Do you remember the announcement of Project Prelude Rune from September of last year? Helmed by former Tales producer Hideo Baba, it could have been the next big thing for Japanese publisher Square Enix, but it turns out the game has been cancelled.
Along with the closure of Studio Istolia, our Gamer Network friends over at USgamer confirmed the cancellation by way of a Square Enix spokesperson. "Following evaluation of various aspects of Project Prelude Rune, development of the title has been cancelled." Employees that were working on the project are supposedly being assigned to different projects within the company.
While we didn't exactly see much of the title, it's still disappointing to see things end up this way. The game's reveal trailer certainly grabbed our interest. Is this a let down for you too? Mourn your losses in the comments below.
[source usgamer.net]
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What was This Game suppose to be about
Can't even remember what it was about. Apparently they took the video down as well.
@Octane @Areus Tales of style game with current generation graphics. That’s about all we knew. I was looking forward to it.
Awh man. I was looking forward to this.
Whilst its never nice to hear of a closure of a studio or a game being cancelled, I honestly couldn't remember hearing about this game at all. I watched the TGS reveal video just now and it looked like a more 'grown up' Zelda with Unreal and PS4 power visuals. You don't see much other than a green environment and a teenage Boy running - not the best animation but to me, it looked like the Zelda game just with a more 'adult' aesthetic.
So little idea of what this game was, nothing immediately jumping out - other than the strong sense of a Zelda clone, so I really can't say I was looking forward to it as I had no recollection of seeing it in the first place. Even after watching the trailer, not that the trailer looked bad at all - far from it, but it just didn't do enough to leave me even slightly disappointed that the game won't now be coming. Compared to games like Star Wars 1313, Prey 2 (not the Prey we got this gen) even Scalebound (I know this wasn't a PS game), the loss of this is unlikely to be remembered for years after...
@BAMozzy Yeah I just watched the teaser and it doesn't look like anything special. In currently playing DQ11 and it looks no different (both made with UE4) and the last shot of the trailer is very Zelda.
That's a bummer. I quite liked the water color art style. It reminded me of Valkyria Chronicles.
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