So weve had lots of revelations today.
there was a demo played for a small audience, and Miyazaki had some sort of round table interview.
First the biggie.
Dark Souls 3 will NOT actually be the end of the Dark Souls Franchise like everyone thought.
Miyazaki was somewhat vague here, but basically, Dark Souls 3 was already set to happen before he became president of From Software.
We all thought Bloodborne was the last game before he became president, but turns out Dark Souls 3 was, in fact, the last of the games set into motion by the previous generation of management.
that said he specifically mentioned that since Dark Souls has such a unique worldview, its not a good idea to just keep churning them out. So while it's not the end of Dark Souls, it is a "turning point" for both the franchise, and the company as a whole. So after Dark Souls 3, I suppose we shouldnt expect to see another Dark Souls for quite a long time, and the next time we DO see it, it very well may not be the Dark Souls we know.
http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/dark_souls_3/news/dark_souls_3_isnt_the_last_game_in_the_series_miyazaki_clarifies.htmlpersonally, I'm forseeing Dark Souls evolving with time periods. So Im gonna go ahead and call it- eventually we'll see Dark Souls in the Victorian Era, or in a sci fi fantasy setting.
most things apparently seem more like Dark Souls 1. it uses the Bloodborne engine and definitely shares it's art people, confirmed by Miyazaki. It's a different dev team to Bloodborne, with only himself and a 'few people" and art folks having worked across both. There's stuff taken straight from BB as far as grass and statues and stuff it seems. but since it uses the BB engine, it therefore uses the updated DaS1 animations. which is fine, DaS2 did a lot of neat things but the animations werent one of them.
they showed off the stances thing, but it seems hard to really grasp without seeing it.
torches are back, but like bloodborne, have no timer.
yet again, there's a dragon really early on that forces you to take a detour, and Miyazaki comments that he likes putting dragons really early in.
some stuff mentioned on Reddit, fextralife and I think 4chan, mentioned that it SEEMS like they are doing that lore thing that Bloodborne did, where you find tombstones that you light up to read small lore tidbits from. though I wasnt fond of that in Bloodborne myself.
no central hub, though if that refers to the nexus style from DeS and BB or even the Majula/Firelink type is unknown. Interconnected world is confirmed,
apparently the plot revolves around the resurrection of a character called "Lord of Cinder." Yeah. Gwyn hype. Though its being kept ambiguous if this is actually Gwyn. And I heard something about it being open to interpretation or something like that.
Rumors like to think it's the chosen undead from 1.
conflicting info on another combat aspect- Kicking is back, and DaS1 backstabs are back. BUT, at leasy 2 sources said backstabs were Dark Souls 2 backstabs. And in general, it took the guy playing like 30 minutes to get a successful backstab on an enemy. So if they brought back DaS1 backstabs, they might have tweaked the conditions to make it less exploitable.
they didnt talk about the online.
your secondary weapon will appear on your character, corresponding with the screens weve seen.
the gameplay shown had no HUD to speak of and no menus, and at one point the guy picked up a weapon and it instantly equipped, so who knows how that works.
apparently development on this coexisted with BB for about a year, and Miyazaki Only joined in when the prototype was completed, but has since taken over world design personally.
interestingly, this game will be co-directed. By both Miyazaki, and Isamu Okano. Though Yui Tanimura, (DaS2 director) will also be involved in a non-directoral role.
Oh, and Praise the Sun WILL still be there
here's some stuff
new images
https://imgur.com/a/fr3Pisome links
http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/dark_souls_3/news/dark_souls_3_is_being_developed_by_a_different_team_to_bloodborne.htmlhttp://fextralife.com/dark-souls-3-e3-info/http://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/3a4763/i_was_present_during_the_closed_door_e3_handsoff/