What are the plans for Geneforge 2-5 remakes?

[craig234]

Surprised it's not in a pinned FAQ.

[Iguana-on-a-stick]

They will be interspersed with new games in the Queen's Wish series.

So currently Spiderweb is working on Queen's Wish 2, then Geneforge 2 will be remade, then we'll get Queen's Wish 3, then Geneforge 3 remake.

After that I'm not certain, maybe it'll be straight on to the 4 and 5 remakes or there might be something else in between.

Spiderweb generally makes something like 1 game per year, but it depends. A remake tends to take less time than a new game with new systems. So I don't know for sure when the Geneforge 2 remake will come, but I'm guessing somewhere early 2023.

[craig234]

Thanks. What is the continuation, if any, between a game in the Generoge 1 remake to the original Geneforge 2? It sounds like a very long time to get remakes.

[Iguana-on-a-stick]

Story-wise I suspect geneforge 1 saw the biggest changes in the remake, since it was the smallest and most limited game. Perhaps Geneforge 3 will also receive a bigger update, since it's considered the weakest game in the series. (Too linear, to simple story.) Geneforge 2 on the other hand is considered one of the best.

But it is very old and the interface is an exercise in frustration. (To illustrate a few things: ALL objects you carry count towards your carry weight, you have to scroll through an inventory with a few icons visible at a time to find anything, resolution is tiny, nothing is customisable...)

You can still play the games, but it'll be a bit of a pain.

Geneforge 3 is similarly limited, but also a shorter game.

Geneforge 4 and especially 5 are pretty playable. Also my favourites in the series. (of the originals.)

So you could wait for the Geneforge 2 remake and then see about splitting off to the old games. Or just give it a try and see how you like them, the collections are on sale sometimes for little money.

[craig234]

Oh, I own it all, this is about playing. I'm wondering, if I play the remake of 1, can the progress be used in the old 2?

[Iguana-on-a-stick]

Ah. Well, in that case the answer is simple, and perhaps disappointing:

The games do not save progress.

Each game assumes the previous game happened with a kind of "neutral" ending. But it doesn't track the choices you made, and you play a new character.

Honestly, to track progress you'd need to limit the amount of choice within a game by a large amount. Just count the number of possible endings Geneforge 1 has. How can you make a geneforge 2 where, depending on player choice, the Shapers reign supreme or have been completely destroyed or the Sholai rule the world now?

[craig234]

ok, I just assumed the games carried forward chars.

[READTHEE]

I'm getting closer to finishing Geneforge 1 remake, so I was hoping sequel remake would already be in the works.

I guess we'll be waiting 4-5 years before we get to play all of the games in the series.. unless we go play older ones which I can't be arsed with (resolution and new changes to remain consistent).

[AOD MelodiusFox]

Don't forget about the Avernum series. I wonder if there are plans to remake 4, 5, and 6.

[Spiderweb]

We will be remastering Geneforge 2-5. Also Avernum 4-6. Each remaster takes about 18 months, so the whole series won't be redone for a bit. :-)

[READTHEE]

Originally posted by Spiderweb:

We will be remastering Geneforge 2-5. Also Avernum 4-6. Each remaster takes about 18 months, so the whole series won't be redone for a bit. :-)

Good to know.

I'll wait for remasters. At 1440p (2k for me) res, proper res and text scaling in the end remains an issue for many older games.

[Shoddyfrog]

Originally posted by Spiderweb:

We will be remastering Geneforge 2-5. Also Avernum 4-6. Each remaster takes about 18 months, so the whole series won't be redone for a bit. :-)

"We will be..." So the remaster of Geneforge 2 has not started yet?
Just trying to figure out when I should start my 18 month stopwatch, counting down to the release of the GF 2 remaster ;)

[graystripe]

Originally posted by Spiderweb:

We will be remastering Geneforge 2-5. Also Avernum 4-6. Each remaster takes about 18 months, so the whole series won't be redone for a bit. :-)

72 months in total for the remainder of Geneforge series.

54 months in total for the Avernum 4-6.

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in other words, 6 years just to complete the remaster of Geneforge 2-5

4 years 6 months just to complete the remaster of Avernum 4-6.

p.s possibility of it being completed in the 2030s is there if no other series are going to be remastered other than these two game series.

p.s if not, then possibility of it being completed in 2040s then.

^_^

[SirCabbage]

Looks like the next remake is coming soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVDrVRSJHgg

[Shoddyfrog]

"...impending launch of the kickstarter campaign..."
So provided that is a success, the game should release in 2025...hopefully :)

[fr1gid]

The Geneforge 2 remake campaign has already been funded! :) Still weeks left, though!