The Duskbloods director Hidetaka Miyazaki has revealed that the creature we see on the finish of the sport’s reveal trailer would be the participant’s fundamental companion within the recreation’s hub. In an interview with Nintendo, Miyazaki in contrast the character’s function to that of the hearth keepers in Darkish Souls and the Maiden in Black from Demon’s Souls.
“That character shares an analogous function with the hearth keepers from the Darkish Souls sequence. They continue to be within the hub space, offering the participant with recommendation and steerage,” mentioned Miyazaki.
As for why the creature appears to be like prefer it might find yourself being some type of mascot character for The Duskbloods, Miyazaki mentioned that it was one thing new that FromSoftware was making an attempt as a part of its partnership with Nintendo in making the sport. “I suppose you can say we tried doing one thing a bit Nintendo-esque within the spirit of the partnership,” he mentioned.
“We tried one thing cute for a change. Though I’ll say this character is definitely an aged gentleman.”
For extra context in regards to the function that the unnamed creature will seemingly play in The Duskbloods, historically, FromSoftware’s titles have featured a personality that accompanies the gamers of their adventures, both by actively touring alongside them like in Elden Ring, or caring for the participant’s fundamental house base, like in Darkish Souls 2 or Bloodborne.
This character is commonly the one gamers must work together with as a way to do varied issues like spending Souls, Runes, or Blood Echoes to degree up their stats. The characters additionally usually kind an integral a part of their video games’ tales. The hearth keepers from Darkish Souls, for instance, have been the previous couple of creatures which were maintaining the flames from dying out.
Having a personality like that be part of the house base in The Duskbloods would point out that the title will function some type of meta-progression outdoors of matches. Whereas FromSoftware hasn’t confirmed too many particulars in regards to the recreation but, the truth that will probably be a match-based PvPvE title the place gamers tackle AI-based enemies in addition to different gamers would point out that every match would have them ranging from scratch.
The Duskbloods was initially introduced throughout Nintendo’s Change 2 Direct final week. The sport doesn’t but have a strong launch date. FromSoftware, nonetheless, has confirmed that it’s aiming for a 2026 launch window. The sport will function greater than 12 playable characters, and gamers will get to outline their relationships with different gamers by means of the “roles” they decide.
Every match will function a gaggle of 8 gamers that may find yourself being associates or foes, as in addition they attempt to tackle environmental hazards and AI enemies all through the match. Gamers may also get to select between characters relying on their distinctive skills and most popular enjoying kinds.
The studio has additionally acknowledged that, whereas it has been engaged on extra multiplayer-centric video games just lately, it’s nonetheless dedicated to creating extra single-player video games sooner or later. Within the meantime, additionally take a look at stories that FromSoftware is the proprietor of the IP for The Duskbloods.
