- Name
- Spiritual Successor
- Aliases
- Spiritual Sequel
Spiritual Successor
When a developer creates a game that could be perceived as a new instalment in an existing franchise that they've worked on before, but doesn't share the same name due to licensing issues or other reasons, it's called a spiritual successor.
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Overview
Note that this concept does not include games that are simply similar to other games. A spiritual successor is usually from the developers of the original game - often the impetus for a spiritual successor has to do with licensing issues.
Successors - Originals (A-Z)
BioShock, spiritual successor of System Shock 2.
Child of Eden, spiritual successor of Rez.
Vanquish, spiritual successor of P.N.03.
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