Hideki Miyazaki has started dropping some development details for Dark Souls 3.
Perhaps the biggest change is in regards to setting. When asked if the game will be in the same location as the first two Dark Souls games, Miyazaki replied point blank that he has no intention of using those games as a basis for Dark Souls 3 at all.
Changes are coming and these are the kinds of changes that fans actually want this time around. For example, Miyazaki confirms that some boss fights have a poor reputation among the fans. From Software is aware of this enough that they are avoiding it for the next installment.