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

It's hard to keep track, especially since all of those interviews are so much alike.

article from dusty cartridge: http://dustycartridge.com/features/e3-2013-dark-souls-ii-preview/

I realize there are alot of these being posted, but found something important in this one that was news after reading many others.

The important info is in the second paragraph regarding equipment burden and movement. It seems the the devs have yet to decide if they will use it, so it begs the question as to how far along they are, and how much of what we are so far seeing is going to be final

We need to sift through all of these articles and corroborate facts, then add what we know is confirmed to the wiki.

I added several of the newer revelation to the about page on the wiki.  Not sure how many of them are represented on more specific pages.

http://darksouls2wiki.wikispaces.com/About+Dark+Souls+2

Not sure if anyone else noticed this, because I haven't found it anywhere else...

~Spells now cost not only casts, but also some Stamina.

That means we will no longer be able to spam magic when we run out of Stamina to remain on the offensive while our Stamina replenishes.

Nice touch FROM.

I haven't had time to read through any of these impressions, but will shift through them later.

http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/13/4425468/dark-souls-2-interview-yui-tanimura-e3-2013
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/previews/e3-2013-dark-souls-ii/
http://www.denkiphile.com/2013/06/13/e3-2013-dark-souls-2-preview/
http://beefjack.com/news/dark-souls-ii-directors-advice-to-players-try-not-to-give-up/

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/r7o4ct/dark-souls-ii-e3-2013--difficulty---enemy-ai-interview
Gametrailers interview about difficulty and enemy AI.
They explain the Mirror Knight fight and confirms that he will be able to summon other players with his shield to fight on his side.

There are some issue with the technical side of this fight though.

1. There are reports of Mirror Knight summoning up to three guys from his shield. Will this also be available when the summons he makes are players?
3 players + boss on the False King's level seem friggin' impossible.

2. Will the summoned player have any sort of changes to their stats, or suffer some penalties?
Old Monk raised your HP by a lot and gave you automatic yellow Soulmass spell. I hope this boss does something similar, but rather opposite, like being completely unable to heal, or use criticals etc.

3. Mirror Knight summoned another fighter in five seconds. This is extremely fast for online summoning, even with servers.
The summoning will probably have to implement some sort of mechanic to achieve this speed. Since Mirror Knight is supposed to be tied to the story, it's a possible Covenant boss, that will summon it's Covenant members via some item. It would be a shame to see the boss getting stuck in the summoning animation because of some lagger, or connection failure and people using this to cheese the fight.

This is for purposes of aggregation to make it easier for me to copypasta onto wiki

http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/13/4425468/dark-souls-2-interview-yui-tanimura-e3-2013
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/previews/e3-2013-dark-souls-ii/
http://www.denkiphile.com/2013/06/13/e3-2013-dark-souls-2-preview/
http://beefjack.com/news/dark-souls-ii-directors-advice-to-players-try-not-to-give-up/
http://dustycartridge.com/features/e3-2013-dark-souls-ii-preview/
http://www.neoseeker.com/news/23138-dark-souls-2-e3-2013-handson-prepare-to-die-all-over-again-and-again-and-again/
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/11/dark-souls-ii-hands-on-the-fight-with-the-mirror-knight/
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/11/dark-souls-ii-hands-on-the-fight-with-the-mirror-knight/
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/199cml/dark-souls-ii-first-take
http://www.vg247.com/2013/06/11/dark-souls-2-a-great-communal-gaming-experience/
http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/e2-2013-dark-souls-2/
http://www.gamrreview.com/preview/90160/dark-souls-ii-hands-on-prepare-to-die-again

Mirror Knight should be False King level of boss with AoE lightning spells, shield that reflects spells and ability to summon NPCs, or other players to it's side.
If it gets below 20% of it's HP, it will become even more aggresive and relentless.

The animation for summoning must be swift, so you can't use it against the boss, however his shield should be destroyable, thus ending further summoning and possibly even his ability to reflect spells, thus making the fight a LOT easier.

There is a good possibility that destroying his shield will also kill all summoned NPCs / players. Unles players will be somehow hindered when summoned by Mirror Knight, having a 4v1 stand off is extremely unlikely to get through, unles you could get rid of all the summons by destroying the shield. Just a theory anyway.

It shouldn't really be impossible, assuming that you can summon 2 phantoms to help you, it'd turn into a 4 v 3. Where the boss is the one that everyone should be going after since if he dies, all four die. Even if it's difficult, it certainly sounds like a fun fight.

I have a feeling that 5 seconds isn't set in stone. It may have appeared that way just to show off.
Thats just my opinion though.

If the summoning will be longer, the boss will be very easy to cheese by exploiting this prolonged time of inactivity.

Ah balls how do I get out of that quote box?

Anyway, they actually said it was to avoid **** the boss while it was vulnerable

GenericUsername wrote:Ah balls how do I get out of that quote box?

Anyway, they actually said it was to avoid **** the boss while it was vulnerable

I figured out its the editor mode; click the icon on the bottom row, far right (looks like a dog-eared copy page). switches the editor so there isnt a box, just the [/quote] separators.

http://kotaku.com/dark-souls-ii-is-dark-souls-thank-god-513806441
http://www.ginx.tv/preview/dark-souls-ii-preview
http://www.destructoid.com/dark-souls-ii-directors-differ-on-how-to-tell-story-256356.phtml
http://www.popcults.com/hands-on-with-dark-souls-ii-e3/
http://www.justpushstart.com/2013/06/e3-2013-dark-souls-ii-new-game-engine-makes-it-visually-eye-pleasing/
http://entertainium.org/pc/e3-2013-dark-souls-2-hands-on-preview/

http://canadianonlinegamers.com/preview/dark-souls-ii-post-e3-hands-on-preview/
http://www.pixelitis.net/previews/pc-previews/e3-13-dark-souls-ii-preview
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-06-18-dark-souls-2-preview

http://thekoalition.com/2013/06/dark-souls-ii-is-a-challenge-worth-overcoming-e3-2013-hands-on/
http://nerdreactor.com/2013/06/20/e3-2013-dark-souls-2-better-than-dark-souls/
http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2013/06/20/e3-2013-prepare-to-die-once-again-in-dark-souls-ii/

http://www.examiner.com/article/e3-2013-hands-on-with-dark-souls-ii-part-1-improvements

I didn't read everything (too lazy) but just to let you know guys, it has been confirmed that the boss with the mirror shield in the "Go Beyond Death" trailer has the ability to summon PLAYERS to that will aid him.

Thread updated with a IGN gameplay-interview video they did, IT SHOWS THE GAMEPLAY OF DIFFERENT CLASSES, DON'T MISS IT




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjMxB7w2qWE

This vid is here like three, or four times Chiz and it's also on wiki.
Where were you hiding this whole time?

Sentiel wrote:This vid is here like three, or four times Chiz and it's also on wiki.
Where were you hiding this whole time?

I just come here from time to time and I add stuff that isn't in my thread.

Is that pic in your signature from DkS II?

You wish Souls had magic system this good mate.
No, it's from Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.