CheatCC says: "From Software recently put Dark Souls II back in the spotlight with a fresh batch of screenshots, the new“Despair” trailer, and over ten minutes of gameplay footage complete with commentary from the one of the project’s directors. These tempting little tidbits have given us a better idea of what to expect when the game is finally released, but they’ve also stirred up some foreboding questions and maybes about the future of the Souls series, with the most prominent being, “Will it feel like Dark Souls?”"
As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.
And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.
They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -
INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.
"The best games of the year and the creative teams behind them were in the spotlight at the grand award ceremony of the German Computer Game Award 2024." - German Computer Game Awards.
"I Want Dark Souls II To Kill Me"
You don't have to worry about that. Be prepared to die a lot. :)
it will.
I dunno, I think it'd be nice if it were more accessible. #trollolol
Be carefull what you wish for. Or your controller will taste the wrath of Dark Souls :D