From Software Joins The Teaser Website Club
Best known for giant robot Armored Core and stealth Tenchu games, Japanese developer is following the heard of developers launching teaser sites that announce an announcement.
The site features two doors blocked by a velvet rope. There’s a placard that reads “2009.5.22 OPEN”. With the number of Armored Core and Tenchu games From Software churns out, there’s a good possibility that the company is announcing, that’s right, an Armored Core or a Tenchu game. Those guys might as well have a giant mecha dressed as a ninja holding that velvet rope.
So the site goes live next Friday — never mind that Famitsu scans leak days before that. But we’ll play along and pretend to be surprised. At least From Software isn’t spamming our Twitter feed with announcements of announcements.
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Demon's Soul 2!?
djricekcn
It'll be a game featuring Domo-kun!
Well, at least that's what the doors look like...
@gotee12: hmmm it sounds just like a disgaea disclaimer to me AND I LOVE IT.
I hope the wait is not too long though or else i will import it(i mean c'mon the asian version is almost all english damn it)
Metal Wolf Chaos 2 with a Euro release: DO IT!!!
Andy Selby
Be warned, if they're bringing Demon's Souls stateside, you'll never be seen or heard from again...
Work? Doesn't matter.
School? Forget it.
Evening meal? Don't need it.
Social interaction? Well, I did just get invaded by a Black Phantom, does that count?
Your family, friends, heck, the world will never see you again... Demon Souls is that good...
Otogi 3 or Lost Kingdoms 3.
Do it, do it! :)
@spamspaz: Depends on what side of the velvet rope you are.
@chucklebuck: I would LOVE that!
I'll never forget the first time I played Otogi... I bought it have zero clue of what it was, or what it would play like. I saw the cover and felt like taking a risk, and it was SOOO worth it.
I hope this is a for a complete overhaul of the Tenchu series. The original one on PS1 is one of my all time favorite games, but since then the quality of the Tenchu series has steadily declined..
Yowza57
@Komrade Kayce: they are old but c'mon aside from AC games(for answer wasn't that great)there is nothing else i want except for Demon Souls which i wanted from the day i saw it even more when i went an read Arch impression of it.
@Komrade Kayce: I'm not really on board with writing off From Software like that, they have more than a few timeless classics (the first Tenchu, Frame Gride, AC, Otogi), Demon's Souls is apparently phenomenal and has generated the most buzz from the mob as any game this gen. Ninja Blade is shaping up to be one of those underappreciated gems that will gain momentum as it comes down in price. The recent handling of Tenchu has been pretty bad, but the last few AC games are very good. I've been meaning to pick up For Answer.
@xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx: I highly recommend Frame Gride. It's a mech game similar to AC, but more arena combat like Virtual On. It's awesome.
Too much to hope for a next-gen Otogi game?
MURAKUMO 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just kidding, but really, this announcement could be just about anything. Hopefully something worthy of this ominous door and white wall.
Demon's Souls DLC?
God, I love that game
@Komrade Kayce: Oh I see. Yeah EA was a pretty good game but no I don't count all JRPG as rehashes :p
xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx
@Curse_Lily: Man, I want Metal Wolf Chaos so bad.
"Welcome to the party... MR. PRESIDENT!"
[ZTF]214A, 2A, 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 214B, 214D
@xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx:
Haha, by EA I didn't mean Electronic Arts, I meant Enchanted Arms. It wasn't a rehash (unless you count of other JRPGs) and i thought it was pretty good.
@Madeira: I never really heard or played Frame gride. The only games I've played from them is the Tenchu games, Otogi games, enchanted arms and a few of the old armoured core games. Hmmm just checked it on wikipedia though and Frame gride is a dreamcast game and I did just get one so I'm feeling tempted.
I'd like to play Demon's Souls so it's at least got me interested and I'm sure it'll be good in the end too so I'm hoping From software will keep up that level of quality.
I did enjoy the demo of Ninja blade a bit but I'm not sure I want it still. I'll probably get it when it's cheaper.
@Komrade Kayce: EA's pretty good now they've changed but I'm still hoping they'll make a huge game. I do appreciate how they're more diverse now though.
I agree I'm not a fan of the new armoured core games but I think they're okay still. Enchanted arms wasn't a rehash though and while tenchu and armoured core are rehashes I'm hoping they'll keep them up. Otogi 3 would be very welcome and Demon souls does sound good.
xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx
@xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx:
I also like EA, but a hella-lotta people didn't. Underrated if you ask me.
Still, one gem doth not make your company beloved if you decide to run your old franchises into the ground instead of improving them.
Even the AC games are becoming stale. I think the last one I enjoyed was... Dreamcast? Maybe?
