THQNordic officially owns the Sacred Franchise!

[Thorin Oakshield 260]

Just logged into the Sacred 2 page at Steam, when seeing this in discussions

https://steamcommunity.com/app/225640/discussions/0/2252307485538379571/

And:

https://twitter.com/THQNordic/status/1257666459112804353

 

 

Now, let's hope it won't take them too long to decide if the game will be remastered or getting a true sequel.

 

Thorin :)

 

PS: it looks as if it covers Sacred: Underworld too. Any moderator here feel free to move this topic to the right section.

 

T :)

[Hooyaah 2,961]

Wow!  This could mean something Sacred this way cometh. I certainly hope that THQ Nordic looks closely at what made both Sacred and Sacred 2 a great success and put forth the care and effort that they do making many of their other games. We may have something wonderful to look forward to. Thank you for the good news, Thorin.

[Dax 502]

Interesting news indeed. The right question is how big the remaining fanbase for the franchise is. There is Red Faction on the list and Jagged Alliance. Big names.

Btw, is THQ doing a good job? The last remaster I remember was project redlime, a Syndicate remake. I was after it like crazy. It turned out it was a simple shooter and had nothing to do with the Syndicate franchise.

Edited May 6, 2020 by Dax

[Flix 5,162]

21 minutes ago, Dax said:

Btw, is THQ doing a good job?

Titan Quest Anniversary Edition + Raganarok expansion was a pretty huge plus in my book, voice acting aside (I swear they got the same guy who voices kobolds in Sacred 2 and he sounds awful).

[Timotheus 430]

It looks like a reshuffle if you read the comments on Twitter, apparently both Koch Media and THQ Nordic are owned by the same parent company. 

Interesting nonetheless 

[Thorin Oakshield 260]

On 5/6/2020 at 10:46 PM, Timotheus said:

It looks like a reshuffle if you read the comments on Twitter, apparently both Koch Media and THQ Nordic are owned by the same parent company. 

Interesting nonetheless 

Yes, they have been moving some games around, don't ask me why.

But what's more important, is that we now got the ability to contact the main company instead of just hoping one of the smaller ones would reply.

 

And in the light of that, I saw this happening in a request for a Sacred 2 remastering today:

Entire thread:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/225640/discussions/0/2252307485545174287/

 

And a particular important comment (#6)

We are thinking about this. But let us first analyse on whats there. So lets not assume a quick annoucement.

 

 

So time to keep our fingers crossed.

 

Thorin  

 

[Androdion 894]

Ah, MegalomaniacNG actually replied. That's actually interesting since he was my contact within Nordic Games, and that could mean actual movement. The time frame is anybody's guess though.

[ALK 8]

THQ Nordic trades Painkiller & Red Faction for Koch Media's Sacred, Risen, Rush for Berlin, Second Sight & Singles: Flirt Up Your Life!

https://twitter.com/THQNordic/status/1257666459112804353

 it's very interesting why hmm

Edited May 30, 2020 by ALK

[ALK 8]

Oh, I see that there is already such a topic

 

[Flix 5,162]

1 hour ago, ALK said:

Oh, I see that there is already such a topic

Yes indeed. I have merged your topic with that one.  

[lacr 60]

On 5/6/2020 at 10:13 PM, Flix said:

Titan Quest Anniversary Edition + Raganarok expansion was a pretty huge plus

Could not agree

THQ is very low on budget and Sacred 2 was an overinvested project, since the quality in art, design, and sound!

TQ expansions(and darksiders 3, btw) is a proof of their policy : a decent additional content in terms of quantity, but very poor in terms of quality.

At first I have decided for myself that its better to play TQ without their expansions and at second I have abandoned it alongside other arpgs in favor of THE ONE, err, I mean the second! TQ was my favourite one for a long time and the decision about considering TQ as a time-worn, rusty artifact of old was made with a great help of the THQ expansions

I fear THQ is unable to make a worthy sacred successor

[ALK 8]

3 hours ago, Flix said:

Yes indeed. I have merged your topic with that one.  

 

Just so no one exchanges titles.
Maybe both sides have thoughts on how to revive these received games.

Found 2017y topic and THQ answer about Sacred remaster lol

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/thqnordicofficial/discussions/0/1318836262650849360/

they definitely have plans for this series

[Flix 5,162]

6 hours ago, lacr said:

TQ expansions(and darksiders 3, btw) is a proof of their policy : a decent additional content in terms of quantity, but very poor in terms of quality.

The new expansions were not up to the level of quality of the original game, it's true.

I was thinking more of all the bug fixes and quality of life gameplay improvements they made.  They took the time to go through the TQ Fanpatch and integrate the changes.  That's really what gives me hope for Sacred 2.  If they could just officially fix as many bugs as possible, it would be a tremendous boon for players. I wouldn't need them to waste any time & money trying to add new content to the game.

[Zallk 24]

Anyone know anything else about the Sacred 2 remaster rumored to be possible on the steam forum? 

Edit: Ohhh, not sure how I missed that we had this thread but it sounds like good news! Thank you for moving my post.

Edited June 16, 2020 by Zallk

[gogoblender 3,185]

19 hours ago, Zallk said:

Anyone know anything else about the Sacred 2 remaster rumored to be possible on the steam forum? 

Edit: Ohhh, not sure how I missed that we had this thread but it sounds like good news! Thank you for moving my post.

we're all waiting for good news

gogo

[Perdition 10]

I'd be down for a remaster. I heard Sacred 2 has problems with Windows 10, so it would be nice to see that addressed.

Incorporating the community patch and maybe doing a second expansion would be nice. I don't think I'd want them to do more drastic balancing/"fixing" though (eg, adding respeccing).

