Does Elden Ring, Sekiro & Bloodborne Even Count As "New IPs"?

[bogey_j]

FromSoft literally just swap settings with the same ol' Souls gameplay and call it a day lol nEw Ip!!!!


bloodborne -victorian london
sekiro - feudal japan
elden ring - medieval europe...again

it's like saying each assassin's creed game is a new IP since they swap settings, and iterate on the gameplay about as much as the soulsborne games do

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

3 games which are nothing alike? Sure

 

[Zero]

They are but I see what you're getting at

 

[Batsute]

I get what you’re saying but each soulsborne game revolves around a different mechanic/approach.

From takes their time and it’s not like madden, these game play nothing alike.

Bloodborne = Offensive
Sekiro = Swordplay
Elden Ring = Exploration

 

[Kingshango]

You get punished for playing Bloodborne like Dark Souls.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

The only thing the games have in common is that they’re made by the same guy

 

[-DMP-]

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it

 

[Th3G3ntleman]

Sekiro is a lot different than the rest of them IMO.

 

[Champion]

3 games which are nothing alike? Sure

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Sekiro and bloodborne play nothing alike, they aren’t even the same genre

 

[Cuban Pete]

They actually have my favorite aesthetic in all of games, them and the god of war series. Those sketchbooks

 

[bogey_j]

exactly, it's str8 to say these games play "nothing alike"

I would argue Assassins Creed 1-3 feel more different to play when compared to the newer entries like Origins, Valhalla, etc. since they completely revamped the combat system and added RPG elements, yet all those games are under the same franchise banner of "Assassin's Creed"

Bloodborne, Sekiro and Elden Ring all could've easily been under the Dark Souls banner but Miyazaki is a clout chaser it seems and wants to be renowned for coming up with all these successful "new IPs"

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Maybe elden ring because it’s open world but yeah, there’s a reason the term “Soulsborne” exists.

shyts are pretty much all spin-offs of the same formula.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

It would be like if square Enix called every final fantasy game a “new ip”

 

[Carl Tethers]

Maybe elden ring because it’s open world but yeah, there’s a reason the term “Soulsborne” exists.

shyts are pretty much all spin-offs of the same formula.

All "Metroidvania" games are the same now too?