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FromSoftware, It’s Time To Do Something Different Now

FromSoftware’s considerable talent deserves to be applied to other styles of games too.

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Nitrowolf21858d ago (Edited 1858d ago )

They should go make another Armored core

I know they said they’re working on one

VenomUK1858d ago (Edited 1858d ago )

GamingBolt. You're asking the experts of a much loved, highly reviewed and good-selling genre to give it up and do something different. Perhaps the studio will grow their teams, but if you don't enjoy their games then maybe just don't buy them as there is a huge player base who loves them! It's like somebody complaining that the EA Vancouver keep making FIFA football games and wanting them to stop so they can go make an RPG.

Unspoken1858d ago

A next gen Armored Core should be be up next.

SkatterBrain1858d ago

I Wanna Create my Own Mech Again, i miss those games

UltraNova1858d ago

From soft should take on games like DMC and Bayonetta, show em who's boss...

AnthonyDavis1858d ago

Nope. I want a BB2 first and then a Dark Souls 4.

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starchild1858d ago

I think Sekiro is already pretty different from the SoulsBorne games. Sure, there are some common elements, but also many differences.

harmny1858d ago

It's the same game at it's core. A fps battle Royale would be different

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twiggytree121857d ago

Agreed, I went into Sekiro with a Dark Souls mindset and I was getting rekt.

garos821857d ago

@harmny

In terms of gameplay they are COMPLETELY different.

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SkatterBrain1858d ago

Armored Core + Ace Combat crossover

Tapani1857d ago (Edited 1857d ago )

It's time for Gamingbolt to do something different and write an interesting non-clickbait article!! From Software is not taking notes from you, luckily.

SharnOfTheDEAD1857d ago (Edited 1857d ago )

It's time for...... FROM SOFTWARE WARRIORS. lol

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ArchangelMike1858d ago (Edited 1858d ago )

A FromSoft FPS? Or a FromSoft RTS? What about a FromSoft football game? Or wait, a FromSoft racing game?

You see, the more you think about it, the more it seems like a naff idea. They need to major on what they do best, but on doing it bigger and better.

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Wolffenblitz1858d ago

Think about what you just said.

FromSoft Football game.... *slide tackle*

YOU DIED

guacman881858d ago

I haven't logged in on this site in idk how long......I did just to tell you that your comment is gold asf😂

porkChop1858d ago

To be fair, From have a long history well before the Souls-like genre came around. It's not like Souls-like games are the only thing they can do or are known for. Even within the RPG genre there are many things they could do that aren't Souls-likes.

Ultimately, I think they should do what they actually want to do. But I'm definitely interested in seeing something else from them.

GameStallion1858d ago

Or an RPG, just totally different. Like what CDPR is doing with Cyberpunk from Witcher, but hopefully stays in 3rd person LOL.

rainslacker1858d ago

Obviously from software would be best suited for a Facebook style social game involving the raising of demonic farm animals.

Z5011858d ago (Edited 1858d ago )

Exactly.
Did Gamingbolt ask this of 343 Studios for example.

harmny1858d ago

Bigger and better? One of the reason they succed is the games are not big and good enough. Bigger and better would require more budget, more resources. They should keep doing what they're doing. Unless people want to spend $100 instead of $60

Eidolon1858d ago

Kinda like Guerilla Games making the RPG of the Year when all they were known for were FPS? ..

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AceRimmer3021858d ago

Why??? I don't care for Souls-like games, but millions of others do. They've created their own genre, the games sell well and there's still demand. Why 'fix' what ain't broken?

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SkatterBrain1858d ago

millions really, how many Controllers get broken in Rage Quits from unforgiving games

nitus101858d ago

Maybe if they "git gud" those people would not have to rage quit. 😊

After all, think of those poor broken controllers.

goldwyncq1858d ago

"Why fix what ain't broken?"

Because not doing so leads to stagnation, and stagnation eventually leads to a marginal decrease in quality. It's why games like Call of Duty are churned out every year -- sure they make money and a lot of people still play them but they are entirely devoid of risk and creativity.

These type of games don't have to disappear entirely, but there should be room for other types of games from them. Heck, even Miyazaki hinself thinks so and wants to flex his creatively muscles and develop a story-driven game, which would be a huge departure from his previous projects.

nitus101858d ago (Edited 1858d ago )

Well, they could make a "souls like" RPG that has more randomness in their enemy type, their placements and "drops". Basically in all the Souls/Borne games when you die or refresh yourself at a bonfire or lantern the same enemy with minor exceptions will appear in pretty much the same place. Of course, the exception may be the drops from a defeated enemy which are "sort-of" randomized.

The problem with making a story-driven RPG is the fact that once you as the player compleat it unless it is an exceptional game with some randomized events then it has very little replay value. Now contrast to say Dark Souls or even Bloodborne which have a light-on story but can be extremely challenging giving them high replayability. These games also have branching pathways such if you don't follow a particular path you won't see it. or a particularly important item may be got in different places depending on how you unfold events.

A Dark Souls 3 example is the Siegward of Catarina and Anri of Astora stories.

A Bloodborne example is the different places (I am aware of three) where you can get the "Tonsil stone" which will give you access to the Lecture Building 1st Floor. I actually got a female giving me the stone on one occasion.

Imortus_san1857d ago

All From Software games are broken on console, since they all have terrible pacing and frame rate issues.

