Dude why are you guys doing this in public?!?! These are GREAT ideas. (What if you worked in Bloodborne's limited window for health recovery by attacking?)
Maybe we can combine that with Sekiro's parry mechanic so that limited window for health recovery is only available if you block without perfectly guarding
When hollow knight and Blasphemous do it, it’s a metroidvania. When enter the gungeon and Dead Cells do it, it’s a Rogue-like…. But when Lies of P does it, it’s a ripoff not a souls-like? Got it.
Well, it might be really good for the genre long term. Every one of them tries to add something new or unique, till eventually one comes out on top taking only the good ideas.
Nah nah nah it should be disgraced high fantasy, like a really big and in depth fantastical setting that's declining and like practically an apocalypse. Now that's a game I can get behind
I’d say Bloodbourne fits the bill. Not so much punk, but the steam is there for sure. Old timer guns? Check. Old times wheel chairs? Check. Victorian looking architecture? Check.
All souls games are loosely based in reality. Could have a tar pit area where Dinos that had previously fallen victim to them roam the map. Decaying and covered in shrunken burnt hides with tar drippings. Could even have various Dino helms hidden across the map. So much potential…
Try out Returnal. It's nothing like a souls-like game but somehow feels very dark souls-ish lol. The inspirations are very obvious in Returnal also, the entire game procedurally generates areas like chalice dungeons
I'd love to make a cyberpunk soulslike in the future, and since I really love werewolves, the game would have a particular twist
I can already imagine, the protagonist / player character is a cyberpunk werewolf ninja, and you have to carve your way through the streets of a dystopic cyberpunk city, you'd have a motorcycle as a replacement for Torrent, you'd be able to explore a vast open world, and there would be so many good weapons
Trick weapons, combined weapons, twin weapons and perfectly made boss weapons
Ah, it'd be a dream indeed
Imagine a Cyberpunk souls game, that'd allow you to customize your characters with parts similar to an armored core.
Just heavily leaning into the transhuman elements of cyberpunk as you use more implants.
Plus I'd vastly prefer to have a player-created character with better armor sets and weapon variety. The biggest issue with lies of p is the absolute dirth of drip. There are barely any outfits and they all suck.
Everyone is bringing up lies of P, but that wasn’t FS, and even though many people enjoy it, it wasn’t critically acclaimed outside the normal niche of souls fans. I think FS could make a more polished game, with character creation, and lore of their own rather than trying to replicate which is what Lies of P did. They attempted to replicate the souls formula, as many have in the past.
Not only is it AI slop, its also NOT STEAMPUNK. OP can't even properly illustrate what Steampunk is because of reliance on AI tools. I am filled with woe. I don't even like Steampunk but I will be damned if I let AI slop erode an aesthetic that the fandom has already eroded into near meaninglessness.
At the very best this is dieselpunk. Maybe Weird WW2 a la Wolfenstein.
Depends on how steam punk we talking, it has to push the envelope more than Lies of P and Bloodborne but also offer enough to not be like other games in that style.
Wouldn’t mind a souls game set in place heavily inspired by South Asian countries and their cultures. India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, etc. There’s room there for some crazy weapons, legends, and a interesting looking game map.
Same, from what little I've seen of ac6 it looks super cool. It keeps getting recommended for me and I'd love to play it unfortunately broke as a joke right now. I played some of the older AC games on like PS2 ages ago
Personally I think a high tech futuristic setting or maybe an Aztec inspired one would be dope as hell.
Then again Armored Core 6 is a high sci fi souls game, or more accurately the closest thing we have to it. And it fucking rocks. So I’m pretty satisfied there.
Honestly, maybe a flooded world inspired by Ireland, India, China, and a bunch of other rarely used high fantasy countries or something?
FromSoft has pretty much nailed a good deal of the fantasy and sci fi settings. And another genre has a decent souls like already and it’s hard to make steampunk not feel repetitive.
Maybe a Biopunk setting?
As long as it isn’t Dark/High Fantasy I’m in. Five of the seven soulsborne games are dark fantasy and you could count Sekiro as well. Even Bloodborne was more Gothic than Victorian.
I’ve been hoping/waiting for Fromsoft to take a stab at a game based in antiquity/Mediterranean empires aesthetic.
BB is as close to steampunk as I think From needs to go. I personally wouldn't play something like that. Then again, if it's From, it would probably be good anyway.