[gogoblender 3,185]

1 hour ago, Perdition said:

I'd be down for a remaster. I heard Sacred 2 has problems with Windows 10, so it would be nice to see that addressed.

Incorporating the community patch and maybe doing a second expansion would be nice. I don't think I'd want them to do more drastic balancing/"fixing" though (eg, adding respeccing).

A remaster would be amazing... I wonder where they'd go with that.. .just cosmetics...or would they hit other possible things like engine or game play.. more quests..

gogo

 

p.s. And welcome to DarkMatters!!

[Perdition 10]

Now that I finally got the right thread...

If they increased textures/resolution, etc, I wouldn't complain. Graphics were already pretty good to begin with though. Considering they did a couple expansion packs for Titan Quest, I honestly wouldn't be shocked if they did one for Sacred 2 as well.

Since games are essentially "immortal" now, I wish companies would give games lifetime support (remasters, upgrade to support new operating systems, and maybe some content). I guess it depends on if the revenue from Steam sales exceeds the cost of doing it though.

 

[colif 39]

Sorry, yes, slow to notice.

 

Can they please erase memory of number 3? We haven't got the real number 3 yet.

I had lost hope... now I live in hope :)

[idbeholdME 434]

They are busy with Titan Quest 2 at the moment, so I doubt they are going to dabble in a remake /sequel of a direct competitor. Sacred was a lot less popular overall, so I wouldn't get my hopes up, sadly :/

[Flix 5,162]

About 3 years ago a director at THQ Nordic reached out to me about taking on contract work for a Sacred 2 remaster. We exchanged emails for several weeks, hashing out the bugfixes and planning other feature updates like hi-res textures, engine improvements etc. He also asked me about working on a Sacred 1 remaster and I pointed him towards the Sacred Reborn team.

I never got to the point of signing anything, and some time after that I never got any more replies and I found out about a year later that the division in charge of remastering a lot of old IP's had been closed.

That doesn't mean something isn't going on behind closed doors. For all I know they could yoink PFP or EE and publish it and I wouldn't be able to do a thing about it. But I kind of doubt there's been any movement on Sacred at THQ Nordic.

[gogoblender 3,185]

On 6/14/2024 at 4:09 PM, Flix said:

About 3 years ago a director at THQ Nordic reached out to me about taking on contract work for a Sacred 2 remaster. We exchanged emails for several weeks, hashing out the bugfixes and planning other feature updates like hi-res textures, engine improvements etc. He also asked me about working on a Sacred 1 remaster and I pointed him towards the Sacred Reborn team.

I never got to the point of signing anything, and some time after that I never got any more replies and I found out about a year later that the division in charge of remastering a lot of old IP's had been closed.

That doesn't mean something isn't going on behind closed doors. For all I know they could yoink PFP or EE and publish it and I wouldn't be able to do a thing about it. But I kind of doubt there's been any movement on Sacred at THQ Nordic.

I'm happy  that you were contacted Ben.  This means that there's been possibilities, there can be possibilities and, maybe...

were in the midst of possibilities  

Its pretty much you, Dimitry,  and a few others here that have had the interest, technical mod ability and vision to put in place or complete a new remaster . 

If you were able to make Sacred 2 become Diablo 2 with your own team, https://www.sacredwiki.org/index.php/Sacred_2:Diablo_2_Fallen

as well as create the EEE and PFP

you and the others could have been contracted to its end to get this game to where it could have gone.  

Unfortunate that THQ Nordic's lack of replies from their first overture went to oubliette, but fan interest is there, for many years now,

so perhaps a smart, fair and just  deal is possible

gogo

[Androdion 894]

On 6/14/2024 at 9:09 PM, Flix said:

About 3 years ago a director at THQ Nordic reached out to me about taking on contract work for a Sacred 2 remaster. We exchanged emails for several weeks, hashing out the bugfixes and planning other feature updates like hi-res textures, engine improvements etc. He also asked me about working on a Sacred 1 remaster and I pointed him towards the Sacred Reborn team.

I never got to the point of signing anything, and some time after that I never got any more replies and I found out about a year later that the division in charge of remastering a lot of old IP's had been closed.

That doesn't mean something isn't going on behind closed doors. For all I know they could yoink PFP or EE and publish it and I wouldn't be able to do a thing about it. But I kind of doubt there's been any movement on Sacred at THQ Nordic.

Without going into details, I'm just going to say that this has been the company's apparent way of doing things for a long time. I've had a similar interaction in a distant past, pre-merger but during rebranding. So yeah, it really doesn't surprise me to be honest. I honestly don't understand what the goals for that company are in terms of their portfolio.

What does this mean for the future of Sacred? Beats me. I think that this community, with the mods and improvements that people around here have been doing for years, is the way to go forward.

[gogoblender 3,185]

I'm thinking now and curious... where does this idea of *re mastering * take us... ?  There's already been so many iterations via mods from Flix,,Dimitry, and others...what would customers be asking for in a remastering that hasn't been created already because it would have been thought of?

If this game has been *remastered* already in a sense... are people just asking for a continuation of Sacred 2 and Underworld?

gogo

[Androdion 894]

I don't think that'd be the end result. If you take a look at the Darksiders franchise, THQ did the remastering job on the first two titles as a sort of reboot for then releasing the third title. After they did this the older versions of the games became unavailable on the Steam Store, so they basically took down the older versions and presented their reboots with what, a slight graphics polish? In my honest opinion, and if I were to guess, if the Sacred franchise was to be touched by them it'd get a similar treatment. We could expect bug fixing to some extent, but I don't see them integrating mods, though I wouldn't be surprised if they'd make Sacred games compatible with the Steam Workshop system.

All in all, I don't have much expectations about this. Remastered, rebranded and for sale again with a big bang, only to be only marginally different from the original game.