Vlad

So they are making a new Dark Souls, which is good of-course.

However they also say that it will be "more approachable".

Now what do they mean by that ?

Will there be more lore in the game ?

Will the story be more straight-forward, less complicated ?

Will they have multiple difficulty settings ?

If they add more lore into the game or make the storyline more understandable, I would have no problems with that, I like these games for the combat, not the lore.

I can't imagine them having one difficulty level and making that one easier.

They would loose most of their core consumers if they did such a thing.

They might have multiple difficulty settings, that seems like a realistic option if they want to reach more consumers.

I wouldn't like it having multiple difficulty settings though.

For one thing I don't consider Dark Souls to be such a difficult game, I die more times in the average FPS or Action game than I ever did in Dark Souls, or Demon's Souls for that matter. People die too much because they button-mash and/or are not careful enough.

If they have lower difficulty settings then people could easily button-mash their way through the whole game, which would damage the series' image as 'the thinking man's action-rpg'.

Or maybe "more approachable" simply means that you will get a map this time around...

I'm looking for further advise on whether to aim for a career in web development (server & client-side), or stick to my degrees in business.

Background information:

Double-degrees in Economics and International Business

I chose this education because I wanted to work as an analyst

I have taken a few courses in web development + have an old diploma in programming

Relevant work experience: 3-month international internship at DHL

>> I've had jobs but they are not relevant to my degrees (cleaner, doorman, etc)

Years unemployed: 3

Jobs applied to: 600 + (last time I bothered to count)

Other facts: don't have money for a Masters, no company in my country offers internships, don't have money to move abroad

Why I think I should go for web development:

- significantly more entry jobs where I live

- I have some familiarity with web development and programming

- I enjoyed the few courses I took: it felt useful, creative and fun

Why I feel like abandoning my business training:

- my degrees are outdated and useless by now

- can only get a job with the right contacts

- I am too old to get in !

I feels like a difficult choice, not because of going into another field, I really liked the courses I took in web development, but because I have invested so much time, energy and money in my degrees. Yet at the same time I feel I have no options any longer and need to find something else that I liked working with and that has better job opportunities, therefore web development.

Or am I wasting my time with web development, am I too old for that as well ?

My local government offers re-training for the long-term unemployed in fields such as welding and manufacturing, if they eventually accept me into one of these would that be a better choice do you think ?

I've been unemployed for three years now, three long and crushingly depressive years. I graduated just before the financial crisis with a double degree in International Business and Economics, and have been stuck in limbo ever since.

Whenever I apply to a basic office/business job I'm told that I'm "overqualified".

However these are basically the only jobs I can apply to where I live, without these I have nothing: all jobs related to Economics require at least a Masters degree and all jobs related to International Business either require a vocational degree in expediting or a degree in Marketing. The range of jobs my university suggested I could get with my degrees simply do not exist.

I have unsuccessfully applied to non-business related jobs too: window cleaner, garden worker etc.

I would not mind moving to another country to get a job, but moving requires a lot of money, which I don't have, consequently this is not a realistic option.

I can't do internships either where I live, if I want to do an internship with a company I have to go through my government - only they can grant me an internship. I would not qualify for it since in their eyes: a degree = a job. They don't think I actually need one, even after being unemployed for three years !

One option I have is to is to get government-sponsored training as a welder, machinist or similar. I would be very happy to do this kind of work too, but getting government approval is very difficult, only few are selected for them even though these are jobs that are in high demand in the job market. Where I live the companies do not offer apprenticeships unless they are government-sponsored.

However in a years' time I should be able to scrape up enough money, from helping relatives with basic chores, to study for another year.

My idea is to either take a one-year Masters in Economics at a nearby university, or switch "career" completely and study web development for a year.

I hold an old diploma in programming (VB, C, Java) and have done a few courses in xhtml,css and JavaScript. I enjoyed the courses I took and thought that programming was very challenging, in a positive way.

Right now I feel that studying business/economics was a huge mistake, it seemed promising at the time but now it only feels like a dead-end. In contrast there are quite a lot of jobs in web development where I live and I think I would be good at it.

I'm looking for some advice on this since I just don't know anymore, all the decisions I make seem to be wrong.

So, should I switch from Economics to Web Development and hopefully get a decent chance to find a job ?