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NuXCOM_90Percent, do games w FromSoftware's focus hasn't shifted to multiplayer, Miyazaki says, despite Elden Ring: Nightreign and The Duskbloods

If anything, Duskbloods further confirms this is a B game. They took a mode of Elden Ring/Dark/Demon Souls that people have historically loved (jolly coop) and built a game around that. It is no different than building a game around dodging (Bloodborne), blocking/parrying and traversal (Sekiro), or even just one off arena fights (… MANY of the Armored Core expandalones).

They built it for Nightreign. They did a much scaled down version for Duskbloods as a way to get a sack of cash from Nintendo and to pressure Sony into letting them go back to an IP they like (Bloodborne).

It really IS fun to watch reactions from people who have never had any experience with From outside of as “The Dark Souls company”. They have ALWAYS done this kind of shit (hell, they even did it recently with the VR game nobody played). They have their A team work on their flagship IP whether that is Dark Souls or Armored Core or King’s Field. They have their B team(s) work on more experimental games. Sometimes it is something nobody ever remembers (was it Decirine?) and sometimes it is a cult favorite like Shadow Tower Abyss or Bloodborne. But the existence of Master of the Arena didn’t mean an AC2 wasn’t coming just like AC2 Another Age being weird barely connected missions on a pseudo-tactical map didn’t mean we weren’t getting AC3 and so forth.

simple,

Yes, this was also implied in the interview.

Miyazaki: At first it was being worked on by a small team as a title for Nintendo Switch. However just as the game started to take shape, we were approached by Nintendo with talk of Switch 2, which led us to revamp our development path with this new hardware in mind.

So it seems this is more of a side-game.

simple, do games w FromSoftware's focus hasn't shifted to multiplayer, Miyazaki says, despite Elden Ring: Nightreign and The Duskbloods

“We tried to extract the sort of romantic aspects we found interesting from concepts such as vampires and ‘blood’ and reinterpreted them as the Bloodsworn.”

I love how they keep getting close to saying “Bloodborne”. It has to be intentional.

Treczoks, do games w Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on reveals a proper generational upgrade, though its biggest new idea remains unproven

The key problem for the Switch 2 will be to compete with the Steam Deck. While a good Steam Deck is still a bit pricier, there are a myriad of titles, and the vast majority of them are much cheaper than the 70-90 price point targeted by Nintendo.

NOT_RICK,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I’m so excited to see benchmarks. Nintendo’s offering has a 1080p screen, but I’m curious to see if it actually has more horsepower than the deck and its 720p(ish) screen. My guess is it doesn’t in handheld mode.

Knowing Nintendo, we won’t know until June. Gonna hop over to digital foundry now to see what their impressions of the Wednesday direct was.

SolidShake, do games w Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on reveals a proper generational upgrade, though its biggest new idea remains unproven

Lol the overhype begins I guess.

Viri4thus,

Nintendo commands a (re)legion of fanatics. I was downvoted back to hell for saying the mouse was meh. We’ve had that in the legion go and it’s extremely uncomfortable and not suitable for longer sessions of play. The fact they don’t go bananza with touchscreen but rather take a shitty facsimile of a mouse tells you two things: Nintendo has idiots at the helm Nintendo is dead scared of the steam deck and is actively promoting an image of “we can do pc too”

Walican132,

Idk about your opinion on a touch screen. For both my switch and my steam deck, over 99% of their usage has been docked. A touch screen doesn’t do anything for gamers like me. I do use a keyboard and mouse very often with my deck too.

That said the joycon “mouse” looks way too small and uncomfortable.

NOT_RICK, (edited )
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I was downvoted back to hell for saying the mouse was meh.

I see that comment of yours at -1, really not all that bad imo. Still dumb to downvote people for honest opinions though.

CluckN,

Yeah downvote them for saying the Nintendo Switch 3 should be a cube.

Edit: Darn.

NOT_RICK,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Why would I need that when I already have a cube that plays games?!?

CosmoNova,

It‘s especially evident shortly after these announcements. I was looking for a resource to summarize and comment on the Direct but most things I found were posts by what I can only describe as ecstatic fanboys. Honestly I was surprised how little the Switch 2 is actually talked about outside this bubble.

ms_lane,

I’m already imagining thousands of shitty attachments made of cheap plastic to make the joycon more comfortable in mouse mode.

I hope they haven’t killed their absolutely wonderful motion controls for this, Splatoon2/3 were perfect as is.

ladicius,

Don’t care for marketing. Wait what the users say.

Prox, do games w Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on reveals a proper generational upgrade, though its biggest new idea remains unproven

So basically $450+ to play Nintendo IP games at a current-gen caliber level.

This pricing just sucks. Unless you’re a Mario Kart or DK fanboy, you’re probably better off with PS5 or XSX.

EarMaster,
@EarMaster@lemmy.world avatar

The Switch is a family console. Neither Xbox nor Playstation can compete in this sector (and maybe they don’t want to).

