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Demon's Souls and Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki is upset about leaving the series, he tells Edge. Dark Souls 2 has been passed to a new pair of directors, Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura, a move that was "a company decision" according to Namco Bandai producer Takeshi Miyazoe, and was essentially done to inject the series with some fresh blood (large stains of it, no doubt).

Despite his feelings for the Souls series, Miyazaki admits, "Sometimes I'd like to work on a warmer game - not necessarily casual, but warmer in terms of the atmosphere and the environment." Given how pervasively gloomy the series is, we can understand how being mired in it every day might be draining. Furthermore, while Miyazaki is "sad about not being involved" with Dark Souls 2, he says, "Maybe this is the time to have new inspiration, so I'm fine about that."

For his part, he says that he is eager to play Dark Souls 2 "with a little bit of distance." The development team, fans and the press all understand "what the core of Dark Souls is," he says, and that core "will never change." Finally, while he'd rather not see "Dark Souls 8," he adds that the important thing is serving the series' fans. "We want to stay true to what they expect."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>dark-souls-2From-SoftwareHidetaka-Miyazakimicrosoftnamco-bandaipcplaystationps3xboxTue, 29 Jan 2013 22:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Namco: Dark Souls developer's 'easy mode' comments were mistranslated]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/07/namco-dark-souls-developers-easy-mode-comments-were-mistrans/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/07/namco-dark-souls-developers-easy-mode-comments-were-mistrans/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/07/namco-dark-souls-developers-easy-mode-comments-were-mistrans/#comments After comments from Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki spread across the web like a Great Chaos Fireball, Namco appears to be doing some damage control. In an interview with Metro, Miyazaki's comments - as they were originally translated - hinted at the possibility of creating an easier difficulty mode for the notoriously tough Dark Souls, or at least doing a better job of helping players understand "the messages behind our difficult games."

Namco contacted Metro saying that Miyazaki's quotes were mistranslated, and in fact he made no mention of decreasing the difficulty at all. According to Namco, what he actually said was, "I am thinking about how to make everyone complete the game while maintaining the current difficulty and carefully send all gamers the messages behind it." This, says Namco, was the "true intention" behind Miyazaki's statement.

For its part, Metro admits (as it did in the original interview article) that the translation "wasn't very good." Still, the outlet states that "the sentence in question always seemed pretty unambiguous."

JoystiqNamco: Dark Souls developer's 'easy mode' comments were mistranslated originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>dark-soulsfrom-softwareHidetaka-Miyazakimicrosoftpcplaystationproject-darkps3xboxFri, 07 Sep 2012 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Dark Souls creator ponders easier mode, idea of satisfying gameplay]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/04/dark-souls-creator-ponders-easier-mode-idea-of-satisfying-gamep/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/04/dark-souls-creator-ponders-easier-mode-idea-of-satisfying-gamep/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/04/dark-souls-creator-ponders-easier-mode-idea-of-satisfying-gamep/#comments Dark Souls PC specs pop up on SteamDark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki says he wants his games to be described as "satisfying rather than difficult." Speaking with Metro, Miyazaki considers whether he should make another difficulty mode so everyone can complete the notoriously challenging game.

"However, I suppose gamers do not particularly prefer easy games. What they want is interesting and worthwhile games to play, so I think it is natural that hindrance or stress that does not attribute to such interesting and worthwhile elements will be removed in the end," says Miyazaki. "If the number of easy games is increasing nowadays, I guess it is because difficulty is not related to interesting and worthwhile game elements in many games among players."

Dark Souls - despite or because of its oppressive difficulty - has sold over a million units globally and greatly contributed to Namco Bandai's fiscal fortitude.

JoystiqDark Souls creator ponders easier mode, idea of satisfying gameplay originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The latest Famitsu has some info on one of those nine unannounced PS3 games coming from Sony and to be shown off at TGS next week. Demon's Souls is a single-player, fantasy-themed action-RPG being developed by From Software (and directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, of Armored Core fame), and published by SCEJ. Though it's a new IP, the game's director and SCE producer mention From Software's RPG series King's Field - perhaps a spiritual successor of some kind? Demon's Souls will be playable at TGS, so we'll find out then, okay?

[Via PS3 Fanboy]

JoystiqFamitsu: Demon's Souls, PS3 action-RPG at TGS originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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