Isaac wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 3:29 pm
IanTheWizard wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 11:03 am
Well, what a pity. Many players have hoped for a Legend of Grimrock III. It's surprising that they would move on instead.
Many [~some?] of us still have hope, but it seems exceedingly slim at this point. I had hope that u-Mod support would get implemented for the GoG and direct sale versions of the game... But it has it been nearly two years now. It is still a Steam beta.
Petri Häkkinen, (the engine programmer), did directly reply when asked about making a Grimrock 3. [This was four years ago...]
http://www.grimrock.net/forum/viewtopic ... 00#p116800
So it seems that Petri Häkkinen thought it's not very meaningful to develop the same kind of game again.
Maybe that's because the story isn't linked. If there is a storyline linking the series, the developers would be very likely to have the motivation to continue the development. I would say that if LoG3 is ever gonna be made, the story could possibly continue from the end of LoG1 and explain the whereabouts of the escaped survivors (if they survived the devastating explosion, which created a massive crater).
Also, there could be improvements of combat and user interface, such as the suggestions I have proposed these days. The combat could even be made more realistic that diagonally attacks are doable. Another innovation could be introducing NPCs and dialog options so that different dialog options affect the outcome of part of the story or the ending. So I think there can still be reasons for making a sequel.