>>746071143
Iicr, it was meant to be a large open world game for PS4/XBone but Bamco decided they wanted it for PS3/360 instead. It was also taking too long to develop, so the project was gutted and any premade assets were scrambled into whatever released. Allegedly ER uses some of those proto-DS2 concepts

the original vision:

>fuuuck michael zaki went on to make bloodborne and we have no idea what to do
>idk man it's dark souls make it dark. and theres undead in the first game too right? make them green zombies covered in scabs and boils or something. i heard it's hard, too, so add a death counter and a cutscene saying it's hard

>be dark
>there are souls
>now it's 2
Wa la

>>746071143
the original director wanted something more cinematic and completely different from 1
lighting being an important mechanic
more story driven
couldn't actually deliver anything so he got banished to shadow realm and the assets that's already there are broken apart then put together with some glue and ductapes lying around