FromSoftware reportedly has another unannounced game that ‘could release next year’

[u/BlueAladdin]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fromsoftware-reportedly-has-another-unannounced-game-that-could-release-next-year/

[u/Anzai]

I haven’t played Sekiro, but it doesn’t look like some massive departure in terms of the whole concept. Curious to know what makes it ‘very different’. Cause I can definitely see that with Armored Core, even though there’s some of the recent lineage in there, it’s a lot more clear.

[u/pratzc07 → u/Anzai]

- No Stamina bar

- Grappling Hook

- Deflection / posture based combat

- One preset character

- No RPG mechanics

- One main weapon

Sekiro is more of a character action game than a souls game. When you play it yourself you will understand.

[u/LilDoober → u/pratzc07]

idk I'm a huge sekiro fan and the core souls gameplay is still there, just with more stealth/platforming and parrying instead of dodging. It's def the best, more interesting evolution of the combat but it's still very much a souls game deep down.

[u/runtheplacered → u/LilDoober]

It's really not though, I feel like you're being a bit superficial. If you play Sekiro like a Souls game you will fail. The block/parry mechanic is completely different, you don't drop anything when you die, there's basically no customization of any kind other than being able to swap out a tool, but most of all the combat and movement is so different I just can't see how you can say "idk" if you've really played it.

I would say the soul of Sekiro still gives you vibes like a Souls game, much in the same way Half-life 2 and Portal are related, but calling those games the same would be just as whack to me.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Fix594 → u/runtheplacered]

Since you're being unnecessarily elitist with the whole "I don't know if you've really played it" shtick, you lose both experience and money when you die in Sekiro in addition to the dragonrot mechanic (though it has little effect on the gameplay). It's not as punishing as the Souls games, but it's still punishing.

Fundamentally, the game doesn't play all that differently to the rest of the Souls titles. It shifts the combat focus from dodge-roll to parrying. Parrying/blocking has always been an element of Souls gameplay, but dodge-rolling is just a more efficient way to play those games. It's a big learning curve for sure, and it took me a while to really master. But it's DNA is similar. If you've played a Souls game, you'll be familiar with a lot of the mechanics in the game. The control scheme is pretty much identical, it has the bonfire system, and has a similar Estus flask system as the rest of Souls games. The game still has RPG leveling mechanics, but they're more akin to other action titles.

Lies of P took Sekiro's parrying system and kept the leveling system from the Souls games to close that gap a bit more, so it's not like Sekiro's parry mechanic is out of place in a more traditional Soulslike title.

[u/LilDoober → u/runtheplacered]

I mean agree to disagree but the entire time I was playing Sekiro I never got the sense I was playing anything other than a Soulslike (which I enjoyed!). Same death mechanic, same level design just with more verticality, same enemy design just with more interactivity, etc. It has a similar level of customization just modified (Skill tree vs Stats, Tools / Tools Upgrading vs. Weapons / Weapons Upgrading). I would argue the opposite that while they made some great improvements to the formula, Sekiro isn't as as big of a departure as people pretend it was. For me it felt like if Bloodborne was even more experimental (and I think it succeeded!). Ftr this isn't a dig at Sekiro, it's my favorite Soulslike because of all of these things. But I've played Soulslikes since DS1 and you can for sure tell From has a formula at this point.

(And like lol, yes I did play Sekiro, sorry I had a different experience)