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  I fucking HATE hearing this. My favorite thing about both Demons and Dark Souls is how wtf do I do the be... : firewoodman
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    Both games thrive on giving you the bare essentials you need to survive. I think they succeed this in mos... : drhazard
    • Yeah, I fully agree. I'd hate to see the game become simplistic or easy - the fact that it takes great pl... : fuzzydevil
    • I'm perfectly ok with that. : devi| dog
    • agreed. informative language about systems work w/o compromising the integrity of the gameplay is fine by... : cygnus
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      Some of the stuff they leave out is just poor design, and adds nothing to the mystery or cryptic-ness of ... : bill crystals
      • agreed. I don't want everything spelled out perfectly, but you can be intentionally vague to allow for ex... : derelict515
      • Yeah, and some of it is even side effects of terrible translation from Japanese. The stat tooltips suffer... : OverloadUT
    • Yep, this. I think this is probably what they're referring to, basic game mechanics not being clear. Ba... : Begawkiness
  • It's this very reason I could never get into the two games. I wonder if I'll be able to enjoy DSII. Tho... : pgharavi
  • yeah, i literally had 0 idea what the fuck on dark souls for like an hour or two. I just knew it was "hel... : chilln
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  HIT X TO KILL THE BAD THING : RikiTiki2
  • RETURN TO COMBAT ZONE!! RETURN TO COMBAT ZONE!! : sticktastic
  • QTE to open Fog Gates =D : Anastomosis
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  This isn't a bad thing. At all. We loved Dark Souls, right? Well, Dark cleaned up a lot of Demon's' mess ... : David Craddock
  • Agreed, Dark Souls still has a bunch of game mechanics that are needlessly obtuse and would benefit from ... : Zek
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  I don't know how I feel about this. The biggest appeal to me was just how un-straightforward it was. Ever... : usar naem
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    seems from reading the experiences of previously experienced demon souls players, skills carry over. so i... : boring gegtik
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      demon's souls players want to make sure the masochism is always carried forward to new players, it is a r... : grandmasterlee
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        I think people are worried that some of the difficulty will be lost when things are better contextualized... : bill crystals
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          yeah I know I'm joking around. Spending 1 hour in Demon's Souls looking around for that kid with the fla... : grandmasterlee
          • ^^^a thousand times, this. I had to look it up on YouTube for Christ's sake. : Wikus Van De Merwe
        • agreed, however specifically regarding my dick instead of a video game : boring gegtik
        • I'm hoping it mostly refers to things like the cryptic symbols used for attributes when examining a weapo... : Rehevkor
  • To be fair, the level design + orange soap from players heavily implied that the black knight in Undead B... : Wikus Van De Merwe
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  But what kind of cover system will it have? : phate81
  • A system where you cover yourself in honey and run through a cave filled with giant bees. : Rehevkor
• aaaaaaand that's me completely writing this off : ETPC1
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  Guys you are freaking out about nothing. Dark Souls was a fantastic game but there were definitely aspect... : OverloadUT
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    ALSO, what David Craddock said above is true: Dark Souls was "more straightforward and more understandabl... : OverloadUT
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      I'm cautiously optimistic. I thought Dark Souls was a good balance. It wasn't as impenetrably constructed... : NastyJack
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        I agree that there's a balance to strike. Ultimately I think the dev team is very talented and really und... : OverloadUT
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          i don't think they're going to modify gameplay much. it would be nice if the inventory, stats, and gener... : EvilDolemite
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            That's my hope too. It wouldn't kill the atmosphere if, for example, when you joined a covenant you get a... : NastyJack
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              exactly, or some of the crafting mechanisms. demon's souls was especially terrible for crafting and ench... : EvilDolemite
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                Oh Demon's Souls was insane for not telling you a goddam thing. And I loved it, I'd still be totally fine... : NastyJack
                • my main concern is the world. i want the exploration, areas, and "order" to remain mysterious. i'd like... : EvilDolemite
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  I typically don't do this, but it worked for the PC version: Dark Souls 2 petition for a release on th... : Derringer
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    Lol...why? : firewoodman
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      Why not? Get that shit on as many platforms as you can. The inventory stuff would be well suited for ... : pyide
      • That would be pretty sweet : Begawkiness
    • Why not? ZombiU has shown the systems strengths. Even if the only thing the Wii U version did differently... : NastyJack
    • Because the WiiU kicks ass. : Derringer
    • Why not? One Part of the game mechanics in Souls games is that the world doesn't pause around you while ... : sevogajre
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    Signed. : David Craddock
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      Even if this gets more people to play the Souls series then it will have been worth it. : Derringer
      • I agree! : David Craddock
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  I can see it now... objective markers, non-stop tutorial popups, no loss of souls on death, QTEs, no inva... : herradura99
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    Not that I've played the game, but I don't think it makes someone an idiot if they quite playing a game t... : Peanut Fox
    • But it does make a person an idiot if they quit because they couldn't figure out what they were supposed ... : topato
  • none of this will happen : EvilDolemite
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  The people worried about this know that Dark Souls II won't be the 3rd game in the series, right? It'... : geedeck
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    I'm not sure I'd lump the Souls games in with those. There's obviously some similarities that carried... : pyide
    • But the core conceit is still 100% the same. Harsh world will eat you alive unless you try to understand ... : geedeck
  • Interesting, I did not know about all those titles. : ahlee
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  consoe'd? : ]pm[chem
  • er, my ELLL KEYYYY: console'd? : ]pm[chem
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  I find this kind of lame. Too many games nowadays only let you go where you're supposed to. One of the ... : Malku
  • Well, even Miyazaki wasn't impressed with how many people quit after choosing the thieves key and getting... : Derringer
• this is a sad day..... : rezinbowl
• you all over-reacting, have some faith, the game is going to awesome just you wait and see : tunis5000
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  More stuff for people who fear the word "Accessible": http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by... : Derringer
  • Supposedly, that isn't the same guy. It was a different guy with the same name listed under "Special Tha... : kylael
• Screenshot of Dark Souls 2, you can tell how they made it more understandable: http://chattypics.com/fil... : grandmasterlee
• I look forward to many more "Omg they ruined my dark souls" threads in the coming years. : disembodied potato
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  Get here free unlimited 10$ PSN Codes: youtu.be/W-Y3xHDTTe8 i got free already :> : boredofall
  • sup : Milleh
  • YOU BANNED : Kojak2000
• If they want to have one easy level where it's more of a tutorial explaining the skills and stats so I"m ... : Pettytheft
• Personally I never got in to Dark Souls. I dunno if it's just me aging as a gamer or what, but I just do... : phillyguitar
• I hope this is mistranslated, approachable is the last thing I want for dark souls 2 : apocreg