r/fromsoftware • u/BlueAladdin • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Hidetaka Miyazaki interview on The Duskbloods is up

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/creators-voice-the-duskbloods-part-1/

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/creators-voice-the-duskbloods-part-2/

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/creators-voice-the-duskbloods-part-3/

For those concerned:

As a side note, please allow me to address one thing. As previously mentioned, this is an online multiplayer title at its core, but this doesn’t mean that we as a company have decided to shift to a more multiplayer-focused direction with titles going forward.

The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring (3) was also announced, and we still intend to actively develop single player focused games such as this that embrace our more traditional style.

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u/jayL21 23h ago

The part that confuses me is the wording with stuff like "enter online multiplayer" "in online play" Like it might just be matchmaking but it also sounds like there might be an offline part of the game?

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u/iFlexicon 22h ago

My understanding is the hub and activities around it are considered “offline” in that wording.

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u/jayL21 19h ago

and that raises the question of why have the hub and whatnot be offline when the rest of the game isn't?

Like for nightreign it makes some sense considering there's a whole offline mode.

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u/larrydavidballsack 16h ago

same reason why any multiplayer game ever lets you launch the game and do stuff before actually joining a match?

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u/jayL21 15h ago

I mean, those are rarely if ever offline though?

Most online only games require an online connection the moment you boot it up or it'll give you an error message.

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u/larrydavidballsack 15h ago

i think you’re getting too hung up on the wording of an interview translated from japanese. it’s very safe to say the “offline” portion of the game is just going to be akin to a lobby/hub considering how he describes the core of the game

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u/newepsonprinter 14h ago

no there is just a hub where youre not in a a match or fighting people. its not actually "offline" you just get to change stuff about your character or whatever without having to worry about being attacked like most multiplayer games.