Watch Dogs 1 and 2 had some modes which are similar to the invasion/summoning mechanic from the Soulsbourne games.
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Here's a summary of CliffyB's GDC 2007 talk about the three influences of Gears of War. One of them, the first notably, was Resident Evil 4.
GDC 07: Cliffy B disassembles Gears, mentions sequel
[UPDATE] Lead designer chronicles a game's evolution from the first-person shooter "Unreal Warfare" to the best-selling third-person Gears of War; Microsoft insists sequel "still not official."
And another article describing RE4's influence on The Last of Us:
And here's Visceral's own account about how RE4 eventually turned another title into Dead Space:
How Resident Evil 4 led to Visceral making Dead Space—instead of System Shock 3
When Capcom reinvented their iconic horror series, it sent Visceral Games back to the drawing board.
While it's clear that RE4 influenced Gears, I don't necessarily think that translates to RE4 influencing all the games that Gears inspired. It's like saying Hydlide is a super influential game just because it inspired Zelda.Here's a summary of CliffyB's GDC 2007 talk about the three influences of Gears of War. One of them, the first notably, was Resident Evil 4.
GDC 07: Cliffy B disassembles Gears, mentions sequel
[UPDATE] Lead designer chronicles a game's evolution from the first-person shooter "Unreal Warfare" to the best-selling third-person Gears of War; Microsoft insists sequel "still not official."
And another article describing RE4's influence on The Last of Us:
And here's Visceral's own account about how RE4 eventually turned another title into Dead Space:
How Resident Evil 4 led to Visceral making Dead Space—instead of System Shock 3
When Capcom reinvented their iconic horror series, it sent Visceral Games back to the drawing board.
I think it's a bit of a stretch to assume that the message system was influenced by Demon's Souls of all titles, seeing as it's less of a message system and more of a feedback system. I'd argue the increased presence of social media and wanting at least some way of offering feedback for these sort of online games would be the reason for this as opposed to the Souls games
Which I'd argue was more of a necessity due to the sort of game SMM is rather than them getting it from Dark Souls. The former shows where a lot of folk died, giving you a good idea as to perhaps how to better design your level next time, as opposed to the later only occasionally showing where someone at some point died or the ghost of someone currently playing
Except Demon Souls is very much inferior when compared to Dark Souls 1. Fact.
