I hate that trailer. It looks too try hard and after reading the interview clip Jason posted on facebook I'm really upset about this.
They're dumbing it down to make it more straightforward story wise (and the obscurity was a huge plus for this series), and supposedly making it easier (the difficulty is another huge plus and publicity factor for this series).
Also Dark Souls II is stupid name. I mean a really, really stupid name. If the game is still going to take place in Lordran why not name it Lordran Souls or Inhuman Souls or something. I mean both of those names i suggested are lame but Dark Souls II is just a stupid name.
I also was really hoping for a completely new mythology, I mean there's a lot of unexplored characters mentioned that never make an appearance and areas that you never see that they could've used instead if they want to continue with this game's mythology. But it looks like we're in the same exact places again(that mountain reminds me the painted world and the undead asylum, I can clearly see Anor Londo and I think that hell-scape is lost Izalath/a continuation of the demon ruins)...hopefully we'll see something else like Vinheim or run across All Father Loyd he seemed interesting in the loading screen descriptions of his talisman. I don't know I'm just really not liking what this is currently showing itself as.
EDIT: Is that Kalameet's skeleton? I'll admit that's kind of a cool nod to the last game's DLC. Oh and I finally reached Manus...anyone wanna help me take him down? He's ungodly on NG+
Also I want to take this time to put up the suggestion that we talk about the game's lore. We saw all of the Lord's aside from Izalath but we all know she died, and the pygmy is mentioned but never seen or mentioned more than a few times in the game (actually aside from the intro speech and Dark Stalker Kathe (who most players never run across on their first, second or even third play through without guides) he/she is never mentioned again). What are the chances that Manus is the pygmy? It was revealed that Humanity is a shard(s) of the Dark Soul, which was the soul the Pygmy held. The spell that Manus uses once obtained states that it is like humanity or something along those lines so I feel personally, that Manus is the pygmy/the first dark lord, while I believe you are to be the third if you choose not to relight the fire after defeating Gwyn. No clue as to who the second is/was though.
(my memory is hazy, so some of my facts may not be entirely correct. Feel free to call me on it/educate me on the matter).
They're dumbing it down to make it more straightforward story wise (and the obscurity was a huge plus for this series), and supposedly making it easier (the difficulty is another huge plus and publicity factor for this series).
Also Dark Souls II is stupid name. I mean a really, really stupid name. If the game is still going to take place in Lordran why not name it Lordran Souls or Inhuman Souls or something. I mean both of those names i suggested are lame but Dark Souls II is just a stupid name.
I also was really hoping for a completely new mythology, I mean there's a lot of unexplored characters mentioned that never make an appearance and areas that you never see that they could've used instead if they want to continue with this game's mythology. But it looks like we're in the same exact places again(that mountain reminds me the painted world and the undead asylum, I can clearly see Anor Londo and I think that hell-scape is lost Izalath/a continuation of the demon ruins)...hopefully we'll see something else like Vinheim or run across All Father Loyd he seemed interesting in the loading screen descriptions of his talisman. I don't know I'm just really not liking what this is currently showing itself as.
EDIT: Is that Kalameet's skeleton? I'll admit that's kind of a cool nod to the last game's DLC. Oh and I finally reached Manus...anyone wanna help me take him down? He's ungodly on NG+
Also I want to take this time to put up the suggestion that we talk about the game's lore. We saw all of the Lord's aside from Izalath but we all know she died, and the pygmy is mentioned but never seen or mentioned more than a few times in the game (actually aside from the intro speech and Dark Stalker Kathe (who most players never run across on their first, second or even third play through without guides) he/she is never mentioned again). What are the chances that Manus is the pygmy? It was revealed that Humanity is a shard(s) of the Dark Soul, which was the soul the Pygmy held. The spell that Manus uses once obtained states that it is like humanity or something along those lines so I feel personally, that Manus is the pygmy/the first dark lord, while I believe you are to be the third if you choose not to relight the fire after defeating Gwyn. No clue as to who the second is/was though.
(my memory is hazy, so some of my facts may not be entirely correct. Feel free to call me on it/educate me on the matter).