FromSoftware, It’s Time To Do Something Different Now

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

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

They did do Déraciné.

[Nitrowolf2]

They should go make another Armored core

I know they said they’re working on one

[VenomUK]

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.

[Unspoken]

A next gen Armored Core should be be up next.

[SkatterBrain]

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

[UltraNova]

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

[AnthonyDavis]

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

[starchild]

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

[harmny]

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

[twiggytree12]

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

[garos82]

@harmny

In terms of gameplay they are COMPLETELY different.

[SkatterBrain]

Armored Core + Ace Combat crossover

[Tapani]

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.

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

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

[ArchangelMike]

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.

[Wolffenblitz]

Think about what you just said.

FromSoft Football game.... *slide tackle*

YOU DIED

[guacman88]

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

[porkChop]

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.

[GameStallion]

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

[rainslacker]

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

[Z501]

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

[harmny]

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

[Eidolon]

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

[AceRimmer302]

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?

[SkatterBrain]

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

[nitus10]

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

After all, think of those poor broken controllers.

[goldwyncq]

"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.

[nitus10]

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_san]

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

[Segata]

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.

[thatguyhayat]

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

[averagejoe26]

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

[thatguyhayat]

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

[porkChop]

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.

[XxSPIDEYxX]

How about Fromsoft continues to create what they want.

[Asuka]

I mean they are. As mentioned they are revisiting Armored Core and I'm sure they have something else like a new IP in the works.

But that's beside the point. Their games sell well. Sekiro sold 2mil in 10days. Why fix something that ain't broke?

[Veneno]

Because From Software is hot in the news right now and these trash sites need their clicks.

[rainslacker]

They want to double dip. Say this now, then if they make something new, they get the chance to say how they should have done what they're known for.

[tochi]

I thought it was interview article.
Why would we care about Gamingbolt's suggestion? Play games from other developers, Gamingbolt.

[ShinRon]

sekiro is different

its nothing like the souls games cept its in third person, puts gameplay first, isnt easy and high quality.

[Movefasta1993]

more focused story telling too, it's definitely not a souls game.

[goldwyncq]

It is very much a souls game in spirit, just without the RPG elements and a stamina bar, but those never solely defined Souls anyway. Every other series staple (Bonfire-like checkpoints, Healing item that can be replenished after you rest at a checkpoint, NPCs having their own questlines, a focus on environmental storytelling, bar that fills up and inflicts you with a status ailment, doors that can't be opened from one side, illusory walls, difficult but rewarding bosses) are present, and those have been in every game since Demon's Souls.

[Platformgamer]

i'd like to see a mascotte platform game made by them

[jznrpg]

Mech Mech Mech !! Because it’s FS style

[jznrpg]

Armored Core is a FS game and if they do something besides Souls I want Armored Core or a RPG . Downvote all you want but Mech games are a big part of FromSoft

[averagejoe26]

They've already said they're making an Armored Core game.

[jznrpg]

That’s what I’m waiting for . Collectors for me . I didn’t see confirmation just hints , maybe I missed it

[PiNkFaIrYbOi]

How about they do what they want to do.

[spambot0815]

i'd suggest you take a look at moss and/or soul sacrifice and mix that up with the good parts of the souls series and bloodborne and i think you might have something kinda different that i would buy as well. just don't take anything from sekiro please because that one was too different in the wrong direction.

[Godmars290]

Sales says otherwise...

[Silly gameAr]

Funny that this article came out right when there's a rumor of Miyazaki wanting to try an open world, story driven game in the vein of GTA. This article wouldn't have anything to do with that rumor, would it?

[smashman98]

And you are? Fromsoft has had hit after hit since demons souls. They can do what they please.

[Xaevi]

They should do something different sure, but not for all the whiney "journalists" who are bad at games.

[Father__Merrin]

ive been begging for another Enchanted Arms rpg that game was so amazing and old school loved the music and charachters

[Vanfernal]

From should keep doing what they are doing and make games according to their vision.

[Edito]

So tou are saying that sekiro is like dark Souls or bloodborne? Lol there are a lot of games out there if u want something different... Don't buy a coca cola expecting to get something else.

[Thundercat77]

As long as they give me Bloodborne 2, they can make whatever they want.

[Doge]

They're making money with SoulsBorne type games so...why?

