2012-03-28, 11:23 PM
Personally, I don;t mind the difficulty of Dark Souls. Though definitely feel that Demon's souls had more of a KF feel. Not sure why.
Story wise, Hidetaka cannot legally admit that Demon's souls or Dark Souls have any direct connection to each other.
Due to legal bonds with Ascii, who later reformed to Agetec. He cannot even admit that Demon's Souls and Dark souls have anything to do with each other in the same sense. Due to legal bonds with Sony, whose legal team is watching carefully. Dks was originally meant to be a sequel, but Sony's legal pressure late in developement forced them to take on a placeholder name until changes were made.
This would be why anytime a Namco rep is asked whether they have ties, they immediately and loudly exclaim that "these two games have nothing to do with each other! Let me focus your attention on these new features...", and anytime a japanese speaking developer is asked the same question, they get shifty eyes and say "I'd rather not compare the two, next question please."
As for this PC version that Namco kept pushing for, I think it would likely involve alot of "hacking"? As in people running around with way more stamina or HP than they are meant to have, or something of that nature.
I am not a PC player, and I only work with console development, so I cannot be sure. But maybe others here would know. I assume things like World Of Warcraft don't suffer that kind of issue though, due to heavy monitoring. Or am I wrong? I never tried it before.
In the end though, the purpose of the PC version is just another money making avenue. Like when Disney sells pinnoccio "now for the first time ever..... again" (every 10 years) on dvd, and then blue ray.
I won't be surprised if Namco convinces From to sell T-shirts. After all, From allowed it before. I have a couple of old KF T-shirts here ;)
I've been more busy than I would like to admit, but I'm glad to come back here and see that things are still kicking :)
Story wise, Hidetaka cannot legally admit that Demon's souls or Dark Souls have any direct connection to each other.
Due to legal bonds with Ascii, who later reformed to Agetec. He cannot even admit that Demon's Souls and Dark souls have anything to do with each other in the same sense. Due to legal bonds with Sony, whose legal team is watching carefully. Dks was originally meant to be a sequel, but Sony's legal pressure late in developement forced them to take on a placeholder name until changes were made.
This would be why anytime a Namco rep is asked whether they have ties, they immediately and loudly exclaim that "these two games have nothing to do with each other! Let me focus your attention on these new features...", and anytime a japanese speaking developer is asked the same question, they get shifty eyes and say "I'd rather not compare the two, next question please."
As for this PC version that Namco kept pushing for, I think it would likely involve alot of "hacking"? As in people running around with way more stamina or HP than they are meant to have, or something of that nature.
I am not a PC player, and I only work with console development, so I cannot be sure. But maybe others here would know. I assume things like World Of Warcraft don't suffer that kind of issue though, due to heavy monitoring. Or am I wrong? I never tried it before.
In the end though, the purpose of the PC version is just another money making avenue. Like when Disney sells pinnoccio "now for the first time ever..... again" (every 10 years) on dvd, and then blue ray.
I won't be surprised if Namco convinces From to sell T-shirts. After all, From allowed it before. I have a couple of old KF T-shirts here ;)
I've been more busy than I would like to admit, but I'm glad to come back here and see that things are still kicking :)
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