Outcast 2 The Lost Paradise

Outcast 2: The Lost Paradise a cancelled PS2 and PC game by Appeal. It was to be a sequel to the PC original.

Plot
You play Cutter Slade from the first Outcast. You are sent to the planet Adelpha. The native Talan civilsation are nature lovers. The invaders are hi-tech machine types. You must save the Talan people by collecting five Mons.

Development
Outcast 2 was originally intended for the Dreamcast. By the time development began, the Dreamcast was on the way out.

The PS2 version began development in 2000. An Xbox version was suggested as well due to similar architecture to PC development.

Yves Grolet, one of the founders of Appeal, did not like the direction Outcast 2 was taking. He left Appeal. Development was taking too long. Infogrames was worried.

Cancellation
Appeal ran out of money. Development was suspended in April 2002. Appeal closed their studio doors in August 2002. Infogrames had the Outcast license but was unable to sell it.

Appeal was relaunched in 2015 by the three original founders. They were able to get the license to Outcast back off Atari.

The remake, Outcast: Second Contact, was launched on November 2017.

Video
Gameplay from PS2 prototype.

Various content from development.