Demon Souls, from what Arch tells me, is pretty sweet. I've got an imported version from China and if it wasn't for the old PS3 being on the wonk right now, I would be playing it.
@Madeira:
Eh. Ehehehe. Its just one thing when a company takes, oh, lets say Zelda/Mario and decides to keep putting out Zelda/Mario games that continue to be innovative and fun. Its another thing entirely when they take Tenchu, one of the PS2 games I grew up with, and start making things like 'Tenchu XBLA Pinball' and 'Should-Be-Awesome-Four-Player (but its not) Tenchu 360' and 'Controls-Like-Arse Tenchu DS'.
Or Armoured Core: Rehash.
And thats just THIS generation.
@Curse_Lily:
All of those games are pretty old, except Metal Wolf Chaos (which I hadn't heard of). They don't seem to have piss poor reception, just not superb. So I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on those ones.
I'm just more pished about the ruining of franchises they've decided to act upon.
@xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx: You forgot the ultimate reason why FROM Software gets a free pass no matter their transgressions: Frame Gride.
I think I read on NeoGAF that Demon's Souls is the best game since Zelda.
Ninja Blade didn't review well, but there's quite a bit of positivity out there for it.
@Komrade Kayce: hey don't forget
King's Field
Otogi 1-2
The Adventures of Cookie & Cream
Metal Wolf Chaos(if there is a god we need him for this game)
@Komrade Kayce: *cough* ahh crap you made me catch somthing.
Yeah I tried the new tenchu demo on Xbox live and I knew it wasn't worth purchasing at all.
I like from software though, if a company makes 3 series I like then I like that company usually. Otogi, armoured core, the old tenchu's (hoping they'll make a good new one eventually too) and Enchanted arms. Not to mention I hear a few good stuff about Demons souls too.
If this announcement has to be one thing I hope it's Otogi 3.
xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx
@Komrade Kayce: Someone get Kayce off of From Software. I can't look.
Maybe they're just opening their new website??
It's a japanese company, so.. it's probably a PSP/DS game..
@xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx:
*cough*
All those Tenchu 'games'...
Not that I'm knocking the PS1 or the first PS2 Tenchus. They were pretty sweet.
But jesus. How do you screw up ninja assassins so horribly in every way you try.
@Tom Clancy's Samuraidino: You make that game and I'll make yakuza wars, it's like dynasty warriors and Yakuza games mixed. We'll start our own dev team *high five*
I haven't had a good mech game on 360 yet though. I enjoyed phantom crash and mech assault on the Xbox so maybe I need to try some more. Is there anything else other than armoured core at the moment though?
xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx
@Komrade Kayce: I liked Enchanted arms quite a bit, sure it's not the best RPG but I'd welcome a sequel if it was made a little better and had a bit more openness to it.
I tried Ninja blade (demo) and I wasn't all that fond of it but it's not too bad. I'm a ninja gaiden and DMC fan though so I think it was just not as good as what I'm used to but anyone who doesn't expect a game to be the best in the genre could probably enjoy it.
I don't remember much else of what they make. Anyone want to remind me?
xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx
For Answer could have been so awesome. Instead it was kinda boring. Why From Software, why? ;_; Why can you not make games as well as you used to? Well, at least it was pretty I guess...
Metal Wolf Chaos 2! :D
@Komrade Kayce: Oh, yeah, they're not very good. Hmmm, where's my funny and witty comment... oh! Will it have quicktime events for everything? :D
Hmmm,my comment seems to have been eaten by Internet goblins....lets try this again...
Yay!I cant wait to play as a mech,controlling a giant ninja through future feudal japan
@spamspaz: I'll go with the latter
Not cool people! Not cool!
SansSanity
Sweet.
I can't wait to find what pile of refuse lies behind that door that will become 4.99 xbox shovelware next.
Velvet rope: Classy or Assholish?
spamspaz
@xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx: How about, oh, I don't know, Chromehounds? Best mech game on the 360. Well, those of us that still play it can wish, right? Yeah, OK.
Sorzante
@Andy Selby: Heck, I'd even settle for a downloadable Xbox Originals version of the original. Such a tease with it already in English and not released in the US.
@Curse_Lily: The asian version of Demon's Souls is 100% full english, both texts and voice acting.
MCKWZ
@Curse_Lily: Upon seeing this and "From Software"... I actually for a moment thought of Metal Wolf Chaos. Those doors sorta look like something you'd expect in the White House.
Oh well... I'd really like to see MWC in the US, but I get the idea it's just too damn ridiculously patriotic for us. Wait... yeah right! JUST BRING IT DAMMIT!
Takara_Kitsune
@Madeira: Because they haven't made a good game in years, I am pretty on board for writing them off.
Unless it's not Tenchu nor Armored Core. Now that may pique my curiosity.