Sveenjo, I think that some of your problems with the game will be fixed,(some of them have already been confirmed to be improved according to the new directors) at least partially in DS2 with the addition of more accessibility. and about just throwing bombs at the carpa demon..It doesn't have to be that way. You could take it on 1v1 without going up the stairs if u had the skill/knew how to. I've actually seen a lets player go in blind and do it like that On his first try...Talk about MLG pro Lol. But I guess we all have different experiences. I actually solo'd S&O and 4 kings The 1st 2 times I beat them.

@Fox they already confirmed no multiple modes.They also very quickly damaged controlled it before DS2 was even announced when rumor popped up. I don't mind making it more easy to understand because yeah alot of stuff you pretty much have to look up the internet for and what not.  But getting rid of the grief and challenege I don't like for the series and neither does the creator or anyone working on it.

Then I hope we'll find out soon exactly what direction is being taken, if only so we can lay this issue to rest. The complexity of the game is a key reason why I would even think about altering the formula (even if its just a litte), but having a more proper tutorial system and such would go a long way to easing the initial difficulty of playing the game. It really isn't so bad once the player "gets into the groove of it", so to speak.

i can see making the menus easier to navigate and some things a bit more explained but overall i hope they keep a lot of the mystery.  i totally fell for the dried finger my first playthough.  genious.

Actually I stated it wrong. :/ I meant that having to go back to your body encouages making the same mistakes - the bloodstains are perfectly fine. The keys words in your statement are "if you already know the area". From the perspective of the first-time player, one who may not even know about how useful levelling up is, this could end up being a needlessly frustrating exercise.

My issue with souls is that the penalty could annoy players who are very fond on levelling up and working with the numbers in an RPG, which is a potentially large number of RPG fans. I think a more elegant solution would be to allow some souls to be retained after death as a means to further deemphasize soul grinding (which is not elegant).

Treat it as a massive AAA title in the marketing sense, but don't you dare change it from Dark Souls.

The prob with getting rid of high risk moments is that most of their base don't want it like that. Since there is only gonna be 1 mode and their focus is still the core players getting rid of grief and risk isn't a good idea. and who buys a game that is marketed as Hard as hell and you will die and not expect high risk moments like that. and when I was new I was annoyed about it as well but just said fuck it since souls are easy to obtain and aren't needed. The marketing would run those type of players away anyway.

 based on what they said so far...They just want to make the game more understandable...convenats easy to get into..warping early on/less back track..stuff like that...But not actually making the game easier or anyless grief worthy. The director has apparently been given alot of freedom..if they really wanted to appeal to skyrim players that badly then their hand would be up his ass lol.

and with the skyrim comment..Who wouldn't want their $ lol. based on the recent interviews and even this one(We're going after people who love and adore Dark Souls...admitting that Skyrim is a different type of game)  they seem more focused on not pissing off their core  than anything.

I read they were getting rid of the mist zoning part. That will solve frustrations like the Capra Demon at least.

The problem I have with DS bosses is that it does not encourage experimentation for me since it sets you back to a bonfire every time. Contrast that with how Guacamelee works, difficult game, but it instantly let's you try a new approach. I didn't mind retrying the same platforming section 50 times, or flame face 30 times because it let me play. DS on the otherhand encouraged me to check online, summon help or grind for shards, less play time basically.

The best fight I had in DS was when I went back to the undead asylum. A knight, still quite out of my reach but since it was close to a bon fire I kept going figuring out it's patterns and how to trick it's AI routine between a row of columns. It still took 20 precisely timed hits while continually dodging for 10+ minutes to slowly wear it down. Overall over an hour of fun simply because it was right next to the respawn point with no interruptions.

I'm not saying change the puzzling aspect. In fact they could easily keep it all the same sans making the boss's (normal mobs aren't a huge problem) not hit as hard as on the classic difficulty which would basically mean they wouldn't destroy you instantly if you make one small mistake. I mean there is nothing, NOTHING worse for me than to spend an hour or so getting to a boss only to be wrecked upon and having to spawn back about 30-60 minutes from that boss. I absolutely hate redoing sections over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. To me it's basically like losing a save and stuff like that makes me not want to play the game ever again (which coincidentally, is what I did with both of them, despite both games being really fun)

In fact they could just add two simple little optional addition for an "easy" mode. And that is to a). have enemies give you more souls so you level up at a slightly faster rate (which means less annoying grinding) and b). give the option to put a checkpoint right before a boss so you don't have to backtrack so much.

If they did those two things they wouldn't have to change any core mechanics or puzzleling elements and their core fanbase would still be able to play the same type of game as Demons/Dark Souls as well as the game being more accessible to people who don't want to spend such an inordinate amount of time in the game.

You have to admit, something like that wouldn't hurt your gameplay at all, right?

Dark Souls should never get a pause option.

It's not bad game design, it's genious game design.

Not having the ability to pause makes the game world feel much more alive and important.