Miyazaki and Ueda meet - fate comes full circle

[Roronaa_chan]

Shamelessly stolen from SonyGAF with an overly dramatic title

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For anyone who doesn't know the story, Ico was one of the games that inspired Miyazaki to leave his cushy job at Oracle and start as a programmer at From Software

 

Putting aside my opinion of the Souls series, did anyone also notice the influence in Demon's Souls? I did, particularly the first area (after the prologue/tutorial). Aside from the look of the environments and atmosphere, small puzzles were also reminiscent of the PS2 game. Not so much in the following Souls games, except maybe for a smaller area here and there.

Another common thing, despite not being exclusive to them, was how they told you nothing and you just learned by doing, gradually.

 

Original thread http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1066398

Original article about Miyazaki's origins http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/31/bloodborne-dark-souls-creator-hidetaka-miyazaki-interview