>>716192790 (OP)>What happened with Smite 2?dev wasn't large or successful enough to financially handle the expensive and slow process to remake a game the size of Smite
Who else has done this?
>Overwatch 2One of the largest game devs in the industry with Microsoft's blank check and they fucked it up
>Path of Exile 2POE is the largest ARPG
I love POE2 but after at LEAST 6 years of development it's still nowhere near content parity with POE and they pivoted to not being a full remake, which Smite 2 can't do.
So two studios with WAY more attention, success, and money to burn more-or-less failed to "reroll" their live service game. Smite's success was consistent, but relatively meager, and making Smite 2 became a company hail mary that they're struggling hard to complete.
Personally, I just gave up hope on Smite 2 when they reneged on the visual overhauls in order to pump out more content faster. Maybe a small thing, but seeing Hades' fucking hideous awful design just get ported with higher res cloth was enough for me to check out of the project.