Hidetaka Miyazaki Quotes
I think death is a crucial element when designing games around the theme of the satisfaction of overcoming overwhelming odds.
"Dark Souls' Hidetaka Miyazaki Speaks." IGN, Ziff Davis, 5 Oct. 2011.
Most societies have debated the relative roles of authority and accountability in government operations. Most appointees and civil servants complain that authority is too concentrated at the top—that they do not have enough authority to do their jobs properly. Meanwhile. Most citizens and service recipients complain that the officials and civil servants are not accountable and should not be given much authority. In this hypothetical society of the future, Doc Smith depicts what would happen if BOTH of these complaints were addressed totally. Most of the people who complain about the existing systems find that they have to be careful of what they wish for. Solving these problems might create a world that is far worse.
Hidetaka Miyazaki (宮崎 英高, Miyazaki Hidetaka, born c. 1975) is a Japanese video game director, designer, writer, and company president of FromSoftware. He originally joined the company in 2004 as a game designer for the Armored Core series, later becoming known for creating the Souls series, starting with Demon's Souls in 2009. Other games he has worked on include Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.