Segata1857d ago

Did you ever play their games prior to Souls? They were pretty varied in games and they were awesome. No reason they can't continue making SOuls like but I'd love it at the same time if they made Armoed Core,Ninja Blade,Otogi,Kings Feild,Frame Gride, Spriggan Lunar Universe,Shadow Tower,Eternal Ring aqnd even platformers like Cookies & Cream. They made so much stuff. They are too talented to be limited to one genre really.

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thatguyhayat1858d ago

Im pretty sure they're teasing an open world like like rockstar

averagejoe261858d ago

They're not. He just responded to an interview question saying he'd be interested in making one some day.

thatguyhayat1858d ago

Aah i see. Makes sense. They have few games and a sequel in development

porkChop1858d ago

They're not actually making it. That's just something they'd like to do some day. Which I would love to see. A sandbox open world from FromSoftware could be incredible.

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Before Miyazaki Retires, We Need To Get A Sekiro Sequel

A sequel to the studio's acclaimed title, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, would be the perfect swan song for long-time video game director Hidetaka Miyazaki.

H933d ago

Man you didn't have to do me like that with the title

LoveSpuds33d ago

I just don't see it happening given the success of Elden Ring. I think we'll be seeing a sequel to Elden Ring before anything else.

Demetrius33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

I'm not into souls games but it's good to see that this dev studio stick to what makes their titles unique, there's alot of souls copy n pasted games but they rarely get talked about cause they're looked at as copies and not original created ideas, the souls games are unique cause they offer they're own identity instead imitating I respect that

jznrpg33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

Or Bloodborne 2 preferably both but that’s a lot to ask if he plans on retiring sooner than later

Leeroyw33d ago

Bloodborne 2 or I'd simply love a 60fps remaster. I'd also love a bloodborne randomiser option.

toxic-inferno32d ago

I'm definitely holding out hope for a Bloodborne 60fps remaster still. Some extra features thrown in would be nice too.

With regards to a sequel, I'd actually rather From Software make another new IP with a different setting. That is what made Bloodborne so good - the fact that it took a proven formula and applied it to a completely new setting.

anast32d ago

The hype would be insane if they announced Bloodborne 2.

Inverno33d ago

What if they made a Sekiro/Bloodborne mix?

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a Timeless Classic

With this feature, we will be taking a look at Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice all these years later and break down why it remains such a great time.

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Cacabunga36d ago

I regret i never played it, like many other great games!! Still on my radar, when i become retro gamer in a year or two with all this gaas crap happening around

Psychonaut8536d ago

Absolutely. Amazing art design, and didn’t have the Bloodborne problem so it runs at 60FPS on newer hardware, which is amazing given the reaction based gameplay

Cacabunga36d ago

Wait did it get a next gen patch??

Sciurus_vulgaris36d ago

This one title that never clicked with me. I enjoyed Dark Souls, Demon Souls and Bloodborne, but I never warmed up to Sekiro’s parry-focused combat. I honestly gave up on the game at about the half way point.

Armyofdarkness36d ago

Me too. But after the Stellar Blade demo and parrying like crazy I’m tempted to go back and play this again

Inverno36d ago

Took me a couple years too get into when I first bought it. I had gotten so used to Bloodborne that the gameplay was genuinely confusing me. Picked it up a third time and clicked. The game is souls stripped of all its RPG elements and left with nothing but it's combat. It's Souls at its pureness but I can see why the combat would turn people off. That's why I liked it so much tho, without the choice of weapons it's very focused on a specific style. I think a sequel with a small selection of weapons but each fleshed out would be the right step.

Sciurus_vulgaris36d ago

My problem with Sekiro was the combat, I didn’t find it as engaging as Bloodborne, DarkSouls due to the lack of RPG elements. I even found action games like Ninja Gaiden 1-2 and Ghost of Tsushima more engaging as well.

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The 7 Best Souls-Like Games - Mastering the Challenge

The Souls-like genre remains popular, along with FromSoftware's classics there are many contenders. But which are the best Souls-like games?

toxic-inferno44d ago

Hmm... In my opinion, the 7 best are the 6 made by FromSoftware (DeS, DS1, DS2, DS3, BB and ER), then Lies of P. But each to their own.

kevco3344d ago

Still DS1? You don't feel it's been surpassed yet?

Demon's Souls has the remake of course, but DS1 has surely been outdated?

Smellsforfree44d ago

I think that the DS1 remake is better looking than DS2. The interior lighting matched with the low resolution textures in DS2 is very garish, IMO.

Besides graphics, what do you mean by DS1 being "outdated"? I'm someone who played through Elden Ring and just recently played through the DS series, and as far as gameplay went, there were all very similar.

Cacabunga44d ago

I haven’t played many but Bloodborne and NIOH1 are on top of my list.. had a blast with these 2

toxic-inferno44d ago

For world design and interconnectedness (that's a word, right?) DS1 is yet to be beaten.

anast12d ago

All great games beside DS2.

toxic-inferno12d ago

I would agree, but there are some things in DS2 that are great and incredibly memorable. It tries to do things differently, and there are some amazingly cinematic moments.

Of course, there's also poor level design (particularly the interconnectivity of the world), questionable combat choices and some of the worst boss runs since the early days of video games...

anast12d ago

True. I can't disagree the game has some moments.