[Dragonscale]

Whats with all the articles lately telling fromsoft what they should do. Give it a rest fgs they're fine as they are.

[autobotdan]

100% agree with article. Return to Armored core or Tenchu

[GrubsterBeater]

“Return to Armored core or Tenchu”

Considering the fact that Sekiro’s development began as a sequel to Tenchu, that would make 50 percent of your request complete. The remaining half of your request (Armored Core) is already in the process of being developed by FromSoftware....

And this article is dumb..

Let FromSoftware create, you know, whatever they want to make.. and not what a journalist, who more than likely heard the comment (maybe even read a misleading N4G headline) about Miyazaki saying he would want to maybe someday make an open world RPG, which was then misconstrued into a rumor of an open world RPG game created by FromSoftware, in an effort to “get ahead of the game” with an article about “blah blah blah”, so that said “journalist” (who didn’t even read/listen to what was actually said) can come out and say “See?!? I had the SAME idea, and they did it. I’m a good journo. Derp.”

[Blu3_Berry]

Honestly I think they should stick with what they're really good and well known for. They have made new IPs, so it's not like they are repeating a game series over and over. Me personally, I hope they stick to the third-person action/adventure/RPG style with a set difficulty in mind. That's what made me love their games and I hope they don't stray away from that too much.

If they were to try something very different, I think an horror/eerie atmospheric game that focuses on exploration with some type of combat system could be interesting if done right.

[Samonuske]

Sekiro was different.

[SatanicEyeJesus]

Gamingbolt, it is time to do something different, like quality jornalism.

[rainslacker]

No dev should be forced to do something different. Especially at the behest of the gaming press. Being open to them doing something different because of their talent is one thing, saying they need to do something different as an absolute is quite another, and is just wrong

[InKnight7s]

Funny meanwhile, nobody told Activision to stop releasing their typical boring-westren FPS. Nobody told any company to stop releasing FPS games for decades. So why now we need Japanese developers stop releasing one of a kind JRPGs?

[BoneMagnus]

So..no Sekiro: Shadows Die Thrice?

[carcarias]

Not, it isn't.

Games in the style of Souls are hardly ubiquitous. Why tell experts at a genre to go make something other devs already do plenty of?

[Sinemetsu]

I think it's time that games journalists lose the arrogance that drives them to tell a developing studio what games they should/should not be making. Fine if you have that opinion, but don't assert your opinion like it's a mandate.

They are miles away from being stuck in a rut, creatively speaking.

[PhantomS42]

We need a new 3D Dot Game Heroes. That game was criminally underrated.

[ziggurcat]

Yes! Would love a sequel to that hidden gem of a game.

[SkatterBrain]

something easier for everyone to enjoy

[Last_Boss]

Heck I'll take a new Tenchu or Ninja Blade. Something completely new is great too.

[CrimsonWing69]

Speak for yourself!

[zodiac909]

Serkiro and Deracine was not "different?""&q uot;

[chris235]

i bet this blogger also wants to tell the n house what to do and what not to do. funny.

[ziggurcat]

They did. Déraciné.

[Drakul]

Nope. They should do same style of games. 3. person fantasy,action, rgp. For example Bloodborne II.

[Strange]

Make even harder stuff. Sekiro was hardly a challenge

[metalgod88]

Do you really want Fromsoftware to develop another genre? That's like asking Bioware to develop a shooter....

[clouds5]

I would really love it if they made a serviced based mobile game. Free to play, where your progress is not based on skill but on how much you grind or buy loot boxes that sometimes increase your stats. That's what we gamers really want deep inside.
EA, Blizzard, Ubisoft.. they are all getting it. But From is stuck in the past with these weird pieces of art that don't require multiplayer and you just buy it once and have hours of fun? What? At least they could lock the last few bosses behind a pay wall.

[Nacho_Z]

I know it's a bit of a dirty word these days but I'd love to see their take on an open world RPG. It could work really well with their subtle storytelling and top notch game design and I'm sure it'd feel fresh.

[Tross]

Oh man, my mind went to bullet hell games, because I already find those difficult (I openly admit that isn't my genre). I'm just imagining what could happen if From Software made one. I'd be the first to admit I wouldn't be up to the challenge. At least I wouldn't cry about it and demand an easy mode.

