𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔯𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢

elliott / 34 / white / he/him / gay trans man. art / store. alarmingly interested in vampires.

[caainhurst]

hey all! i am toying with the idea of leaving this account for a more professional art- and writing-based one. i won't be deleting but i will probably not post often, if at all. if you would like to follow me to my new home, it is @elliottcassel 💖

[caainhurst]

hey all! i am toying with the idea of leaving this account for a more professional art- and writing-based one. i won't be deleting but i will probably not post often, if at all. if you would like to follow me to my new home, it is @elliottcassel 💖

[caainhurst]

hey all! i am toying with the idea of leaving this account for a more professional art- and writing-based one. i won't be deleting but i will probably not post often, if at all. if you would like to follow me to my new home, it is @elliottcassel 💖

[caainhurst]

hey all! i am toying with the idea of leaving this account for a more professional art- and writing-based one. i won't be deleting but i will probably not post often, if at all. if you would like to follow me to my new home, it is @elliottcassel 💖

[caainhurst]

hey all! i am toying with the idea of leaving this account for a more professional art- and writing-based one. i won't be deleting but i will probably not post often, if at all. if you would like to follow me to my new home, it is @elliottcassel 💖

[clara-scintilla]

Absorbed

[valdotjpg]

i would highly recommend reading all 3 parts of this interview w/ hidetaka miyazaki abt the duskbloods to those who wanna hear more abt its gameplay, but i wanted to make a little highlight reel of points that interested me personally

Genre + addressing concerns wrt future games

"[...] At its core, it’s an online multiplayer focused game [...] I’ve always found the PvPvE structure very interesting. It allows for a broad range of game-design ideas, while also letting us leverage our experience of designing challenging enemy encounters.

As a side note, please allow me to address one thing. As previously mentioned, this is an online multiplayer title at its core, but this doesn’t mean that we as a company have decided to shift to a more multiplayer-focused direction with titles going forward. [...] We still intend to actively develop single player focused games such as [Elden Ring] that embrace our more traditional style."

(more under the cut!)

The general gameplay loop

"The game has a so-called “hub” area, where players can choose their character, customize them and enter online multiplayer. Online multiplayer supports up to 8 players. [...]

Online matches are generally last player standing, however there are certain cases where victory conditions differ. For example, players may be tasked with teaming up to take down a powerful boss enemy, or find themselves in other special circumstances."

The game's characters & setting

The game’s protagonists are known as “Bloodsworn” - a group whose members have achieved super-human abilities through the power of special blood. Fromsoft tried to extract the sort of romantic aspects they found interesting from concepts such as vampires while working on the game.

"As human society reaches an end, something known as "First Blood" flows in an event called the “Twilight of Humanity.” The Bloodsworn are summoned to the Twilight of Humanity across a variety of different times and places in a bid to obtain First Blood. Due to this, there is no fixed era or location in which The Duskbloods takes place. There are more traditional Gothic- or Victorian-style maps as well as those depicting the closing years of the early modern period, like the one glimpsed in the trailer with the train running through it."

There are over a dozen characters for the player to choose from, each with their own identity and appearance. Each character can be customized to a certain extent using rewards from online matches, "allowing players the fun of building a character that feels like their own."

"The fragments [of lore and worldbuilding details] this time are found in character customization items: their “blood history and fate.” Customizing a character will reveal a piece of information regarding the world and its unfolding story. [...] Analyzing and altering a character’s blood history and fate allows players to customize all sorts of things, from their abilities, appearance, and inner characteristics to the role they play in the world and relationships with other characters."

Roles & "role-playing"

"Roles give players special responsibilities and objectives that often lead to unique interactions and relationships between players based on their corresponding roles.

For example, if a player possesses the “Destined Rivals” role, another player is designated as their rival, and they are tasked with finding and defeating that player. Doing so counts as achieving a personal goal, separate from the overall victory conditions.

Another example is “Destined Companion,” where one player is required to seek out another designated as their companion, which results in a special reward if they form a bond with one another.

Roles can be assigned to any character via blood customization, allowing players to enjoy role-playing in a literal sense and hopefully adding to the drama of these engagements."

Rat lore :)

"That character shares a similar role with the fire keepers from the Dark Souls series. They remain in the hub area, providing the player with advice and guidance.

I suppose you could say we tried doing something a little [cute] in the spirit of the [Nintendo] partnership. [...] Although I will say this character is actually an elderly gentleman (laughter)."

[thecyndimistuff]

“Lemme tell ya, ‘Star Wars’ always had the vibe of being in the most whitest, elite space. It’s a franchise that’s so white that a Black person existing in [it] was something,” Boyega said in the documentary. “You can always tell it’s something when some ‘Star Wars’ fans try to say, ‘Well, we had Lando Calrissian and had Samuel L. Jackson!’ It’s like telling me how many cookie chips are in the cookie dough. It’s like, they just scattered that in there, bro!”

(Source)

[thecyndimistuff]

other notable quotes from this article

[weadtlys-art]

Moon Presence with my redesign(ish?) Flair

[gascoignes-homewrecker]

Fromsoft please stop with the console exclusives. this is an abusive relationship

they're called "console exclusives" because you buy a whole console exclusively to play a single game

[evilvarric666-archive]

Mage!Hawke/Anders and Mage!Hawke/Merrill make me soooo crazy it's like, ok what if you finally met the thing that your whole life you feared becoming, the thing that your father your culture and your religion told you was the worst possible outcome for someone like you, the reason you and your family had to hide and run your whole life. What if they weren't what you expected. What if you loved them.

[choppywaterswiftboats]

like not to have del toro brainworms on main but what if you met The Monster and it wasn't evil what if it was good & beautiful. what if it was more human than the people that hated it. what if it was Like You.

[dyscomancer]

[whimsigothwitch-deactivated2026]

Whimsical glass bottles

[darkprincecait]

there's a post on here that's like "the worst thing a piece of fiction can be is mean", and while I agree with that, I think it being insincere is just as bad. nothing more obnoxious than a story that's constantly sneering and rolling its eyes at its own genre in a bid to seem clever and above it all.

[darkprincecait]

"isn't it so ridiculous how we're singing in this musical?" "isn't the world building in our monster collector so ridiculous?" "aren't the leads in our fairy tale romance such idiots?" "isn't the setup in this horror film so cliched?" okay now say something true and real.

[uranxietyblanket]

[macbooka1r]

emo sword person who are youuuuuu

[abelthefool]

Where does a mind like yours wonder when it’s sung to sleep?