DARK SOULS 2 - All info so far Thread - Interviews, Trailers, etc. - Release Date: March 2014

Wait whaat? Is this true? Was it just a false roumer? =/

hageshisa wrote:Wait whaat? Is this true? Was it just a false roumer? =/

Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura are both From Software directors who have never worked on any Capcom title or Monster Hunter game. There is another Tomohiro Shibuya on Mobygames who is a graphic artist at D.A.G., a studio Capcom contracts for graphical work on some of their games. He is not the same person. Both Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura worked extensively on the Another Century's Episode games at From Software. Shibuya is the director of ACE, ACE2, and ACE:R, and one of the producers on ACE3. Tanimura is the lead game designer for ACE and ACE2, and the director of ACE3. He did not work on ACE:R.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=504253

So, I haven't been around much of late and I surely don't want to sift through 27 pages of text for a simple answer so please humor me. Has there been any new information since the first trailer was released? Thanks.

The Once-Ler wrote:So, I haven't been around much of late and I surely don't want to sift through 27 pages of text for a simple answer so please humor me. Has there been any new information since the first trailer was released? Thanks.

Ummm...you are aware that all the new information shared in this thread is added to the original post?

No I was not. All I saw was 27 pages lol. Thanks, that helped.

The Once-Ler wrote:No I was not. All I saw was 27 pages lol. Thanks, that helped.

Lol haha that's exactly why I created an "all-info so far" thread that updates with new info all the time. I hate to "search" for useful info but I prefer do it myself and save others the work

Updated again, with some missing info from the EDGE interview, the Official Xbox Magazine "reposted" the interview and a fellow forum user posted some highlights, among those highlights I found info I missed from the EDGE interview (mainly because the scans from where I got the info had some unreadable parts). Thanks again to Back Lot Basher.


UPDATE 12 January 2013: The Official Xbox Magazine posted some pages with info about Dark Souls II. The info was taken from the same interview posted before made by EDGE. Still, some of the info in the interview was missing, so thanks to this "repost" of the interview I can clarify a few details:

• Bonfires, Blacksmiths, and armor upgrade systems return.
  
• World will be of the same size as the original Dark Souls (but as stated in
  previous info, it will be far more detailed and "rich").
  
• It seems the punishment against sinful characters will be taken out from Covenants (Darkmoons) and instead will be delivered completely by AI (this is talking about the Executioners mentioned before, the one in the Chariot, they are key enemies in the game and will punish characters that do bad or evil things).
  

ChizFreak wrote:Updated again, with some missing info from the EDGE interview, the Official Xbox Magazine "reposted" the interview and a fellow forum user posted some highlights, among those highlights I found info I missed from the EDGE interview (mainly because the scans from where I got the info had some unreadable parts). Thanks again to Back Lot Basher.


UPDATE 12 January 2013: The Official Xbox Magazine posted some pages with info about Dark Souls II. The info was taken from the same interview posted before made by EDGE. Still, some of the info in the interview was missing, so thanks to this "repost" of the interview I can clarify a few details:

• Bonfires, Blacksmiths, and armor upgrade systems return.
  
• World will be of the same size as the original Dark Souls (but as stated in
  previous info, it will be far more detailed and "rich").
  
• It seems the punishment against sinful characters will be taken out from Covenants (Darkmoons) and instead will be delivered completely by AI (this is talking about the Executioners mentioned before, the one in the Chariot, they are key enemies in the game and will punish characters that do bad or evil things).
  

Awesome!

I cant wait to be punished :affraid:
I really like the idea of being chased down by executioners on an undead driven chariot.
I had a strong feelings bonfires would return based on the fact that its the dame world at the same time (not sure if it is the same time, but I thought I read that somewhere.)

Of course, it's always zombies with axes that do the punishing. Always zombies! Why can't it ever be succubi!?

ChizFreak wrote:Updated again, with some missing info from the EDGE interview, the Official Xbox Magazine "reposted" the interview and a fellow forum user posted some highlights, among those highlights I found info I missed from the EDGE interview (mainly because the scans from where I got the info had some unreadable parts). Thanks again to Back Lot Basher.


UPDATE 12 January 2013: The Official Xbox Magazine posted some pages with info about Dark Souls II. The info was taken from the same interview posted before made by EDGE. Still, some of the info in the interview was missing, so thanks to this "repost" of the interview I can clarify a few details:

• Bonfires, Blacksmiths, and armor upgrade systems return.
  
• World will be of the same size as the original Dark Souls (but as stated in
  previous info, it will be far more detailed and "rich").
  
