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FACTS ABOUT DARK SOULS IITOO EASY? TOO HARD? WORTH QUITTING YOUR JOB JUST TO PLAY? WE ROUND UP EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT DARK SOULS II FOR YOUR READING PLEASUR
1. BYE BYE, HIDETAKA
Hidetaka Miyazaki, director of both Demon?s Souls and Dark Souls and virtual godfather of the series, is not directing Dark Souls II. He?ll be replaced by two new directors, Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura. It?s a decision that many fans have expressed their concern with, but one the company has taken to keep the series feeling fresh. Miyazaki isn?t being thrown out into the cold though. He?ll be carrying out a supervisory role on the project, overlooking and guiding the general direction without getting too involved in the detail. Additionally, Miyazaki is working on a new separate project, details of which are yet to surface.
2. EXPANDING THE SQUAD
According to the new directors, the team working on Dark Souls II is a whole lot bigger than it was previously. And although we can?t say for sure just how much bigger in total, it is understood that the team focused on world creation alone has more than doubled, and that new staff have been recruited in every area. Let?s hope that with new faces come exciting ideas.
3. SIZE ISN?T EVERYTHING
If you were hoping that Dark Souls II would be a bigger beast than its predecessor, you might be disappointed. It?s about the same size, and the directors have said that you should expect it to take roughly the same time to complete. However, packed into that space will be many more waypoints to visit and a richer, more detailed setting, so it will feel more vast and alive than ever.
4. CLOSED FOR BUSINESS
Dark Souls II will not be an open world game, with the map split up into separate areas in the way we?re used to. While it?s a shame it won?t be fully open, it still allows the developers to create very specific types of levels with distinctive tonal choices.No bad thing, we suppose, to adhere to the style players love.
5. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Dark Souls II will be set in the same world as the game that spawned it, but don?t expect to see the murky environments of Lordan again. This game will take place in a large cove near the ocean in a different part of the world, and the name of this location (yet to be revealed) will be integral to the story. Quite how, we can only speculate.
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