A classic first-party Sony series could be making yet another return to the limelight. MediEvil was brought back with a full-blown remake on PS4, but it looks as though the PS1 original may soon also be playable on modern platforms.
On PSNProfiles, a site that scrapes Trophy information from PlayStation Network, a new list has recently popped up for MediEvil. What's interesting is that, while mostly identical, it differs slightly from the remake's Trophy set, suggesting this is a different release altogether. It seems very likely that this is representative of the original PS1 game, and if that's the case, we imagine it'll soon be coming to PS Plus Premium's range of classic titles.
Sony has yet to announce what will be coming to PS Plus Premium for the month of April, but this will soon change; the platform holder will confirm what's coming later this week, and we suspect Sir Dan may make an appearance. Another appearance, we should say, as the PSP version, MediEvil: Resurrection, is already part of the lineup.
Anyway, would you like to see the original MediEvil join the PS Plus party? Eat some chicken in the comments section below.
[source psnprofiles.com]
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Shame, will be a game that we already have. Why not try and get an interest PS1 game back like brigandine of vagrant story or lunar
MediEvil 2 needs some love. OG MediEvil 1 is fully playable as an Easter egg in the PS4 remake.
It's a PS4 game, so obviously I'd pick it up. What else would I be playing on my PS5?
@DiggleDog The next Medievil that gets brought back will be Medievil Resurrection for the PSP which is a port of the original Medievil. Then we can choose between:
There is no point in bringing Medievil 2 to modern consoles because that would make sense and making sense is not in Sony's retro preservation agenda.
EDIT: As pointed out by a fellow user, the PSP iteration is already on PS Plus Premium which makes this joke obsolete. As obsolete as Sony's retro preservation attempts.
That is certainly one of the puns I've seen in my life
@DiggleDog I second that. 2 is great. Medievil 1 has had 2 remakes (PSP and PS4) and they're both playable on PS4/PS5 now. The PS4 remake also includes the original, so you can effectively play 3 versions of the original currently, but 2 doesn't exist in any form.
I'd love a remake of 2, but I'd also take a PS1 classic release of it in the meantime.
@Czar_Khastik We already got it 😂. This will be the third iteration of Medievil 1 on PS+ Premium. Fourth if you count the original Medievil unlocked by beating Medievil Remake.
All that ludicrousness aside, I will still play it and bag all those trophies. I love Medievil.
A medievil 2 remake would be really amazing.word up son
@AK4tywill Dear God almighty, I wasn't aware of this 😂 Well, now I feel guilty picking on Sony's retro department. The reality is funnier than my jokes.
Jokes aside, I also love Medievil and this was a great reminder for me to try and bag Medievil 2 from Ebay so I can boot it up again.
I mean, we have the psp version and the remake (which has the original in it). Why not medievil 2?
Man Sony really is just ignoring MediEvil 2 huh. Like yeah its nice to have the original PS1 version available, but when we have both the PS4 remake and Resurrection from the PSP, we are hurting more to have MediEvil 2 than the original again
We need all the Racket and Sly PS2 games on PS5 and not streaming!!!
What is the point? Where my PS2 games at, man? PS3? C'mon man!
MediEvil is one of the games I love the most in my life. I finished the original completely more than 10 times!! Got platinum in the remake too!! This game is a classic, unforgettable story!!
@DiggleDog I really wish it got remade alongside the first game, especially since that was already remade for the PSP.
Hopefully they bring the 2nd one over as well, and that would complete that series.
I've never played a MediEvil game, so starting with the original PS1 release works for me. The PS1 Classic on PS3 is 5 bucks if you want access to the PS4/5 versions for cheaper.
Poor MediEvil 2... you get no love from Sony...
@ThroughTheIris56 really unfortunate they didn't do them both ala the Crash and Spyro trilogies. Probably the only chance we had for a good while since the remake wasn't a big seller.
Too little too late. Sony is even worse at acquiescing to the hunkering for retro games by the fans than Nintendo was with it's Virtual Console. PS Plus Premium is dead to me. I'm not renewing. I'd rather pirate the PS1 and PS2 games I want to play. Don't even get me started on how bad/lackluster PS3 streaming is with my 200 Mb fiber optic connection... I'd rather buy a used PS3 console.
@JeongersGaming It's a massive missed opportunity.
@JeongersGaming Activision/MS had/has the rights to those games. Sony didn't do the remakes.
They should get parasite eve 2 on it instead what a game that was. The amount of games they could have on it and what is actually on it is insane.
Can't you play the ps1 version in the remake anyways?
@DiggleDog
Yeah Medievil 2 still needs a remake
@sonicmeerkat
Yes. Guess we’ll have all three versions of the first game available
@Decimateh-xblz
Yeah, would love Square to do a remaster of it as well especially if they do a remastered PE trilogy
Would rather have sheep dog n wolf, Croc 1&2, Crash Bash, Digimon games, bugs bunny lost in time and bugs and taz time busters to be honest.
Yes I know there’s a HD remaster or remake in development for Croc but I’d love to play through the original again via PS4/PS5.
To be honest we don’t really need the original version of Medievil on the PS store when it’s available already in the PS4 remake which in opinion is probably the best version of the first game as it includes all the content that cut in the PSP remaster and also has the original game available as well I believe you unlock after getting all the chalices.
Still waiting for a remake of Medievil 2 though
Whilst we did get an insight into the mystery group doing these releases being the group implicit conversions (thanks to that Time Extension article),its still a mystery whom at Playstation is actually acquiring the game releases!
Missed opportunity not interacting with players on what titles they might like to see. Likewise outside of old Disney games & rarely in-house Sony titles (mostly PSP based),there either hasn't been much will,or possibly $$ to get more third party titles on the service.
On PS1 you get some more obvious titles like Blood Omen Legacy of Kain,(& the subsequent 3d entries by Crystal Dynamics),Alundra, Adventures of Lomax,(heck Sony owned Psygnosis had a 16bit game the Misadventures of Flink too!), Cony Wars series...Capcom's RE 2 & 3 Classic & Dino Crisis games,the OG Gran Turismo 1 & 2, Ridge Racer, Hypersports,Rayman to name a few!
NM,PS2 series like SSX,Splinter Cell, Ratchet & Clank, God of War 1 & 2,Sly Raccoon & the Maximo games & NFS series could fill out the classic libraries nicely!
@Hundred_Hand_Slap And at what point in my comment did I claim Sony made the Crash and Spyro remakes? I just said they should've followed the trend of other PS1 remakes.
@JeongersGaming at no point did you mention a trend. If MS had the rights to MediEvil they probably would have made remakes of those too. There's no trend for Sony to follow since they don't own the IP and had nothing to do with the Crash and Spyro remakes.
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