The game was announced as a late 2013 release, but not long after the announcement, there was an interview with the development team that indicated that it might be delayed to next year. Until From and Namco have an official release date, New Years Eve is as good a placeholder as any.
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Dark Souls II 12 minute gameplay video up [Update: 10 Minute Q&A Video]
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The game was announced as a late 2013 release, but not long after the announcement, there was an interview with the development team that indicated that it might be delayed to next year. Until From and Namco have an official release date, New Years Eve is as good a placeholder as any.
Augemitbutter
Member
i'm in heaven.
Probably the director was comfortable enough with his English listening skills, but not with his English speaking skills. It's something you see fairly regularly.
Uhhh. Most likely not. This was probably all staged.
Iamwolfthing
Member
Perhaps he understands English but doesn't speak it well so he speaks in Japanese? Or, you know, editing.
fuzzyreactor
Banned
jesus, how many weapons can he hold? seems a bit much
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
BAM. You. Nail. Head. Hit.
The real question is why it isn't weighing him down?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Fears assuaged, this looks like it will dodge the bullet of 3rd sequel curse. 
The only thing I didn't really like from the video was the large, bright blue lock-on icon. It's too big and kind of distracting, it should be more subtle. But that's a minor thing for now.
About estus vs those stones, maybe the game director just meant that those stones of healing behave exactly like the estus (e.g. rechargeable heals instead of consumables)?
It's also very clear that his gear is for demo purposes only. The initial Dark Souls gameplay videos were the same, showed a guy with 50 in every stats and wearing full black knight gear parading through an early version of the Duke's Archives, the full game wasn't really like that, and that's fine, cause it still gives us a good idea of what the game will be like. I'm very certain you won't be able to block strong attacks with a torch in the full game, you certainly couldn't with the skull lantern after all.
That, or maybe the game director understands English but does not feel comfortable speaking it, it's entirely possible. I doubt it's staged, cause the answers felt natural enough, but who cares.
I wish the IGN guy asked about the 3 right-hand weapons. I saw at least two instances where the player had a small sword (or long dagger), then swapped to an axe and then a big sword in the same hand without going into inventory. Was that just for the demo, or can you have 3 weapons now? (Maybe a small weapon like a dagger or mailbreaker, and two bigger "main" ones, or something?)
The only thing I didn't really like from the video was the large, bright blue lock-on icon. It's too big and kind of distracting, it should be more subtle. But that's a minor thing for now.
About estus vs those stones, maybe the game director just meant that those stones of healing behave exactly like the estus (e.g. rechargeable heals instead of consumables)?
It's also very clear that his gear is for demo purposes only. The initial Dark Souls gameplay videos were the same, showed a guy with 50 in every stats and wearing full black knight gear parading through an early version of the Duke's Archives, the full game wasn't really like that, and that's fine, cause it still gives us a good idea of what the game will be like. I'm very certain you won't be able to block strong attacks with a torch in the full game, you certainly couldn't with the skull lantern after all.
That, or maybe the game director understands English but does not feel comfortable speaking it, it's entirely possible. I doubt it's staged, cause the answers felt natural enough, but who cares.
I wish the IGN guy asked about the 3 right-hand weapons. I saw at least two instances where the player had a small sword (or long dagger), then swapped to an axe and then a big sword in the same hand without going into inventory. Was that just for the demo, or can you have 3 weapons now? (Maybe a small weapon like a dagger or mailbreaker, and two bigger "main" ones, or something?)
Deified Data
Banned
That's a form of gating and only one instance of scripted death happens in both Demons' Souls and Dark Souls. What I took away from it was there was more ways to die which meant that the puzzle and exploration could be made more complex.
I find their entire focus on player death in the marketing to be idiotic and only feed into misconceptions. And the death montages are pretty dumb too. The gif people were posting with the chariot running over the guy? Looks more like someone who forgot the dodge-roll button exists, heh. It's just artificial and silly, but fortunately irrelevant to the game itself.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
This looks just as incredible as I imagined.
Hey NB, if you're hiring for this project, someone PM me haha.
Hey NB, if you're hiring for this project, someone PM me haha.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Was it intentional that the combat looks janky?
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
You could be right, it's definitely a possibility. I'm pretty sure that they just edited out the question being relayed to him. They keep the Director's answer in Japanese because otherwise he would look a bit like a third wheel with only the other two chatting.
I don't think the chariot could be avoided by rolling, there was a spike sticking out of the wheel that was more or less the width of the tunnel.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Oh shit, the concept art with the boss on a horse and carriage made it into the game.
Canis lupus
Member
Looks good but that hud need to get smaller.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Kind of samey looking so far (only a couple minutes in). Not that that's a big complaint since it's only the second game. Day one for PC.
This demo clearly had adjusted character stats.
I'm sure any kind of damage done or damage taken was just intended for the demo to flow the way they wanted. I would expect the final game to be similar to DS 1.
Maybe, but then again the player had massive health and stamina.
twisteddeeds
Member
Nah, its a souls game... you can avoid that shit...
You could always just avoid it with the roll's invincibility frames.
Player was OP for the demo. I mentioned that its very easy to notice cuz of the long ass life and magic bars.
There seemed to be enough room to dodge it on the left since it was veering to the player's right, and you've got the roll's i-frames as well.
Either way, the main point is that I'm not at all a fan of the overly reductive death-heavy marketing style. If it appeals to anybody it will only be existing Souls fans who are already going to buy the game, which doesn't seem hugely effective.
paperboywriter
Member
looks like a dark souls game
jacksepticeye
Member
A lot of people on the net have been saying it looks easier, enemies do less damage and he holds too many weapons but the character could have been buffed a tonne to allow for an easier presentation, I mean a normal character would die a lot and have to take his time in battle and they didn't have a lot of time to show it.
I imagine it will be more or less the same as DS1
I imagine it will be more or less the same as DS1
fluffydelusions
Member
I hope we fight three bosses at once this time. Orstein & Smough are old news.
I shamefully never finished DS. I got far (I think) to where there is a dragon is a cave filled with crystals? Not sure how far along that is. But at that point my PS3 died and I just ended up selling everything. Picked it up on PC but haven't returned to it yet.
It's a developer demonstration. You can't ever assume that the difficulty you see is what you'll get. Even in a Souls game, they want to show him advance a little bit without dying every 30 seconds.
I agree, plus that one section where the player got stuck between the two enemies looked really poor - no idea why they showed that.
TimeEffect
Member
I wish they did a Q&A, it would have been useful if they did
Did you chew the discs prior to burning?
Shit, I forgot. Brb, buying them again to do it again!
What happened to the game supposedly looking next-generation on par with Watch Dogs?!?!
Seems like almost everything that came out of Edge about this game was either misleading or outright false.
What happened to the game supposedly looking next-generation on par with Watch Dogs?!?!
FROM just has insider access to the real Watch Dogs.
It was probably edited. Showing the questions being translated into japanese isn't particularly interesting for most viewers; cutting out the developers response and only show the translator would be kindof disrespectful, and dubbing over it would be weird.
Wondering this as well. Xbox controller triggers just feel bad for this game.
20 mins or GAF revokes his godlike status.
Alcoholikaust
Member
Looks perfect. So dreary, dragon bridges...I am in love.
So happy right now.
*who thought it was gonna look next gen again??
So happy right now.
*who thought it was gonna look next gen again??