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RUMOR: Project Beast (From Software/Sony Japan Studio, PS4) [Port begging = ban]

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That looks good and has online co op. f2p guarantees I'll at least give it a try. Deep Down looks more compelling than any of the 3 Souls games so far.

I mean I'll play it for sure it's just that... now we pretty much know we're getting a next-gen soul like game from from lol.

Still looks good! co-op will be a blast but I'm not quite as excited now that the Beast is arriving.
 
I really hope this trend of using "thirst", to describe one's desire for a game, continues

Yep, lol.

I feel like I'm in a boat in the middle of the ocean and I can't risk drinking sea water. I see an island far ahead with fresh volanic mountain water but don't have the strength to paddle my boat, and it could just be my brain acting up seeing things that are not there. I know that I must keep hope and use every fibre of my being to pull through.
 
What are the chances that this gets a late 2014 release for Japan, and early 2015 for the west? Japan PS4 could really really use this game to boost sales in a big way this year.
 
What are the chances that this gets a late 2014 release for Japan, and early 2015 for the west? Japan PS4 could really really use this game to boost sales in a big way this year.

I'm going to have to echo a similar thought and put forth that it will almost assuredly be a simultaneous release worldwide. If there's one thing more guaranteed than this being an exciting project, it's that no matter what, Sony will not allow for a repeat of what happened with Demon's Souls.
 
What are the chances that this gets a late 2014 release for Japan, and early 2015 for the west? Japan PS4 could really really use this game to boost sales in a big way this year.

the chances this will see the light of day in 2014 are very low IMO. would make me instantly buy a PS4 though.
 
So this thread pretty much set records right? I can sort the main general forum and the community forum by views and have this pop up on the first page and its only 2 days old. Holy shit.
 
I dont know about that since if they can hit a pre-christmas holidays would make for some big sales during the rush.

don't raise my expectations! I try to hold them as low as possible :D
anyway, half a year from reveal to release seems very short to me, especially since we just got a souls game
 
I think guns in a Souls-style game could be a huge breath of fresh air, but even so I don't think it's that crazy a leap either. The Souls games are already dripping with gothic style, flintlock/other early firearms fit perfectly. The lock on targeting already present in Souls would work just fine for some slow, high damage, slow loading pistols so non-magic users could output some mid-range damage.

I hope we get intricately engraved carriage guns and stuff like that, it could be seriously gorgeous.
Exactly.

I'm imagining a hand-cannon thats basically you lugging around a mini-cannon; firing would show visible recoil, similar in animation to a backstep toned down.
 
don't raise my expectations! I try to hold them as low as possible :D
anyway, half a year from reveal to release seems very short to me, especially since we just got a souls game

If they were smart about the title and have kept it under tight wraps till it was pretty much done, it could quite very well be possible. Making for a massive sales push in 2014.
 
If they were smart about the title and have kept it under tight wraps till it was pretty much done, it could quite very well be possible. Making for a massive sales push in 2014.

Hey Parakeet since you played Shadow Tower Abyss what was the balancing for guns that they did in that? From reading the wiki they just made ammo super scarce so you would hoard it for difficult fights.

sorry, what's the story behind this?
That a list of games that Demonite gave ordered by title. He later came back and stated those were the ones he knew about not all releasing in 2014. However at least 1 on that list has been cancelled maybe 2.
 
Hey Parakeet since you played Shadow Tower Abyss what was the balancing for guns that they did in that? From reading the wiki they just made ammo super scarce so you would hoard it for difficult fights.

That a list of games that Demonite gave ordered by title. He later came back and stated those were the ones he knew about not all releasing in 2014. However at least 1 on that list has been cancelled maybe 2.

Yep hardly any ammo so you really didnt want to go wasting it. That and the game is designed fairly also so that melee weapons are highly viable. I pretty much hardly used my firearms. Another interesting thing about the game was the dismemberment.

If the link works from the section in the video. If not watch from 18:30ish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXsEJdw3gYw#t=1117
 
Dark souls 3 xbone exclusive, demon souls 2 ps4 exclusive.

Think it could happen if ms poneyed up some money?

Nope, since From and pub would know better. Not to mention doubt MS would be able to afford a kind of payoff of potential sales within the existing PS4 numbers.
 
Dark souls 3 xbone exclusive, demon souls 2 ps4 exclusive.

Think it could happen if ms poneyed up some money?

The souls series doesn't make that much money upfront. It's a long term game plan idk if MS is willing to play that.

Sony almost wasn't willing to play that but came back on it after they saw how it took off in some hardcore circles. Also the (majority? I think} fanbase for the most part is on PS consoles so ignoring that would be bad from a financial standpoint
 
Upcoming titles for this year?

Nope, just upcoming titles in general. No specific year.

Dark souls 3 xbone exclusive, demon souls 2 ps4 exclusive.

Think it could happen if ms poneyed up some money?

That would be two different types of exclusivities. A Dark Souls 3 would probably be multiplatform again given the success of the game. MS would just pay to prevent other versions.
Project Beast on the other hand wouldn't exist without Sony's funding in the first place I imagine.
 
The year wasn't specified, just first party/second party titles in development.

And in the London Studio restructuring he confirmed that definitely two of the blanks from his list were removed (SSM project and London Studio project), are you guys all account for that?
 
Dark souls 3 xbone exclusive, demon souls 2 ps4 exclusive.

Think it could happen if ms poneyed up some money?