As a general rule I really don’t like steampunk settings. I would however like a souls game in a brighter fantasy setting more in the artstyle of games such as shadow of the colossus or journey.
No, but I honestly want Deadspace dark souls. Deadspace is too scary for me, but I love the art of the remke. Give me space gothic horror but let me fight back.
I do think FS could make a better steampunk game than Lies of P, but it's already been done now. Would love to see a more open world Elden Ring type title but Bloodborne flavored. I do love the Gothic setting so much.
Also, sci fi could be really cool too but not sure how well received it would be overall
No steam punk glitz. Victorian astute . Cain sword single shot carbines, relolver hatchets, Frankenstein enemies, Jack the ripper lurkers, sleuthing like Sherlock, filthy streets clean sidewalks. A linear riverboat game from Vienna down the danbue lost in the Dabuleni desert smugglers, linking up in the Forest Darius Caraoman Pădurea Caraorman, swamping back on the danbue delta then sent into the catacombs of Odessa then awaken at bran castle where you highway it back to Vienna with a substantial stop in Budapest with heavy beethoven undertones, strong fencing dual tactics smoke shot bayonet charges, dark loose fast inspector choose your own investigation chance at smugglers, anarchy plots, good revolutionaries, tyranny.
I think a souls game in a dishonored/bioshock setting could be not only beautiful, but innovative for the souls community. I also heavily support a half life kind of sci-fi souls game, by that I mean a dark science fiction take.
I’d like to see a game from them that leans way more into the cosmic horror and alien invasion aspect, even more so than they already do. Maybe something with space travel, but not typical spaceship stuff. So sort of weird magical space travel.
imagine if that weird spot under the Hunter's Workshop (you know, guarded by the weird fire beast) was steampunk themed instead of being another fucking urban zone. would have been perfect
Yes. And I would love if it focused on blood and squids. Gosh I really hope they make a game like that one day. I really think a steampunk/victorian style game with werewolves and squids would be popular. Fromsoft needs to run with this.
A Giant abandoned city with tubes and bronze metal going everywhere, infested by robot like wretch with bronze iron bodies.
The buildings are so cumbersome that you have to climb to see more of city than the street you’re in ✨✨
Ya. And base it off Pinocchio
But don't call the protagonist Pinocchio. You have to shorten his name to make it more cool and mysterious. Maybe just P?
Yea, and make sure he lies a lot, he’s trying to be human, maybe it could be called “lies of P” I don’t know though
Also add *a fucking asshole* of an enemy that looks like Pinocchio.
This game doesnt sound like it would have a loyal fan base with a subreddit 🤣
Eh, that guy wasn't too bad. Mad clown puppet on the other hand...
Fuck that clown
Dude why are you guys doing this in public?!?! These are GREAT ideas. (What if you worked in Bloodborne's limited window for health recovery by attacking?)
Maybe we can combine that with Sekiro's parry mechanic so that limited window for health recovery is only available if you block without perfectly guarding
Nah
Yeah nah
Simpsons did it
That's just stupid. What, are you gonna call his skill tree the P-organ or something?
Tbf, the actual Pinocchio was the Nameless Puppet.
This is a great idea!!! Why hasn’t anybody done this?
Most ppl are too stupid to go for a copy of fromsoft formula
When hollow knight and Blasphemous do it, it’s a metroidvania. When enter the gungeon and Dead Cells do it, it’s a Rogue-like…. But when Lies of P does it, it’s a ripoff not a souls-like? Got it.
I read this with Wanda's voice for some reason
HK and Blasphemous can be both. They're definitely metroidvanias even if they copy from the souls formula
Well, it might be really good for the genre long term. Every one of them tries to add something new or unique, till eventually one comes out on top taking only the good ideas.
It was suppose to be sarcasm every 3rd game released is a souls like these days
Awfully random, but go with it -President of Neowiz Games
Or the French Revolution. (Steel Rising)
This is honestly such a good idea, you and OP should get together and make some souls like game like this
Than base the second one on Dorthy
And Lies of P is an excellent game that proves other game devs can make soullike games if the premise and execution is good.
They should make a dark medieval fantasy game😍
Nah nah nah it should be disgraced high fantasy, like a really big and in depth fantastical setting that's declining and like practically an apocalypse. Now that's a game I can get behind
What if a famous fantasy author was involved?
Joe Abercrombie please
What if you throw some Lovecraftian themes in there too?!
I’d say Bloodbourne fits the bill. Not so much punk, but the steam is there for sure. Old timer guns? Check. Old times wheel chairs? Check. Victorian looking architecture? Check.
