Friday, 13 May 2022 19:05

Not All FromSoftware Games Need to Be Open-World From Now On

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Elden Ring's success shows that FromSoftware can create an amazing open-world experience but the developer's true legacy is linear design.

Developer FromSoftware has become famous for notoriously challenging yet rewarding games. Its latest release, Elden Ring, has set the bar even higher by expanding the challenge to a completely open world. All previous entries in the Soulsborne series (Dark Souls 1-3, Bloodborne, and Sekiro) have followed a similarly linear path as straightforward adventures with a hub area connecting different regions. There's no doubt the major success of Elden Ring has piqued FromSoftware’s interest in creating more open-world games, but a major part of its previous successes were their compact and linear structure.

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