(Rumor) 'Great Rune' is From Software new title [Open World, Norse mythology, GRR Martin, premiere at MS E3 Press Conference]

GuessMyUserName · May 23, 2019

Came in because Lost Kingdoms is one of my fav series and I've been dying for a Lost Kingdoms 3 and tqbh I've been hating From for years for ignoring it... If this isn't LK I'm going to be so incredibly pissed because of the name just taunting me.

Norse better not be true.

Elandyll · May 23, 2019

PlanetSmasher said:
The Norse stuff seems to have been debunked already, but as I said before, I think the fatigue with Norse stuff is less specific to video games and more a Western pop culture thing. Norsemen and vikings (and even just the themes and visual iconography related to them) get an absolute shit-ton of play in western pop culture, and some of the biggest video games of the past decade and a half use a Nordic aesthetic. Skyrim and God of 4War being the big examples.

As a result, I think a lot of people are just chafing at the idea of playing as another bearded white man in furs wielding an axe. We've seen it a lot and it's just kind of unexciting these days.

I'm not even opposed to a Nordic From game, but yeah, and it goes further than just GoT and Skyrim:
Banner Saga
Jotun
Lords of the Fallen (ish)
Hellblade
Vikings: Wolves of Midgard (Kalypso)
Munin
Through the Woods

In dev:
Lords of the Fallen 2
Praey for the gods
Next Assassin Creed (rumor/ leak)

Heck, one could argue that Ashes of Ariendel (DS3 dlc) was -strongly- influenced by Norse aesthetics.

Crossing Eden · May 23, 2019

PlanetSmasher said:
think for me, the big thing is that Norse and Greco-Roman mythology, even if they aren't overpowering GAMING, are so prevalent in pop culture as a whole that they FEEL overpopulated in gaming by extension. We've all seen dozens of stories about vikings and Norsemen

Reducing Norse mythology down to vikings and norsemen is like reducing Egypt down to sand and pyramids.

PlanetSmasher · May 23, 2019

Crossing Eden said:
Reducing Norse mythology down to vikings and norsemen is like reducing Egypt down to sand and pyramids.

Obviously. But when people think Norse mythology, they think bearded white guys with axes, Thor and Odin, and lots of stone and snow. MAYBE a Valkyrie or two. That's what pop culture has done to the mythos.

And personally, I've killed Fafnir enough times in video games that I don't really need to fight him again.

SpacyJa · May 23, 2019

Elandyll said:
Heck, one could argue that Ashes of Ariendel (DS3 dlc) was -strongly- influenced by Norse aesthetics.

Froms with in-game teaser again

Crossing Eden · May 23, 2019

PlanetSmasher said:
Obviously. But when people think Norse mythology, they think bearded white guys with axes, Thor and Odin, and lots of stone and snow. MAYBE a Valkyrie or two. That's what pop culture has done to the mythos.

And there's PLENTY of room for games and other media to tackle things outside of those cliches. ESPECIALLY a Fromsoft game.

PlanetSmasher · May 23, 2019

Crossing Eden said:
And there's PLENTY of room for games and other media to tackle things outside of those cliches. ESPECIALLY a Fromsoft game.

Either way, it's a moot point, the Norse thing was already debunked. I'm simply explaining why people weren't instantly enthusiastic for it.

GameShrink · May 23, 2019

OutofMana said:
I had to google this and it doesn't look great. Must of been a sleeper hit because I never read or heard people mention it before.

As a game, it's pretty mediocre.

As a showcase of From's creature designs though, it's pretty great.

Mifec · May 23, 2019

Crossing Eden said:
And there's PLENTY of room for games and other media to tackle things outside of those cliches. ESPECIALLY a Fromsoft game.

There is but this game is not that. The viking/nordic stuff is BS.

Dr PeterVenkman · May 23, 2019

I think it's about that time for sony to dust off the Demon's Souls IP

Mifec · May 23, 2019

Dr PeterVenkman said:
I think it's about that time for sony to dust off the Demon's Souls IP

Miyazaki/FROM won't work on it if they do going by his GI interview for Sekiro.

