A bone, a ratchet, a bloody rope, parchment – these are the clues on this brief teaser-trailer for the following mission from Dark Souls studio From Software. What do they imply? Oh, most likely a metaphor for dying and the afterlife – it normally is. In phrases of what recreation might or not it’s, properly, knee-jerk reactions leaned in direction of Bloodborne 2 (for my cash it’s From’s most interesting, however, o tragedy, the primary recreation stays a PS4 unique), however that is likely to be merely due to the aforementioned bloody rope. BB is usually a extra gory type of horror than DS, y’see.
Some, nonetheless, are wanting deeper into From’s previous, theorising that the ‘Shadows Die Twice’ textual content after the footage might suggest a return to Shadow Tower, From’s 1998 PS One recreation which laid a number of the groundwork for Souls.
Here’s the teaser, all 28 seconds of it:
I imply, it may very well be something. Could be a brand new Dark Souls, may very well be a brand new Bloodborne, may very well be a 3rd Shadow Tower, may very well be one thing model new however clearly fairly in step with From’s largest hits. (Incidentally, do you know that they’ve launched 65 video games up to now – lest you thought they arrived out of nowhere with Demon’s Souls).
The case for Shadow Tower is clearly primarily constructed on the usage of the phrase ‘shadow’, however the ‘die twice’ bit might additionally consult with Shadow Tower’s plot – a metropolis dragged to the underworld, a hero descending after it. It’s additionally value noting that the 2 Shadow Tower video games (the second was Shadow Tower – Abyss, launched on PS2 in 2003, and which Demon’s Souls was very a lot the successor to) have been printed in addition to developed by From, in order that they certainly personal all rights to it.
Oh – one thing you must know in regards to the Shadow Tower video games – that they had a first-person perspective. Take a glance – discover how related the fonts and menus are to Souls, too:
I must also observe that Shadow Tower itself constructed upon concepts launched in From’s even earlier darkish RPG collection King’s Field, which started on PS One in 1994 and was final seen in 2006. Souls’ household tree is lengthy, lengthy lengthy.
What’s your wager for the brand new recreation, anyway? I’d love a brand new Bloodborne myself, but when a brand new/returned-to collection means a PC model is feasible, then that very a lot turns into my choice, no matter it’s.