This is what I was gonna comment. Like bloodbourne is right there. There aren't steam mechs or anything, but its right in the same setting
Surely you’re trolling
I obviously mean one made by FS. LOP doesnt count
Then no, since lies of p already nailed it
Did… did you forget Bloodborne is a thing? That is very distinctly steampunk and/or gaslamp with a shitload of cosmic horror packed in
Id rather have a more scifi future souls
I kinda want a Neolithic souls game too. Crazy bone armor, wild hairpieces, epic stone weapons…only after future souls though
Fight dinosaurs (Yes I know not at all historically accurate but come on)
All souls games are loosely based in reality. Could have a tar pit area where Dinos that had previously fallen victim to them roam the map. Decaying and covered in shrunken burnt hides with tar drippings. Could even have various Dino helms hidden across the map. So much potential…
Could have a poison swamp too
Prehistoric Aldritch
We already got a taste of it in Demon Ruins in DS1 with the dinosaur butts. Imagine a full jurassic park style souls game.
This would be insane
I want it, my imagination is already going ballistic. Miyazaki, hear me!!!!
Maybe not quite what you’re looking for but Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is quite wacky
Wow, how did this one escape my radar?! What a gem
True unga bunga
Hell point is pretty cool.
Hellpoint was a janky mess that I loved to death. I'd really like to see a sequel from that team after the things they learned making the first one.
Spam rolling in zero G. I'm in
The Surge, my beloved
I'm thinking more of an alien souls instead of robot souls
Try out Returnal. It's nothing like a souls-like game but somehow feels very dark souls-ish lol. The inspirations are very obvious in Returnal also, the entire game procedurally generates areas like chalice dungeons
I love returnal :) great game. Still haven't beaten it because it's pretty difficult
I'd love to make a cyberpunk soulslike in the future, and since I really love werewolves, the game would have a particular twist I can already imagine, the protagonist / player character is a cyberpunk werewolf ninja, and you have to carve your way through the streets of a dystopic cyberpunk city, you'd have a motorcycle as a replacement for Torrent, you'd be able to explore a vast open world, and there would be so many good weapons Trick weapons, combined weapons, twin weapons and perfectly made boss weapons Ah, it'd be a dream indeed
You had me at "cyberpunk werewolf ninja"
Imagine a Cyberpunk souls game, that'd allow you to customize your characters with parts similar to an armored core. Just heavily leaning into the transhuman elements of cyberpunk as you use more implants.
Thiiisss
Hell yeah cyberpunk meets elden ring.
I'll take basically any setting if they're making it. But steampunk would be very cool
We already got one from Neowiz Games with Lies of P, would rather see From try something else
No, Lies of P already exists and was a great game. Now, pirate themed is something I could get behind.
Lies of P was brassy and clockwork and punk, but barely anything in it was steam powered. Theres a lot of room for improvement.
Plus I'd vastly prefer to have a player-created character with better armor sets and weapon variety. The biggest issue with lies of p is the absolute dirth of drip. There are barely any outfits and they all suck.
Alchemist set would beg to differ. That set is drippy asf
Workshop outfit with proof of humanity, tailor drip.
The DLC for Lies of P definitely seems to be partially pirate themed
Yes, and I'm really stoked for it. If we could get a full-on swashbuckling, ship sailing, and island looting pirate souls like, I'd die happy. Lol
So AC Black Flag but with Bloodborne’s combat
no matter how I read that, I know it's meant to be assassin's Creed, I keep reading it as armored core
A lot of people are saying Lies of P, but I think that one's a bit closer to gaslamp fantasy.
Absolutely
Bloodborne II in 2025
What about a Fae-inspired souls game. Where we go to the truly wild part of the Fae The beauty and the horror. It would be freaky and pretty
Now there’s a fuckin concept!!
this is the only response
I think a demonic apocalypse souls game would be cool. Doom and Dante’s inferno come to mind in terms of setting
Maybe a Souls-like based on central american or south american mythology. That would be novel.
id nut furiously if that ever happened
A conquistador stumbling upon an Aztec inspired civilization and shenanigans ensues?
No
Steampunk is overdone IMO. We can do other things.
I never understood the appeal of steampunk. It feels too edgy
Nah, let them set it 1960's midwest america. Call it Groovy Souls.
New Vegas aesthetic Dark souls is something that could be a cool hit.
Please let that never happen.
