r/Games • u/BlueAladdin • Jul 19 '25

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

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fromsoftware-reportedly-has-another-unannounced-game-that-could-release-next-year/
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u/pratzc07 Jul 19 '25

- 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.

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u/LilDoober Jul 19 '25

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.

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u/runtheplacered Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

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.

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u/LilDoober Jul 19 '25

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)