Demon's Souls Director Discusses Difficulty, Sequels, And More

skv007 - 50 days 8 hours ago

When you do get the first, you'll be begging for a sequel.. like i am.
PLEASE DO A SEQUEL

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Darkfocus - 50 days 8 hours ago

import it even if it cost a bit more you won't regret it at all.

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gaffyh - 50 days 8 hours ago

I want it in EU so I can rent and try it out first to see if I like it.

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MmaFanQc - 50 days 7 hours ago

you will love the first level....

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xTruthx - 50 days 7 hours ago

Omg that would be awesome

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ThanatosDMC - 50 days 7 hours ago

I'm glad Atlus people arent taking credit. It was full BS when they were talking about the game as if they made it. They were just publishing it for NA release and talked as if they could alter the game from the ground up.

@ TheBand1t: oops thanks

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blindfromthesun - 50 days 7 hours ago

Please and thank you. I've put in 30 hours and haven't even scratched the surface. Excellent game. Very high learning curve for newbies. Perhaps why its so fun to master.

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TheBand1t - 50 days 7 hours ago

You mean Atlus...not Atari.

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imdaboss - 50 days 6 hours ago

hopefully in part 2 you can ride mounts i know i want to ride a dragon

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TheBand1t - 50 days 6 hours ago

http://imagechan.com/img/im...

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imdaboss - 50 days 4 hours ago

lmfao @ theband1t

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sikbeta - 50 days 4 hours ago

Imagine a Sequel even harder, No WAY, damn difficult enough with the first, but this make it so addictive

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Daver - 50 days 4 hours ago

Good interview!

This game is just amazing! everything in it is. Its a must buy for everyone. I hope there will be a sequel. I think its my favourite game this year

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MEsoJD - 50 days 3 hours ago

I love this game!!!My favorite for ps3. God I hope for a sequel heck

maybe dlc.

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ABizzel1 - 50 days 2 hours ago

Less sequels more innovations. If From Software decided to do a sequel then we wouldn't have Demon's Souls to begin with. Let them make something else, then Demon's Souls 2 can come out afterward.

Insomniac has a good thing going with a 2 game release, however, I think it would be better for smaller studios to do a game every other year, instead of every year like Insomniac.

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Noctis Aftermath - 49 days 21 hours ago

Sequel do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Update the graphics a little bit, fix the framerate drops, better lighting (except where it is meant to be dark), add in new features like passive mana regen for magicians, and also more of a story and more npc interaction imo.

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Gorgon - 49 days 18 hours ago

"Let them make something else, then Demon's Souls 2 can come out afterward."

They already did. 3D Dot Heroes. Do you even know what FROM SOFTWARE has done or is doing?

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Ravage27 - 49 days 16 hours ago

This is definitely the SURPRISE PACKAGE of this gen. Arrived from nowhere with zero hype and turns out being so awesome it is one of my top 3 games.

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ABizzel1 - 49 days 15 hours ago

@Gorgon

That's only if you live in Japan, so stop being a dictionary (use the first syllable of the word dictionary). And 3D dot Heroes is a throwback to old gaming so what kind of boundaries are they pushing none. The only thing they had to come up with was the art style (which was genius). Give Demon's Souls 2 some time for Christ sakes, so it can be a huge improvement over the original, and stop acting like you sit there and study everything From Software is doing, because you don't.

@ Everyone else

How can you prefer having the game come out every year with minor improvements instead of a full overhaul of the game. I bet most of you are the same people who talk about how stupid gamers are who buy Madden, COD, Guitar Hero every year, and yet your asking for the sequel already (meaning next year) to a game that came out in February in Japan (October WW). What kind of improvement do you think you'll be getting? I'll tell you, things that can be fixed with a patch, yet you'll shell out another $60 and get sucked into that same Madden, COD, and Guitar Hero (now Halo) crowd.

Give them time to come up with better ideas, so the game can evolve. Don't just ask for tweaks. Why pay for a plate when you can have all you can eat for the same price, and you have nothing better to do but eat all you can eat?

Translation: Why rush them to make a half baked sequel when you could be enjoying all the other HUGE games already coming out in 2010, when you could wait and give them until 2011 or 2012 and have a much better game?

