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[Transistor]

I can't be the only one who feels this way. Take all the refinements they've learned with the Souls games and give us a first person King's Field for PSVR. Just the thought of it gives me chills. Imagine the unsettling atmospheres of King's Field and Soulsborne games in first person with head tracking

 

[Peltz]

Yikes. Sounds intense. I'm in though.

 

[MikeDip]

I have never agreed with anything more than I do your post

Hell even a remake of kf4 in vr would be a nice romp

 

[KZObsessed]

I don't think there could be a bigger killer app for PS VR among the hardcore than that.

 

[Backfoggen]

But King's Field is about taking multiple hours to look up and down and around.

 

[OnionPowder]

Now that I've seen this there's nothing more I want from a VR game.

Thanks a lot OP

 

[Transistor]

FROM is on the list of "supporting developers" for PSVR, but my money's on an Armored Core game for it. I'd like to be wrong, though.

But King's Field is about taking multiple hours to look up and down and around.

You'll get some good neck stretching done

 

[Kudo]

I've been wanting this since the dawn of VR. I sincerely hope they get it done, it would be enough reason for me to get PSVR.

 

[KainXVIII]

Yes, they should! Scratch VR though.

 

[Foffy]

Me if we got any new King's Field. Sure, Souls/Bloodborne are successors, but VR might be a good avenue to return to the first person formula From had with the KF games.

I mean, consider for a moment almost all of those games were made prior to the use of both analog sticks in first person titles.

 

[MaDKaT]

Can the combat work in VR without feeling odd and lifeless?

 

[GAFmeansLIFE]

Well I'm not going to say no that's for sure.

 

[Peltz]

FROM is on the list of "supporting developers" for PSVR, but my money's on an Armored Core game for it. I'd like to be wrong, though.



You'll get some good neck stretching done

I'd honestly prefer an AC game over KF. That sounds more suited for seated VR.

 

[Spman2099]

It would mean that I would buy VR the second that game released. I would take something like Legend of Grimlock, but a King's Field game with VR would be so incredible.

 

[Sanctuary]

I expect it to look about as stunning as this at 60fps.

edit: Misread Armored Core as Assassin's Creed.

 

[McHuj]

When you die, the frame rate drops and makes you physically sick as punishment.

 

[7threst]

Goddamn, now this must happen.

 

[Abstrusity]

Armored Core VR = buying PSVR. Simple as that. We Nineball now.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

I would prefer they do a mecha game instead

 

[Joey Ravn]

Edit: Nevermind. I didn't say anything. Stupid idea not worth discussing.

 

[matmanx1]

Ooooh, good idea! I would be all over it! Nice one, OP. Someone call From!

 

[EvilKatarn]

This already had a lengthy discussion in another thread.

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/on-...dark-souls-iii-director-hidetaka-miyazaki-400

"We always look back at our back catalogue for inspiration for new titles," Miyazaki says, "but when it comes to very old things like the King's Field series, I'm concerned about just mimicking the style of what Naotoshi Zin, the founder of FromSoftware, created for the PlayStation original. I would rather not go back to it simply out of respect."

And Armored Core in VR just seems like a fast way to vomit. While I'd love that, I doubt they see it as a viable investment.

I bet if they do make a VR project it'll be a new IP or at least Steel Battalion.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

I would like FROM to stray from the Souls-type games for a bit (even though I adore them), but I'd be lying if I said this wasn't very appealing.

 

[Transistor]

This already had a lengthy discussion in another thread.

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/on-...dark-souls-iii-director-hidetaka-miyazaki-400



And Armored Core in VR just seems like a fast way to vomit. While I'd love that, I doubt they see it as a viable investment.

I bet if they do make a VR project it'll be a new IP or at least Steel Battalion.

Steel Battalion was Capcom. Chromehounds was FROM

 

[Abstrusity]

Steel Battalion was Capcom. Chromehounds was FROM

Yeah, a Chromehounds-esque game would certainly be the best fit, if not a Steel Battalion push with Capcom running the show. From my understanding, Sega owns the rights to Chromehounds, however.

