How a fromsoft crossover fighting game should Go Gwyn is making a speech. Gwyns's messengers send him a letter form Queen Yharnam. Gwyn is shocked as it is a declaration of war. Anor Londo immediately explodes and assaulted by an army of armored cores led by a mod controlled RLF. The RLF battles Gwyn and his kin. Players can use any of Gwyn's kin RLF is defeated but Gwynvere anticipates another conflict arising. Switch to moongrum who is riding a paper airplane through the eastern lands of dark souls, before being attacked by a mod controlled Ludwig. Moongrum battles Ludwig Ludwig who Increases his size and power levels exponentially. Ludwig is killed and a mod controlled Loretta informs moongrum that the haligtree has launched an attack on the newly created crumbling ruins of yharnam, which can be observed. Moongrum heads there. Creighton awakes with anayama the peddler and the maiden in black in the smithing depths of Nokron, a newly created area.. Creighton is taken over by mods attacks the maiden in black. Maiden in black Vs Creighton. Creighton spawns a tree sentinel which charges after anayama Anayama Vs tree sentinel. Anayama wins and questions how he got here Meanswhile Gwyn gets infected by the frenzied flame which corrupts the first flame as well. Gwyn turns on his firstborn Nameless king Vs frenzied Gwyn. In the second phase Gwyn summons Radahn and fuses with him . Flann is joined by a mod controlled Leda, who attacks the also mod controlled Gwyn/Radahn on basis of being the traitor that turned the haligtree against. Can switch between Flann or leda. Moongrum heads to the crumbling ruins of yharnam only to discover A mod induced Shura having killed malenia and the haligtree forces on the area. Shura is induced with sleep using mods and charges at moongrum who is assisted by Solaire who claims that time is now more convoluted than ever. Rokumonsen joins the fray and attacks both Solaire, moongrum and Sekiro. 3 way battle between (Solaire and moongrum), sleep Sekiro and Rokumonsen. Rokumonsen dies and Sekiro teleports away. Moongrum is told by Solaire to seek the old elden dark souls arts ring blood, before being killed instantly by the dung eater. Meanwhile Divine Heir Takeru and tomoe come face to face with a nod controlled rykard and his inquistors in ashina castle. Branding Takeru traitor to the golden order, ghiza attacks tomoe. Tomoe Vs ghiza and the volcano manor forces. Tomoe dies and Takeru is sent by isshin out of the region. Yuria of londor encounters Yuria the witch and both are told by the now mod controlled and deranged Rennala to kill each other. Rennala's body is taken over by deathroot, mutating it into a grotesque version of ranni. 621 decides to assist both Yurias under handler Walters suggestions. 621, and 2 Yurias Vs deathroot Rennala Rennala is killed and Walter questions what just happened before being kicked by patches. Patches laughs it off and dissapears. Melina is suddenly gets scarlet rot after eating an octopus, killing her. This shocks aseo who is immediately attacked by a mod controlled Gehrman, artorias and gravelord nito They are dissapeared but aseo receives warnings from a mysterious voice that that more is coming. A younger Radahn is discussing the complexities of gravity magic with Gaius who is killed by vicar Amelia and the storm king , shocking Radahn and messmer. The storm king is assisted by a mod controlled Vendrick, who demands the head of Odeon. More absurd stuff happens until the lore is heavily disfigured. At some point Melina, ranni, shanalotte, maiden in black, Emma, the doll, Anastasia of astora meet Vagram, ostrava, Oscar, Sekiro, vyke, 621, faraam phantom, Henriett, aseo also meet at some point. The final boss is moon consort King Gideon, promised lord of frenzied cinders, who using mods has attached parts of multiple bosses onto himself and is fought collectively at the hunters crucible of Enir Lothric. Vagram, ostrava, Oscar, Sekiro, vyke, faraam phantom, Henriett, aseo, 621 battle Gideon who reaches his second phase where he used mods to transform into a massive armored core like creature, only to be kicked to death by patches who reveals that Gideon used mods to fuse the elden ring, some old blood, some Kojima particles, some souls arts, the dark soul with each other to unlock that form This confuses everyone so and Michel zaki from AC6 shows up with an army of weak clones of various bosses to battle patvhes in a 16 phase boss fight spanning 10 different mod created poison swamps filled with giant trees, angry at the lore changes made by patches and the now dead Gideon. Patches defeated Michael, laughs it off and undoes everything that happened.
Love this. Though you Overlooked the lineage of Overwatch when calling it original. Doom -> Quake -> Team Fortress -> Half-Life -> Team Fortress Classic -> Half-Life 2 -> Team Fortress 2 -> Overwatch -> Overwatch 2. So yeah there is iteration all over. Even with all of OW2's missteps I actually think it's in the best spot it's ever been right now. Civilization is also one of the best examples of iterative design. As is Baldur's Gate 3 which includes the iteration of the IRL game resulting in the 5e ruleset. Another fantastic example is Digital Devil Story -> Megami Tensei -> Shin Megami Tensei -> SMT If... -> Revelations Persona -> Persona 2-5 -> Metaphor ReFantazio. Tears of the Kingdom, Doom Eternal, Metal Gear -> Death Stranding, Monster Hunter Wilds... like all the good games that aren't experimental indies are the results of deep lineages. Some are expensive to make sure, but others... surprising didn't break the bank... and yet still made buckets.
We love when fromsoft comes out with new iterations
How a fromsoft crossover fighting game should Go
Gwyn is making a speech.
