New Concept Art + Interview (EDGE article)

http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/Dark+Souls+concept+art.jpg/392537560/Dark%20Souls%20concept%20art.jpg

And some explanations behind them - http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/Dark+Souls+concept+art+-+explanation.jpg/392537546/Dark%20Souls%20concept%20art%20-%20explanation.jpg

and the rest of the interview:
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/Edge01.jpg/392543824/Edge01.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE03.jpg/392543826/EDGE03.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE04.jpg/392543834/EDGE04.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE05.jpg/392543842/EDGE05.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE06.jpg/392543844/EDGE06.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE07.jpg/392543854/EDGE07.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE08.jpg/392543858/EDGE08.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE09.jpg/392543860/EDGE09.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE10.jpg/392543864/EDGE10.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE11.jpg/392543856/EDGE11.jpg

nice find! I thought this wasnt out till the 20th?

Jesus, we're gonna be fighting freakin' Necromorphs now? This game might actually scare me O_o.

Nice find +1!

Once again my main fear arises; the use of the term 'main hero' to describe the character from the trailer....I have a feeling they want to implement a main predetermined character....which would be AWFUL..... also, vehicles seems like a strange choice..... hmmmm. The enemy design seems sorta cool I guess...

I took very quick glimpse on enemies and I think


Enemy N6, Has probably grab attacks and sucks out your life-force, Just like Wraiths (Maybe new wraiths?)
Enemy N4, Looks alot like Hades from GOW.

IMHO Dark Souls II has really dark concept

Too much interesting info on one page uuuummmmmgghhhh!!!

EDIT: that chariot dude looks like Kirk!

Is that top right picture a decaying Painting Guardian?!

so if we are evil we will meet an executioner? that actually sounds really great
lets hope that dude puts up a challenge and gives a reward

Working morality system in a souls game? BRING IT ON!

I was totally wrong about enemy by number 6, When I read the info i was disgusted, a spider that controlls undead by attaching himself and penetrating his spine and taking control over his movement? DAYUMN


The Rider,that punishes player for evil deeds,Velka? And I wonder how he would appear, it would be cool If you casually go through level, and rift of time opens up and The Rider just rides out and chops your head off.


What's so special about enemy that has his rib's shown?

the artwork is certainly quite dark, it is def easy to try a little too hard the with evil/badass/gore/darkness and make it silly....I think in some ways(esp demons souls) the subtle nature of many elements, including enemy design, was a big win.... its a tricky path to walk...

omg leading up to dark souls 1 i watched and read EVERYTHING I could find about it, including streaming *** players when it was first released in japan...I think i may disappear soon and keep it a surprise this time round.... lol not sure if i can...!

Only thing that bugs me is the "this is THE main hero"...nah, they couldn't be so stupid as to remove our freedom in character creation...could they?

well you dont really see his face or anything, just the armor
i dont think they will remove that
but how will the vehicles work in a souls game? man pvp is gonna be fast now lol

Juutas wrote:Only thing that bugs me is the "this is THE main hero"...nah, they couldn't be so stupid as to remove our freedom in character creation...could they?

I don't think they'd do something that stupid. This just makes me hope he's more of an Oscar figure now.

sciicers wrote:well you dont really see his face or anything, just the armor
i dont think they will remove that
but how will the vehicles work in a souls game? man pvp is gonna be fast now lol

I think vehicle's will be used only by enemies, and they won't be any in PvP or will they? ????

i hope so, or just for travel purposes
somebody definitely has to post the full article when it's out, soo much interesting stuff

And here's the rest of the interview - some of the images i've resized/rotated from the original source, though one page is still half unreadable.

http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/Edge01.jpg/392543824/Edge01.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE03.jpg/392543826/EDGE03.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE04.jpg/392543834/EDGE04.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE05.jpg/392543842/EDGE05.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE06.jpg/392543844/EDGE06.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE07.jpg/392543854/EDGE07.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE08.jpg/392543858/EDGE08.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE09.jpg/392543860/EDGE09.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE10.jpg/392543864/EDGE10.jpg
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/EDGE11.jpg/392543856/EDGE11.jpg

Paging Dr. Tolvo!

Check out the last picture caption on page 8. They are going to increase accessibility by making a review screen that collects hints for easy access.

They are also talking about "guiding" the player in several instances. My initial knee jerk reaction was optimism, but now I understand your sentiments. Didn't they play DKS? There were so many hints to guide the player (npcs told you everything you needed to know), not to mention OSS!

Just read through them all, and things aren't really sounding that bad. It's also nice to know they are probably more than 1/4 of the way done.

so no 2013 release? that is good and bad news
at least they don't seem to rush things

It's confirmed that it's a sequel PAGE 7

"I'm not gonna change the controls" HALLELUJAH!