>>724538991
>Ah yes, rememberries are high art.
I didn't say anything about rememberries. Did you read my post at all?
>Kojima himself has never uttered much dissatisfaction either as tumultuous as his relationship with Konami got
I wasn't talking about Kojima and Konami at the end, I'm talking about actual interviews where Kojima says, in plain language, that he did not want to direct more MGS games. You can find these interviews. Miyazaki, by contrast, stated that he did want to direct Dark Souls II. He was known as "Mr. Dark Souls" by his staff in another interview of From Software employees because he was so passionate about directing the first game. He spearheaded the multiplayer system for Demon's Souls much to the disapproval of his superiors. He loves these games. I have no reason to believe your assertions of whatever Japanese culture you're talking about over documented facts. But the thing is, you don't care about discussion, because you can just say
>Well it's Japanese culture to never complain in public
So you don't care what I say. The records are public. Still, I'm going to reply in good faith and then leave this waste of time be.
>But the overarching themes are just too blatant to ignore. No auteur wants to churn sequelshit out forever which is one of the things they actually are open about.
Again, Elden Ring is just Dark Souls 4. That's blatant, black and white. Stop pretending Miyazaki has that kind of integrity. Dark Souls 3 was the end of Dark Souls, not the end of the-kind-of-game-Miyazaki-likes-to-make. It wasn't like Kojima going from MGS to Death Stranding, which showed a LOT of heart and integrity. Didn't you notice that Elden Ring also has an inextinguishable flame, just like Dark Souls' First Flame, or the Profaned Flame? He likes remixing his ideas, like ancient stone dragons, or a race of giants, humanity caught in the middle of everything. He's not who you think he is just because you think you have some line on Japanese culture.

>>717323429
>bro no way you can just lit the flame and gwyndolin and ornstein will just srand up and leave, this is the dubest shit ever.

Shanalotte: "Once the fire is linked, souls will flourish anew". DS2 ending literally telling you what liking the first flame will do.

Gwyndolin is a different case compared to the other gods. He has Gwyn's, Velka's and dragon ancestry running through him. It's why Gwyn had Gwyndolin from Priscilla, as a child to escape the fading of the Age of Fire. Unfortunately for him, Yorshka mentions that he became sick before the events in DS3. We don't know what that sickness was exactly, but it's likely a result of his dad's genetics.

The Ornstein we met in DS1 and DS2 isn't the real Ornstein. Those are souls in suits of armor as a trial for the Chosen Undead and a reusable trial for the Way of Blue. What this boss is is no different to all the other armor bosses with souls in them, such as DS1, Iron Golem, DS2's Ruin Sentinels, and DS3's Dragon Slayer armor.

Also Sigward is the reincarnation of Sigmeyer. Remember, Dark Souls' logic of the world is based on Buddhism, and what everyone is experiencing with life/death/rebirth is all to do with the Wheel of Fate.