The FromSoftware game map could have been larger.
A dataminer going by the nickname Doneda recently returned to Dark Souls II and presented a large location that was cut from the game.
It was intended that in DS II players would be able to explore the sewers. With the help of Map Studio Binary, the researcher was able to demonstrate the location:
The sewer includes a system of various passages; the player could have visited arenas (it is assumed they would have featured boss battles) and a tavern.
Doneda also found notes in Japanese — perhaps the developers were making annotations.
The tour of the location lasted almost an hour: