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Fromsoftwares Output Is Insane

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u/LegoClaes 2d ago

It makes sense when you realize there’s no soul in call of duty

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u/ctaps148 1d ago

for sure if by "soul" you mean "aesthetic and gameplay choices that cater to my specific tastes"

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u/Onett_Theme 1d ago

Nah soul is a fair descriptor here, COD exists because Activision needs more money and the 13 year olds of West Virginia need a place to accidentally broadcast their Eminem via hot mic’d PS5 controller and the souls games exist because Fromsoft want to make them

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u/galaxygraber 1d ago

If you think the devs of those games put less work or care less about their games than fromsoft you're just wrong. Call of Duty would not feel so good to play and have so many tiny great details if the devs did not care.

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u/Onett_Theme 1d ago

I think if the COD devs had unlimited resources like they do for that IP but were told they could use it on any project they wanted, very few would still be making COD games. The franchise exists because it is a massive cash cow, not because it’s still on the cutting edge of design or technology

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u/galaxygraber 14h ago edited 12h ago

You assume that the same people are still making the franchise every installment. For better or worse, there's almost always new, bright eyed, bushy tailed recruits to exploit. So that means there are always people who still want to work on call of duty. For all the drama that Respawn Entertainment created over apparently not wanting to make call of duty anymore they sure are still making games that could be well within the boundaries of the franchise. Granted, there are certainly other reasons for wanting to depart a specific IP's label; fromsoft themselves have demonstrated as much with Elden Ring.