Looking At Spiritual Successors
25A spiritual successor is a game that is directly inspired by another without being part of the same series. Sometimes these are created by the people who were responsible for the inspiration! In this video essay/list hybrid, Lawnie talks about the positive aspects of both spiritual successors and modern sequels/reboots of old franchises in a variety of genres.
Chapters:
1:27 War for the Dungeon
2:59 Point & Click Never Died
4:53 The Boomer Shooter!
6:10 Two Point Hospital
7:09 The Incline of the cRPG
8:32 Sins of a Genre Blending
9:26 House of a Dying Genre
10:30 Unidentified Squad-Based Object
11:48 Blobbers
13:13 Master of Simtex
17:02 6DOF
18:42 Tycoon Time
List of spiritual successors featured (positively):
The Quest
Bioshock
In The Black
Dusk
Wasteland 2
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
War for the Overworld
Dungeons 3
Bone
Syberia
The Blackwell Legacy
Thimbleweed Park
Primordia
Unavowed
Ultrakill
Devil Daggers
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin
Ion Fury
Amid Evil
Hedon 2
Prodeus
HROT
Ultrakill
Post Void
Cruelty Squad
Two Point Hospital
Lords of Xulima
Avernum
Shadowrun Returns
Expeditions: Conquistador
Divinity: Original Sin
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Age of Decadence
Underrail
Pillars of Eternity
Atom RPG
Divinity: Original Sin 2
House of the Dying Sun
Silent Storm
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Legend of Grimrock
Legends of Amberland
Warlock: Master of the Arcane
Age of Wonders (the series)
Sword of the Stars
Galactic Civilizations II
Endless Space
FreeOrion
Remnants of the Precursors
Stellaris
Master of Orion 4
Stars in Shadow
Interstellar Space
Sublevel Zero
Overload
OpenTTD
Transport Fever 2
Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 & 2
Planet Coaster
Parkitect
I would like to use this space to apologise for not listing the additional footage I stole. There was just too much. I may come back to this and add it at some point. If you feel aggrieved that I have stolen footage for the purpose of review/critique I apologise whole-heartedly! Fair use is frustrating like that.