Dark Souls II to feature more open-world elements than original

I hope sincerely, the developers don't change the archaic for of speech delivery from NPC's!!! It really suits the world and , and indescribable feeling of loss and depth to the game. Simply suits it perfectly.!!!

"Dark Souls II will be released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in March 2014"

So it's not going to be on PS4?

March 2014.......

"Are we there yet?".....No!!

"Are we there yet"??...No!!!

"How about Now"???.....No!!!!!

"'bout now"?????......No!!!!!!!!!

"Now"??????.......Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

This game cannot come soon enough!

this and even the first dark souls should be considered on the wii u. the second screen would be really helpful for inventory management since you can't pause mid game and do this. this would help prevent you from getting invaded and stabbed in the back when you're trying to get rid of all those broken straight swords you've collected.

The bad thing is I am stupid enough to go where I'm not suppsed to be and die a trillion times. Sounds intresting.

Remember the first time you wandered out of Firelink Shrine, ran through the graveyard and into the Catacombs, and was like why the F do these skeletons keep getting back up!! One hour in I knew I was retarded for making fun of RPGs, one day in and I knew it was the best game I had ever played. Mmmmmm, Dark Souls.

Awesome. Anytime a developers says the words "open world", I automatically smile. Personally I thought Dark Souls' world was very open, but even more so? Sounds good to me!

Some new info that came out of E3 that you guys might not have heard (I don't think GS reported it): 3 weapon slots per hand; backstabs do not provide invincibility frames; sorcery now has r1 (normal) and r2 (strong) casting versions; some shields will incorporate built-in talismans.

I linked to the source vid on Youtube below, but GS won't publish it - 'pending' for over a day now (it's on VaatiVidya's channel if you're interested). Seriously GS, if you're going to insist on vetting links, then you know, actually vet them.

This sounds like a great addition on the surface. I loves me some freeform exploration. I just hope this doesn't mean that a "warping" ability is being promoted over other means of travel. It has already been revealed that the ability to warp will be enabled early on in the game.

My opinion may be in the minority, but I liked the chore of humping around areas without using bonfire warp. In my first playthrough I was in such a black funk in the depths of the Tomb of the Giants in Dark Souls without that lordvessel, it magnified the magical immersive misery of the endeavor.

Being able to start halfway through the game will end up being a GameStop pre-order exclusive.

"Pre-order now and get the 'Freedom to Explore Pack' with extra courage points..."

day one for epic dark souls 2 iam so excited and hyped

The only way I am going to start halfway through is on my first playthrough. If I don't I'll already know what to expect and that may water it down a bit. That would be pretty cool to save the first half for your second playthrough but I don't know if I have the gall to attempt it. Either way, I am going to enjoy the shit out of this game.

im too freaking excited! Just add friend invites and more balance for pvp (make gankers be debuffed when they summon someone, etc.) and ill be set. My only complaint is that it should be for ps3 and ps4. Now i have to keep my ps3 just to play DSII

Only change I care about is ADD VOICE CHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the LEAST make friend invites!

When you get to the end does the castle go upside down?

I'm really surprised Konami don't model Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 on this because to me this game is in turn modelled on Symphony of the Night in terms of exploration and advancement

demons souls and dark souls both are the shit

yeahhh

They seem to be changing an awful lot... I hope this guy knows what he's doing! Let's hope they don't lose sight of what made Dark Souls so great. Praise the Sun!

An instruction manual with actual information in it would be a welcome addition

Dark Souls 2 is the reason I'm not buying a next-gen console at launch. There's no point because once DS2 is released, I won't be thinking about playing anything else for a long time. See you all for some jolly co-operation. Praise the Sun!