2014’s Lords of the Fallen, developed by Deck13 Interactive and CI games (and published by various publishers in different regions), is one such case.
But what about the middle-ground? What about those games which don’t really belong in either category and instead fall somewhere in between? These “Stuck In The Middle With” features are dedicated to looking at some games which, whatever their final level of quality, could be described as mid-tier releases.įrom Software’s Souls videogames have had an undeniable impact upon the medium since the release of Demon’s Souls in 2009, and this has naturally led to some developers taking inspiration from the dark fantasy action-RPGs for their own titles.
It seems that in recent years an increasing number of new videogames have been falling into one of two categories: high-profile, high-budget, “AAA” blockbusters or smaller-scale, low-budget, “indie” titles.