[AK91]

Judging by sales numbers and critical reception I highly doubt it.

[DVAcme]

I love that every negative article about a gaming company in this website is about how they should do things differently cause they're doing it wrong, yet this POS piece of writing is complaining that FromSoftware should do things differently because they're doing it RIGHT.

Eff off with that bullshit. You know what happens when you force an acclaimed studio out of its comfort zone to make a game in a genre they do not have any experience in? ANTHEM, YOU GET ANTHEM. FromSoftware aren't merely great at the style of game they make, they're the PIONEERS and the ABSOLUTE BEST, and every other company that has tried to ape their formula has come up short. Name me one SoulsBorne-type game not made by FromSoftware that equals obe of their games in quality. You can't, because they aren't any.

[watchem]

a FromSoftware real horror game would be cool :D

[ibrake4naps]

hope they make a kart racer!!!

[batsugun888]

They want From to stop doing what they do best because their style has created a rallying point for those that argue all games should be for everybody.

Led by stressed out journalists who don't have the patience to beat challenging games before their deadlines, and SJWs who want to take a swipe at so called "core" gamers they associate with Gamergate.

[ShinRon]

this is one of the worst article headlines of all time imo

[BuildTheWall]

We need a new Otogi

[Deeeeznuuuts]

I don't think they should do anything different, they are good at what games they make but I do think they are a tad bit overrated, I mean bloodborne and now sekiro are classed as new I.p's? I mean that's a bit of a stretch, it's like saying every new Fifa is a new I.p

[william_cade]

Bloodborne 2 with a jump button would be enough for me.

[Exvalos]

Naw man if it isn't broken dont fix it.

[raWfodog]

FromSoftware, keep doing what you do best and delve into new IPs at your own pace and/or discretion. Developers make great games when their comfortable to do so, not because people wish for them to "do something different".

[Lennoxb63]

I need yall to keep this same energy when the next COD, AC, 2K, etc comes out.

[ILostMyMind]

So no Bloodborne 2?

[Shikoku]

Like a game everyone can play?

[SilverDemon]

Fromsoft are one of the few studios that do something different

Not to mention they already made vr game and they are working on armored core game

What's wrong with keeping your fan base happy with your mainstyle gamez while experimenting in smaller titles??

[frostypants]

Perhaps GamingBolt should get out of clickbait gaming journalism now. When you're a master of something, you keep at it much as From does. GB wouldn't understand.

[uth11]

How about we stop demanding From do this or that. They seem perfectly capable of designing games players love.

[FernDiggidy]

Interesting, taking the Guerrilla Games route. They have the ability to nail something diff.

[mamotte]

Game journalists: "Where is Bloodborne 2?"

Also game journalists: "It’s Time To Do Something Different Now"

[Surt]

The amount of tears about the difficulty of this game can flood a small town. LOL How about you get good? How about not playing like garbage as much? and if the game s not catered to you in the time needed to be able to play it well, then play another game. Its not for everyone.

"But that's not fair" Life is not fair kids, and think about this. Heaven has a gate and not everyone is gonna get in. Let that sink in. Even the after life is not fair. The more you know.

[Phi39582]

Certainly can be categorized as "stupid sentiment", most developers are talented but more are making unpopular games than are.......just a silly opinion and somehow in the top 4

[noob_zero]

Theyre pretty capable of making different stuff. They did do otogi, ninja blade, and even a gundam game tho it was japan exclusive. I think sekiro was their first step to branching out again. Also their rumored game sounds like itll be a new kinda game

[Bleucrunch]

An arrogant request, it one be one thing if they were producing crap games, but that is not the case. Why do they need to change it up if they are already changing it up. The games they make are not the same, maybe common core elements, but you cannot go into bloodborne with a Dark Souls mentality....you wont survive.....

Let FromSoftware do their thing cause we know they are making some bangers....

[aarogree]

Two words: Ninja Blade.

[Segata]

Armored Core and Otogi and if I really want to go left field. A new Frame Gride!

[Dizzy11523]

Nope, they should just stick to what they do best and improving it. It's like asking Ed Boon to make something that's not a fighting game. GTFO.

[Fritzwochel]

They should learn how to make games that runs without frame pacing issues on consoles.

[mixelon]

Hmm, I’d like to see them do another first person game like Kings Field.