Final month, stories emerged that Ubisoft had quietly canceled a sequel to Immortals Fenyx Rising, its colourful open world action-adventure sport that many reviewers in comparison with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Now new particulars have emerged suggesting that Ubisoft’s canceled sport would have taken inspiration from not simply Zelda, however Elden Ring as nicely.
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 might have apparently borrowed closely from Elden Ring, eschewing map factors in favor of dropping gamers in a hostile world.
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The story would have had an environmental theme, with participant actions impacting the land round them. It could have featured elemental powered and shape-shifting, with gamers incomes new tattoos primarily based on their actions. The artwork type would have eschewed the cartoonier look of the unique sport, that includes as a substitute characters who had been extra sensible. On prime of all of that, Immortals 2 would have reportedly dropped the unique’s narrator and centered away from puzzles.
Briefly, it might have been a really completely different sport — completely different sufficient that Ubisoft apparently thought of rebranding it as a unique sport solely.
Developer Ubisoft Quebec was reportedly taking its time with the undertaking, however by spring the studio had apparently produced an inner demo that includes a number of playable hours. In the end, although, Ubisoft opted to cancel it to give attention to 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 sport 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 ready 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 initiatives 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 initiatives. Fortunately, it is nonetheless comparatively straightforward to seek out the unique sport, which is offered on all main consoles on PC.
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