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RUMOR: Project Beast (From Software/Sony Japan Studio, PS4) [Port begging = ban]
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Boarding at the next station, if you'd be so kind. Even if this turns out to be a Shadow Tower VR affair I'm game.
Why would you believe Kadokawa Corporation would buy FROM Software and hinder them from making new entries in their most popular franchise? And/or only allow them to make a new one, if Sony works with them on it?
I hope and pray their new owner doesn't see the value in a kinect Souls game. Prepare to die indeed.
Multiplatform hurts no one, but motion controlled games hurts everyone.
I didnt say that. I just wanted to point out that changes at FROM are happening right now, nothing else.
From only publish the games in Japan, for them as a publisher, the series might as well be exclusive. As a developer it's purely a question of the contract, selling a million with Sony could net them a bigger return than two million with Namco, it's impossible to say. Maybe the Namco deal is better, but we can't presume multiplatform means more sales which means more money for From.
Another thing to consider is if Sony offers to pay for the marketing would help to remove a lot of the costs associated with releasing a new IP.
There are more pictures?! I just assummed everything was collected in the OP.
Keep in mind that Demon's Souls was developed primarily by FROM, with "assistance" from SCE Japan Studio. And if this thread's info is true, that may be happening again. If their [FROM's] new owners had any alternate idea to take the company, we wouldn't be in this thread right now.
I imagine this will get a big media push. Sony may have learned their lesson, by now.
Where?!
True but we don't know contract details and stuff like that. FROM working with Sony for this was done at least one or two years ago. I also dont think that much will change, but you know, expansion mostly result in profit maxed offerings.
I'd bet my bottom dollar when this project (Project Beast) was shown to Kadokawa, it helped them in their decision to actually buy it. Next-gen title w/ Sony on the currently leading next-gen platform, for a currently hot game series.
Hopefully. I just dont want FROM to be forced to develop something different or the even worse case to have annual Souls games releases.
Psycho_Mantis
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Also the we can estimate that 70% of console sales are from PS3 and that split will be larger next gen due to PS4 being more popular.
I agree its entirely up to Kadokawa and FROM on what they choose and which gets them bigger returns.
Hi all, I thought it could be useful to compile every important post in the original 4chan thread so it becomes clear what most of the speculations stem from.
The following is an image with the initial 5 screen shots, and then different posts throughout the thread with some value.
http://imgur.com/sYTRHyU
It's possible to use a name when you post on 4chan, but if you don't want to you'll get the name anonymous by default. Because of this, every post in a thread is indistinguishable from each-other. The post claiming that he could see a Japan Studio logo was separate from any of the screen shot posts, which could race a flag.
Thus it's impossible to know for certain that the leaks after the initial 5 screen shots are telling the truth. They could simply be troll posts made by someone not happy with the news or whatever. The last post in particular is so far apart from the others that anyone could have easily faked it, if they wanted to.
If this thread on 4chan was all we had to go on, I would feel inclined to not proclaim Project Beast as a PS4 exclusive just yet. It's only when coupled with DemoNite's hints in the past, and other insiders chirping in, that all the signs are pointing in the same direction.
PS. I decided to cut out most of the "discussion" between important posts because frankly, it was all just a giant console war thread at that point.
PSS. The thread is long gone. When a thread hits 500 replies it reaches bump limit, and the thread will be removed as new threads are made. This is an archived version of the original thread.
The following is an image with the initial 5 screen shots, and then different posts throughout the thread with some value.
http://imgur.com/sYTRHyU
It's possible to use a name when you post on 4chan, but if you don't want to you'll get the name anonymous by default. Because of this, every post in a thread is indistinguishable from each-other. The post claiming that he could see a Japan Studio logo was separate from any of the screen shot posts, which could race a flag.
Thus it's impossible to know for certain that the leaks after the initial 5 screen shots are telling the truth. They could simply be troll posts made by someone not happy with the news or whatever. The last post in particular is so far apart from the others that anyone could have easily faked it, if they wanted to.
If this thread on 4chan was all we had to go on, I would feel inclined to not proclaim Project Beast as a PS4 exclusive just yet. It's only when coupled with DemoNite's hints in the past, and other insiders chirping in, that all the signs are pointing in the same direction.
PS. I decided to cut out most of the "discussion" between important posts because frankly, it was all just a giant console war thread at that point.
PSS. The thread is long gone. When a thread hits 500 replies it reaches bump limit, and the thread will be removed as new threads are made. This is an archived version of the original thread.
Thx for that. I wanted to see the original posts. Seeing those stupid posts though, literally right after the initial makes me glad I stopped going there. The lowest of the low, in attitude and IQ, there.
maquiladora
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So DemonNite is lurking but not posting since this thread kicked off....
ethomaz
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Dark Souls is a good game but a disappointment if you threat it like a Demon's Souls 2.
I got a little sad when I read anybody downplaying Demon's Souls at the Dark Souls level
Freeman
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I couldn't have asked for a better sit, thank you sir.Okay, added everyone who requested to be on the train after this post.
Emulated Hype
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I'm more looking forward to clips being shared of vacuum backstabs, i-frame glitches and hilarious close-call PvP battles. Imagine the sharefactory PvP montages that will be spammed!
Dark Souls is a good game but a disappointment if you threat it like a Demon's Souls 2.
I got a little sad when I read anybody downplaying Demon's Souls at the Dark Souls level
That is definitely an opinion, man. Because I believe that Dark Souls is the pinnacle of the franchise, at this point.
