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- Edge says they were shown a 10 minute playthrough of Dark Souls 2, and it is a huge step forward graphically. It looks on par with Watch Dogs and Star Wars 1313 in terms of "next-gen"-ness, or so they claim.- Miyazaki is not working on the development of Dark Souls 2. He is not a director or producer, and is merely a "supervisor". - Even as a supervisor, he isn't making any development decisions. He only tried to reinforce the team's commitment to releasing things on time, because of the bad experience they had with the patches in Dark Souls, and he also recommended the return to server-based gameplay ala Demon's Souls.- The new directors, Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura, are indeed the From Software staff who previously directed the Another Century's Episode series. The decision to have the two directors replace Miyazaki was a company decision made by both From Software and Namco Bandai Games to help move the series forward in a fresh direction. - Miyazaki is working full time on directing a new game. He will not disclose if it is a new IP or a sequel to something else.- Darks Souls 2 will be a direct sequel, and have an open world of about the same size, but more dense with content.- It does not take place on Lordran. The name of the world is the key of the story, they will reveal it at a later date. - One thing Shibuya wants to enhance is the action in the game. He feels that he can contribute because of his experience working on action games in the past. - Shibuya says he wants to make things like the Covenant system clearer and more accessible, and he wants to make the story and messaging less subtle.- He promises there will still be "hidden" elements in the story and world which can be missed. - Development started in September last year, and was done in parallel with some of the Dark Souls patches and DLC content.- The game is 25% complete, and the team is substantially larger than Dark Souls. The world creation internal staff for the sequel is nearly double that of the first game. - The game might not make it for 2013.- They showed a fat grotesque creature, which Shibuya said was the result of the fusing of different creatures by a mad scientist character in the game, like Frankenstein. - Another new enemy is a Nazgul-like black rider, who apparently serves as an executioner of evil doers. Shibuya confirms there is some sort of morality system in the game. Edit: - They are also exploring vehicles for the game, and the potential of players controlling them. By vehicles, think things like chariots and boats instead of cars.
DARK SOULS II Black Armour Pre-Order Edition, available as supplies last is a preorder upgrade including the metal metal case that contains both the game disc and the official game soundtrack.
The DARK SOULS II Collector’s Edition will feature:- a premium quality Warrior Knight figurine measuring in at 12 inches / 30 cm in height and weighing in at nearly 16 ounces / 450 grams. - an exclusive hardbound art-book filled with never-before-seen images.- a full-colour fabric map of the DARK SOULS II game world that can only be had within the Collector’s Edition.- a metal game case from the DARK SOULS II Black Armour Edition which will contain both the game disc and the official game soundtrack composed by famed Japanese composer Motoi Sakuraba.
-Possible to be invaded while hollow. -Humanity scrapped, replaced with a single item like Stone of Ephemeral Eyes. -Repeated deaths while hollow decrease max HP up to 50%. -White phantoms now have a limited duration, may have to leave sooner if they do too much work for the host player. -More visible blood stains and messages thanks to being server-based instead of P2P, messages no longer require an item to write. -Way of Blue covenant summons a player phantom to help defend if you get invaded. -3 item slots per hand, 10 consumable item slots. UI is much denser and more detailed, less scrolling necessary. -Agility stat that increases movement and dodge speed. Existing stats being retooled, such as Dexterity making bleeding/poison more effective.
I have preordered the "Black Armor" edition. $119's a bit much for the CE. I'm sure the figure makes up the bulk of the extra cost, and it's what I'm interested the least in having. The (presumably?) steelbook and the soundtrack are the best parts anyway. Wanted the cloth map, but not that much.
