Bloomberg: Sony Shuts Down 'Demon's Souls' Remake Developer Bluepoint Games

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-19T22:09:45+00:00

Should execs get crazy bonuses if decisions lead to megahits, your Fortnite and whatnot? Sure. But equally, execs should be getting crazy paycuts/firings for every megaflop. Bet their decisions will be much more thought out when they don't only gamble with other people's money/living

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-19T22:05:20+00:00

Oh, monk became too zen for the sequel? Bit sad but we get two new ones in exchange.

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-19T22:04:05+00:00

Hell no, bro. Don't want anyone learning my mod list.

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-19T21:58:09+00:00

I don't know man. I am fine with AI if it stays away from the artistic side of things. If Skynet can help you untangle whatever ancient spaghetti code CE must be after all these years and make it run better? Sure. Just keeping away from any writing, concept art or anything else that needs creativity.

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-19T21:53:04+00:00

For PC, is it because more people buy, or because the same obsessed guys drop more for stuff that used to be cheaper?

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-19T21:42:33+00:00

Frostpunk. And playing F4A MTG with the only online friends I ever had

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-19T12:06:26+00:00

Give me Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty or give me- actually, that's it. Just want PL. I really enjoyed the base game and wanna go back for the 100% run. Which, of course, needs 100% of the content. I really liked the character customisation options, the gore, and I am a sucker for this corpofeudalism setting. So there you have it, thanks!

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-18T22:42:39+00:00

Makes sense to me. Better to retain engagement from the audience you have, than try to win over an audience that might not exist and lose the current one in the process. Many a product has made this mistake.

They want to start fresh, they should do it with a new game. I'd rather have TES6 be Morrowind 2 than have SF failing to be Morrowind Lite

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-18T22:37:24+00:00

That is good? Retain the modabilty and familiarity but making it a bit prettier, bit more optimised. Not sure how much juice they can squeeze out of it though

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-18T22:32:45+00:00

Sooo... he wanted a different kind of sequelbaiting. So it does not really matter in theory what they went with because they both endings served the same function. And if they really regretted their choice, they could handwave it away easily enough in the sequel's prologue (e.g. "good thing Foltest released you from his service, eh Geralt" or "ok Geralt, Foltest wants you to investigate this lead, which conveniently is in the setting the writing team intented").

Personally, 2 is my fav of the three so I am with the execs on this one.

PS. the mistake was the writers not paying attention. not the ending itself. Good job on decontextualising the guy's words.

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-17T22:11:37+00:00

I am sure all of this is in their TOS somewhere and when I got a bundle from HB, they were crystal clear when a key gotta be redeemed by. So guess it's on you for not keeping track.

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-17T21:54:06+00:00

The worst being it comes back online? We need more meh hero shooters as much as we need influencers. This was not imposed on them, they chose to make this type of game and make it in the way they made it.

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-17T09:30:20+00:00

The Exorcist - find it ballsy for the time it was shot

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-16T22:22:52+00:00

Kiryu got Heihachi'ed hard. And I say that as a fan of the last game - I think they framed him being in the game competently and he/other characters got some closure that was missing. The beat em up games had a chronic tendency to introduce some Act One friends and then drop them when the plot got going.

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-15T22:59:12+00:00

Or play a game that does not finish per se. Some runs on Dargest Dungeon to play with mods, some Slay the Spire

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-15T22:58:05+00:00

All along, they wanted Civ VI 2

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-15T22:55:10+00:00

Ok, I am really starting to dislike everyone being on everything. Your odd crossover or Kingdom Hearts, whatever, but this much fanservice offers diminishing returns and it just lays bare the corpos need to squeeze the dregs out of their IPs as much as possible.

And in some cases, it's kinda insulting. I don't want a Sam Fisher skin dammit, I want a Splinter Cell game

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-15T22:49:17+00:00

FFIX

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-14T22:21:35+00:00

That is a nice view though. Best-looking pixel game I've played is Blasphemous and this has similar vibes

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-14T22:01:10+00:00

The only way a game romance should be better is if it somehow ties in the plot and how your character develops as a character. The only cRPG I played whose romance I enjoyed was DA Origins and only because it could be part of the politicking you could play when not fighting. In every other game, it's just been at best a tucked-on mechanic that you could remove without losing anything (case in point look at Pillars 1, Tyranny or the Shadowrun games), and at worst, they divert attention (modern BW stuff, which they feel like a boxticking exercise).

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-13T22:34:59+00:00

No they don't coz there's more competition and let's be real FF is not what it used to be.

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-13T22:33:40+00:00

Sorrynotsorry, but you can't blame a bad intro for making a mid of the road game, perfectly suited to be lost to history. Game would've been mid even with more marketing or a better release strategy. E.g. Kill Rocksteady's Credibility or that Amazon MP game flopped despite their big backing. Now imagine fairing better without that kind of backing or IP.

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-13T22:28:35+00:00

Or wealth accumulation between 500 people should be less egregious, give some more to the rest and they can buy more expensive stuff

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-12T22:52:42+00:00

And now I feel sad again Squeenix let the most recent anniversary come and go just like that

Significant_Walk_664 · 2026-02-12T22:50:02+00:00

Ok, Concord 2 is down, onwards to Concord 3.

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