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[LordBaztion]

Europe 1600-1800

 

[semiconscious]

my desired setting?...

whatever setting miyazaki opts for. he hasn't been wrong yet ...

 

[Servbot24]

Something that hasn't been done before. Don't just choose some random time and place from history and use that as the setting. This ain't AssCreed. I want dark fantasy, with the emphasis on fantasy.

 

[Sephzilla]

Just for giggles, and since Silent Hills is probably dead, have From Software make the next Silent Hill game

 

[Damerman]

I might say a version of ancient mayan times where the gods actually existed.

holy shit... this is really good.

 

[vio]

Something in this direction.

By the way i suck at DS games. Didn`t finish either DS1 or DS2.

 

[Auctopus]

I couldn't ever come up with a setting as fantastic as Miyazaki's, especially following what I saw throughout Bloodborne.

I fully trust him to deliver something incredible whatever he does next.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Space of course.

Lol, this is exactly what I was going to post. Basically space fantasy. Keep the focus on melee. Guns can exist but only in a limited way ala BB.

 

[LogicStep]

A game in space where you are exploring huge space stations. Or maybe you explore different planets. They can do whatever and it would be amazing.

 

[VARIA]

Bring back the hub world and make it a portal to different times & dimensions.

The possibilities are infinite.

 

[Gorillaz]

Sci-fi/empty space or high fantasy

They played around with it a bit in dark 1.

 

[sublimit]

But Demon's/Dark Souls and Bloodborne have two very distinct settings. Medieval fantasy =/= Victorian Gothic...which one do you mean?

Bloodborne series with Victorian Gothic.

Dark Souls series with Dark Medieval Fantasy.

Keep space,cyberpunk or any other settings for a new IP.

 

[DannyDanger]

Sci-fi

or

Some weird 'Tales of' anime world

 

[Soma]

I say this in every single thread like this: A setting akin to the Megastructure in Blame!

Basically dystopian cyberpunk. Tsutomu Nihei's architectural style (and even creature design) would fit like a glove for a Miyazaki game.

 

[Steel]

A space station.

 

[TouchMyBox]

Inside the human body.

 

[elhav]

But if it's space than it's gotta have guns for sure. And not those iffy ones from Bloodborne. I'm talking Lasers and shit.

Seems kinda unfitting, you know? The setting could be cool but I'm not sure it would work with the combat.

 

[f0lken]

Cyberpunk

Make it like the underworld in Battle Angel Alita!

 

[FF Seraphim]

From should just make a Berserk game. You know they want to.

 

[Averon]

Will Miyazaki be doing DS3, or will her be back for BB2?

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Big space station

On top of a moon or planet, so you keep going down until there is only ancient structures from older civilization. The deeper you go the older the race that built it.

 

[Harpuea]

World War I setting.

The trenches, the mud, the no man's land. Dreary mining towns, bombed out cities. Chemical weapons.

 

[Gamesgbkiller]

Post-Apocalypse sounds perfect for a souls game.

 

[sublimit]

The people who are saying "space" do you want Dark Souls to become a shooter? Because swords and shields are definitely out of the question in such a setting.

 

[Gorillaz]

Will Miyazaki be doing DS3, or will her be back for BB2?

That is the question isnt it

I dont think he's coming back for Dark 3

 

[Schweinehund]

More souls settings or Berserk like setting.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

You know what, I don't care. Miyazaki has my trust in anything he does, even if it's high school souls. Now that I think about it, that would be nice.

 

[hydruxo]

I think sci fi would be really cool and could work well with the Souls games.

EDIT: Ooh a wild west souls would be AMAZING.

 

[samuraidino]

World war 1 style world.

I feel the depressing trench based setting would work wonders.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

Junji Ito-inspired feudal Japan.

I want dark fantasy to be a unifying element of the series, however.

Yes this would be awesome. Especially with the Demon's theme.

If people don't like the Souls series doing anything but midevil themes make it a next Blood Borne joint. Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, Ronin Spirits or something. Ninjas, very few or no gunpowder, Samurai with their multi weapon types.

 

[Hatty]

Cyberpunk future

 

[Parakeetman]

The people who are saying "space" do you want Dark Souls to become a shooter? Because swords and shields are definitely out of the question in such a setting.

Not exactly, if they went the route that energy is highly limited. Or another feature such as it uses up the players life as the energy source.

Though doubt they would go that direction since they prefer their dark fantasy setting and they leave the pewpew future stuff with the AC series.

 

[TheWrathOfSean]

World war 1 style world.

I feel the depressing trench based setting would work wonders.

Best idea yet IMO.

 

[veloxStrix]

3840 x 2160
Ultra

 

[Foffy]

All I'd like is for the dark fantasy vibe to continue. If you're going to do sci-fi jazz, you might as well make a totally unrelated brand of game.

 

[GIANKRATOS]

PIRATES.

Damn. This could be even more awesome than viking setting.

 

[Haluko]

The settings are perfect... just give me morrreeeee!

 

[RockTurtle]

ok a more realistic suggestion:

stylized Mayan city scope.

 

[Soma]

The people who are saying "space" do you want Dark Souls to become a shooter? Because swords and shields are definitely out of the question in such a setting.

Doing just fine without them in Bloodborne.

Saying that guns can be the only means of combat is extremely limiting the nature and imagination of a science fiction setting.

 

[Lizard with a ladder]

A spin on ancient Egyptian lore.

Taking on Egyptian deities like Osiris and Anubis. Shifting between a reality controlled by corrupted pharaohs and their legion, to dimensional planes of the underworld.

 

[SargerusBR]

Space of course.

First post nails it again.

 

[Edwardo]

Summoner's Rift.

 

[shinobi602]

World War I setting.

The trenches, the mud, the no man's land. Dreary mining towns, bombed out cities. Chemical weapons.

YESSSSSS.

 

[Sotha_Sil]

I want them to remain fantasy games, but I'd like the series to move away from its European-Medieval setting.

 

[ilium]

But if it's space than it's gotta have guns for sure. And not those iffy ones from Bloodborne. I'm talking Lasers and shit.

Seems kinda unfitting, you know? The setting could be cool but I'm not sure it would work with the combat.

The people who are saying "space" do you want Dark Souls to become a shooter? Because swords and shields are definitely out of the question in such a setting.

Nonsense. They can do Whatever they want with that. It's called artistic freedom.
There are bows in Souls, so...

 

[vocab]

The people who are saying "space" do you want Dark Souls to become a shooter? Because swords and shields are definitely out of the question in such a setting.

Kings field 2 had tron land with mechs and shadow tower abyss had assault rifles. Out of the question...if you say so.

 

[rbenchley]

Something with either Japanese or Norse mythology.

 

[LiK]

Japanese High School

 

[DarkChronic]

Space of course.

Fuck it. I'm more than OK with this idea.

 

[sublimit]

Doing just fine without them in Bloodborne.

Saying that guns can be the only means of combat is extremely limiting the nature and imagination of a science fiction setting.

It's space aka in the future,so guns will be the main choice. I don't want the series to become another shooter.

There are bows in Souls, so...

Not even remotely the same.