The more time I spend working on 'Sekiro,' the deeper I sink into this zone of blood and gore and conflict. But if I want to get out of it, I can walk over to the other side of the studio and ease myself into a completely different feeling when I work on 'Deracine.'

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Work Time Zone

Dont give up. Obstacles can be overcome through strategy and learning.

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Learning Up Through

I don't claim to be a pro gamer in any shape or form.

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T Shape Pro

'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice''s story is one of fate and growth.

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Twice Tory T

I, as a gamer, understand passion to discuss favourite games.

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Us Understand UN

Overcoming challenges by learning something in a game is a very rewarding feeling, and that's what I wanted to prioritise in 'Dark Souls' and 'Demon's Souls.'

Hidetaka Miyazaki

War Learning Wanted

Ever since 'Demon's Souls,' I've really been pursuing making games that give players a sense of accomplishment by overcoming tremendous odds.

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Men Us Tremendous

I believe that 'Dark Souls III' must be developed as its own individual series.

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Us T Souls

It's true that I'm sad about not being involved in the development of 'Dark Souls II,' because I've worked on 'Demon's Souls' and 'Dark Souls'' development for the past five years.

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Work Sad Men

A shinobi embodies an archetype that is able to use everything at their disposal. They don't pick a fighting style; they use every means and everything they can get their hands on. They exploit every weakness.

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Weakness Weak Very

'Gears Of War' is one of my favourite games that I immersed myself in playing for long time, and Mr. Cliff Bleszinski is one of the greatest game creators that I respect.

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War Time Respect

First of all, I don't dislike direct storytelling - people seem to think that about my games! Actually, the truth is, I'm just not good at implementing direct narrative in my games.

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Truth Men Good

The intention behind the high difficulty of the games I direct is to evoke a feeling of joy and accomplishment in the player when they overcome these challenges.

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Men Tent Ten

We always look back at our back catalogue for inspiration for new titles, but when it comes to very old things like the 'King's Field' series, I'm concerned about just mimicking the style of what Naotoshi Zin, the founder of FromSoftware, created for the PlayStation original. I would rather not go back to it simply out of respect.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

War Respect Would

Development of 'Bloodborne' and sinking into the battle of the hunter and the unique horror world was not only an exciting experience but it also allowed me to re-acknowledge the charm of a fantasy world and the intrigue of 'Dark Souls' for me.

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Men Knowledge Experience

I would like 'Dark Souls' to be a broad exploration game filled with so many veiled things and details.

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Would Wit Veil

I believe it's important for us to have a diverse and free approach to making games in the way that we like.

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Way Verse Us

I'm not very good at action games in general and find most action games to be hard.

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Good Very T

I'm considering 'Dark Souls 3' to be the big closure on the series. That's not just limited to me, but From Software and myself together want to aggressively make new things in the future.

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War Future Want

I think death is a crucial element when designing games around the theme of the satisfaction of overcoming overwhelming odds.

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Men Design Death

Our strengths or maybe our characteristic as a developer firm software used to maybe be known as a studio that put out unexpected, almost, like, quirky, very unique titles. Not that we've lost that charm in recent years, but that's something that I really, really liked about our studio.

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War Strength Years

I love throwing down the gauntlet and trying our hand at that new tech.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

There was a board game called 'Sorcery,' which is one of my favorites, and I would often revisit the game. It's not a video game, but it definitely stands out in my mind as a game that impacted me.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

I'm not necessarily a fan of horror genre of movies or books.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

I really like 'Metal Wolf Chaos,' but it's not my title.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

It's true that there was a lot of influence from 'Tenchu.' We even pondered making 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice' a part of the 'Tenchu' series at first.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

I've been familiar with western fantasy novels since I was a boy.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Dark Souls is in some ways an incomplete game, and I like to think that it has been completed by players, by their discoveries, as they moved along. I'd love to say that the nature of this incompleteness was completely deliberate, but it is both deliberate and by accident in different ways.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Unlike most kids in Japan, I didn't have a dream. I wasn't ambitious.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Growing up, as a kid, I loved to read. I liked to read books that were above my range. I always tried to aim higher and read difficult books.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

To feel fulfilled, you must first have a goal that needs fulfilling. At the same time, it must actually be possible to fulfill said goal.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

I think one of the studio's characteristics is to embrace wholeheartedly what we feel is interesting; what we perceive to be worthwhile, cool, or beautiful; and to place these ideals at the foundation of the games we make.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

I believe I can do both the 'Bloodborne DLC' and 'Dark Souls 3.' This isn't the first time I've had to work on two projects at the same time.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

I enjoy the process of adding elaboration into games and like to communicate with users through the details I create.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

If the number of easy games is increasing nowadays, I guess it is because difficulty is not related to interesting and worthwhile game elements in many games among players.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

'Deracine' is French for uprooting, or someone who's been displaced from their natural environment.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Now I'm president. I get to meet a lot of other company presidents. They're such weird people. I'm fascinated by them. I use some of them as enemy characters in our games.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

I believe there are aspects of the narrative that become easier to understand by shifting the focus of the story to the characters. Illustrating growth and change in the protagonist becomes a simpler process, and these changes are, in fact, one of the themes of 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice''s story.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

If you had a game that said, 'Oops, you're dead. Now switch off the game,' it wouldn't be very successful. So you do need to have something to teach and be there to learn from, and we feel that death in video games is a positive experience.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Games are a media that relies on technology to be innovative and forward thinking and interesting. Personally, I love being at that forefront when something new comes out.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

'Dark Souls' is my life's work; everything I came up with for 'Dark Souls III' is based on my personal preferences.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Demons, chaos, dragons - all of them are different incarnations and representations of our idea of death in 'Dark Souls.'

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Perhaps the tranquillity of 'Deracine' heightens the violence in 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice,' while the intensity of 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice' makes 'Deracine' all the more serene.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

The more time I spend working on 'Sekiro,' the deeper I sink into this zone of blood and gore and conflict. But if I want to get out of it, I can walk over to the other side of the studio and ease myself into a completely different feeling when I work on 'Deracine.'

Hidetaka Miyazaki

I've observed some surprise in the reactions so far from people who were not aware that FromSoftware does other things besides 'Souls.' This serves as a reminder to me that we have an established reputation - and that we should work on different games so we can be more flexible and build a broader profile.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

When I was working on the first 'Dark Souls' - as far back as 'Demon's Souls,' actually - I didn't expect the player community to come up with speedrun contests or any of the strange new ways to play the games.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

In 'Demon's Souls,' we tried to implement some features in a kind of experimental way, not being sure whether or not it would be popular, but we did it anyway so that we could see how people reacted.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

The construction of 'Sekiro''s world is based on that of traditional Sengoku, or medieval Japan. To that end, we made sure to reference a lot of written materials on that period as well as actually visit several locations.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

From the initial design stages of 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice,' we had the idea of the player being able to move dynamically through a detailed, multi-layered map. We found that a 'shinobi' type character was the key to achieving this in a way that was both realistic and cool.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

The grappling hook allows for versatile and dynamic movement through the map, while a variety of shinobi-esque tools allow for all sorts of tricks and finesse. These are very important elements of 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice''s gameplay and the protagonist's nature.

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Being a director, I've had the privilege of heading a PS3 launch title. Looking back, I think the PS4 has made the development cycle much easier.

Hidetaka Miyazaki