Does Darksouls need to shake things up?

Is more of the same acceptable or do you want something significantly iterative with the upcoming Darksouls 3?

Personally, I have an opinion.

Not to sound like a troll but what new would one want added to a dark souls game? I mean I guess you could add vehicles or a special mode of transportation but I figured people play that game because they like being tortured and hardcore mechanics.

Definately. It's going to start getting stale real soon if they don't.

The combat is great, but I'd like to see big changes

Ability to grab ledges and climb up

Hit boxes that are reasonable

Ability to climb or jump while stationary

Fewer underground dard drabby places, more open epic set pieces.

Fewer random locks, the spinning room and the burning windmill were moronic. There were way too many unpredictable random deaths with no cues.

No. It's easily the best series out there. If they released a Souls game every 6 months I would buy it (as long as the quality is there).

They should keep it similar. Any big changes should be done on a new ip. Would love to see them mix a souls-like game with platforming.

Vampire special class character with fast paced combat like bloodborne or even faster. with more blood.

Lets call this Berserk mode. give it its own option on the main menu in the game. this mode is the same setting as main game but with new types of enemies that are fast like beasts and vampires. castlevania basically.

I think it does need a change, but I'm sure many would claim too much deviation from the formula might turn it into something else which imo needs to happen. I like sequels to adopt some of previous conventions of the predecessor but not the flagrant peacemeal imitation FROM (among many others) does with their games (even if enjoy them). You know you are lazy when the biggest mechanical difference (not setting/characters) between your games is the presence or absence of a hub world. Don't you just hate it when a studio stumbles upon a successful formula? It stifles creativity by causing complete reliance on said formula.

Short answer: yes. Any sequel needs new elements to justify its existence. But there's a balancing act between bringing in new elements to deepen the experience before they begin to compromise the IP's identity.

More combos and weapon that actually vary from one another for God's sake!

Other than that, the environment needs to be more interactive. That's all.

Absolutely. I am wondering if I'll ever finish DS2 much less buy DS3 at this point. Its lore and characters just don't interest me and its punishing.................whoop dee doo. Its old hat at this point.

See I don't think the combat is great. I think Bayonetta and Ninja Gaiden have much better combat. But the encounters in DS are great because there is the risk of dying all the time. The combos and combat are Ok at best imo. Shit needs a shake up and soon imo.

No, but you could stand to not make such shitty threads.

Personally, nobody cares about your opinion.

I dont think they need to, just give us more epic Boss battles and ill will be happy. Maybe after this one they can mix it up and reboot the series.

Nah, just keep releasing the same garbage. The blind Hipster fanboys will eat it up

They shake things up with every game...

Yes, I'm fucking tired of this formula at this point. Demon's Souls was a novelty, something fresh, something unique. Dark Souls was taking that unique thing and then Metroiding it up, doing it bigger and in some ways better (other ways not as much). It maintained the uniqueness and felt like a deserving sequel. Dark Souls 2 was more of the same shit, except they messed with shit under the hood. Plus the level design was garbage and it had a shit load of filler bosses that were a snorefest.

Bloodborne is the first big shift for the franchise, and instead of building on it, the very next game is go back to Dark Souls.

After Dark Souls 3 I want them to take a fucking break from these games. Do something new. Give me some successor to Otogi, do a Ninja Blade styled game but good this time. Do something with mechs again, Metal Wolf Chaos is great. Do another action game, do anything. Clearly people in that company can make good gameplay.

I just want a boss rush mode because that's the only part of the games I enjoy. **** all that other filler just to get to them.

Da fuk? The Souls series is the one that has the most new additions and features per entry. Just look at what they're doing with the combat arts or whatever its called in DkS3.

@Bigboi500: That would be pretty cool. Maybe an online leaderboards too.

Yes, Bloodborne was big disappointment for me. I'm getting tired of the combat, exploration, awful storytelling, and overly basic RPG elements.

I want Dark Souls 3 to be different. I want some new life in this series. Bloodborne sucked it all out.

After Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2, even if there are a few changes, I'll probably wait to get Dark Souls 3 until it's 10 bucks. I feel kinda souled out ya know? Both those games took me over 50 hours to do a playthrough, and man were they grueling at times. The 2nd ones didn't do enough new things or have enough interesting environments.

It should be more green.

what if,,,,,,,,,,, what if Dark Souls 3 was fully open world with its current combat system. How amazing would that be? Im perfectly fine with the Souls series to say as is but i'd looooooove to see an open world Souls game cuz they sure could make it look f*ckedup and interesting. I want to be lost in its world, BB was too linear.