ReCore was one of those weird exclusives from the Xbox One era, spawning from an unlikely partnership between Microsoft and a developer with experience working on Metroid Prime. Well, the game's official Instagram page has posted a rather cryptic message this week - its first post in more than five years.
We have no idea what this post actually means, or why it exists at all to be honest. The game's official Twitter page hasn't posted it out either, which makes the whole thing seem even more odd.
The image itself contains a bunch of handwritten mumbo jumbo on a tired-looking notebook page. The post itself adds, "Anyone know what I'm up to with this cryptic code?"
We've never seen any proper hints of a ReCore sequel, but the game does come up from time to time in Xbox land. Back in 2020, developer Armature expressed its desire to make a sequel, while Xbox Game Studios Publishing also posted about the game's five-year anniversary back in 2021.
Even so, Armature did say it had "not talked specifically about creating a new ReCore game" in its 2020 interview, so we never really expected the series to return. That was three years ago though, so we could potentially be looking at a comeback. We'll have to wait and see what comes next from these social channels, if anything at all.
Would you like to see ReCore come back? Let us know your thoughts on the original game down below.
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I actually really liked Recore. Kind of like Hi Fi Rush, it just felt very video gamey in a good way. It just didn't feel like a finished product, but it was fun and had some creative elements that could definitely be fleshed out in a sequel.
Someone mentioned on the IG comments, and I agree, it appears to be simply knitting instructions. So we'll see her neato scarf made real?
I enjoyed Recore, somewhat, but the game really lacked in the story development. Always felt the audio log discovery approach at story telling in video games feels lazy on it's own.
It's been a long time so the game now feels like a blur, but as far as I recall, there are basically a cut scene at the start and the end and this one scene in the middle where a survivor you meet gets in trouble and that's it for the whole game...
I liked Recore. It just never quite fulfilled it's early promise and by the end dragged quite a bit. A shame as there was a lot to like that could have been improved in a sequel.
did not know about this game,just checked out some youtube vids about the game and it looks interesting!
i read that the definitive edition fixed the game so might give it a go.
@Scummbuddy
Wonder if anyone has tried knitting it to see what it might look like?
Recore was so close to being a great game. The first 75% of the game was really good.
Literally just picked it up for a quid in Game.
Recore was a game I wanted to love so much, and kind of did, but there were too many parts where it was just entirely unclear where you were supposed to be going or what you were supposed to be doing, combined with iffy platforming where you'd get 80% of the way to a place, fall and have to start the frustrating climb again that I lost interest too fast.
It’s a great game. Runs great on One X and the Series systems. I would love to see a sequel or a game in the same universe.
Would be great to see a sequel. Bigger budget might help push this game over the top
Maybe a next gen upgrade or remaster
I thoroughly enjoyed it and was surprised it wasn't more popular. It offers a variety of puzzles as well as FPS action with increasing difficulty. I often wondered if it did poor because there was no option to play an easy or hard mode.
I'd love a 2nd one.
Q) Would you like to see ReCore come back?
A) Yes, definitely; ReCore was a surprising gem for me. It's rare that I enjoy a game simply for existing in it's setting but there was something about it's vast desert landscape that I found... relaxing. Gameplay was also a lot of fun.
It is a tricky game to dive back into though, so when I had to take a break from it, I never managed to properly return to complete. I'll probably have to start from the beginning again but it is certainly a game I do want to revisit when I get the chance.
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