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If you're watching this I'm going to be delving into Maybe something to do with their earlier games
the status and history of FromSoftware, arguably or Elden ring their newest game like a clip or a
the one of the most mainstream developers for cinematic skit/clip.
their creativity and innovation.
To start with I'm going to give a overview of For a transition I want to have a fast-paced scroll
FromSoftwares major and most popular games through all their games titles whooshing across
including their history. since they don’t follow the screen. Also, while talking about the older
popular trends and are always reinventing games, I would like gameplay footage so that
themselves, some people might think they are people can get a good concept of what the games
indie game developers and will not give them the are.
justice they deserve considering they made their For this general starting bit I want there to be
own genre of games and were a influence on gameplay footage from specifically souls borne
many game developers. FromSoftware have games
defiantly left their mark behind as they
changed/influenced how games are designed and Made 71 games.
even played and going to the point of how the
community interact with developers. Now I
would not have any integrity talking about
FromSoftware if I didn’t mention their very first
game that lit the way for souls borne game,
Kingsfield, which started the legacy for quality
titles. The Kingsfield series is probably one of the
most well-known from FromSoftwares old school
line up and certainly the leading influence of the
modern souls borne games of today. With it
having a dark medieval theme, a deep intrusive
lore with obscure and unclear controls not to
mention the immersive landscape and areas with
atmospheric fitting music to tie the game series
together. Kingfield 1 ended up being a Japanese
exclusive in 1994 being released on the
PlayStation 1 were it got 2 sequels in the next 2
years known as Kingsfield 2 and 3. But known in
the US as Kingsfield 1 and 2. The US fans would
then have to wait another 6 years for another
sequel to release and the last in the series,
Kingsfield the ancient city. From here they went
on to make 67 more games, to name a couple,
the hit series armored core which consisted off 6
games there newest being armored core: fires of
Rubicon set to release in 2023. The franchise
hones in on mech based third person vehicular
based combat. In the game you take in the role of
expert mech piolets controlling the armored
cores or mechs and are able to fully customize
your mech to fit your playstyle best. To go back in
time, 2009 the start to one of the best game
series/genre there is. Demon Souls was
developed by FromSoftware for the PlayStation 3
being under the supervision of Japan studios, and
published by Sony computer entertainment in
February 2009. It was furthermore published in
north America in October and in PAL territories in
June 2010. The game was also referred to as the
spiritual predecessor to Kingfield and it idolizes
its medieval theme and unique gameplay and ui.
Demon souls is a action adventure RPG where the
player takes on the role of an adventurer, set in
the Boletaria a kingdom consumed my
darkness by the being called the old one. One
key aspect of the game is the customizable
opportunity and options, to start with you can
choose between many different hair styles, face
shapes and many other characteristics,
furthermore you get to pick between different
classes that can change the whole playstyle of the
game from different starting weapons to
different stats that will help you make the build
you want, some of these classes are the knight
were you start of with a basic sword and pretty
balanced out stats so you can have more freedom
further down the line or the magician were your
stats are heavily more dumped into intelligence
and magic, there are many other classes that
prioties certain attributes so you can start to
make the playstyle and build you want early on in
the game. Now FromSoftware went on to make
many other games that incorporated these
elements into their games to name some,
darksouls, bloodborne and Elden ring. All three of
these games have aspects of past games like
Kingsfield and Demon souls, to delve into some of
them. Bloodborne is an action RPG game which is
exclusive to the Ps4. To start with you face your
fears as you search the city of Yharnem, which is
cursed with a strange plague/illness spreading
through the streets. In the game you make your
way through the horror filled gothic city where
deranged mobs and nightmarish creatures lurk
around every corner. To face these monsters of
the night you are armed with a unique arsenal of
weapons including guns and saw cleavers, and
the general goal of the game is to kill all the
monsters. Moving on from bloodborne I would
like to talk about Elden ring my personal favorite
and the newest of the souls borne genre being
released in 2022 by from software and directed
my Hidetaka Miyazaki himself. Elden ring is an
action role-playing game having aspects of sekiro,
dark souls, bloodborne and many other from
sofrware titles, the game is set in the lands
between where the player can freely roam the
open world and its wild range of areas
throughout. The main goal the player is trying to
achieve is to restore the elden ring which was
once guarded by the immortal queen Marika
before she shattered it and disappeared, leading
her demigod children to fight over the pieces of
the Elden ring. Each of the demigods owns a
shard of the once elden ring or Great runes which
are slowly corrupting them with power. So at this
point in the game the player/tarnished is tasked
with restoring the Elden ring to hopefully renew
the balance of the lands between. But asides
from the intense gameplay, in my opinion elden
ring will hopefully start a path of more quality
titles like it whether they are made by
fromSoftware or not i think that these games
inspire others to achieve better hights within the
game desining/making community.
To conclude my short documentary about
Fromsoftwares history focused on the games
they have produced, I would like to start it of by
saying that from software have not made all
quality titles and are perfect because there not
but im not here to get into that, i just wanted to
shed some light on the soulsborne genre and how
they have pathed the way for action rpg games
alike. And to hopefully change some minds about
fromsoftware and even get some people to spend
some of their time playing from software games
and making some of their earlier titles known to
people that might not have. To finish this off i
would like to say if you haven't tried a soulsborne
game i would highly recommend them as they
have brought be loads of fun and sense of
achievement throughout my years of playing
them.