• It seems the punishment against sinful characters will be taken out from Covenants (Darkmoons) and instead will be delivered completely by AI (this is talking about the Executioners mentioned before, the one in the Chariot, they are key enemies in the game and will punish characters that do bad or evil things).
  

All I can say is...interesting.

Shkar wrote:Of course, it's always zombies with axes that do the punishing. Always zombies! Why can't it ever be succubi!?

Because succubi prefer to do their mischief indirectly. Who says its a zombie? I think it's more like a grim reaper type character.

Just imagine wandering through some unknown area completely silent. In the distance you hear a faint galloping. Then it starts getting louder and louder and louder then you hear the rattling of the chariot, maybe the horses cry. Then out of nowhere he comes barreling towards you with bloodlust in his eyes. One thing and one thing only he is seeking. Your death. This is what I imagine anyways. It actually gives me a reason to want I be evil. I love the idea.

Anyways wouldn't it be interesting if the bonfires suddenly came back IF they went with the dark lord ending. If that is what they do, Maybe those undead type creatures with the glowing orb inside is humanity "bursting" into flames. Could also be use to explain why the bonfires came back. Remember this is only if they go with the dark lord ending for DS2.

Shkar wrote:Of course, it's always zombies with axes that do the punishing. Always zombies! Why can't it ever be succubi!?

I concur, why always zombies. They have to be the most over used enemy type, EVER!

It seems the punishment against sinful characters will be taken out from Covenants (Darkmoons) and instead will be delivered completely by AI (this is talking about the Executioners mentioned before, the one in the Chariot, they are key enemies in the game and will punish characters that do bad or evil things).


..............................lame

Oh_the_Humanity wrote:

Shkar wrote:Of course, it's always zombies with axes that do the punishing. Always zombies! Why can't it ever be succubi!?

I concur, why always zombies. They have to be the most over used enemy type, EVER!

If you think about it everyone's undead. We are all zombies here. All it says is he's undead.... Just like us. I don't get this zombie talk really.

RedderAI wrote:

Oh_the_Humanity wrote:

Shkar wrote:Of course, it's always zombies with axes that do the punishing. Always zombies! Why can't it ever be succubi!?

I concur, why always zombies. They have to be the most over used enemy type, EVER!

If you think about it everyone's undead. We are all zombies here. All it says is he's undead.... Just like us. I don't get this zombie talk really.

I think it was more of a generalization than a literal description.
But if you were looking at them a certain way, they definitely have zombie like characteristics. But yes, technically they are not zombies.

I don't think anybody got my joke. And I'm not sure I could explain it without breaking several forum rules and/or federal regulations.

I agree with forum! Its lame that the new "DMs" gonna be AI, totally takes out the fun from killing overleveld SoVs

hageshisa wrote:I agree with forum! Its lame that the new "DMs" gonna be AI, totally takes out the fun from killing overleveld SoVs

I'm honestly a bit more worried that the NPC's will become too trivial to kill. Granted, the DMB covenant never had a chance at actually STOPPING sins, but they were still an actual threat. NPC's, however, become simple to kill with enough practice if they aren't on a, say, Gwyn level of power.

Shkar wrote:Of course, it's always zombies with axes that do the punishing. Always zombies! Why can't it ever be succubi!?

Being punished by a succubi woulden`s really be punishment would it

Bonfires returning is no big suprice...

dragonbeast6 wrote:

Shkar wrote:Of course, it's always zombies with axes that do the punishing. Always zombies! Why can't it ever be succubi!?

Being punished by a succubi woulden`s really be punishment would it

Bonfires returning is no big suprice...

Well, it's "punishment" of a sort...

Punisher NPCs are probably gonna be leveled up by the severity of sin. I'm just glad dark moons are gone, hated those over leveled wog-spamming lightsaber derps.

Juutas wrote:Punisher NPCs are probably gonna be leveled up by the severity of sin. I'm just glad dark moons are gone, hated those over leveled wog-spamming lightsaber derps.

And, while this might be a minority opinion, I share it wholeheartedly.

Is the **** that bad? Masochists will love the next Dark Souls even more.

Juutas wrote:Punisher NPCs are probably gonna be leveled up by the severity of sin. I'm just glad dark moons are gone, hated those over leveled wog-spamming lightsaber derps.

guess what? Wraiths do that too. Don't blame the system, blame the pricks who exploit it (and there are always pricks)

Forum Pirate wrote:

Juutas wrote:Punisher NPCs are probably gonna be leveled up by the severity of sin. I'm just glad dark moons are gone, hated those over leveled wog-spamming lightsaber derps.

guess what? Wraiths do that too. Don't blame the system, blame the pricks who exploit it (and there are always pricks)

Dont hate the Player . Hate the Game