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Dark Souls 2 developers 'have not put any thought into' Xbox One, PS4 versions

An interview with Dark Souls II co-director reveals the developer hasn't thought about next-gen versions of the game yet.

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Co-director of Dark Souls II Yui Tanimura has said that developer From Software has not put any thought into next-gen versions of the game yet.

"We have not put any thought into this yet, so I unfortunately can’t answer at this point," Tanimura said when Edge asked him what it would take to bring the more graphically advanced PC version of Dark Souls II to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

When asked why From Software didn't develop a next-gen version of the game at the outset, Tanimura explained that the team's intention was to capitalize on the potential of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and deliver the game to fans as soon as possible.

Last year, Tanimura also admitted that the PC version of Dark Souls was "half-assed," and promised the studio won't make the same mistakes twice with the PC version of the upcoming sequel.

The PC version of Dark Souls shipped some ten months after the Xbox 360 and PS3 iterations. From Software promised that Dark Souls II will hit PC shortly after the console versions launch on March 11, 2014 in North America, and March 14, 2014 in Europe.

You can find the full interview with Yui Tanimura on Edge's website.

Check out the latest trailer for Dark Souls II below, and be sure to read our theories on what it might reveal about the game.

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<< LINK REMOVED >>2 million people?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Do you even play RPG’s or Dungeon Crawlers ?

No ?


Thought So.

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@Diegoctba

Go play your Battlebro Online with the other drooling dudebros and leave the real games to the real gamers.


Fucking idiot child.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Why do you want checkpoints? It's never been present in the games, no reason to start now. You clearly are way too young. There was a time when there were no saves, and you had to beat a game in one sitting. Be glad Souls games save almost all the time.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> While I remember those fine days of no auto save, DaS is way too large to go through it in a single play through. Yes, I know there's a YouTube of it, and while I will hunt for the collectible achievements, even I am not that OCD.


That said, the game already makes me feel like a sadist, craving more after constantly dying, including from the cheap shots by a stupid skeleton or zombie. Removing the bonfires in this game is sadistic. lol

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>The word you're looking for is "masochist". Sadist is something else entirely.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> He didn't say no autosave. He said no saves. Period. Go play some classic Genesis titles. That's fun times right there.

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The bonfires are the checkpoints.....

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I kind of agree, it's one thing to have a game thats difficult THATS FINE, but intentionally making your players do tedious/redundant work hundreds of times over and over isn't the definition of difficult, its mental torture.

They put a boss at the furthest end of the checkpoint so you have to kill 101 fucking AI bots every time u want to retry a boss.. Theres a difference between difficulty and douchebaggery.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>Run Forest Run.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Usually there's a shortcut you can unlock just before you get to the boss fights that goes back to the start of the level. Not always though.

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<< LINK REMOVED >>Protip: Don't want to go over the same place over and over again? Suck less and stop killing yourself.

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You sound like some hater noob working for EA promoting bf4.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> There are checkpoints. They're called bonfires, and I like the way they design the shortcuts to get back and ahead quicker. The level design is brilliant IMO, and they shouldn't change anything about it. I usually grind a few levels on the nearby enemies everytime I get to a new bonfire to make the game a little easier.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> what are these bonfires you speak of ? guess there isn't any in demon souls :(

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<< LINK REMOVED >> ah cool sounds good, seemed like a good idea to start with demon :)

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> I played DeS too and enjoyed it, but I liked the improvements in DaS. The estus flask and the bonfires (instead of having to load back and forth from the Nexus) were good improvements without messing with the core gameplay.

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@Diegoctba go play angry birds n00b troll

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Can't tell if it's a real argument or a mock argument...

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Respect the developer decision to focus on what they are doing now. Make the game great. Once the game done, it's up to them to do port or whatever for the PS4 and XBO. I'm with you Yui-san.

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Well until they do, I won't put much thought into buying their game.

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Chances are you own one of the platforms that the game is coming out on. Seems rather petty to rigidly hold out for the possibility of a next-gen version.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Your loss my friend this game is going to be to amazing to miss.

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I'll live..... Did you see what I did there?.....

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Yes. IMO this is the best series going right now. Hope DS2 lives up to expectations.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> yes but i would rather die. Reminds me of old games where you had to find the ways to beat it. It was all trial and error

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This doesn't stop GameSpot from listing Xbox One and PS4 as supported consoles, however, so GameSpot is once again a pioneer of new information!

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Eh, the first game didn't do much for me. It just pissed me off with it's cheap attempts to constantly murder me.

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The combat is not cheap.

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Demon Souls was cheap. The entire game felt like a newbie trap. Dark souls, i felt, was much more fair in it's world design and it's encounters.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> I'd say Demon's Souls was the better game overall. It was so original and came out of nowhere.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>The only place that I feel is unfair in Dark Souls are those stupid archers in Anor Londo.

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I can see the pc petitions already

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<< LINK REMOVED >> GOOD !

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<< LINK REMOVED >>I don't see how considering the first game wasn't made at all for PC, yet DS2 is going to be properly developed for PC, alongside consoles.

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Ah yes... Dark Souls on PC. I remember that. For start, it requires DSfix to be playable at all. Requires a controller as well, to be playable at all... and after that, it is great.

However, since they didn't know how to develop for PC in the past, this must mean that they have hired PC developers this time around and if that is the case, then why isn't there anymore patches for Dark Souls 1, so it doesn't suck without third party / external fixes and having a ludicrous console frame cap? Inexcusable now.

I want my DS1 patch, then I'll get DS2 lol.


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I cannot wait to engross myself in the PC version. Madness and glory at its very best

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DS2's definitive version will be on PC, confirmed.

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I wish. Highly doubt it though.

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They don't like them paper bills called cash, got it. I won't give any thought to Dark Souls 2 then.

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I like that they want to make a focused effort myself. Rather than making a wide variety of poor preforming games a la bf4.

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Who cares if it isn't going to the next gen consoles. All the next gen consoles are just dust collecting garbage anyways. The games are all shit, and only people who like them are just graphic whores trying hard to hide their disappointment. You never buy a console on launch. WiiU, PS4, and Xbone, no difference. Always wait a long while before buying them.

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Have you actually played any next gen games yet?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Xbox One is worth it for the entertainment. Only demo I've seem of PS4 was Knack and it look like it's 720p or something, not particularly sharp graphics. Dead Rising 3 is fun, but not a system seller. Everything else I have on PC. Otherwise I would have purchased BF4, AC IV, etc on X1.

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So what he saying is that there gonna try to make a profit first from the PS3/360 version then make a X1/PS4 version? Isn't that what Square did with Tomb Raider?

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If that's true, then the Xbox One version is really going to suck.

(Points at GameSpot info-card that inexplicably lists an Xbox One version)

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This guy and the dude from From seem like arrogant jerks. Trying to be all cool by basically dissing the Wii U, PS4, and Xbone. Sorry it's such a chore to think about other systems, guys.

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I'm glad they thought of PC this time. Ultimate eye candy

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