One of the biggest announcements from The Game Awards this past week was SEGA’s reveal of multiple IP revivals. Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Streets of Rage were all confirmed to…
I have some great memories of sega games.
The genesis was the console I had for ages, and I had a cable subscription to a cartridge thing that had a huge (and regularly updated) library of games. It was awesome.
Golden Axe was my friend groups jam when I grew up.
But “IP renewal” strikes me as a “we have no new ideas. Our investors want something, we are stagnating. We are going with something safe”.
I hope the renewed IPs either bring something that expands the existing IP significantly, or absolutely nails the loved aspects of the old IP.
If it’s just “remake for the sake of the remake/sales”, then I’m going to be hugely disappointed!
I mean, fans have been screaming at them for years to bring this stuff back. I, for one, am excited for it.
That being said, I hope that the creative mentality that brought us these games in the first place is rekindled and we see some original stuff with the arcade flare that made these titles so good
Undeniably there has got to be the allure of known, but Sega also knows the string of fumbling a beloved game series, so I hope they will be careful. Also, there are seasoned developers and designers who grew up playing the original Sega games, so I imagine it would be a real crowd pleaser within the company, too - to get to work on something you can get excited about (hopefully)
I have some great memories of sega games.
The genesis was the console I had for ages, and I had a cable subscription to a cartridge thing that had a huge (and regularly updated) library of games. It was awesome.
Golden Axe was my friend groups jam when I grew up.
But “IP renewal” strikes me as a “we have no new ideas. Our investors want something, we are stagnating. We are going with something safe”.
I hope the renewed IPs either bring something that expands the existing IP significantly, or absolutely nails the loved aspects of the old IP.
If it’s just “remake for the sake of the remake/sales”, then I’m going to be hugely disappointed!
I mean, fans have been screaming at them for years to bring this stuff back. I, for one, am excited for it.
That being said, I hope that the creative mentality that brought us these games in the first place is rekindled and we see some original stuff with the arcade flare that made these titles so good
Undeniably there has got to be the allure of known, but Sega also knows the string of fumbling a beloved game series, so I hope they will be careful. Also, there are seasoned developers and designers who grew up playing the original Sega games, so I imagine it would be a real crowd pleaser within the company, too - to get to work on something you can get excited about (hopefully)