I think it would be fairly unlikely. The PS4 is already presenting itself to be the lead in the coming console generation and the Souls games have traditionally always performed better on Sony hardware anyway. In addition to that, Sony and From have a long standing relationship. King's Field was one of the original, Japanese PS1 launch games. On top of that, it would probably be a bad move for them to pull an exclusive after the PS4 exclusive, since a lot of the fanbase would have migrated to PS4 to play this game, and would be less likely to shell out for another next-gen platform for awhile.
 
Yep hardly any ammo so you really didnt want to go wasting it. That and the game is designed fairly also so that melee weapons are highly viable.

That makes sense but I hope its not handled quite like that it boring to haul something around and never get to use it. That's one of the reasons I didn't like Breath of Fire V very much oh I have dragon powers hahaha too bad use them and the world blows up.
 
That makes sense but I hope its not handled quite like that it boring to haul something around and never get to use it. That's one of the reasons I didn't like Breath of Fire V very much oh I have dragon powers hahaha too bad use them and the world blows up.

Oh no you do get to use it, its just that its up to you when. But for those thinking they can go pewpewpewpew through the game will be highly disappointed.

If I can actually find where the bloody hell I put my copy I might go do a LTTP thread with recorded footage just for the hell of it lol.
 
F2P games are always generic and forgettable experiences

Hearthstone is fucking great, in all respects. The way the game is monetized has no direct correlation to the quality of the game.

Sure, many devs treat F2P like a get rich quick scheme and the game ends up suffering, but that's on the devs, not the payment method.
 
Dark souls 3 xbone exclusive, demon souls 2 ps4 exclusive.

Think it could happen if ms poneyed up some money?

If this ends up being Demon's Souls 2, then they could certainly pay for Dark Souls 2 HD Edition but I think money would be better spent getting From to bring back some of their older IP's as exclusives. They have more than Souls.
 
Oh no you do get to use it, its just that its up to you when. But for those thinking they can go pewpewpewpew through the game will be highly disappointed.

If I can actually find where the bloody hell I put my copy I might go do a LTTP thread with recorded footage just for the hell of it lol.

Cool the way the wiki talked made it sound like there were like 20 bullets in the entire game.
 
Dark souls 3 xbone exclusive, demon souls 2 ps4 exclusive.

Think it could happen if ms poneyed up some money?
Namco ain't gonna do it with PS4 dominating the market, they're stupid but not that stupid. That said From has new ownership so I wonder if there's even going be more dark souls games.
 
Namco ain't gonna do it with PS4 dominating the market, they're stupid but not that stupid. That said From has new ownership so I wonder if there's even going be more dark souls games.

Namco don't have a choice. They don't own From, Kadokawa does now and they will be doing the publishing work from now on. They want to push to a wider western audience, so exclusive games for consoles is probably not in their best interests in the long-term. MS could pay for Dark Souls 3 if they really wanted to, just to negate some of this Beast Hype.
 
Namco don't have a choice. They don't own From, Kadokawa does now and they will be doing the publishing work from now on. They want to push to a wider western audience, so exclusive games for consoles is probably not in their best interests in the long-term. MS could pay for Dark Souls 3 if they really wanted to, just to negate some of this Beast Hype.

Seriously doubt MS could toss money down to buy it as an exclusive. That and they are not exactly in a position to be making such requests in the first place currently. Was a different story before the current gen started and numbers were not down on the table.
 
So, where Project Beast would sit on that list?


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  8. DriveClub
  9. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
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  13. inFamous: Second Son
  14. Killzone: Shadow Fall
  15. Knack
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  19. The Order: 1886
  20. Resogun
  21. Rime
  22. Shadow of the Beast
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  24. Uncharted (PS4)
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So as I've been trying to say, you need to knock two of those bulletpoints off, according to DemonNite himself. (I mean, I am sure they will be replaced, but that's the list of projects he knows)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105693710&postcount=113
 
Dark souls 3 xbone exclusive, demon souls 2 ps4 exclusive.

Think it could happen if ms poneyed up some money?
Nope. Dark Souls sold better on the PS3 than the 360. Now that the PS4 is selling considerably better, it's bound to sell even more than before. MS would have to pay for all the money they could make on the PS4, and I don't think they would make any money that way. Unless of course FROM is scared of failure money wise (why would they be?) and take whatever cash they will get.

I would imagine MS will have to pony up a lot more cash than the previous generation to make games exclusives on their platform.
 
Seriously doubt MS could toss money down to buy it as an exclusive. That and they are not exactly in a position to be making such requests in the first place currently. Was a different story before the current gen started and numbers were not down on the table.

Its not like they are selling Vita numbers here. They might not be pushing PS4 units but they are doing well. They certainly have enough money to throw around. If its good enough for Sony, its good enough for MS. There is no guarantee that Sony will keep their selling pace up. For all we know they could drop sharply in 6-12 months. Who knows how this crazy industry goes! :D

Also, after 6 months or so, a developer hedging their bets on one console over another could end up being messy.
 
Seriously doubt MS could toss money down to buy it as an exclusive. That and they are not exactly in a position to be making such requests in the first place currently. Was a different story before the current gen started and numbers were not down on the table.

And even then the souls games has always sold more in ps3 even in America. Dark souls will continue being multiplatform.
 
So, where Project Beast would sit on that list?


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  3. .
  4. .
  5. .
  6. .
  7. .
  8. DriveClub
  9. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
  10. .
  11. .
  12. .
  13. inFamous: Second Son
  14. Killzone: Shadow Fall
  15. Knack
  16. .
  17. .
  18. .
  19. The Order: 1886
  20. Resogun
  21. Rime
  22. Shadow of the Beast
  23. .
  24. Uncharted (PS4)
  25. .
  26. .

Anyone notice that neither kill strain or entwined fit in this list? They must be subtitles.
 
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