Dark Souls 2 to be less linear, says director
Dark Souls 2 director Yui Tanimura says he wants it to put a bigger focus on exploration, which means you can do tasks out of order and even "start halfway through the game."
Dark Souls 2 is making a few changes under the new leadership, like reduced tedium and a clearer story. That's not all the team has in store, though, as game director Yui Tanimura says it will also allow more freedom of movement than the previous game. You can even wander into later points in the game, if you can manage to survive.
"Freedom of exploration is something we want to prioritize for Dark Souls 2, even more so than Dark Souls 1," Tanimura told Digital Spy. "In Dark Souls 1, you were able to travel to several areas, but hopefully for Dark Souls 2, there you have more freedom to explore throughout the game.
"We realize in Dark Souls 1 there were some certain orders, like ringing the bells or going to Anor Londo, which is not necessarily a bad thing. In Dark Souls 2, we're hoping we can provide more freedom so things don't have to necessarily be done in a certain order. We're hoping that if the player tries hard enough, or are willing enough, they could even start halfway through the game, depending on how willing or how brave they are."
He said this is possible because progression depends on the player, and the path to the end will be "unique for all players." If you decide you want to skip some of the smaller monsters, you can. It's your funeral.
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Dark Souls 2 director Yui Tanimura says he wants it to put a bigger focus on exploration, which means you can do tasks out of order and even "start halfway through the game."-
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if you didn't take master key it wasn't all that open.
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Dark Souls was pretty open, but there were "gates" you had to pass to continue the progression.
You /had/ to ring both bells. You could do either first, but you had to do both.
You then HAD to go through Sen's and Anor Londo
Then you could do the final four areas in any order.
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If they can find a way to do it without level scaling, that'd be great.
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Not this year, unfortunately. Counting on you to be the Shack representative! Exams are killing me, but hit me up on Steam if you need practice!
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SL1 runs are a thing.
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Yeah! And it wasn't all that hard tbh. Mainly because of pyromancy not being dependent on stats. You can make a fully upgraded pyromancer at SL1 and that extra firepower (heh) really helps mitigate the weaknesses your character will have in other areas like vitality and endurance.
Of course when I say it wasn't that hard that's relative :) But Dark Souls is such a well designed game that a player with skill and an upgraded weapon can beat it handily whether or not they have any other stats upgraded.
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Level scaling in Dark Souls. Lol.
No, I imagine when he means you can do things out of order, it's similar to the start of dark souls where you CAN go into the catacombs, but you better be prepared to get owned.
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This excites me. I love the idea of Dark Souls. Still, to me it felt like a game of endless mob grinding in order to have any chance at some of the bosses. Finding a game difficult/challenging without time consuming is a really difficult but enviable hope for me.
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Grinding is entirely optional in Dark Souls. Gear is far more valuable than levels, and great gear can be found by exploring.
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a game of endless mob grinding in order to have any chance at some of the bosses? Really not the case, most bosses have a bonfire and shortcut. Leveling is really not that beneficial and grinding mobs as well. Though some rare drops require farming (im looking at you Baldur side sword..)
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