Dr PeterVenkman · May 23, 2019

Mifec said:
Miyazaki said they'd do it without them if they planned to in the Gi interview for Sekiro.

I have nothing but respect for that. why should someone as creative as miyazaki get pigeon-holed into making souls games all of his life?

Sony should do it without From

Mifec · May 23, 2019

Dr PeterVenkman said:
I have nothing but respect for that. why should someone as creative as miyazaki get pigeon-holed into making souls games all of his life?

Sony should do it without From

I assumed you wanted from to make it since you're posting in a from thread. I have the same opinion as you, same for BB2.

Crossing Eden · May 23, 2019

Mifec said:
There is but this game is not that. The viking/nordic stuff is BS.

Guess we have to wait on Ubi to break the mold like they did with Egypt.

pleaseinsertdisctwo · May 23, 2019

OutofMana said:
I had to google this and it doesn't look great. Must of been a sleeper hit because I never read or heard people mention it before.

The first game is really fun, but it's the most barebones RPG I've played lol. It takes like 5 hours to finish the game and the 9 optional dungeons. The sequel is still very short (finishing all the optional content should take like... 14, 15 hours) but it's one of my favorite games of all time.

pleaseinsertdisctwo · May 23, 2019

GuessMyUserName said:
Came in because Lost Kingdoms is one of my fav series and I've been dying for a Lost Kingdoms 3 and tqbh I've been hating From for years for ignoring it... If this isn't LK I'm going to be so incredibly pissed because of the name just taunting me.

Norse better not be true.

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Sub Boss · May 23, 2019

Crossing Eden said:
Guess we have to wait on Ubi to break the mold like they did with Egypt.

Central America

Mifec · May 23, 2019

Crossing Eden said:
Guess we have to wait on Ubi to break the mold like they did with Egypt.

I enjoyed Origins and Odyssey well enough so I'm looking forward to it.

Angie · May 23, 2019

Much said:
God damn you! I've beat every single From game I've played XD

PlanetSmasher · May 23, 2019

Dr PeterVenkman said:
I have nothing but respect for that. why should someone as creative as miyazaki get pigeon-holed into making souls games all of his life?

Sony should do it without From

Sony Japan could never pull it off.

Xeteh · May 23, 2019

BossAttack said:
Well, there was this little known Nordic game that came out about a decade about that seemed pretty popular. I don't know, you probably never heard of it.

It was called SKYRIM.

Yeah, it has fur and swords and snow and a guy on the cover with a helmet that has horns. That's all you need for a Norse game!

Aside from their version of Valhalla that's about as norse as it gets.

Morrigan · May 23, 2019

Angie22 said:
Nah. I only want the super easy difficulty because i know the games are too hard for you, and i want you to be able to beat at least one From game.

Much said:
God damn you! I've beat every single From game I've played XD

🤨

Dice · May 23, 2019

So is this confirmed-confirmed or still a rumor? (it looks like it's in "all but confirmed" rumor territory now)

PlanetSmasher · May 23, 2019

Dice said:
So is this confirmed-confirmed or still a rumor? (it looks like it's in "all but confirmed" rumor territory now)

George Martin consulted on "a Japanese game", but he hasn't said which company it's for. Beyond that, the Norse stuff has been repeatedly debunked in the thread.

Dice · May 23, 2019

PlanetSmasher said:
George Martin consulted on "a Japanese game", but he hasn't said which company it's for. Beyond that, the Norse stuff has been repeatedly debunked in the thread.

Alright! Thought there was more news on this with the amount of it I've seen recently. Thanks PlanetSmash!

Pixieking · May 23, 2019

PlanetSmasher said:
George Martin consulted on "a Japanese game", but he hasn't said which company it's for. Beyond that, the Norse stuff has been repeatedly debunked in the thread.

@Mods or OP - Could we maybe have a change of thread title or a threadmark to note this? Thanks. :)

Morrigan · May 23, 2019

Pixieking said:
@Mods or OP - Could we maybe have a change of thread title or a threadmark to note this? Thanks. :)

Link me to the post that debunks it and I can threadmark it. Last I checked it was an unconfirmed rumour from 4chan, so less reliable than the other bits, but it doesn't mean the other bits are true, or that it's false... know what I mean?