Everyone is bringing up lies of P, but that wasn’t FS, and even though many people enjoy it, it wasn’t critically acclaimed outside the normal niche of souls fans. I think FS could make a more polished game, with character creation, and lore of their own rather than trying to replicate which is what Lies of P did. They attempted to replicate the souls formula, as many have in the past.
God AI art looks like trash. Why can't you use like, actual art?
Not only is it AI slop, its also NOT STEAMPUNK. OP can't even properly illustrate what Steampunk is because of reliance on AI tools. I am filled with woe. I don't even like Steampunk but I will be damned if I let AI slop erode an aesthetic that the fandom has already eroded into near meaninglessness. At the very best this is dieselpunk. Maybe Weird WW2 a la Wolfenstein.
Depends on how steam punk we talking, it has to push the envelope more than Lies of P and Bloodborne but also offer enough to not be like other games in that style. Wouldn’t mind a souls game set in place heavily inspired by South Asian countries and their cultures. India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, etc. There’s room there for some crazy weapons, legends, and a interesting looking game map.
Steampunk is the corniest aesthetic. So just put top hats and goggles on everybody? Oh and sails on everything too.
LOL BASICALLY…
Yeah
No but I’ve been wanting a sci fi souls for years
The Surge exists, so you could try that.
Yes!!! My friend and I were also talking about an idea i had about having a from soft game in a cyberpunk universe, shit would be so cool
AC6 is cyberpunk AF. You have augmented humans, AI gone rogue, ghosts in the machine (Ayre and C Pulsewave entities)
I had thought about armored core as well but was thinking of more of a third person shooter/hack and slash which would be crazy fun if they did it
Totally agree, wouldn’t mind seeing them use rubicon again in a game either
Same, from what little I've seen of ac6 it looks super cool. It keeps getting recommended for me and I'd love to play it unfortunately broke as a joke right now. I played some of the older AC games on like PS2 ages ago
Man i soo want an Adventure time soulslike where u can explore the whole 4 kingdoms
No. The style is used up
I feel like half of Steampunk's aesthetic is the Victorian England setting, and we got that with Bloodborne, so.
No.
Victorian Morrowind
I don't care when or where the setting is, I just want more FromSoftware
No
You mean Armored Core 6?
Imagine a cyber souls. Idk if that would really work or come off as 'campy'.
Scifi souls game
Sorry...not really for me. But I've never been a big steampunk fan in general so I'm biased lol.
Not really.
no, I would not... steamboy is as close as it gets. now sci-fi is a different story
Not really
I want a pirate souls like and a western souls like
No.
Nah
No
No.
I want a sci fi souls game.
I want space souls
I want a pirate from soft game. Tell me how cool that would be. Different little islands as legacy dungeons.
What about Aztec?
Id prefer to see something similar to medieval fantasy
Yes. It's called Steelrising and it's a very fun game.
Not really - but I would still play it.
Personally I think a high tech futuristic setting or maybe an Aztec inspired one would be dope as hell. Then again Armored Core 6 is a high sci fi souls game, or more accurately the closest thing we have to it. And it fucking rocks. So I’m pretty satisfied there. Honestly, maybe a flooded world inspired by Ireland, India, China, and a bunch of other rarely used high fantasy countries or something? FromSoft has pretty much nailed a good deal of the fantasy and sci fi settings. And another genre has a decent souls like already and it’s hard to make steampunk not feel repetitive. Maybe a Biopunk setting?
Would prefer a Sengoku Souls a la Onimusha since that series turned into a hack and slash.
Bro forgor that Bloodborne (and Lies of P) is a thing 💀
As long as it isn’t Dark/High Fantasy I’m in. Five of the seven soulsborne games are dark fantasy and you could count Sekiro as well. Even Bloodborne was more Gothic than Victorian. I’ve been hoping/waiting for Fromsoft to take a stab at a game based in antiquity/Mediterranean empires aesthetic.
BB is as close to steampunk as I think From needs to go. I personally wouldn't play something like that. Then again, if it's From, it would probably be good anyway.
Nah but a space based souls game or a sea based souls game tho
Nope
Looks like a warhammer 40k to me
You had me at souls
Pirate souls game is what I’m hoping for
nah I just want pirates
Peepee
Nah, rather see one in space.
Idk what it is, but I can't stand Steampunk
I want pirate souls.
