| S.T.A.G.E. said: Assisted is the word. Assisted. Any way you slice it Sony helped and published it. They just didn't believe the game would become as huge as it did. Sony has gained a huge reputation for not just paying companies to make games but helping them make it. Demon Souls was supposed to be a successor to Kings Field, but the head of Sony Japan saw the flaws in those games and wanted to help make he game better. It was a tandem creation even though it came from the spiritual roots of Kings Field. This is why I give Software major credit for the game because at its core it is their game, but without Sony the direction would've been similar to their past games. Dark Souls is an offshoot product of the same concept. Anytime Sony and Software make a game its something special. My only regret was that Sony couldn't help them with Enchanted Arms because that was multiplat from the start. Game would've been so much better. |
Again, all irrelevant. Maybe you are thinking the thread title is "Has Sony Made Demon's Souls a Well Respected Game?" because only then would all this stuff about how involved Sony supposedly was and what changes they supposedly made actually mean something.
The title asks if Sony made From Software a well respected studio. So again, I ask you. In their 60+ game history, do you think From Software was already well respected, or not? Thanks.
Also, regarding the role the "head of Sony Japan" had in the game, you should tell the director Hidetaka Miyazaki about that because he apparently disagrees. According to him there was very little ever changed from the design his team initially presented to Sony and they even expected Sony at some time to drop in and tell them to "casual up" the game a bit and make it more accessible but Sony never told them to change anything. You're giving From Software too little credit and, per usual, Sony too much.
I would agree that Sony made Demon's Souls a better game. They were a great partner and other publishers would have asked for more changes. Of course, that's an entirely different question than the OP is asking.
