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Topic: Demon's Souls Coming to America. (Read 202779 times)
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Velorath
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Project Dark has been named Dark Souls and various sites are reporting that the latest issue of Famitsu has released the first bits of information.Supposed details from the magazine that are appearing in the usual sources for early leaks include:
The difficulty has been increased greatly over Demon's Souls.
Dark Souls shares the same themes as Demon's Souls: learning from mistakes and the joy of discovery.
There's no connection with Demon's Souls in terms of story or world.
As with Demon's Souls, the basic gameplay is based off classic RPGs -- things like character creation, obtaining weapons and items, leveling up, etc.
The biggest change, according to Hidetaka, is in the area of exploration. The action battle component is an important element, but on top of this, exploration of a large, seamlessly connected field is an important element. You walk to areas that you can see far off in the distance.
All the maps are connected, rather than having you move to each area from a shrine. This time, you head off on a journey from a large base of operations, and find smaller bases along the way as you progress further and deeper into your adventure.
There are far more areas with complex land formations of varying height.
The goal in character development is to get rid of elements that may hinder freedom of play style. This is why there's no job concept during initial character creation.
Weapons have a great variety of motions and special capabilities, and there are a great number of magic and item types. This will allow players to play in their own style.
Regarding network play, Hidetaka said that he can't share too many details, but the game will have cooperative and competitive multiplayer elements. You'll be able to call upon people to help you out when you're stuck.
The game will also have indirect online elements like the original -- seeing the images of other players, messages from the dead, and so-forth. The game will not have its own servers this time, though, so elements like Soul Tendency from the original will not be here.
There are some other online elements that will be detailed in future updates.
Dark Souls will be released in Japan in 2011. The game's overseas release is being handled by Namco Bandai. |
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JWIV
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The difficulty has been increased greatly over Demon's Souls.
 As much as I loved Demon's Souls, it was about as hard/challenging as I ever want to tackle. |
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Nonentity
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Dunno whether that is a mistranslation or not, but from this Siliconera article, they seem to indicate that it will be AS difficult as Demon's Souls. |
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[20:42:41] You are halted on the way to the netherworld by a dark spirit, demanding knowledge.
[20:42:41] The spirit touches you and you feel drained.
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bhodi
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No lie.
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The "Harder than" is the correct translation.
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stu
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mag image incoming...
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Jackpot!
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Sky
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PC port, la ~
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Velorath
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mag image incoming...
I am pleased with the look of this so far. |
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Phire
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JWIV
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Surprising nobody, it looks absolutely gorgeous. |
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schild
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Already the best game ever made.
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ghost
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It looks great. It will still be tough to beat Demon's Souls though. I loved the dark atmosphere.
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Falconeer
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It looks great. It will still be tough to beat Demon's Souls though. I loved the dark atmosphere.
And you are worried about the dark atmosphere in a game from the same team, about the same thing, but with DARK in the title? |
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Murgos
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And you are worried about the dark atmosphere in a game from the same team, about the same thing, but with DARK in the title?
Yeah, but it's not Grim Dark, now is it? |
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ghost
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It looks great. It will still be tough to beat Demon's Souls though. I loved the dark atmosphere.
And you are worried about the dark atmosphere in a game from the same team, about the same thing, but with DARK in the title? The trailer didn't look that dark, not that they need to make it so to make it enjoyable. I'm usually disappointed by follow ups. ME2 has been one of the few I've enjoyed. |
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JWIV
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And you are worried about the dark atmosphere in a game from the same team, about the same thing, but with DARK in the title?
Yeah, but it's not Grim Dark, now is it? I would have killed for a Heavy Bolter on occasion. And all of 5-3 needs to be cleansed with Holy Promethium. Twice. Plague babies are creepy as hell. |
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Paelos
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PC port, la ~
So I'm guessing this is another one of those we'll never see right? |
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Rasix
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Unless you have a PS3, your experience of the game will be looking over someone's shoulder or watching YouTube videos of speed runs.
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Paelos
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Unless you have a PS3, your experience of the game will be looking over someone's shoulder or watching YouTube videos of speed runs.
Yeah and that makes me sad.  |
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ghost
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Demon's Souls alone is worth buying a PS3 for, and you'd get the bonus of getting to play Dark Souls.
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Paelos
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Demon's Souls alone is worth buying a PS3 for, and you'd get the bonus of getting to play Dark Souls.
I'm not buying another console. I like to play too much stuff and have a TV on at the same time, and I don't want to buy two TVs in the same room. Plus I hate controllers. HATE. |
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AcidCat
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The new world setup sounds like a great improvement over the old hub system, which I never much cared for.
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Nonentity
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Well, Dark Souls is coming out for 360, so there's that. Unless I'm crazy and there wasn't a 360 logo in that trailer.
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But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?
[20:42:41] You are halted on the way to the netherworld by a dark spirit, demanding knowledge.
[20:42:41] The spirit touches you and you feel drained.
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ghost
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Demon's Souls alone is worth buying a PS3 for, and you'd get the bonus of getting to play Dark Souls.
I'm not buying another console. I like to play too much stuff and have a TV on at the same time, and I don't want to buy two TVs in the same room. Plus I hate controllers. HATE. Hey, I'm with you man. I have a hard time playing on the PS3 sometimes because of the things you mention. It's a nice media server/blue ray player too. |
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Ingmar
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Well, Dark Souls is coming out for 360, so there's that. Unless I'm crazy and there wasn't a 360 logo in that trailer.
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Velorath
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Demon's Souls alone is worth buying a PS3 for, and you'd get the bonus of getting to play Dark Souls.
I'm not buying another console. I like to play too much stuff and have a TV on at the same time, and I don't want to buy two TVs in the same room. Plus I hate controllers. HATE. Then you wouldn't like this game anyway, because even if this were released on the PC you'd probably want to play this with a controller. |
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Fabricated
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Well, Dark Souls is coming out for 360, so there's that. Unless I'm crazy and there wasn't a 360 logo in that trailer.
I dunno, there's no marines (space faring variety or not), no cover-based shooting, and no voice support (if it's like Demon's Souls) so 10 year-olds can call you a faggot while you're playing. It'll sell 30 copies. |
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ghost
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There is ganking, of a sort, though. So that might boost sales a bit more than 30. How about 300?
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Trippy
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Demon's Souls alone is worth buying a PS3 for, and you'd get the bonus of getting to play Dark Souls.
I'm not buying another console. I like to play too much stuff and have a TV on at the same time, and I don't want to buy two TVs in the same room. Plus I hate controllers. HATE. If your monitor has digital inputs (DVI/HDMI) you don't need another TV. My PS3 is hooked up to the monitor that the PC I'm typing this on is using. |
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schild
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Some interesting comments on Dark Souls on NeoGAF. Some folks in a few threads have claimed it runs on the Phyre engine which means they had already been working on it for the PS3, specifically. If that's true, I'd highly recommend not getting this on the 360 if you have a choice.
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Velorath
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I'm sure it's going to have a stronger online community on the PS3 anyway.
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ffc
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Hope there's less framerate drops during effects like exploding barrels, spells, etc.
I'm very happy to hear the mention of even more exploration. I loved the ability to view future areas of a level from certain vantage points like Miralda's area from the top of 1-1, or seeing something like a hanging body or glowing orb across a chasm and getting to it by exploring the level, not just by planting a bomb next to a cracked wall.
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K9
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Looks like I will by dying, a lot.
Awesome
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