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>considering everything leading up to it (Miquella trying to resurrect him, Godwyn being the adored Golden-child by Marika / Godfrey / Marika / Miquella, the whole theme of the semi-afterlife Shadowlands etc).
Not only this, also the amount of the dragons in it, there’s even a painting of the Shadowlands called “Domain of The Dragons”. So not only an afterlife theme, but a dragons theme too, it’s as if the Shadowlands became Godwyn’s home. The game’s plot isn’t only poorly thought out, it full on contradicts itself. And all those issues are related to the main story, it’s like they never proofread it at all.
>If they are planning on sequelbait, the only place I think they could take it is the badlands / foreign countries that Godfrey was sent with the penal legion to wage war with the civilisations of the other Outer Influences spread the good word of the Golden Order (Badlands, Land of Reeds, Frenzy Israel etc)
They will not commit to the Badlands or Lands of Reeds, in Dark Souls there was also an east asian country mentioned and it was never included in the sequels, even BloodBorne had one. They just put them for patriotic reasons (yes we’re westaboos but we didn’t forget about our origins). Same thing applies to Badlands, foreign lands mentioned for worldbuilding purposes that are never going to be explored. If I’m not mistaken, Da