Fear Effect is coming back: Fear Effect Sedna

[mrken12]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/04/07/square-enix-blesses-new-fear-effect-kickstarter

There's a new Fear Effect game coming to Kickstarter.

The game is called Fear Effect Sedna, and its crowdfunding campaign is scheduled to launch April 12. French indie studio Sushee is running the project and has the blessing of Fear Effect copyright holder Square Enix.

According to Eurogamer, Fear Effect Sedna was heavily inspired by Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun Returns (another Kickstarter project).

The inspiration shows in the game's promotional images, which feature a similar top-down perspective. The first pair of Fear Effect games were a third-person shooters in the style of the original Resident Evil games.

Sushee founder Benjamin Anseaume goes so far as to say "it's not going to be Fear Effect 3." Instead it will "be a new Fear Effect with new gameplay."

Sedna is also the latest product of the Square Enix Collective, a program allowing developers to pitch the publisher on crowdfunding campaigns based on its properties.

Sushee and Square Enix have worked together before on the adventure game Goetia, scheduled for release April 14.

 

[Chrishaune]

Never played the original series, but was interested in playing it. It was in that action/adventure genre like Metal Gear, which I loved. I don't even have a new system past last gen, but maybe one day.

 

[Address_Unknown]

The first one had weirdly cool vibe to it that I ain't never seen before at the time but I really hate the way the story went from three interesting criminals to just this one wanna be femme fatale chick......then they went and gave her a Lesbian lover or some shyt in the second one for obvious reasons.

 

[mrken12]

New Fear Effect game's crowdfunding campaign kicks off, seeks €100K

Independent developer Sushee launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter today for Fear Effect Sedna, a new entry in Eidos' action-adventure game series that began on the original PlayStation. The French studio is doing so with the blessing of publisher Square Enix, as part of the company's Collective program.

Fear Effect Sedna, unlike previous entries, is a real-time tactical action game, Sushee says. It will feature the original cast — Hana, Rain, Deke and Glas — in a new adventure that takes place a few years after the events of the first Fear Effect.

Here's the narrative setup for Fear Effect Sedna and an introduction to a new character, Alex:

Things have changed for the team. Hana, freed from the Triad, lives with Rain in Hong Kong and works as an occasional mercenary, while Deke has grown apart from them since Glas returned to the US.

Hana accepts a small mission for a shadowy organization asking for her services. Her target: a mysterious ancient statuette held by the ambassador of China in France. She sees it as a good opportunity to visit her birthplace... But this 'easy' mission is about to lead Hana to something bigger than expected. Meanwhile Glas is approached by a client who catches his attention and piques his interest, enough that Glas sets out for Greenland.

Axel is a mysterious French secret agent in charge of watching and spying the Chinese ambassador in France. The confrontation against Hana is inevitable, as he stands in her way, but destiny will force them to cooperate. Together they set out on a journey to the North Pole where they face Inuit folklore & legends... for real.

While the developer is new and the gameplay may deviate from the first two Fear Effect games, Sushee promises that the "atmosphere, characters and gameplay — which mixes tactics, puzzles and stealth — are true" to the franchise's roots.

The original Fear Effect games were marketed with ads that highlighted the relationship of its two female stars, Hana and Rain, in a heavily sexualized fashion. "These two ladies put the ass in assassin," was the tagline for an infamous magazine ad for Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix. Sushee said it doesn't plan to shy away from their romantic relationship inSedna.

"The only thing that we will be careful about is not to over-sexualised [sic] this love relationship, that has been probably clumsily highlighted in some marketing campaigns in Fear Effect Retro Helix, and wasn't doing justice to these two strong characters' love affair," the developer said in a FAQ.

Sushee is seeking €100,000 (about $114,000) to fund development of Fear Effect Sedna. The game has an estimated May 2017 release date.

 

[mrken12]

 

[deimoz]

fear effect wuz a creepy yet entertaining game ....

 

[spliz]

Why they change the game play style?

 

[Grand Conde]

Why they change the game play style?

This game is on the cheap breh.

 

[mrken12]

 

[Rice N Beans]

Aren't the original two getting a remake? Tank controls ruined me getting past the first few minutes with them.

 

[mrken12]

Aren't the original two getting a remake? Tank controls ruined me getting past the first few minutes with them.

The remake for the first game is still going to happen.

Sushee tweets confirm that Fear Effect remake is still happening

 

[spliz]

Shouldve kept it 3rd person and refined the gameplay.