This was by far my favorite game on Xbox. It was just so different, addictive, and had a healthy single player campaign (with what I thought was an amazing story) backed by an endlessly enjoyable multiplayer component.
I truly miss this game, and would be eccstatic if a sequel were to be announced.
Who'd love to see a sequel?
Unfortunately, I bought this game after its prime so I was never able to find any multiplayer games. A sequel on 360 would be amazing, although I kind of doubt we will ever see it.
It would be amazing, and the game's developer mentioned in an interview that he would love to make another Phantom Dust or a similar game. The game didn't sell enough to warrant a sequel, though. This game was in my top 5 of Xbox games. I've beaten the single player a couple of times and played as much multiplayer as I could get. It is a remarkable game.
" Never played it, but here's what I'll say: anyone else find it weird that MICROSOFT developed the game, and yet they didn't PUBLISH it? Hrmmm.... "
This is pretty much exactly what happened, actually. There are some great interviews of Yukio Futatsugi out there, but my summary of the tragedy made it into an episode of Bytejacker a few months back: http://www.bytejacker.com/episodes/064"
Well, Microsoft's studio in Japan developed the game. Most likely, Microsoft of America thought the game was just too "Japanese" for the American market. That's most likely why they didn't publish it here. "
I really hope they do a sequel at some point. I think that a 'Phantom Dust 2' would make for a killer $15 Xbox Live Arcade title. Hell, you could even throw in some microtransactions in there--I'd gladly shove all my money over.
HOLY FUCKYES!! This announcement made my whole year, god damn!!
I played the original game for so long... hundreds and maybe even thousands of hours... 3 DLC updates (back when they were free), I loved this game and everyone who made it.
Here's the announcement as covered by Polygon in case anyone missed it:
http://www.polygon.com/e3-2014/2014/6/9/5793488/new-phantom-dust-announced-xbox-one
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