Igarashi: "Jeg tror ikke enkeltspiller-spill er i fare"

Koji Igarashi jobber i vei på Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, en spirituell oppfølger til hit-serien Castlevania som lover en intens og actionfylt opplevelse når det kommer ut (etter hvert).

Spillet er også uomtvistelig et enkeltspiller-spill, og Igarashi har et par kommentarer til diskusjonen rundt hvorvidt storbudsjetts-spill tiltenkt bare én spiller har en sjans i dagens flerspillersentriske spillmiljø (en myte som hittil i år har blitt kraftig motbevist gjennom suksessen til God of War og Spider-Man) - noe han delte under et intervju med GI.biz.

"I think things won't change, because there is a difference between people who play single-player games and people who play multiplayer games, as much as there are differences between people who are introverts and extroverts," fortalte han nettsiden. "There isn't anything we need to do [to ensure single-player games can sustain themselves]. There will always be people who enjoy playing single-player games more than multiplayer games."

Igarashi diskuterte også den kontinuerlige populariteten til flerspiller-spill, men han synes ikke det burde stå i veien for en god enkeltspiller-opplevelse, og trakk frem indieutviklere som en flott kilde til kreative solo-spill.

"It's very difficult that multiplayer games are so profitable, but single-player games are where a lot of indie games come in. With single-player, you can create the game you want to create. We leave multiplayer games up to the larger publishers looking into the market, but it's very adventurous to create a single-player game with larger publishers. We started out as a Kickstarter project, and before we started the project, a lot of larger publishers said there wasn't much of a market for sidescroller games [like Bloodstained]. But we proved them wrong by having a successful campaign."

"With the rise of multiplayer games, I don't think single-player is in danger," he added. "A game doesn't have to be profitable, it just has to break even."

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night kommer til PC, PS4, Switch, og Xbox One, forhåpentligvis til neste år.