
What gives it away as a possible sequel or spiritual succesor like Dark Souls was to Demon's Douls, is the use of torches and they also showed a party of characters that could be your pawns. It was speculated that you could have a friend drop in to your game mid game like the way you could add or drop pawns whenever you liked. It wouldn't be too difficult to do this, they are the devs for Monster Hunter after all.