Fromsoft, or more accurately Miyazaki in particular, isn’t interested in sequels. Dark souls 2 had no involvement from him and 3 he only got involved at the end of development because he wanted some things tied up better
Sony would probably love to do more Bloodborne, but apparently out of respect for Miyazaki they don’t do more with the IP, remasters or sequels, without his support and involvement.
Overall I think that is a good thing. Dark souls 2 and 3 were, while obviously more modern than the first game, significantly less interesting than Dark Souls. And obviously not focusing on sequels meant we got stuff like Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden ring.
Thats the best thing Fromsoft does. They release games kinda regularly with a new fresh air of breath for not being sequels so having to worry about waiting a sequel is not a big thing. Imo looking at their games, DS, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Elden Ring idc about not playing sequels. They go great replayabilty so I just throw a playthrough every now and then.
I will disagree about DS tho since I think 3 is by far their better and complete Dark Souls. The first one is too difficult to get on with a lot of bad areas to actually have fun in. Still a great game tho
Purely from a map design POV, Dark Souls 1 has by far the most impressive, organic and well built map of all Fromsoft games. Now from a mechanic perspective, it does suffer the comparison with DS3 which is more refined in every other aspect: ennemies, bosses, player controls, moveset etc.
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u/Separate-Walrus- 11h ago
Fromsoft, or more accurately Miyazaki in particular, isn’t interested in sequels. Dark souls 2 had no involvement from him and 3 he only got involved at the end of development because he wanted some things tied up better
Sony would probably love to do more Bloodborne, but apparently out of respect for Miyazaki they don’t do more with the IP, remasters or sequels, without his support and involvement.
Overall I think that is a good thing. Dark souls 2 and 3 were, while obviously more modern than the first game, significantly less interesting than Dark Souls. And obviously not focusing on sequels meant we got stuff like Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden ring.