DARK SOULS II Announced - [PC/PS3/360 - PR in OP]
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That'd be PS3 exclusive, so will never happen.
Ether_Snake
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I haven't finished Dark Souls, it's too difficult and I end up playing it following a guide all the way. I know I should go back to it... but I know I'll die so much, lol. And yet, I'll probably buy DS2. I might buy it on PC this time. I'm pretty unhappy with consoles now.
Not even that, PhyreEngine is free to use.
EDIT: Never mind, I don't really know how its licensing works.
Probably not as Sony has the IP for Demon's Souls, which is why Dark Souls was coined.
Oh, that's right, I forgot that was open source.
So how, if any way, does Sony profit from Dark Souls beyond the associated licensing fees on their platforms?
Yes Microsoft and Sony get a cut of every game sold on their system because of their licensing fees.
Its why Microsoft does not support PC gaming anymore. It would make them more money in the shot term, but they make significantly more money by increasing their console user base. Higher user base, the more money they make.
One of the reasons they can sell consoles at a loss.
And whenever something is tough, "This game is like Dark Souls!"
Hopefully they just leave out shit like Tomb of the Giants alltogether this time
Tomb of the Giants didn't really bother me. It just needed better interconnectivity and more enemy variety. (also, those dog skeletons were annoying)
Lost Izalith was by far the worst zone in the game. (or Blightown on consoles obviously because of the horrible framerate)
It is next gen compatible right?
IceDoesntHelp
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Well its no Lost Kingdoms III
Schweinehund
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Reminds me of a behelit from berserk.
Hope sales aren't hurt because this is coming out during the tail end of this gen. Still so pumped, I want more detailssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
Yeah, just need more info to make this wait bearable.
Yeah, there were at least 3 instances I can remember in which I was surprised (and impressed by) how things fit together.
It's amazing how quickly you can progress in a new game (even with an entirely new character) compared to your first playthrough.
SatelliteOfLove
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Would you say that Dark Souls II is..."Dark Souls-like"?
Shit, we have to figure all that out on our own, cuz no one records their knowledge and advice anywhere on the net!
Jake Tower
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For anyone who hasn't seen it, there's a Dark Souls 3D map viewer. It uses the collision data to show the entire world map and how it's all really connected.
Video with download link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyTB5vhKGSI
Uh, other than the opening cinematic everything was in-engine and not pre-rendered.
edit: Oh wow the pre-rendered video files are stored as .wmv heh
Oh man that will be AWESOME! i hope the game is at least as good as the original (tall order i know).Kinda hope the 720 drops winter 2013 and launches with Dark Souls 2.
Kyleripman
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How can they be wmvs? At least on PS3, the cutscenes always reflect what armor you are wearing.
That's awesome, thanks for the link.
Sorry I meant the opening cinematic, the credits and the title screen were .wmvs, not stuff like boss intros.
Still haven't played the Dark Souls DLC, gotta get on that. In it's best moments it's truly a magnicficent game.
Kinda ran into a wall on my 2nd playthrough however, got really bored with some of the areas and some bosses were just annoying with the increased difficulty.
Need less Blighttown/ToG/Lost Izalith/Catacombs in DSII, more Sen's Fortress/Undead Burg/Darkroot Garden.
Also sidequests that are possible to complete without the constant use of a guide.
Also covenants that are possible to discover/complete without the constant use of a guide.
Also a crafting system that doesn't require reading a guide.
Yeah, a little bit of "streamlining" won't hurt Dark Souls. The fanbase for this series is among the craziest I've seen, hailing even the bad stuff as 'part of what makes it great'.
Can't judge much from a cg trailer and some cryptic comments from the directors, DSII might as well be more difficult and cumbersome to decode than DS.
Kinda ran into a wall on my 2nd playthrough however, got really bored with some of the areas and some bosses were just annoying with the increased difficulty.
Need less Blighttown/ToG/Lost Izalith/Catacombs in DSII, more Sen's Fortress/Undead Burg/Darkroot Garden.
Also sidequests that are possible to complete without the constant use of a guide.
Also covenants that are possible to discover/complete without the constant use of a guide.
Also a crafting system that doesn't require reading a guide.
Yeah, a little bit of "streamlining" won't hurt Dark Souls. The fanbase for this series is among the craziest I've seen, hailing even the bad stuff as 'part of what makes it great'.
Can't judge much from a cg trailer and some cryptic comments from the directors, DSII might as well be more difficult and cumbersome to decode than DS.
Kyleripman
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Oh okay, that makes sense.
I think PhyreEngine has no licensing fee actually, any licensed developer for sony systems can use it, or so I remember reading somewhere.
wastedyears
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Compared to Dark Souls, Dark Souls II will need a metric shit ton off accessibility added to it in order to bring it down to the hand holding simplicity of Skyrim. Besides, with the way that Namco marketed Dark Souls, they scared off many, many people by greatly over exaggerating its difficulty. So now they are getting the word out to those who love Skyrim that Dark 2 won't be too difficult, in an effort to expand the audience.
And if Dark Souls 2 is even half as good as Dark Souls, it will still be better than most other games. I don't know how so many people who claim to love Dark Souls are willing to give up on its sequel so soon.
And if Dark Souls 2 is even half as good as Dark Souls, it will still be better than most other games. I don't know how so many people who claim to love Dark Souls are willing to give up on its sequel so soon.
That is absolutely true
cpp_is_king
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Who's ready to give up on it? All we've seen is 1 cg trailer that looked great, what possible reason is there to give up on it when we've seen nothing other than a great trailer
Indeed, the PR doesnt seem at all like they are trying to propagate an easier game.
Its basically the whole make it accessible to Skyrim players or CoD players that ruins everything. Why is Souls so loved? Its a breath of fresh air in this age of casual gaming. This franchise gets gimped in an effort to be like Skyrim and what does gaming have left? Nothing.
Dark Souls is its own thing and should never be compared to Skyrim. I hope the game has one and only difficulty, which is unrelenting but fair, presents a real thrill when exploring the environment like past Souls games have. As the long as the game has that, the game will be downright amazing.
The moment they 'become Skyrim' and introduce quest markets, quick travel, autosaves, easy-medium-hard, gaming will die for me.
cpp_is_king
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Why is everybody LITERALLY making stuff up about From wanting to make the game more easy / accessible to the less hardcore crowd?
Reading the thread it does seem like some are ready to give up on the game simply due to the choice of a few words in the PR.
I agree that this is way premature, but it's happening.
H_Prestige
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The director used the words "accessible" and "straightforward".
Aeana said:
That's still a bad thing. Dark Souls was far better off by not explaining everything and letting the community discover on its own.
SatelliteOfLove
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Which is one of the big goals of the series: mystery and people coming together to solve it that older games had by default due to lack of Gamefaqs, heavily instructualized "tutorials" in-game, etc. It is a very dangerous thing for this series to alude to.
Straightforward and accessible =! easy.
Also, believe it or not, there are people who REALLY like videogames but aren't part of "the community".
Lol quit it with the hyperbole. As if having a difficulty setting affects your enjoyment of the game at all. Just set it to hard and call it a day.
Most players here on GAF and other places ended up being glued to the wiki, so either way they're not doing much discovering on their own. Regardless, we have no idea what they're going to do. I think people should probably chill out.
Robot Pants
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That really was the beauty of the game. Not only in discovering the game mechanics, but even the story on your own is what made it so good. Discovery is a huge part of souls games.
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