FlyingSaucer
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I wonder if he is going to start writing like CBOAT to avoid From's ninjas.
Poetic.Injustice
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So DemonNite is lurking but not posting since this thread kicked off....
Probably doesn't want to incur the wrath of Sony ninjas.
Nightengale
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Sometimes I feel that we put too much pressure on DemonNite, and that our continous stalking of him will prevent him from doing awesome things like the List, and his Matrix teases in the future.
Wait, it says the character is holding a sword in one hand and a shotgun in the other? Hmm, not sure how I feel about that.
I've always wanted to blast a skeleton's skull with a shotgun.
Crimson_Fate
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That's what they say but I don't see a shotgun. It could be with my bad eyes but all I am seeing is a walking staff or an unlit torch.
Admiral Woofington
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First of all, yes Souls is a system seller. Not in the major leagues, think millions, but definitely worth an extra 100k I would assume and then probably many catching a piggy backride on the sheer hype.
And then for IGN. Fake edit: the following part is in response to something that happened earlier in the thread and not.really relevant at this point. Feel free to ignore .
And then for IGN. Fake edit: the following part is in response to something that happened earlier in the thread and not.really relevant at this point. Feel free to ignore .
You all must understand that there is a simple reason for the "bias". The big dog in the states last gen was the 360, period. The majority of their work centered around working with (as in stuff on the 360) there they probably met a lot of people from the Xbox team, created personal connections and probably a few friendships. Xbox and the fanbase they pander to liked it. It was the right choice for the company known as IGN. They made the majority of their fanbase happy, they made Xbox happy and the company was happy.
Now that awkward kid in school (Playstation) has grown into an adult and unlike as his more popular classmate Xbox, who ruled Highschool, hasn't really found its place on College and is struggling to fit in.
Ofc IGN is going to have his homies back.
The problem is how far they'll go to make excuses for their old homie and instead let him fend for himself and grow up instead of being placed on a pedestal of deceit.
Seriously, Xbox Part of IGN was all about pandering. A place where you visited if you wanted to smell your own shit and pretend it smelled like roses.
Still I understand them.
A lot of bs came from IGN Xbox crew and of rumours are true blatant lies.
Now that awkward kid in school (Playstation) has grown into an adult and unlike as his more popular classmate Xbox, who ruled Highschool, hasn't really found its place on College and is struggling to fit in.
Ofc IGN is going to have his homies back.
The problem is how far they'll go to make excuses for their old homie and instead let him fend for himself and grow up instead of being placed on a pedestal of deceit.
Seriously, Xbox Part of IGN was all about pandering. A place where you visited if you wanted to smell your own shit and pretend it smelled like roses.
Still I understand them.
AuthenticM
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What ? Don't derail the thread with inflammatory posts.
ethomaz
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Yeap... just opinion
For me Dark Souls lacks what made Demon's Souls amazing... after tried Dark Souls I marked Dark Souls 2 with "definitely no buy".
Sorry but there was talk about system sellers, if Souls was one or not.
And then it jumped to IGNs not-really-acknowledging-the-rumour. I gave my two cents on both.
I'm serious in the following part.
Derail? Did I not follow the course?
Fake edit: ahh I see. My reply took longer than I expected. That's life at work. Time flies by.
Yeap... just opinion
For me Dark Souls lacks what made Demon's Souls amazing... after tried Dark Souls I marked Dark Souls 2 with "definitely no buy".
That's your call. You are the only one missing out, though. ;P
That is the either the thickest walking staff, or thickest and longest downward pointed unlit torch, ever.
We've been over this.
Portugeezer
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I doubt shotguns would play like a shooter, probably more like a bow in Souls games.
Hopefully it will play better than that.
I won't because I don't intend to buy the PC version just to test this. I do know that a difference of 16,6ms is neglectible when your game uses animations that take more than 1000 ms.Try the difference yourself and tell me it's not world's better afterwards.
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Reminds me of a minister's hat from Demon's souls and Chester from the DarkS DLC.
Possible reference?
NemesisPrime
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I am just wondering if gamers are not burning out on DS-like games. I played DS1 a bit but can't be really bothered with any of the "clones" (upcoming or existing). The genre is just a bit limited compared to other genres IMHO. Can't really get excited about this.
I was thinking Resident Evil...
More like DMC maybe.
Stone Ocean
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Since I was forgotten multiple times on the hype train, I am now your covenant
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Frank Jaeger
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Kind of sad my avatar is not on the train, cause I sure am hyped as fuck!
A new 'souls' game every 2.5 years sounds perfect imo:
DeS: feb 2009
DaS1: september 2011
DaS2: march 2014
BeS: september 2016?
The fact that they are stand-alone stories also means that players don't need to catch up with the series chronologically.
Yea, I can't wrap my head around anyone thinking it would behave any other way.
Maybe I just don't know, but I don't know of any Souls clones. And there has only been 3 Souls game over half a decade. This thread is a statement that gamers are nowhere near burnt out.
Damn, megaton.
Talking about the shotgun implementation, m8. Hip fire and/or dynamic as the original DMC shotgun. Nobody is talking about double jumps...
Maybe the "shotgun" could be implemented in the melee combos. Slash, Slash, shotgun shot, to finish the combo. Or the weapon as finisher when enemy has only 5% health left , then you can use it.
I don't know but i don't think it will be a faced paced "shooter".
If this whole thing is real in the first place.
I don't know but i don't think it will be a faced paced "shooter".
If this whole thing is real in the first place.
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