Pixieking · May 23, 2019

Morrigan said:
Link me to the post that debunks it and I can threadmark it. Last I checked it was an unconfirmed rumour from 4chan, so less reliable than the other bits, but it doesn't mean the other bits are true, or that it's false... know what I mean?

Ah, yeah, okay, I get what you mean. The poster I was replying to seemed certain it was debunked, so I thought I'd missed a post here, but maybe I haven't?

jviggy43 · May 23, 2019

I'm sorry where was the norse stuff debunked?

jviggy43 · May 23, 2019

Pixieking said:
Ah, yeah, okay, I get what you mean. The poster I was replying to seemed certain it was debunked, so I thought I'd missed a post here, but maybe I haven't?

I'm also confused as there hasn't been any update in here about something being debunked. Seems like planetsmasher os just going with a 4 chan rumor as fact (and probably because he doesnt want this to be true)

PlanetSmasher · May 23, 2019

jviggy43 said:
I'm also confused as there hasn't been any update in here about something being debunked. Seems like planetsmasher os just going with a 4 chan rumor as fact (and probably because he doesnt want this to be true)

Omni and others have repeatedly spoken in the thread about the subject and said people are jumping the gun and getting bent out of shape over nothing.

jviggy43 · May 23, 2019

PlanetSmasher said:
Omni and others have repeatedly spoken in the thread about the subject and said people are jumping the gun and getting bent out of shape over nothing.

That is not saying this is unfounded or untrue or proof that this is debunked. There are a lot of people getting bent out of shape over a lot of different things in here

Scissors611 · May 23, 2019

Pariah said:
Norse mithology on its way to becoming the new zombie setting.

Except zombies are fun to shoot.

PlanetSmasher · May 23, 2019

jviggy43 said:
That is not saying this is unfounded or untrue or proof that this is debunked. There are a lot of people getting bent out of shape over a lot of different things in here

Either way, no one should be taking anything in this thread as "as good as confirmed".

KiLAM · May 24, 2019

jviggy43 said:
That is not saying this is unfounded or untrue or proof that this is debunked. There are a lot of people getting bent out of shape over a lot of different things in here

There's also this- https://www.resetera.com/threads/wh...m-fromsoftware-this-year.115159/post-21062198

Obviously we will have to wait for the actual reveal till it is 100% confirmed. Good thing it isn't far away.

jviggy43 · May 24, 2019

PlanetSmasher said:
Either way, no one should be taking anything in this thread as "as good as confirmed".

Oh of course not.

KiLAM said:
There's also this- https://www.resetera.com/threads/wh...m-fromsoftware-this-year.115159/post-21062198

Obviously we will have to wait for the actual reveal till it is 100% confirmed. Good thing it isn't far away.

Yeah Im super excited were getting a new preview of something so close to the release of their last game. The wait between Ds3 and Sekiro was, while understandable, made me sad. I'm spoiled with how often this studio releases games

Pixieking · May 24, 2019

PlanetSmasher said:
Either way, no one should be taking anything in this thread as "as good as confirmed".

Well, no... That's why "(Rumor)" is at the beginning of the thread title.

Okabe · May 24, 2019

Mifec said:
The viking/nordic stuff is BS.

Dr PeterVenkman · May 24, 2019

Mifec said:
I assumed you wanted from to make it since you're posting in a from thread. I have the same opinion as you, same for BB2.

gotcha. my thought was more that...it's obvious that From doesn't want to do anything related to souls anymore, and thus, Sony should take the reigns

Host Samurai · May 24, 2019

This seems like it's the closest we will ever get to a GoT and Berserk crossover, as vague as it will be.

AragornsTaxPlan · May 28, 2019

nachum00 said:
Are there even any relaxing game genres beyond walking simulators and visual novels?

Spider-Man on Casual difficulty. It's like a digital vacation

Deleted member 36493 · May 28, 2019

Terrible bump

nachum00 · May 28, 2019

AragornsTaxPlan said:
Spider-Man on Casual difficulty. It's like a digital vacation

That game was already too easy.

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