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A 'spiritual successor', sometimes called a 'spiritual sequel', is a successor to a video game, movie, novel, comic, stage play, or television mini-series. Instead of being a standard sequel, spiritual successors share genres, themes, styles, and often developer teams, without continuing on a previous story. While this term can apply to almost any content, it has most commonly been used in video games.
Creative teams rarely retain the copyright of their creations, often making attempts to create sequels for a product impossible. To get around this, creative teams will make a product that resembles the original game, without mentioning the original directly.
Other times, a spiritual successor is created when the original products were either poor commercial sellers and/or forgotten by the people that would purchase the product. By abandoning the original content's name (and perhaps its baggage as a forgotten product), the spiritual sequel can be appreciated by fresh eyes.
★ ''Fallout'' was originally designed as a sequel to ''Wasteland'', but it became a stand-alone game after the developers failed to acquire the ''Wasteland'' IP from Electronic Arts.[1] ''Fallout'' itself nearly received a spiritual successor in the form of Troika's ''FAILSAFE''. [2]
★ ''BioShock'' has been referred to by its developers as the spiritual successor to ''System Shock 2''.[3]
★ ''Supreme Commander'' is considered the spiritual successor to ''Total Annihilation''.[4]
★ ''Crysis'' is considered the spiritual successor to ''Far Cry''.[5]
★ '' has been referred to by its developers the spiritual successor to ''Diablo II''.[6]
★ ''Perfect Dark'' is considered the spiritual successor to ''GoldenEye 007''.[7]
★ ''Shadow of the Colossus'' is considered the spiritual successor, as well as the prequel to ''Ico''.[8]
1. The History of Fallout
2. Game information page for FAILSAFE
3. BioShock Preview
4. Supreme Commander Q&A - What Makes Supreme Commander Unique?
5. Crysis
6. Hellgate is 'spiritual successor to Diablo II' - Roper
7. First Look: Perfect Dark
8. The Long-Awaited Spiritual Successor to ICO Arrives Mid-February in Europe
A 'spiritual successor', sometimes called a 'spiritual sequel', is a successor to a video game, movie, novel, comic, stage play, or television mini-series. Instead of being a standard sequel, spiritual successors share genres, themes, styles, and often developer teams, without continuing on a previous story. While this term can apply to almost any content, it has most commonly been used in video games.
| Contents |
| Reasons for creating a spiritual successor |
| Examples of spiritual successors |
| References |
Reasons for creating a spiritual successor
Creative teams rarely retain the copyright of their creations, often making attempts to create sequels for a product impossible. To get around this, creative teams will make a product that resembles the original game, without mentioning the original directly.
Other times, a spiritual successor is created when the original products were either poor commercial sellers and/or forgotten by the people that would purchase the product. By abandoning the original content's name (and perhaps its baggage as a forgotten product), the spiritual sequel can be appreciated by fresh eyes.
Examples of spiritual successors
★ ''Fallout'' was originally designed as a sequel to ''Wasteland'', but it became a stand-alone game after the developers failed to acquire the ''Wasteland'' IP from Electronic Arts.[1] ''Fallout'' itself nearly received a spiritual successor in the form of Troika's ''FAILSAFE''. [2]
★ ''BioShock'' has been referred to by its developers as the spiritual successor to ''System Shock 2''.[3]
★ ''Supreme Commander'' is considered the spiritual successor to ''Total Annihilation''.[4]
★ ''Crysis'' is considered the spiritual successor to ''Far Cry''.[5]
★ '' has been referred to by its developers the spiritual successor to ''Diablo II''.[6]
★ ''Perfect Dark'' is considered the spiritual successor to ''GoldenEye 007''.[7]
★ ''Shadow of the Colossus'' is considered the spiritual successor, as well as the prequel to ''Ico''.[8]
References
1. The History of Fallout
2. Game information page for FAILSAFE
3. BioShock Preview
4. Supreme Commander Q&A - What Makes Supreme Commander Unique?
5. Crysis
6. Hellgate is 'spiritual successor to Diablo II' - Roper
7. First Look: Perfect Dark
8. The Long-Awaited Spiritual Successor to ICO Arrives Mid-February in Europe
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