From Software is "working hard on Elden Ring DLC" but still doesn't have a release date "at this time" (www.eurogamer.net)
from simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 12:34
https://lemm.ee/post/23387618

Rumors of a February release just got shot down :(

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echo64@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 12:50 next collapse

Honestly, at this point, they should really just save whatever for a sequel. It’s been two years. As a reminder (though there are extenuating circumstances here), Dark Souls 2 was 2014, and Dark Souls 3 was 2016.

I guess the new reality is that it takes six years to make a game and three years between expansions. I think I’d just prefer smaller games and smaller dev cycles.

Daveyborn@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 14:56 next collapse

This, but wasn’t dark souls 2 a different team than 1 and 3?

Kecessa@sh.itjust.works on 11 Feb 2024 15:58 collapse

Different lead for sure

fsxylo@sh.itjust.works on 11 Feb 2024 18:00 next collapse

They released armored core 6 since elden ring but no one cares for some reason.

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 18:40 collapse

Probably because 90% of Western gamers and 99.999% of humanity never heard about the Armored Core series in the first place?

That’s the one about hard apples right? 😛

Sanctus@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 19:12 collapse

Armored Core is one of their oldest running IPs and a series I have been playing since 2nd installment. AC6 was without a doubt the best one. Highly recommend.

FooBarrington@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 22:06 next collapse

Why? With a DLC they can expand on weaker areas and introduce interesting advanced mechanics, whereas a sequel needs a lot more groundwork and can’t expand on existing story threads as easily without some repetition.

It’s such a good game that I’d prefer more of it to a sequel, at least right now. Make the sequel it’s own thing that’s not burdened by having to finish all the unfinished stories.

rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de on 12 Feb 2024 00:41 next collapse

Nintendo took 6 years for a mere DLC for BotW.

rambaroo@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 2024 13:12 collapse

I’d prefer a bloodborne remaster over ER DLC

LolcatXTREME@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 2024 18:30 collapse

Fromsoft probably wouldn’t be the studio remastering bloodborne anyway, so they could happen concurrently

_sideffect@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 13:28 next collapse

Sounds like it’ll be pretty big and worthwhile

dinckelman@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 15:06 next collapse

A delayed game/dlc is always better than a rushed one

jroid8@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 2024 11:48 collapse

A delayed game/dlc is always better than crunch time (sacrificing your humanity and working 18h a day)

dinckelman@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 2024 14:11 collapse

That’s a whole separate can of worms. I don’t have any respect for studios, that actually force people to work hours like this, just to hit some arbitrary deadline, that they imposed on themselves

sunbunman@lemm.ee on 14 Feb 2024 19:51 collapse

Larian really knocked it out of the park having 3 studios around the globe so they can still have a 24hr workflow without pushing everyone to do overtime. I really want to know what their handover procedures are.

Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 15:28 next collapse

I’m currently playing Elden Ring and it’s so freaking massive. It’s incredible what From soft choice to include. There’s whole areas that are completely gated for a hard-to-find side quest, that you’ll only discover if you happen to follow a guide.

Any other company would have chopped the content and put it in a DLC.

And here they’re like, “We got more just wait.”

Sanctus@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 19:08 next collapse

Thats okay FromSoft, you go when you feel like it. I will instantly pick ER back up.

Suavevillain@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 19:19 next collapse

Take your time. There is no rush.

Krudler@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 20:20 next collapse

I played ER 3x no-wiki… I am fine with a decent break, it will hopefully make the new content that much more savoury

Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 11 Feb 2024 20:24 next collapse

I kinda figured those rumors were bullshit. They may be secretive, but Fromsoft still wouldn’t just quietly release a major dlc for one of the biggest titles they’ve ever made.

Shit must be massive for it to take this long, though, without much news other than a title, and two updates that they are still working on it.

De_Narm@lemmy.world on 11 Feb 2024 21:15 next collapse

They probably need some more time to make the new swamp extra swamp-y.

But in all seriousness, Miyazaki hasn’t disappointed me yet. He can take all the time he wants to, I’ll be there to get it once it drops. Be that tomorrow or in several years.

rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de on 12 Feb 2024 00:38 collapse

I just finished it the first time and hoped to play the DLC soon, because I usually don’t come back to a game for DLC. Quite disappointing.

PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi on 12 Feb 2024 14:37 collapse

Something makes me think this is not going to be your typical DLC. I wish they would have given the entire industry the middle finger and said something like, “This will be an expansion pack, in contrast to all the half-hour extras that piss producers push as DLC.”

Because honestly, this long of a development time for anything less than an expansion, like the old days where you get 50-100% more game, seems crazy.