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GOAT game that was not part of a series / greater IP?
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Bloodborne is a spiritual successor to the Souls series though, idk if I'd count it. For the same reason, I don't think Demon's Souls would count either.
I'd probably pick The Witness
I'd probably pick The Witness
Bloodborne shouldn't count; it's basically part of the Souls series and all it's missing is the name.
The World Ends With You. One of the best RPGs of all time, with no continuation or even expanded media. Only ports and minimal remakes.
Ghost Trick. One of the best adventure/puzzle games of all time, with only a mobile port.
The World Ends With You. One of the best RPGs of all time, with no continuation or even expanded media. Only ports and minimal remakes.
Ghost Trick. One of the best adventure/puzzle games of all time, with only a mobile port.
Bloodborne
Celeste
The Witness
Those are the top 3 that spring to mind. I would say Hollow Knight if not for Silksong coming out.
Celeste
The Witness
Those are the top 3 that spring to mind. I would say Hollow Knight if not for Silksong coming out.
It's literally a completely different franchise. Might as well say that Mario Kart and Diddy Kong Racing are the same series.
Bad comparison. Mario Kart and Diddy Kong were not franchises made the same developer with one being an iterative sequel of the other.
Xenogears if you don't count XenoSaga being a reinvisioning of the story albeit still very different.
I always mention this classic when this topic comes up: Kenseiden. It's one of the best games of the 8-bit era but most people missed it and it never had any sequels.
It would be like saying tlou is the same series as uncharted then.
Bloodborne is literally not a sequel though. And every studio iterates on what they learned from past series. The Last of Us wouldn't exist if they didn't have experience on Uncharted.
Edit: Lol, beaten
Eternal Darkness, Freedom Fighters, and Alpha Protocol immediately come to mind
Bully
Burning Rangers
Black
Bully
Burning Rangers
Black
There are a billion indie games that would fit this, so I'll go with Skies of Arcadia. Game is beloved and released to very high levels of acclaim, but unfortunately released on two unsuccessful consoles and I don't think it's really been seen since the Gamecube port.
Probably Ghost Trick or Little Samson.
There are a couple titles that I want to pick but are kinda cheating (Elite Beat Agents is sorta like Bloodborne in that it's basically an Ouendan game even if it's not tied to the franchise, and EX Troopers is the opposite where it's a Lost Planet spin-off but basically has nothing to do with those games).
There are a couple titles that I want to pick but are kinda cheating (Elite Beat Agents is sorta like Bloodborne in that it's basically an Ouendan game even if it's not tied to the franchise, and EX Troopers is the opposite where it's a Lost Planet spin-off but basically has nothing to do with those games).
for purposes of this thread, how are we counting character appearances in other games?
for example, vyse and aika showing up in Valkyria Chronicles
I don't think it makes sense to count them. They're cameos. I definitely wouldn't consider Skies of Arcadia to be part of the Valkyria Chronicles series.
No God Hand 2 hurts. A new one in the RE engine would be spectacular.
The non-Dark Souls games that FromSoft made: Sekiro, Bloodborne and debatably Demon's Souls. Sunset Overdrive, The Last Guardian and Shadow of the Colossus are all among my absolute personal favs too.
Minecraft has Minecraft Dungeons now either way.
I say Bloodborne counts...or it would but it shouldn't qualify because it's too new. Otherwise we could say Sunset Overdrive. Please Insomniac!
How about...
I liked it.
If in like 5 years there's still no planned Bloodborne 2, then Bloodborne for sure!
How about...
I liked it.
If in like 5 years there's still no planned Bloodborne 2, then Bloodborne for sure!
Prey (unrelated to OG Prey)
Ueda's games(SotC, Ico, TLG)
Shadow of Destiny
Eternal Darkness
Wouldn't think Bloodborne counts. There's Patches, the Moonlight blade, and some other loose connective tissue to Souls. Was going to mention Vagrant Story but technically it shares a universe with multiple Final Fantasy games.
Last year had some phenomenal new IPs that just haven't had a chance to receive sequels, so it might be unfair to mention those (Outer Wilds, Control, Sekiro) since they likely will see new entries at some point.
Ueda's games(SotC, Ico, TLG)
Shadow of Destiny
Eternal Darkness
Wouldn't think Bloodborne counts. There's Patches, the Moonlight blade, and some other loose connective tissue to Souls. Was going to mention Vagrant Story but technically it shares a universe with multiple Final Fantasy games.
Last year had some phenomenal new IPs that just haven't had a chance to receive sequels, so it might be unfair to mention those (Outer Wilds, Control, Sekiro) since they likely will see new entries at some point.
Singularity was a fun shooter that sadly sank Raven as a developer for about 10 years (if the COD4 Remaster counts as them releasing a game!)
Terranigma never got a sequel or a rerelease since the SNES sadly.
There are also a lot of indie games like Super Meat Boy, Braid, Superhot (unless VR is a sequel?) that seemed to be one and done.
Terranigma never got a sequel or a rerelease since the SNES sadly.
There are also a lot of indie games like Super Meat Boy, Braid, Superhot (unless VR is a sequel?) that seemed to be one and done.
Super Meat boy was already kind of a sequel to Meat Boy on Newgrounds lol, and there's a new game in development.
Bloodborne.
It's not a Souls game in name, nor setting (Souls is dark fantasy) and it has important mechanical changes as well.
It's not a Souls game in name, nor setting (Souls is dark fantasy) and it has important mechanical changes as well.