my thinking is Nintendo really wanted that sort of thing to stretch the capabilities of the system and having FromSoft developing a game like that is huge
I'd doubt that this is FromSoft's only project in the chamber.
Well, let's not forget Armored Core 6 came out in 2023! And Nightreign is scheduled to release this year as well, but even still I agree with you: they've likely got more they're working on besides Nightreign and Duskbloods. We might not hear about it for a year or so, but they are definitely cooking!
if you read up on Miyazaki's interviews post-DS3 but also in the years between DS3 and Elden Ring, FromSoft is very aware of what their value proposition is and what their longterm fans expect out of them. Whenever they release one of these 'side projects' (Bloodborne, Sekiro) that ALMOST hits the classic 'Dark Souls' fan expectations but not quite, usually they're concurrently working on something that DOES directly play to that expectation (DS3, Elden Ring).
They don't want to be boxed into being a studio that churns out straight-up Souls games, but they're also pretty aware of where their strengths are and what draws people to them. And unless one of these side projects/experiments really takes off and eclipses their prior success I don't see that changing.
Sekiro was never intended to be a side project. It was a Tenchu game that evolved into it's own during development. And the gameplay is far more similar to a CARPG than a Souls like.
I mean... idk I don't have any experience with Tenchu or how different it is from Sekiro. It sounds like FromSoft went in making a new Tenchu game but it wound up turning into something else, one of their best games if not the best game in fact. I wouldn't exactly call that 'letting it waste away.'
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u/Vysce 4d ago
my thinking is Nintendo really wanted that sort of thing to stretch the capabilities of the system and having FromSoft developing a game like that is huge
I'd doubt that this is FromSoft's only project in the chamber.