TheMediEvilremake was first announced at PlayStation Experience 2017, promising to update Sir Daniel Fortesque’s original adventure for modern audiences with 4K visuals. We haven’t seen a whole lot ofMediEvilsince its initial announcement, but Sony has finally announced a release date for the game as part of a brand new gameplay trailer.
The newMediEvilremake gameplay trailer was released during Sony’s State of Play stream, and it has confirmed that the game will have a very fitting release date. As announced by Sony, theMediEvilremake release date is October 25, meaning the game will arrive just in time for Halloween.
Since players control a reanimated skeleton and the art style is heavily inspired byThe Nightmare Before Christmas, it makes sense for theMediEvilremake release date to be around Halloween. In fact, the game’s Halloween-themed art style was one of its strongest features according to critics back in 1998, so it’s great to see it updated for modern audiences.
While theMediEvilremake is looking to deliver the goods when it comes to its visual presentation, here’s hoping it’s able to do so with its gameplay as well. The originalMediEvildid receive some criticism for its controls and a wonky camera back in the day, so hopefully developer Other Ocean Interactive is able to address those concerns with the remake.
Based on the gameplay trailer, it looks like theMediEvilremakewill indeed provide a more tolerable control scheme and tighter gameplay in general. Of course, it’s hard to form a definitive opinion on the gameplay without actually playing the game ourselves, but based on the newMediEvilgameplay trailer, it does seem as though the game is coming along nicely.
If theMediEvilremake is able to live up to the hype, perhaps fans will seeMediEvil 2get a remake as well. Or maybe Sony will be inspired to produce the first completely original game in the series sinceMediEvil 2launched in 2000. But before fans can concern themselves too much with future games in theMediEvilfranchise, they’ll have to wait and see how theMediEvilremake performs first.
