Powerslave 2

Powerslave 2 / Exhumed 2 is a cancelled PlayStation and PC game by Lobotomy Software. It was to be a prequel to the original Powerslave.

Plot
A thousand years before the original game, Ra disappears, causing a permanent solar eclipse. You would play a young Egyptian warrior to rescue Ra. To do so you would need to seek out the Gods and gain their powers.

Gameplay
One of the powers is the ability to travel to the Afterlife. The Afterlife is an alternate version of the current map. The change in map can allow to to bypass puzzles and Gods.

The first game was First Person Shooter, whereas this game was going to be Third Person. Instead of a map select screen, you would need to travel back and forth between levels. The levels were going to be more expansive and open and more Egyptian.

One feature would have been the old save bonus. Accomplishing tasks in the original Powerslave would have you starting with more powers in the sequel. However, Powerslave was shipped before such such bonuses could be coded in.

Development
Powerslave 2 was thought to be for the Saturn due to Lobotomy's close relationship with Sega. This is evident by their ports of Duke Nukem 3D and Quake to the Saturn. The Saturn was out of the question for this game, however, due to the weak hardware specs.

Cancellation
The game was canned due to high ambitions making production difficult. Not helping was Lobotomy Software being acquired by Crave Entertainment in 1998.