So I just finished reading Kotaku's story on Dark Souls 2.
Once again, they aren't giving their readers the complete story.
Dark Souls 2 has a new director. a Director that might have ties to Capcom. CRAP. NO. GET YOUR CAPCOM OUT OF MY FROM. -sigh- Anyway, moving on. The new director has this philosophy when commenting on dark souls 2:
*He wants things to be straight forward, less obscure
*Accessibility is a plus
*Wider audience
*They want Dark Souls 2 to be as popular and successful as Skyrim.
All of those, ALL OF THOSE, are bad things. Bad things they SHOULD NOT DO.
So when I read that Kotaku said THIS..
Despite the fan reaction, the possibility of changes in Dark Souls II could be a useful thought exercise for even the most hardcore fans of the series. Something in Dark Souls II will likely be different from Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. If change has to come, what aspect of the Souls franchise do you think could benefit from a re-think?
I WAS PISSED. Pissed at Kotaku, and their whore of an opinion. Here is what I had to say that, and here is what I have to say to ANYONE that posts in this thread that thinks Dark Souls needs to have these changes:
RANT:
Sigh. Yet another case of Kotaku not giving readers the COMPLETE story.
Let me tell you something, from one Evan to another Evan:
They used the word "accessibility". That is the word that is getting people up in arms. Yeah, the story is tied to that, but it really sounds like they're trying to dumb the game even MORE SO than Dark Souls ALREADY was!
Yeah, Dark Souls was dumbed down post-release. Bosses drop bones and humanities like fireflies, they added even more bonfire warping so you never have to walk. It's like the Nexus without the nexus. There's a bonfire wherever you go. The only threatening place in the entire game is New Londo Ruins BECAUSE of its lack of a bonfire.
Yeah, there were a ton of secrets, such as the darkwraith covenant, dragon covenant, and such. The new director doesn't want these to be "obscure". The game will be more "straight forward".
So they want to go after "Skyrim": What the hell? We play Dark Souls because its Dark Souls, and in my opinion, it's even better than Skyrim. To match Skyrim, you'd have to dumb the game down so its worse than it already is. You'd have to strip the soul out of Dark Souls (lol). I like Dark Souls for its dark, mature plot. Skyrim just...wasn't any of those thinsg for me.
Oh and the new director might have relations to Capcom? Oh great, I always wanted on-disc DLC and DLC up the whazoo in my dark souls. No thank you.
All in all, bad news is surrounding dark souls 2 everywhere. And it's probably all Namco Bandai's fault wanting more cash in their wallets. We have reason to be concerned. And no, Kotaku, NOTHING has to change. Dark Souls was ALREADY dumbed down, even more so post release, it doesn't need any more dumbing down.
Agree? Disagree? Thoughts?