Final month, stories emerged that Ubisoft had quietly canceled a sequel to Immortals Fenyx Rising, its colourful open world action-adventure recreation that many reviewers in comparison with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Now new particulars have emerged suggesting that Ubisoft’s canceled recreation would have taken inspiration from not simply Zelda, however Elden Ring as effectively.
In response to new report on Axios, Immortals 2 — codenamed Oxygen inside Ubisoft — would have shifted its setting to Polynesia, giving it an island vibe that may have been harking back to Wind Waker. What’s extra, it could have apparently borrowed closely from Elden Ring, eschewing map factors in favor of dropping gamers in a hostile world.
The story would have had an environmental theme, with participant actions impacting the land round them. It will have featured elemental powered and shape-shifting, with gamers incomes new tattoos based mostly on their actions. The artwork model would have eschewed the cartoonier look of the unique recreation, that includes as an alternative characters who have been extra lifelike. On high of all of that, Immortals 2 would have reportedly dropped the unique’s narrator and centered away from puzzles.
Briefly, it could have been a really totally different recreation — totally different sufficient that Ubisoft apparently thought-about rebranding it as a distinct recreation completely.
Developer Ubisoft Quebec was reportedly taking its time with the venture, however by spring the studio had apparently produced an inside demo that includes a number of playable hours. In the end, although, Ubisoft opted to cancel it to concentrate on established franchises like Murderer’s Creed.
Ubisoft tries to proper the ship
Oxygen’s sudden cancellation is emblematic of Ubisoft’s current pivot towards its best-known properties because it grapples with the results of a naked launch schedule and different points. The unique recreation was a modest success, however seemingly not sufficient to warrant a sequel. However, its cancellation was reportedly a “shock” to the event group at Ubisoft Quebex.
Within the meantime, Ubisoft is all in on Murderer’s Creed. Murderer’s Creed Mirage, billed as a return to the franchise’s root, is about to launch later this yr, with Murderer’s Creed Pink and Murderer’s Creed Jade additionally in improvement. Quite a few different Murderer’s Creed tasks are additionally in improvement as Ubisoft seeks to regain its footing in what has been a tough couple years for the writer.
As for Immortals: Fenyx Rising, it appears destined to fade into historical past as Ubisoft strikes on to different tasks. Fortunately, it is nonetheless comparatively straightforward to search out the unique recreation, which is on the market on all main consoles on PC.
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