Dark Souls Interview

1up has a short Q&A sessions with director Hitaka Miyazaki, discussing the upcoming action RPG sequel Dark Souls, with many comparisons to its predecessor.

1UP: Just how big do you expect the map to be?

HM: For simplicity of explanation, as compared to Demon’s Souls, the map will be approximately 1.5 times the size. It may feel even bigger to the players.

1UP: The Demon’s Souls story gave us a glimpse of an interesting world, but never went into much detail. Will that change with Dark Souls?

HM: I wanted to create a game where, ideally, the player’s game play would, “become a story in itself.” Hence, there is little difference in terms of approach to the concept of a story from Demon’s Souls.