 

[Transistor]

Yeah, a Chromehounds-esque game would certainly be the best fit, if not a Steel Battalion push with Capcom running the show. From my understanding, Sega owns the rights to Chromehounds, however.

So we'll never see Chromehounds again

 

[EvilKatarn]

Steel Battalion was Capcom. Chromehounds was FROM

Oh wow, I figured From made first game too, not just the awful Kinect one.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Can the combat work in VR without feeling odd and lifeless?

Isn't that just a description of KF combat?

 

[Abstrusity]

So we'll never see Chromehounds again

If that's true. It's what I've heard, tentatively. This isn't to say we can't see something much like Chromehounds. The setting was kinda lame, but it's still something you can copy almost wholesale.

 

[MaDKaT]

Isn't that just a description of KF combat?

Honestly never played them, lol. Just the idea of wielding hand held combat weapons in VR without any sort of tactile contact response would feel awkward imo.

Love the idea of something like Armored Core, just without the ridiculous boosting.

 

[Arulan]

I would want to see it with a focus on room-scale VR, which unfortunately isn't the PSVRs strength. I believe dungeon-crawler RPGs are a natural fit for room-scale. The confined corridors and passages naturally limit your mobility, and there are plenty of genre conventions that can already be used to give you the illusion of a larger space (teleporters, spinners[well..], stairs, etc). Or you could simply make each room one in-game grid. King's Field follows more in the tradition of Ultima Underworld, but many of the same things can apply.

 

[mrjohill]

They gotta make armored core vr tho

 

[Omegasquash]

Oh, they should do this.

They should already be working on it.

Please FROM, say that you're already working on it (despite the fact that you probably won't).

 

[I'm Spartacus]

I'd say they need to sort out how to tackle framepacing issues in their engine before they go anywhere near VR.

 

[forgeforsaken]

As much as I love the Souls style games I'd far rather they do some kind of Chromehounds styled VR thing first.

 

[Nephtes]

With From Software's penchant for frame pacing issues in recent years, I can't wait for the help with some weight loss this game would provide!

Spoiler

because of all the vomiting...

Bring on King's Field VR I say...
(To get it to run 60 FPS, it's going to need to look as old school as King's Field 1 huh?)

 

[ExVicis]

First-Person Armored Core first. I wanna good First Person Giant Robot Game dammit.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

First-Person Armored Core first. I wanna good First Person Giant Robot Game dammit.

This is the only answer. Sword game ready. Laser cannons locked

 

[BlueTsunami]

These games really did the whole "stranger in a strange land" masterfully. Imagine putting on the PSVR, loading the game up, and starting on some abandoned harbor. No indication where to go, just explore.

I'm sure FROM has floated the idea of reviving this series. They have to.

 

[Creaking]

That would require FROM to make a game that runs consistently at 60fps.

 

[Bl@de]

VR or not. FROM should make a new King's Field and use what they learned from Souls. VR would be the icing on the cake.

 

[120v]

i don't expect King's Field to come back. but From is obviously working on a PSVR exclusive... would be surprised if it wasn't a first person Soulsbourne

 

[BlueTsunami]

That would require FROM to make a game that runs consistently at 60fps.

I'd be down, even if it looked like the original King's Field lol

 

[AuthenticM]

This would be the only thing to get me to buy PSVR.

 

[-MD-]

I'd play it, without the VR though.

 

[EvilKatarn]

I'd be down, even if it looked like the original King's Field lol

Parts of Dark Souls 2 already did anyway.

 

[Fbh]

I'm not that interested in PSVR.

But if they make this with the level of detail and level design of a Souls game I'd tottaly buy a PSVR just for this

It would probably look horrible though.
FROM games are artistically strong but graphically rather weak on consoles and that's running at 30fps with drops.
A locked 60fps+ console game by them would look ps2 tier

 

[Transistor]

VR or not. FROM should make a new King's Field and use what they learned from Souls. VR would be the icing on the cake.

This is also true

 

[Persona7]

That would require FROM to make a game that runs consistently at 60fps.

So they make it VR only for PC. Console release doesn't have VR. Problem solved.

 

[Cameron122]

$60 heart attack