oh no.... This is what I waqs afraid of...
Yeah, I've been championing a new King's Field with any opportunity I can get. I'd love to see From Software go up against Bethesda, King's Field VS. Elder Scrolls style. As much as I love the Souls games, I already feel like I've had enough. I feel like it's time for them to go back to their roots before they lose sight of what made their games so special to begin with. Although, this will probably never happen if they continue to make money off of these games. But seriously, we're in dire need of a TRUE first person dungeon crawler and with their new found popularity/resources/experience they could do King's Field proper like no one else.
Something is wrong with this PR director, sounds desperateWe're going to go balls-deep and guns-blazing with it, and hope to God that it works
There were no negative news about it. The developers said they want to keep the game the way it is and want new players to experience it the same way. Sticking to the core mechanincs and improving on them, rather than implementing something new. And from the previews this game is a Souls game.
No. Simple answer.Something is wrong with this PR director, sounds desperate
I haven't been following Dark souls 2, what's with the dumbing down comments? The game is punishing/hard from what I've seen but, that's is one of it's strongest element. Are they going to change the difficulty level?
Didn't they say there was going to be more of a focus on story? I also could have sworn they they also said they were going to make it more accessible/bring in new players - something along those lines. Alos, Miyazaki not being on board.... Vehicles/ridable animals. And now a large advertising budget.... All those things sound negative to me, and they are all red flags for the game being dumbed down. I'm not saying it will be, but the signs suggest it may is all.
If Dark Souls 2 has an easy difficulty setting I may give it a shot.
If it does then it's the end of the line for me.
If it does then it's the end of the line for me.
This should be the game that takes the franchise to the mass market. And From Software will achieve this by not selling out and dumbing the game down. So many other developers could learn a thing or two from these guys.
Skyrim left so much to be desired, and these guys could really outclass it with their take on a modern first person dungeon crawler.
I wouldn't mind a new King's Field.
I think there is some over reaction going on. This statement was released by the Marketing Department at Namco. Of course marketing is going to try to appeal to everyone, it is their job. This is probably a case of them having an expanded budget as compared to Dark Souls so they are going to intensify the marketing.
This has nothing to do with the developers, and judging from the gameplay videos, I am pretty confident Dark Souls 2 will not play how NeoGaf seems to think all AAA titles play.
If Dark Souls 2 has an easy difficulty setting I may give it a shot.
Yea, definitely overreacting. It would be funny though if a bunch of people new to Dark Souls jumped in day one. Can imagine all the forum posts already.
You were afraid that the marketing for the game would target a wider audience instead of the audience that was already going to buy the game anyway...
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I love how "balls deep" is slowly becoming an acceptable term to use in polite conversation.
PokéKong;57876278 said:Did they just remove the balls-deep comment?? lol
"Balls-deep" is OK to use in press releases now? lol
I always imagine that people who complain about Dark Souls' difficulty have never played a retro game.
'Refillable flasks?! BONFIRE CHECKPOINTS?!?! Demon's Souls is ruined. '
Well for what it's worth I did enjoy Demon's more but maybe that's because it felt so fresh at that time.And magic is like ammo, FROM clearly going for that CoD market. RIP SOULS
Well sure, a matter of "half full" and "half empty" really.There are reasonable ways of doing that, though. Approachability and depth are not a zero sum game.
That is true, I didn't realize that it was one of their biggest franchises before Nirolak's post.Given they're not EA and other series are floundering some they'd probably keep going but slash marketing down to just above Dark Souls's next time.