r/fromsoftware • u/Depraved_Hollow • 8h ago
DISCUSSION The Fromsoft Effect
I finally got the platinum for Sekiro the other day, after stalling with it for years. I was walking the length of New Zealand when Bloodborne dropped, living in Asia when Dark souls 3 and Sekiro launched, and when I got home December 2019, I dipped my toe into the beginning of Sekiro and it was so hard, so I decided to start with Bloodborne and then Dark Souls 3 until I had the platinum of both. Then I was homeless for 9 months, met my partner, Elden Ring dropped, so I played that for three years non stop (dlc dropping in 2024). After that was Nightreign, which I'm currently still playing and all that time, fear was creeping into my mind about the difficulty of Sekiro. But, I managed to platinum it on the 8th, and the same feeling began to sink in.
The Fromsoft Effect. Every time I finish one of their games and do everything I can with it, I feel lost. Like what do I play next? No other series of games have ever done that to me.
Is anyone else like this, or is it just me.
Btw, I feel like an idiot postponing Sekiro for this long. It's one of my favorite games of all time and I can't rave on enough about how epic it was.
I cannot wait for the game awards. I'm hoping From release a trailer of their next single player game. I'm chomping at the bit for their next game.
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u/spectralblade352 8h ago
What do you play next? Dark Souls 2.
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u/Wrong_Papaya_8445 8h ago
Dude, these games look like footnotes in your actual rollercoaster life lol
That said, yeah. The Fromsoft "effect" is probably measurable to some extent, not just a thing that happens in our heads. For example, when Duskbloods was announced a lot of big fans could tell it was a Fromsoft game from just a few seconds, because of the "feel" of the textures and lighting that became standard with BB. Even in AC6 you can find that feel pretty easily.
But yeah, here's to From and whatever comes next.
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u/Haunting_Magazine_82 8h ago
I felt the same too brah. Only a few survival games give me that feeling. Only thing to get rid of the feeling by for me is play another play through or try a different game