This videos opinion stems from the unhealthy state of gaming companys and the promise of infinite growth. Companies like EA and Ubisoft and the like have established that after a huge game you have to make an even bigger one. a AAA game has to be followed up by AAAA. best case releasing the next year already. everyone who has experience in managing a company (especially in the gaming industry) knows this is unsustainable and toxic for the art. From Software is the last really big games developer that didnt forget what healty growth is. After they released a banger, they do two-three smaller projects, where you can be more creative and experimenting. less budget and less risk. and use this time, experience and money to work on another big title.
The thing that gets me excited about Duskbloods and Nightreign is that with BOTH of them, so close to each other, FromSoft seems to be making an ACTIVE effort to work in the mutiplayer online space. Like "Hey, you know how our online multiplayer capabilities have been highly criticized in our past games? Someone go make some smaller-scale online-multiplayer-only games and work on that." This has the potential to be GREAT for their next mainline game.
Also, remember, FromSoft experimenting with new ideas instead of wallowing in what has already been successful is how we got Dark Souls 2.
FS, iirc, highly praised the seemless coop mod for ER
Agreed! It's cool that they're going with the time
Soulslike - Discussion, News, Memes
This is a community for discussion, news, and memes pertaining to the video game sub-genre "soulslike".
Given Lemmy's size, the definition of soulslike may be treated relatively loosely. While games like the numerous FromSoft titles, the recent Star Wars Jedi games, Lies of P, Nioh and similar games should be the focus, games that incorporate soulslike elements - like Hollow Knight and Blasphemous, for example - may also be discussed here.
Basic Lemmy-quette applies. Additionally, since flairs don't exist yet, please do make sure to include a marker to denote what game your post is about in square brackets for clarity's sake. An example could be:
[BB] This enemy is so difficult!
or
[DS1] Anyone struggling with the gargoyles?
Friends:
Should you have any questions, please do let me know.
- Firestorm Druid