Gwyns's messengers send him a letter form Queen Yharnam. Gwyn is shocked as it is a declaration of war.
Anor Londo immediately explodes and assaulted by an army of armored cores led by a mod controlled RLF.
The RLF battles Gwyn and his kin.
Players can use any of Gwyn's kin
RLF is defeated but Gwynvere anticipates another conflict arising.
Switch to moongrum who is riding a paper airplane through the eastern lands of dark souls, before being attacked by a mod controlled Ludwig.
Moongrum battles Ludwig
Ludwig who Increases his size and power levels exponentially.
Ludwig is killed and a mod controlled Loretta informs moongrum that the haligtree has launched an attack on the newly created crumbling ruins of yharnam, which can be observed.
Moongrum heads there.
Creighton awakes with anayama the peddler and the maiden in black in the smithing depths of Nokron, a newly created area..
Creighton is taken over by mods attacks the maiden in black.
Maiden in black Vs Creighton.
Creighton spawns a tree sentinel which charges after anayama
Anayama Vs tree sentinel.
Anayama wins and questions how he got here
Meanswhile Gwyn gets infected by the frenzied flame which corrupts the first flame as well.
Gwyn turns on his firstborn
Nameless king Vs frenzied Gwyn.
In the second phase Gwyn summons Radahn and fuses with him .
Flann is joined by a mod controlled Leda, who attacks the also mod controlled Gwyn/Radahn on basis of being the traitor that turned the haligtree against.
Can switch between Flann or leda.
Moongrum heads to the crumbling ruins of yharnam only to discover
A mod induced Shura having killed malenia and the haligtree forces on the area.
Shura is induced with sleep using mods and charges at moongrum who is assisted by Solaire who claims that time is now more convoluted than ever.
Rokumonsen joins the fray and attacks both Solaire, moongrum and Sekiro.
3 way battle between (Solaire and moongrum), sleep Sekiro and Rokumonsen.
Rokumonsen dies and Sekiro teleports away.
Moongrum is told by Solaire to seek the old elden dark souls arts ring blood, before being killed instantly by the dung eater.
Meanwhile Divine Heir Takeru and tomoe come face to face with a nod controlled rykard and his inquistors in ashina castle.
Branding Takeru traitor to the golden order, ghiza attacks tomoe.
Tomoe Vs ghiza and the volcano manor forces.
Tomoe dies and Takeru is sent by isshin out of the region.
Yuria of londor encounters Yuria the witch and both are told by the now mod controlled and deranged Rennala to kill each other.
Rennala's body is taken over by deathroot, mutating it into a grotesque version of ranni.
621 decides to assist both Yurias under handler Walters suggestions.
621, and 2 Yurias Vs deathroot Rennala
Rennala is killed and Walter questions what just happened before being kicked by patches.
Patches laughs it off and dissapears.
Melina is suddenly gets scarlet rot after eating an octopus, killing her. This shocks aseo who is immediately attacked by a mod controlled Gehrman, artorias and gravelord nito
They are dissapeared but aseo receives warnings from a mysterious voice that that more is coming.
A younger Radahn is discussing the complexities of gravity magic with Gaius who is killed by vicar Amelia and the storm king , shocking Radahn and messmer.
The storm king is assisted by a mod controlled Vendrick, who demands the head of Odeon.
More absurd stuff happens until the lore is heavily disfigured.
At some point Melina, ranni, shanalotte, maiden in black, Emma, the doll, Anastasia of astora meet
Vagram, ostrava, Oscar, Sekiro, vyke, 621, faraam phantom, Henriett, aseo also meet at some point.
The final boss is moon consort King Gideon, promised lord of frenzied cinders, who using mods has attached parts of multiple bosses onto himself and is fought collectively at the hunters crucible of Enir Lothric.
Vagram, ostrava, Oscar, Sekiro, vyke, faraam phantom, Henriett, aseo, 621 battle Gideon who reaches his second phase where he used mods to transform into a massive armored core like creature, only to be kicked to death by patches who reveals that Gideon used mods to fuse the elden ring, some old blood, some Kojima particles, some souls arts, the dark soul with each other to unlock that form
This confuses everyone so and Michel zaki from AC6 shows up with an army of weak clones of various bosses to battle patvhes in a 16 phase boss fight spanning 10 different mod created poison swamps filled with giant trees, angry at the lore changes made by patches and the now dead Gideon. Patches defeated Michael, laughs it off and undoes everything that happened.
Love this. Though you Overlooked the lineage of Overwatch when calling it original. Doom -> Quake -> Team Fortress -> Half-Life -> Team Fortress Classic -> Half-Life 2 -> Team Fortress 2 -> Overwatch -> Overwatch 2. So yeah there is iteration all over. Even with all of OW2's missteps I actually think it's in the best spot it's ever been right now. Civilization is also one of the best examples of iterative design. As is Baldur's Gate 3 which includes the iteration of the IRL game resulting in the 5e ruleset. Another fantastic example is Digital Devil Story -> Megami Tensei -> Shin Megami Tensei -> SMT If... -> Revelations Persona -> Persona 2-5 -> Metaphor ReFantazio. Tears of the Kingdom, Doom Eternal, Metal Gear -> Death Stranding, Monster Hunter Wilds... like all the good games that aren't experimental indies are the results of deep lineages. Some are expensive to make sure, but others... surprising didn't break the bank... and yet still made buckets.