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So now that Sekiro is out, what should From Software make next?
- Thread starter Black Chamber
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Really glad to see Bloodborne 2 and Another IP as the top choices. I love Dark Souls to absolute death, but I can't think of much more that can be done with the franchise. Frankly Dark Souls 1 alone felt like an entire franchise's worth of locales, especially with the DLC.
I would vote for Another IP but I'm desperately in love with Bloodborne's trick weapons...
I would vote for Another IP but I'm desperately in love with Bloodborne's trick weapons...
Id like them to do something with emphasis on multiplayer, co-op or PVP.
Viking Souls would be cool as well. Im good with anything they want to do though.
Viking Souls would be cool as well. Im good with anything they want to do though.
I feel like there is so much more you could do with the world of DkS, but they utterly squandered it by retreading the same exact thing three times over. Astora, Catarina, Vinheim, etc. For a series that appears to centre so heavily around wanderlust, the sequels painfully fell short in that regard due to the decision to remain in the same basic location.
And people even welcome that with BB too for whatever reason.
Something like with Techno-Vikings?
gasp!
What if they took over the Too Human franchise next?
I thought that world was so neat. Game? Not so much...
They have a massive back catalog of IPs they could pull from, I'd personally be down for a new Tenchu Z, Ninja Blade, Lost Kingdoms, Enchanted Arms, Otogi, Kuon, 3D Dot, etc. But I think a new King's Field or Armored Core would make the most sense if we're talking non-Souls games. AC especially since it was their most popular IP and FROM used to brick out AC games like nobody's business before Souls blew up. I could see a spiritual successor to King's Field being made one day if not a full blown sequel.
My preference is Bloodborne 2. Or a new IP done in the Soulsborne style as an action RPG with stats, builds, Character Creation, Multiplayer.
IM likely in the minority, but we've got enough goddam souls games now. Give us armored core. Or Otogi. Or something NOT souls related.
Otogi HD remaster.
Loved the demo back on Xbox, and there isn't really another way to play it these days.
Loved the demo back on Xbox, and there isn't really another way to play it these days.
Sekiro is literally an iteration of the soulsborne framework. They didn't just throw all that tech out.
New IP or older IP. My problem with a Bloodborne 2 is they will fall into the same problem as Dark Souls 3 did where the originally didn't really need a sequel and all it did was ruin a bunch of the lore by answering questions we didn't need answered and didn't answer questions or expand on lore we could/did need answers to. The Nameless King being the first born was dope, but up until then I was on team Solaire and it sucked actually having the answer than just speculating. Meanwhile we never got shit about Velka and stuff when many of us really wanted it.
On one hand I have to assume they know best and they simply decided other environments won't work well with the formula. On the other I indeed question the need for having at least two different catacombs in Dark Souls III, etc. DS1 seemed to have a lot more crazy and varied environments. Perhaps as the games become more detailed and more expensive to make, From feels more averse to taking risks. The definition of risk implies that it may not pay off, and players have been pretty vocal about things like Lost Izalith, or Blightown's original frame rate.
I think they're intertwined issues. DkS3 is a totally fine game, but I think it's extremely dull. A greatest hits of everything they'd done at that time, and that was already four quite similar games in quick succession. But the fact that it's in the same place means they feel compelled to literally have the same locations, so you can say 'aahhhhhh' constantly.
The whole poison swamp thing, or starting in castle wall bits, or dark, shitty horrible wood plank towns are so played it's unreal. A lot of it is just practical though, even when you're not reusing assets, which is a lot of the time, you don't need to reinvent everything, as you would with entirely new regions. The reality is that Demon's Souls wasn't in the same place as the Dark games, but it still features all the environments those games do, so maybe the region wasn't the issue, it was just the amount of time they had to envision something truly new.
I gather that between King's Field and Shadow Tower, a lot of those environments actually predated Demon's too. It's a lot to ask for games to be made in such short a period, and be radically different. I guess in that sense, more than BB2, what I really want is them to take a more lengthy break between projects in order to have the time needed to wow players with really fresh locales. For all I know, Sekiro is that after some breaking point in the game, we shall see.
Tbh I have no idea. But I really, really hope you're right
Probably. I posted a Gematsu link a few pages back where Miyazaki talked about post-Dark Souls III plans. He said: Dark Souls III DLC, new IP (Sekiro) and then personally wants to do Armored Core, so if it's that I'm all for it.
I'll be honest,I'd like a new Soulsborne IP. Meaning a spiritual successor to these kind of games. You know,covenants,online play,multiple builds etc
And if they left demons souls we would have never gotten dark souls. STRONGLY disagree
Hello I would like to file a complaint
I take offense that Kings Field and Armored Core are listed as "Another" and not by their proper numerical standing. Meanwhile all the souls games get proper numerification. This is a slant against Armored Core and Kings field for not being given their due respect as being the franchises that put From Software on the map.
Who do I page. BronsonLee or someone. I have grievances. I think a fair punishment would be to rename the others as "another" as well. Ie another bloodsouls.
Thank you for your time.
I take offense that Kings Field and Armored Core are listed as "Another" and not by their proper numerical standing. Meanwhile all the souls games get proper numerification. This is a slant against Armored Core and Kings field for not being given their due respect as being the franchises that put From Software on the map.
Who do I page. BronsonLee or someone. I have grievances. I think a fair punishment would be to rename the others as "another" as well. Ie another bloodsouls.
Thank you for your time.
Did you play it? I did, and it was actually pretty good. I think a lot of people went into it with strange expectations when really it was a low budget adventure puzzle game with an interesting story.
When they were making BB, he claimed it was going to be friendly and colourful, I guess as a joke to surprise us when they announced the darkest, bloodiest hellscape imaginable.
I really don't see how you can have a peaceful melee action game that has any sort of compelling mood. Combat is inherently violent, unless it's pretend, in which case, it's harder to be drawn in by. Like if they made a Soulslike set in a kids summer camp, and you explore the grounds and engage in encounters using foam toy swords, it might be a funny, novel experience, but it's not going to be impactful.
A substantial amount of the sense of difficulty and reward in these games is their mood. It's meant to be oppressive and unnerving, it causes trepidation which you also have to overcome in order to succeed.
I'm certainly not against From making a friendly, saturated wonderland setting for a game, but I don't think it'd work for a Soulslike. It would be interesting to see someone tackle it though. A bit like Ubi making the Mario and Rabids Xcom.
