The director of Elden Ring wants to create a traditional JRPG

Al-Din ring Creative Director W Of software Studio head Hidetaka Miyazaki has revealed that he would like to try developing a traditional JRPG one day. The acclaimed game designer has been largely recognized for his work on Soulslikes in recent years, so seeing him express interest in making a title in a genre unusual for his previous efforts is a bit surprising. Never mind that there might be a creator-run JRPG Al-Din ring This will likely set certain corners of the FromSoftware fanbase alight with excitement.

Although FromSoftware is currently known for being the studio behind massively successful titles like Evil spirits, Sekiro: Shadows die twiceAnd Al-Din ring, the company has a fairly eclectic library of games in its long development portfolio. FromSoft initially made its debut with The Stranger King’s field A series of role-playing games. After that, the company branched out and worked on a wide range of other games, such as 3D platformers The Adventures of Cookie and Cream And the cult classic hack and slash Otogi. Since Hidetaka Miyazaki became studio head in 2014, FromSoftware has largely categorized itself into a few genres. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing for the company, but Miyazaki is nonetheless looking to shake things up.

during Interview with Rolling StoneMiyazaki has stated that he is interested in trying new genres outside of the Soulslike formula created by FromSoftware with its extremely difficult games. Specifically, he mentioned that part of him wanted to create a traditional JRPG. While Miyazaki has yet to make such a game, FromSoftware itself has already developed a JRPG before. After all, in 2006, the company released a Japanese role-playing game, published – oddly enough – by Ubisoft, for the Xbox 360 called Enchanted weapons. Although this particular title was not well received, if Miyazaki makes a game in the same vein, it could end up being something special.

If Miyazaki makes a JRPG, it probably won’t be a sequel to Enchanted Arms

Despite Miyazaki’s interest in developing a JRPG, don’t expect a FromSoftware release Enchanted weapons 2 Anytime soon. In fact, don’t expect the company to return to the worlds of most of FromSoft’s older games at all under Miyazaki’s leadership, as the studio head isn’t interested in creating new entries in franchises he wasn’t involved in creating. Explaining his position, Miyazaki said that he believes that “a lot of these games are very intertwined with directors who almost invented this style of game.” As such, he does not see a scenario where “he himself would do something King’s field. The same can be said about him Otogi And Enchanted weapons“.

FromSoftware’s current approach of sticking to only a few genres has paid off for the company, as evidenced by the recent release of Al-Din ringNew critically acclaimed DLC Erdtree’s shadow expansion. Even so, it will be interesting to see Of software and Miyazaki are branching out by making a traditional JRPG in the vein of a Final fantasy or Tales Game.

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FromSoftware, based in Japan, is a developer best known for the Souls series and the Armored Core franchise. Other popular games from From Software include Elden Ring, Sekiro, Bloodborne, and the King’s Field series.

Date of Establishment

November 1, 1986

Headquarters

Tokyo, Japan

CEO

Hidetaka Miyazaki

main company

Kadokawa

known as

Dark Souls, Armored Core