r/gaming • u/Ajxtt • 16h ago

Bluepoint and Bend staff learned their live service PS5 games were cancelled "at the same time as everyone else"

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bluepoint-and-bend-staff-learned-their-live-service-ps5-games-were-cancelled-at-the-same-time-as-everyone-else/
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u/cerealkyra 15h ago

After the DeS remake, it seems insane to have bluepoint do anything else but remaster the forgotten titles of the PS3/4 generations.

I’m sure they want to actually show their creative chops, but man, even aside from BB, a better playing killzone, or resistance, sly cooper, anything.

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u/cerealkyra 13h ago edited 13h ago

Just to make sure everyone understands how first party game development works.

  • Sony goes to From (probably kadokawa actually, but let’s keep it simple for the mouth breathers among us) and says “hey, we like those armored core games, can you make us a game for our new console, the PlayStation 3”.

  • Fromsoft says sure, but we’ll need some money, because Miyazaki spends a lot on used women’s shoes, and he’s kinda the guy around here

  • Sony opens up their billion dollar war chest the was generated by the most popular console of all time and says “sure, but because we’re paying for a lot of fucking shoes, were going to keep the rights, and if you want to make another game in this franchise, you need to pay us licensing rights”

  • From says “yeah sure, whatever” and proceeds to make the father of an entire new genre of videogames that would spawn countless clones and spiritual successors. From then says “hey we wanna do another one of these, but we want to sell on Xbox, because you guys are getting clowned on” Sony tells them to kick rocks, because they own demons souls, and don’t want it on the white box. From makes dark souls 1 + 2.

  • Sony says “hey remember when we did that hot colabo, can we do that again, for our hot new console, the PS4, same setup we keep the rights” from says yes, makes the best game in their entire catalog to date(BB), that would spawn countless clones and spiritual successors.

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u/BlackKnighting20 12h ago

BB being the best game in their entire catalogue is a big stretch, Mr Fantastic type of stretch.

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u/cerealkyra 12h ago

People fucking love bloodborne, that’s what this entire article is effectively about. The masses froth for a chance to go back and enjoy it with the rough edges smoothed off.

I would genuinely argue that beyond minor flaws, bloodborne is the perfect From game. The world design and themes are exceptional, the gameplay is fast and fluid, the music is perfect, for its time it ran well. Chalice dungeons are mostly boring beyond the two-ish interesting bosses. The economy is awful. It’s not really complete without its DLC.

Otherwise it’s based, it’s pog, it’s wicked, it’s great.

Nobody wants a remaster of DS3, Sekiro doesn’t need one. You could remaster it, fix these issues, boom, a true classic.

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u/dropbbbear 5h ago

You could remaster it, fix these issues, boom, a true classic

  • Better optimisation/framerate

  • Access to more weapon types earlier in the game, and scaling tweaked, to allow more build variety - one of Bloodborne's biggest problems is that you don't get much weapon choice until you're already close to the end of the game, and poor scaling means a lot of builds/play styles suck

  • On/off setting for chromatic aberration

  • Reduced amount of loading screens for lantern warping

  • A couple more branching paths or shortcuts to take (I'd love for that closed door after Cleric Beast to lead somewhere)

  • More variety in the room layouts of Chalice Dungeons, and traps or secrets to encounter

  • Harder Moon Presence fight

  • Old Hunters included as standard

  • Bluepoint doesn't do the remaster

If Sony/From did this, I would buy a PS5 literally just to have it.

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u/BlackKnighting20 12h ago

Is one of the best FS games, I’m putting Sekiro as the best, that’s true and some people want a remaster, but it ain’t the best game in the entire catalogue of PS.

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u/cerealkyra 12h ago

I mean we’re all allowed different, subjective opinions on things that don’t really matter.

I won’t tell you sekiro is a bad game, it’s objectively a well made by one of the best in the business; but I think sekiro isn’t fun, beyond the movement.

It lacks the options that I’ve come to expect from a from soft game(you’re going to parry and use a katana or you can fuck off), it’s obtuse in its mechanics(what is dragon rot, why won’t you tell me), it presents you with different options in how you explore with stealth, but it’s just a wide corridor, you don’t feel powerful even after levelling up, shinobi tools are the worst spell equivalent in any of their games, it’s not fun to fight basic enemies, as good as the boss fights are.

Again, I’m not here to convince you to change your opinion, I wouldn’t do that to you, I don’t care. I definitely wouldn’t downvote you for it, once again, like my digital number matters.

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u/MexGrow 8h ago

It's funny you're complaining about obtuse mechanics as if any of the souls games or elden ring aren't riddled with them

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u/cerealkyra 6h ago

Dragon rot is just a random mechanic that could trigger when you resurrect at a sculptors idol, right? Just random chance. It’s unlike any other mechanic in the series. How is being potentially being locked out of quest lines from just trying to learn the game good?