MagnyusG, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

Considering all the warnings Konami has put on the game it’s no surprise Australia probably pissed their pants when they saw that.

Kelly, (edited )

Hotline Miami 2, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and Saints Row 4 are among dozens of games to have been denied an Australian release […]

This is only partially true, Saints Row 4 and The Stick of Truth released modified versions in Australia. Hotline Miami 2 remains without and official release in Australia.

As for Silent Hill f? OFLC have pulled the page listing it as RC.

automaton-media.com/…/silent-hill-f-ban-in-austra…

The screenshot of the pulled page indicates it was an IARC classification i.e. it was automatically classified based an Konami’s answers to a generic survey distributed to classification boards globally. If Konami contest the automatic classification then it will be looked at by actual humans who may determine that offensive content is contextualized to a degree that it can be released (or failing that give a list of content that needs to be modified).

Kelly,

And it’s been given: MA15+ Strong Horror Violence

WaitThisIsntReddit, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

f

DoucheBagMcSwag, (edited ) do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

Nanny state strikes back.

This is the future the USA would have had if ESRB wasn’t cobbled together in haste

Edit: it wasn’t banned, but Mortal Kombat 10 was and STILL is banned because of violence. This is what happens when you inject “morality” into government policymaking.

abbotsbury,
@abbotsbury@lemmy.world avatar

Government regulations are better than companies deciding what’s allowed.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Yeah mostly I would agree with that… unfortunately in this case you get exhibit A. Australia.

HorseFD,

Good thing it wasn’t actually banned.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

I see that. We’ll just have to see

RememberTheApollo_,
@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world avatar

Barely. Probably equally bad in some cases.

An educated citizenry that actively participates in government is the best solution, but we know that’s almost impossible for multiple reasons.

abbotsbury,
@abbotsbury@lemmy.world avatar

I would not say equally bad, citizens are at least theoretically able to influence their government in a democratic system; you have no hope of influencing the ESRB or MPAA or CCA

RememberTheApollo_,
@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world avatar

Equal “badness” in the sense of commercial/oligarchy takeover or the authoritarian nanny state. Extremes where citizen input is token at best. Russia is technically a democracy, but no regular person there has a hope of changing the government or policy with a vote.

daggermoon, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

Australia is pretty censorship heavy is it not? They banned Cannibal Corpse until 2006. I mean no disrespect to any Aussie’s reading this.

chrislowles,
@chrislowles@lemm.ee avatar

None taken, I still get embarrassed when I remember they banned GTA V cuz it had weed in it, got brought back quickly with an R18+ rating games couldn’t get up until then coincidentally.

Agrivar,

How’s the fight for legalization coming down under?

chrislowles,
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PieMePlenty, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

The children are safe.

Chozo, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why
@Chozo@fedia.io avatar

Australia's usually really strict when it comes to violence in video games, but the Silent Hill series isn't really known for intense gore. Though, the trailer looked a bit like it was going to be a bit body horror-focused (I got lots of Junji Ito vibes from it), so maybe SH:F will actually be a bit bloodier than other SH games.

elvith,

So, the land where everything is trying to kill you is very anti violence?

neon_nova,

Each country is allowed a certain number of base violence stat points. Australia put all of theirs into nature.

echodot,

That explains Canada.

They put all of that into a random goose.

TheEighthDoctor,

Aren’t we forgetting the NHL is a thing

Fishamatician,
Drusas, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

I really like Silent Hill, but that is just the stupidest name for a game.

neon_nova,

I don’t think so, it’s the name of the town where it takes place. I’d argue that it’s no better or worse than resident evil, stardew valley, or world of Warcraft.

Drusas,

It's the "f" that makes it stupid.

tanisnikana,

It’s the name of a fictitious town in Maine, where things are deeply wrong. People who are subjected to the town end up accounting for their worst impulses via physical manifestations of terrible things. Interestingly enough, most of the time it’s incredibly bright in Silent Hill, easy to see the individually-exclusive monsters coming… were it not for the overwhelming fog with a character of its own.

Virkkunen,
@Virkkunen@fedia.io avatar

They're probably referring to "f", not "Silent Hill"

embed_me,
@embed_me@programming.dev avatar

Wait is that not a typo

Elevator7009sAlt,

At least according to Wikipedia, the “f” at the end is indeed part of the intended game name.

redwattlebird, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

They updated the article. Good.

It’s just waiting for clarification.

SaharaMaleikuhm, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

No other choice but to sail the high seas then

hisao, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

Japanese schoolgirls is a big NO-NO in Australia 😅 Jokes aside, this is the first time I hear about this game, watching trailer I immediately thought about “When They Cry”, and then I read this from article: “Silent Hill f is being developed by Neobards Entertainment (which has previously served as a support studio for Capcom’s Resident Evil games), with creature and character design by Kera, and a script by When They Cry writer Ryukishi07.” So now I’m hyped!

eronth,

Oh wow I rarely find people who know about When They Cry. Now I’m interested in seeing more about the game.

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