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[DB] Welp, there goes my FOMO
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Nightreign kinda' scares me, I'll be perfectly frank.
It's hard not to look at it as a response to Space Marine 2 and Helldivers 2's success as online comp-stompers. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, FromSoft always put out at least thought-provoking and engrossing (if not downright brilliant) games in terms of mechanical refinement and gameplay.
But that stench of chasing trends is all over this project to my nose. Add to that Bloodborne's doomed console-exclusive future (which is a decision I still thoroughly cannot comprehend, because it sure as hell isn't driving console sales anymore, not even with the Remaster), and I start getting worried about the possibility that FromSoft will end up as just another name on the memorial wall of nuked game developers...
Bloodborne may be console exclusive on paper, but emulating it on PC is a trivial task.
Fair enough, but the fact that we have to circumvent official channels in order to do so says a lot about said official channels, y'know?
Oh no doubt, I hate exclusivity. The way Sony has treated the Bloodborne IP is a travesty, but par for the course for Japanese corps.