The sequel to Immortals: Fenyx Rising (2020’s open-world, Greek-inspired journey recreation) was cancelled in July 2023, and we’re simply now studying precisely what that recreation was meant to ivolve—and the way a lot of a break from custom it was deliberate to be for Ubisoft.
In response to Axios’ Stephen Totilo, who broke the information on August 21, the sequel (codenamed Oxygen) was an formidable one that will mix options of two distinct, beloved video games: FromSoftware’s motion RPG Elden Ring and Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Nameless sources conversant in the sport’s growth spoke to Totilo, portray an in depth image of a “huge recreation set throughout a fictionalized model of the Polynesian archipelago, made primarily by Ubisoft’s Quebec studio however developed alongside Polynesian consultants.”
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“The aim was additionally to make a recreation very totally different from the remainder of the Ubisoft portfolio,” a supply advised Axios. As a substitute of the standard Ubisoft map overwhelmingly dotted with icons, Immortals 2 would have far much less map markers, and require gamers “to go looking tougher to determine the place to go, by monitoring animals, following the wind, or navigating through the place of stars within the in-game sky,” alleged a supply. The core inspiration for this alteration? Elden Ring.
The sequel would reportedly even be very totally different from the unique Immortals, with extra life like graphics, the abandonment of the primary recreation’s narrator, fewer puzzles, and a “extra malleable story during which participant alternative is important.” In response to Axios’ sources, the participant’s character would attempt to “curry favor with numerous Polynesian gods” that will give them particular elemental powers and the flexibility to shape-shift. They’d achieve new tattoos on their physique primarily based on the narrative selections they’d make in recreation, all of which is rooted deeply in Polynesian cultural traditions and the notion of mana, or the assumption that there’s a supernatural pressure flowing by means of people, animals, crops, and extra. A participant’s choices would have an effect on the varied islands on which Immortals 2 would have been set.
In response to Axios, a part of the explanation Immortals 2 was canned was in order that Ubisoft may give attention to established IP like Murderer’s Creed Pink. The primary Immortals recreation was reportedly developed in simply over a yr, however the sequel was taking longer due to its formidable scope and its comparatively small dev crew. Apparently, nevertheless, “a number of playable hours had been out there in an inside demo” by spring 2023, and Ubisoft was “at a juncture about whether or not to fund full growth or nix the mission.”
We all know Ubisoft in the end determined to can it, however as Kotaku’s Ethan Gach identified in July 2023, Immortals: Fenyx Rising was “fairly good,” and the thought of a extra expansive sequel that deserted among the drained markers of a Ubisoft recreation sounds thrilling. Oh properly, guess we’ll simply get extra Murderer’s Creed video games as a substitute.
