Recently, with a scheduled trip to Tokyo, Japan in my future, I've become obsessed over the video game output of this country. With Persona 5 receiving its PS4 and PS3 release date along with Bloodborne this year, I've become infatuated with Japan's work. Long have titles such as Final Fantasy, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus; Dark Souls and Kingdom Hearts been a part of my life, though Japan's industry has been taking a lot of grief as of late and many feel the country may lose its impact in the West.
The Souls-like genre remains popular, along with FromSoftware's classics there are many contenders. But which are the best Souls-like games?
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.
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Demon's Souls has the remake of course, but DS1 has surely been outdated?
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Besides graphics, what do you mean by DS1 being "outdated"?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.
I haven’t played many but Bloodborne and NIOH1 are on top of my list.. had a blast with these 2
For world design and interconnectedness (that's a word, right?) DS1 is yet to be beaten.
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...
Saad from eXputer: "Almost a decade later, it's time to take the nostalgia goggles off and accept that Bloodborne has long been surpassed by its successors."
Yes, yes it does. It’s still a great game. Elden Ring isn’t better just different and a bit easier . I like that you have to be aggressive but smart in Bloodborne
I literally replayed it recently and it's better than I remember. I think it's like going back to a beloved book and noticing things I hadn't before.
Yo! I was getting ready to reply with the exact same four words you started with lol. Yes, I think Bloodborne has withstood the test of time and remains a great game. That’s why all the fans are hoping for a sequel someday. Hoping that we can catch that magic again with a new storyline.
Yes. Just replayed it a few days ago. My first Platinum. And yes. I rage quitted so many times and called it BS too when I started. It's tight. The combat is amazing and the lore is rich.
Elden Ring was easier? I don’t know about that at all. I remember leveling up in Bloodborne and breezing through it. In Elden Ring no matter how powerful I got I was still catching a beat down from every boss.
That's due to scaling enemies. I remember not doing Haligtree untill near the end and having enemies withstand almost a full blast from Azur's Glintstone Staff Comet Azure. My level was quite high.
Melee characters are not fun in that game, especially for the Elden Beast.
"Sony is missing out on a hugely profitable opportunity by ignoring fan demands for a Bloodborne remaster and PC port," says Ahmed from eXputer.
Bloodborne came out on the PS4. It is owned by From Software. What missed opportunity? I am sure the people at From Software know what they are doing. Especially since they are hiring devs instead of laying them off.
Maybe do an article about that instead of writing a hit piece on them acting like they don't know how to run their business.
To be fair Hidetaka Miyazaki said in an interview
“Unfortunately, and I’ve said this in other interviews, it’s not in my place to talk about Bloodborne specifically. We simply don’t own the IP at FromSoftware.”
So the ball kind of is in Sonys court, it feels like a missed opportunity because it’s something people really want and Sony just hasn’t really been bothered to get it off the ground. There was rumours it was at one point but it all went silent.
Sony has been missing nothing but opportunities for a few years now.. since GOW release, it’s worrying silence we’ve been getting..
As for Bloodborne, imo it would be too soon to release it because PS4 game still looks phenomenal..
Bloodborne REMAKE I think will be PS6 launch title by Bluepoint. I truly hope so! 2 gens later we can get the same wow effect as Demons Souls.
He is right because it is Sonys IP but a little further back he also explained that they only work on one game at a time. This means that From must also be available. In other words it could already be in the pipeline. Ecen if that is the case, it's still up to Sony to reveal it when they are ready. As ever, I prefer not to hear about it until it's about 3 to 6 months from releasing.
'Bloodborne came out on the PS4. It is owned by From Software'
Actually Sony owns the IP, same with Demon's Souls. I think they'd prefer if From did the work on any future of both of those though, but if Sony wanted to they could have those off to anyone else to work on them, like the DS remake.
Yeah. Thanks for the info.
But I still think that remasters should wait a generation. And Blue Point did Demon's Souls which was superb.
It can be a huge risk. And I think Hidetaka Miyazaki hinted that it would be a PS6 title. I don't he has no say in what happens, it's a partnership.
To be honest, if there is a remake/remaster (not that it needs one) I would prefer someone else to handle it, like they did with Demon Souls
From many perspectives From Soft is an amazing developer, BUT, on a technical level they are far from impressive, both in terms of dated visuals (again, on a technical level, not art/design) and usually poor performance.
And what is the point of a remake/remaster if not to provide a visual and performance enhancement to a game that already nailed the rest?
@thorstein what huge risk? Part of one of the most well known ip's in gaming nowadays, there's not much risk there when it comes to a remake.
@Michiel
I meant remasters in general are a huge risk, not Bloodborne.
Bloodborne isn't, but I think it's going to be on PS6, like how Demon's Souls went from PS3 to PS5.
Sorry for the confusion.
Thorstein,
Wow, your post seems angry..relax it's an opinion.
And btw, it is on Sony, they have the exclusive right to the game, on top of that, they could have easily, at bare minimum, offered an official 60fps patch, with a few extras and charged people $10 to upgrade or $30-40 for new buyers.
I believe I saw an interview where , FromSoft said it was all up to Sony on a sequel and other dealing with the game.
A "hit peice", that serious huh?..relax lol.
Wow you seem angry. I responded to crash 2 days ago about the remaster and who did it.
Why do you care what other people think in a moment about some journalism. Calm down, buddy, it's just my opinion. From 3 days ago.
Edit: I just went back through my comments and found 2 where I call out the author in the past month. Wow, I'm a rageaholic.
It will be a launch title on PS6 just like the remake of Demon's Souls for PS5 launch
Some say we didn’t need TLOU2 remake but that was a PS4 game and now we need a BB remake but that was a PS4 game. We send mixed signals
They better not be, I love Japanese games, keep them coming, especially JRPGs
"Do you think that the Japanese industry may eventually lose its appeal in the west?"
I dont think so, if that happens then they will be missing out on many beauties that are overshadowed by lifeless shooters.
Persona V/Bloodborne/Kingdom Hearts 3/FFXV/MGSV are day one must have games.
I like the western devs for what they produce.
I also like what the japanese devs output.
You don't have to knock one to appreciate the other.
Japanese games could never be in danger, there'll always be an audience, both in their country of origin as well as overseas.
no i think japanese companys are doing great i preordered bloodborne and soon P5
What? No way at all, in fact... In the last two years we've seen way more localization of Japanese games here in the West than we've ever seen before. Visual Novels, obscure niche titles, things that seemed like legal nightmares are even making their way over. It's looking better than ever for Japanese games, and the gamers who enjoy them.