I don’t think that’s the case at all. Gearbox is developing a mobile game to take advantage of owning the property, along with whatever they plan to do with Risk of Rain 2 now. Returns is from the original studio and is more of a love letter / farewell to the franchise.
Hopoo, the original devs, were already making this and got to finish working on it after the purchase. It adds new content and refines the gameplay of the original (movement feels better and the game just generally plays better) - it was also designed with modding in mind.
This was a project by the original developers, not by gearbox. The original game, while incredible, had stability, optimization, and probably most importantly, multiplayer issues.
The community had asked for a way to play together online without third party solutions, but the code base needed to be rebuilt to facilitate that.
Back in the day I was always impressed with Tekken’s graphics, but it never felt as good as Virtua Fighter. I think VF made even better use of 3d space, and also added interesting environment interactions. So thats where all my quarters went.
So many weird fighting game franchises: of course Tekken, Soul Calibur, DoA, King of Fighters/Fatal Fury, even the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat juggernauts are pretty freaking weird. And that’s just scratching the surface. But that’s part of what makes them so dang fun.
I can’t say I’m a fan of this trend of mods making their titles sound like an expansion or sequel. Not trying to shit on the effort put into them, but it’s a bit deceptive.
OooooOOoooh. That looks neat. New enemies and environments will be a lot of fun. I hope the team put a lot of effort into hidden items, areas, branching paths, etc. And also the enemy balance which I feel is the most important part of a soulsborne game.
Yeah team balance felt way off, also the tankiness of characters really killed it for me. It taking like 3+ melees to finish off an opponent was infuriating
So stoked for this, I poured 80 hours into the first season. My playtime wound down towards the end of the season, so I hope they’re not discouraged by the lower player count and this new season brings back folks like me who like to bounce between different games. I just cannot main one game anymore. But The Finals has been the most refreshing PVP game in years, since Titanfall 2 imo. I hope it has staying power, and we see more seasons cause Season 2 is looking delicious!
We’re rapidly approaching a time when 20 year old games will still look pretty good by today’s standards. Really shows how much graphics have slowed down - used to be that 5 year old games looked hopelessly outdated.
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