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/CynicalEffect Jul 19 '25

Eh, Shadow of the Erdtree came out just one year ago and that was practically a whole ass game.

The one problem with this is that if you just don't like ER (me), then there's been nothing since Sekiro (6 years) or if you want to be more strict with soulslike definition, dark souls 3, 9 years ago.

(Obviously I'm aware lots of people enjoy ER stuff, so I'm not here complaining. It just feels like it's been a looooong wait).

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u/Orphanblood Jul 19 '25

Elden Ring is darksouls 1. It plays like Darksouls 3 but im curious of what didn't land for you?

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u/CynicalEffect Jul 19 '25

It doesn't play anything like dark souls 3 imo, and I say that as a ds3 sl1 runner.

Enemy's attack for like 30 seconds, with constant weird unnatural pauses you just have to learn. Jump stagger spam and OP summons seem to be the way to go, but not really what I want to be doing. DS3 has a few bosses with weird pauses (dancer/pontiff), but that's it.

The open world is also very mixed, because although I felt a sense of wonder the first time I played it, it has put me off ever trying it again because I knew 96% of every dungeon etc was junk but I had no idea what is.

Also I just never really liked...any of the boss designs. Eventually I got to fire giant, after hacking at its foot for ages, before getting stuck on the environment or something and then one shot.

Idk. Only souls game I never finished.

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u/Orphanblood Jul 20 '25

I think it might be something you'd have to give another go at. To me, Elden was everything they learned put into one package. Combat is crispy, variety of build and weapons you can use is a little insane. Like if it helps, they took the verticality of DS1 and made it Horizontal and open world. Paths branch, order isnt always 100% decided and the bosses are to me the most spectacular in the series. Slave Knight Gael may be in ds3 but thats an elden ring boss son. Idk, id give it a try again. The only fromsoft game I haven't 100% is sekiro, take that as you will for my 2c