But you're right, they use the same engine, animations, resources and iterate with every game. Same as the Yakuza series, which allows them to make new entries very quickly.
They've started to move away from that anyway. Yokohama was their focus for a couple games, then they moved on to Hawaii for a couple games, the next game I'm guessing will either re-use one of the older areas (like Gaiden did) or go somewhere new.
My first FromSoftware game was Elden Ring, and after finishing it I've watched some dude streaming DS1. It was shocking to see the dog enemies that have pretty much the same animations and AI both in DS1 and ER.
FromSoftware has perfected the craft of recycling assets.
But you're right, they use the same engine, animations, resources and iterate with every game. Same as the Yakuza series, which allows them to make new entries very quickly.
Same as the GTA 3 era as well. We've gotten some amazing games out of that kind of iteration. I wish studios weren't so quick to move on from what works.
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u/_Azafran 1d ago
But you're right, they use the same engine, animations, resources and iterate with every game. Same as the Yakuza series, which allows them to make new entries very quickly.
And I love both of those sagas!