years
BlackLagoon
Member
I'm curious as to how the music will turn out. The originals had amazing, atmospheric soundtracks, and I hope they don't crank up the cinematic orchestra, add some "tribal" sounds and call it a day.
Yes. Psygnosis owned the games, and Sony owned Psygnosis.
ShockingAlberto
Member
"We can finally bring the vision to life!"
*concept art*
*concept art*
Yeah, I knew Psygnosis owned the IP and games. But even when you think there is clear-cut ownership I've found that legal limbos can often occur for something that had distribution deals and whatnot. Good to know all the same.
BlackLagoon
Member
I don't think there should be any ownership issues with the original Amiga versions. AFAIK Psygnosis owned what they published, which is why Sony ended up with stuff like Lemmings.
That said, I think the SotB ports were handled by a number of different publishers, so those might be problematic. And I guess the Amiga versions might require licensing Amiga IP - Kickstarter ROMs and such, so those might be problematic to emulate. So I guess it depends on whether Sony still has the source code and assets.
Kresnik258
Member
I kinda hope they release the original games on PSN once this is out. It's been years since I played any of them.
sono
Member
Triggerhappytel
Member
I'm definitely on board for this. Big fan of the original games (yes, despite all the flaws!) and I'm keen to see where they're going with this. Really like the artwork there; one of my favourite things about the original game in particular was how distinct it looked and how alien the environments were.