And beside everyone's already complaining about how so many games are coming out in 2010 that they won't have any money, what do you think adding another game that you want to the mix is going to do. Just wait for it. Demon's Souls 2 in 2011.

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rockleex - 49 days 10 hours ago

Be one of those rare games that cost over $200 on eBay next generation.

By the way, it seems many have "lost their souls" to Demon's Souls. *became addicted*

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Max Power - 50 days 6 hours ago

the way the co-op is implemented, because it adds to the difficulty. I am sure they had the same conversation in many meetings with those who wanted co-op the way you wanted, but in the end they made the right decision (difficulty wise).

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Noctis Aftermath - 49 days 20 hours ago

i think they should keep it the same, but implement a Co-op version of the game where you can play with friends from start to finish and have the difficulty increase for each additional person.

this way you can play with mates when they are online, but when they aren't online you can go back to playing it the classic way.

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Manac0R - 49 days 17 hours ago

I gotta admit I d love to be able to send things to specific players or even summon them somehow... like a ring of summoning that u can send to a friend who can then call on you when needed.. you only get three in the game..

What do you guys think?

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frostypants - 49 days 14 hours ago

I'd be happy with maintaining all of the current mechanics of the game, and simply giving us a new and significantly larger number of levels (especially now that we've got the hang of the difficulty).

I have very mixed feeling on tinkering with the MP dynamics. The lack of voice and the level of anonymity play a big part in maintaining the sense of immersion. You're supposed to be summoning spirits, not pals. On the other hand I can see where some might place gaming with their friends above maintaining atmosphere, but quite frankly we have PLENTY of other games that cater to that already. Keep Demon's Souls unique. Even if it means disabling XMB chat in DS2 should that feature be introduced to the PS3 firmware (they could set it to only disable your chat with other people currently flagged as playing DS2).

Some stuff that would be nice to have in addition to more levels:
-Clearer stat system...less symbology where simple words would be clearer
-Tone down the ragdolls...give corpses some weight
-Do something about the Havok-generated slowdown when objects are broken...may just be a failure to exploit the Cell properly in this instance
-Better production values, i.e. intro movie and music (Dragon Age is a great example on the production front)
-Cleaner menus (current menu fonts etc. look very PSOne-ish)
-Better character models. People should move their mouths when they speak. The current character creation system is decent, but needs to be tightened up to eliminate the tendency towards fugliness. All in all more detailed facial features.
-More armor/weapons/etc.
-The ability to import characters from the first DS would be awesome...not necessarily the facial aspects (would be tough if they re-did that system), at least the stats

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skv007 - 50 days 8 hours ago

which one? 1-1 or 1-2?
I have a second char lv 32 (that i use to help new players).. i can help you once you can start summoning phantoms :)

On my NG+++++, but i love helping new players on my other character :)

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tda-danny - 50 days 7 hours ago

What level is your main dude?

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skv007 - 50 days 1 hour ago

that dude is 154. I avoid leveling him lol. Every NG+ i complete, i get 10 levels. Keep the rest of the souls for pots n items.

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Gambit07 - 50 days 3 hours ago

Agreed, hope it gets the recognition at the GOTY awards.

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xabmol - 50 days 3 hours ago

You, Scurvy! Give me sparkly! Give me TWINKLY!!

Also... This game took me by surprise. I was so hyped for UC2 and R&C, but I've hardly even played them since I got DS. My personal GOTY. Hope it at least gets nominated.

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Noctis Aftermath - 49 days 20 hours ago

@xabmol: LOL!

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Armyless - 50 days 4 hours ago

this is the best news I've heard all week

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Grandreaper9999 - 50 days 7 hours ago

You know what? that's not the first time I've seen someone say that they are putting Uncharted on the backburner for DS.

And yes, a sequel would be great.

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meatnormous - 50 days 3 hours ago

I played uncharted 1 day for about 2 hours, that's it. Demons Souls has me in a trance and I can't stop playing. I bet I don't play MW2 for a month after release just because I just don't feel like I've had my Demons Souls fix. I almost have the platinum trophy for it.

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buying1999 - 49 days 10 hours ago

This game would also be too difficult for both the lamebox to run it and the xbots to try and play it.

PS3...Get aboard or be left behind!!

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