I recently replayed Simon the Sorcerer 2 and after I finished it I researched a bit and found out there were more games made after that 3D abomination. They all look like crap, but I also discovered there's a new one in the making that seems to want to go back to its 2D visuals and British snark roots with Chris Barrie voicing Simon again too.
Here's the blog where they're posting all the concept art, music and stuff:
http://www.storybeasts.com/
What are the chances of this not being complete shit? Can the Irish be trusted in this endeavour?
Plot Synopsis
Simon, now in his mid-thirties, works away in Calypso’s curio shop to pay off a long-forgotten debt all-the-while still trying to find ways to get back to his own world.
Meanwhile, in a weirdly mirrored world, his opposite Simone stands on-stage at a wizard conference, about to receive a life-time achievement award. But before she is honoured, everyone discovers that their magic is no longer working. They once more turn to their heroine to save them. Simone, not used to being magic-less, contacts the one person who can save the world while simultaneously being useless – Simon.
She opens a portal into the shop and, despite Simon’s urge to avoid doing anything harder than ‘nap’, she convinces/cajoles/harasses him into helping (which has nothing at all to do with his seeing her dimensional portals and thinking “I’ll have that, thanks,” so get that idea right out of your head).
Finding that events in one world can shape those in the other, they work together to tear holes in reality, allowing the magic to flow back to its rightful world. Isn’t it just as well that tearing holes in the fabric of existence has no side effects?
Can they fix the magical imbalance? Will they find out who is behind it in the first place? Can Simon steal Simone’s portal opening abilities and get home? Find out in… Simon the Sorcerer: Between Worlds!
Here's the blog where they're posting all the concept art, music and stuff:
http://www.storybeasts.com/
What are the chances of this not being complete shit? Can the Irish be trusted in this endeavour?