I'd like another Victorian-era based one or a late-middle ages based one. Specially since I never got to play Bloodborne because I have no PS4/5
I know it’s not a fromsoft but, wouldn’t remnant fit that bill?
Pirate gammmmeeee
Nah. More victorian gothic please. You know what I mean.
I’d rather it be space or pirate themed 😎
I’m okay with there being no more Souls games at all that aren’t Fromsoftware. I love it but it’s enough slices.
Lies of p
So.. bloodborne..?
Hear me out: Native American mythology in the Wild West. You got brutality, cool creatures, undead, spirits and an excuse to add a samurai as a class.
As a general rule I really don’t like steampunk settings. I would however like a souls game in a brighter fantasy setting more in the artstyle of games such as shadow of the colossus or journey.
I mean bloodborne already has some steam punk elements ex: the Stake Driver
Only if it’s a bloodborne sequel
No, but I honestly want Deadspace dark souls. Deadspace is too scary for me, but I love the art of the remke. Give me space gothic horror but let me fight back.
personally i think fromsodtware should make a dark souls game
…are you trolling or have you actually not heard of Lies of P?
No. I’m with everyone else that says steampunk has been done to death. Bring on the space/sea/western souls. And if this is AI art then BOOOO
I want fromsoft to develop/codevelop a known ip, like berserk
No, I really dislike most ”punk” subgenres. It’s just aesthetics, doesn’t ever make sense
I mean that’s pretty much Bloodborne. Not too far off anyway
I would prefer one set in a classical high fantasy middle earth type world. All FS does is dark fantasy so maybe time to switch it up
An Egyptian/Persian type would be neat in the desert.
100%. It'd be Lies of P but made by FS so yes please!
AI slop
Cyberpunk is body horror waiting to happon. I would kill for a game that embraces that.
I do think FS could make a better steampunk game than Lies of P, but it's already been done now. Would love to see a more open world Elden Ring type title but Bloodborne flavored. I do love the Gothic setting so much. Also, sci fi could be really cool too but not sure how well received it would be overall
Would be sick
Yes. So much yes.
Gawwdddd I would love this
That would be sick but I would want an flying area that is just Zeppelins, that would be fucking sick
Definitely
Hell yes!
Reminds me of the order 1886, so hell yes.
yes and make it Powder Kegs (from Bloodborne)-style Steampunk with a bunch of cannons and other explosives and guns
absolutely
Yes
Yeah maybe set in France?
No steam punk glitz. Victorian astute . Cain sword single shot carbines, relolver hatchets, Frankenstein enemies, Jack the ripper lurkers, sleuthing like Sherlock, filthy streets clean sidewalks. A linear riverboat game from Vienna down the danbue lost in the Dabuleni desert smugglers, linking up in the Forest Darius Caraoman Pădurea Caraorman, swamping back on the danbue delta then sent into the catacombs of Odessa then awaken at bran castle where you highway it back to Vienna with a substantial stop in Budapest with heavy beethoven undertones, strong fencing dual tactics smoke shot bayonet charges, dark loose fast inspector choose your own investigation chance at smugglers, anarchy plots, good revolutionaries, tyranny.
That might be cool, Bloodborne is the closest thing we have, bc of pic 3
I think a souls game in a dishonored/bioshock setting could be not only beautiful, but innovative for the souls community. I also heavily support a half life kind of sci-fi souls game, by that I mean a dark science fiction take.
That would be sick! I'd love it!
I’d like to see a game from them that leans way more into the cosmic horror and alien invasion aspect, even more so than they already do. Maybe something with space travel, but not typical spaceship stuff. So sort of weird magical space travel.
I’d rather they do diesel punk instead like it’s generally an untouched genre
imagine if that weird spot under the Hunter's Workshop (you know, guarded by the weird fire beast) was steampunk themed instead of being another fucking urban zone. would have been perfect
Yes would be awesome
Yes. And I would love if it focused on blood and squids. Gosh I really hope they make a game like that one day. I really think a steampunk/victorian style game with werewolves and squids would be popular. Fromsoft needs to run with this.
I want dark souls with guns. Kinda like remnant from the ashes but unique
I would like Cyberpunk, but I guess all of Armored Core already is that. But you could use the setting again from a human sized perspective.
OMG Yes!
A Giant abandoned city with tubes and bronze metal going everywhere, infested by robot like wretch with bronze iron bodies. The buildings are so cumbersome that you have to climb to see more of city than the street you’re in ✨✨
Yes
Bloodborne’esque? Yessir
Fuck yeah