http://www.shacknews.com/article/76980/dark-souls-2-to-be-more-understandable
I find it funny that since Jim posted his video here about the so called ridicules notion that Dark Souls having an Easy Mode sort of speak, won't do anything to the core of the game and instead, make the game more approcable to the non-hardcore gaming crowd while still being as difficult and interesting as Dark Souls was. Unfortunately, that type of talk is a pipe dream, to have the best of both worlds.
Now, we are introduced to this little biscuit about how the new Dark Souls II game will be more straight forward and understandable. This is VERY concerning. It doesn't mean really the game will be any easier...yet, however, what's very concerning about it is one of the best features of Dark Souls is not the difficulty, but that atmosphere of not knowing what to do, how it doesn't hold your hand and instead throws you into the wild with no map or instructions. Your a not so unstoppable character against nearly unstoppable monsters and bosses that can kill you in one shot.
If FS ruins that, they will especially ruin the entire game. Their are more people who can explain this in much greater detail and more clarity then I can. TB made a video recently about this news so I will post the video below. What do you guys think about this? Is this just an overreaction or does this side of the argument have some merit?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FloSFRy78-4&feature=youtube_gdata_player (3:39 to 8:08)