In a recent chat session hosted by the German web site Outcast Network, developers at Appeal revealed some new details regarding Outcast 2. Currently in preproduction, the game has been in the works for about a month now. Once the preproduction work is finished in December, the team anticipates an 18-month development period. Here are a few details revealed by the chat:
- Many of the characters from the original Outcast title will return in the sequel.- The PC version of Outcast 2 will support the latest graphics cards.- No voxels will be used in Outcast 2.- Both the PlayStation2 and PC versions of O2 will be DVD-based. - As for a Dolphin version of O2, a developer said, "Yes, why not?" - All the animals found in Outcast 1 will be found in the sequel.- Polygon count per character should be near 4,000.