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Oh my God, fucking finally! I've been itching for a replay ever since I finished 100%-ing Dark Souls II (like two weeks after the PC version came out) but I figured I might as well wait until this happened. Didn't think it would take so long.

Can't wait to start over with a clean slate. And I kinda hope it took this long because they did some tweaking under the hood. Would be nice if they finally patched in proper resolution settings and such.

 

[Grief.exe]

hopefully they fix the connection problems that made an annoying mess of multiplayer in Dark Souls. (as if!!!)

summon failed, summon failed, summon failed, summon failed, summon failed, summon failed, YOU HAVE BEEN INVADED!, summon failed, summon failed, summon failed!!!!!!!!!!!!

annoying as hell. made me go back to the Ps3 version.

and yes, i had my ports open etc.

GFWL in a nutshell.

Oh my God, fucking finally! I've been itching for a replay ever since I finished 100%-ing Dark Souls II (like two weeks after the PC version came out) but I figured I might as well wait until this happened. Didn't think it would take so long.

Can't wait to start over with a clean slate. And I kinda hope it took this long because they did some tweaking under the hood. Would be nice if they finally patched in proper resolution settings and such.

I've been waiting for this moment as well. Can't wait to start over fresh.

I was actually just about to tweet Namco's community managers to see what the status was.

 

[Alo81]

I was actually just about to tweet Namco's community managers to see what the status was.

Post it here when you do so we can RT it.

 

[Gaogaogao]

I knew I bought this game for a reason

 

[Grief.exe]

Post it here when you do so we can RT it.

Let's see what happens in the immediate future now that the wheels are turning.

I knew I bought this game for a reason

One of the best games of all time?

 

[Persona7]

Great to see, i didn't have many issues with GFWL at first but it's been terrible this past year.

 

[Gaogaogao]

Let's see what happens in the immediate future now that the wheels are turning.



One of the best games of all time?

I bought it in good faith that gfwl would be removed.

 

[Grief.exe]

I bought it in good faith that gfwl would be removed.

Seems you got rewarded then.

 

[Alo81]

I bought Dark Souls because I love GfWL wtf this is bullshit

 

[Linkark07]

FINALLY. When I knew GFWL was going to be removed, I stopped playing this. The wait will end soon.

 

[Laurentius]

7651E

 

[Booshka]

Would be nice if it fixed a lot of the online connectivity issues and boosted the population. Kinda sucks having to play on Xbox for any sort of online action.

Always down to play more Dark Souls, and would love to start yet another new character if a ton of other players are too.

 

[Easton Dark]

Think of your saves being deleted as your characters sacrificing themselves to rid the world of GFWL. True heroes, one and all.

 

[JaseC]

GFWL -> Steamworks confirmed:

Commence party:

+ branches/steambuilddebug/buildid: 415828
+ branches/steambuilddebug/description: NOG4WL Debug
+ branches/steambuilddebug/pwdrequired: 1

 

[alr1ght]

 

[sixghost]

That's not necessarily true; they may implement some tool to transfer saves/achievements as other games did.
That said, and I won't pretend to speak for everyone here but just state a personal opinion, I would almost prefer if that was the case.
I would take it as a stronger incentive to replay the game from start.

Frankly my only significant concern is about DSfix.
Are they going to break it without implementing arbitrary resolution natively?

It would be kind of amazing if everyone in the community had their saves wiped at the same time. You could play early level PvP without having to deal with twinked invaders for once.

 

[Tesseract]

 

[Unai]

GFWL -> Steamworks confirmed:

itshappening.gif

 

[Dictator93]

NOG4WL Debug stands for

New Online Games 4 Window Live Dedug. The joke is on us!

 

[Nabs]

 

[chaobreaker]

I need to know the source of this gif.

 

[ashecitism]

I need to know the source of this gif.

The Shining.

 

[grimmiq]

I just started another playthrough, might wait to see if my saves get lost before I continue. Which is a shame..lucked out and got the BKH and my first ever BSS from the first Knight I killed.

 

[chaobreaker]

The Shining.

Shit, I just outed myself as a film pleb.

It's on my must watch movies list I swear!

 

[poopninjamvc3mk]

Not even getting hype till I hear if it's smooth or not online

Great for the people that have launch problems with gfwl tho

 

[Booshka]

Shit, I just outed myself as a film pleb.

It's on my must watch movies list I swear!

Better go watch that shit ASAP

 

[Shengar]

Do it Bamco so I can play my Dark Souls on PC. I really need to do that Claymore build run.

 

[chaobreaker]

Better go watch that shit ASAP

If I could find the time I would.

 

[Banana Aeon]

 

[Havel]

I've missed you, Lordran.

So happy right now. Can't wait to get back in my tower.

 

[CountAntonius]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! I've been wanting to replay this for awhile now.

Spoiler

Now please add soul vessel respecs

 

[Bulk_Rate]

Now I can finally convince friends of mine who were on the fence about the game to actually give it a go. Convincing them to try the notorious Dark Souls AND also swallow the GFWL poo sandwich was just too much to ask a friend.

 

[TheThunder]

Nice, haven't reinstalled DS1 again ever sine I went from W7 to W8.1 because of GFWL.

Hope they let us carry the saves, but if not its ok, I'll just redo my Zeus god of thunder build again.

 

[Eusis]

Nice, haven't reinstalled DS1 again ever sine I went from W7 to W8.1 because of GFWL.

Hope they let us carry the saves, but if not its ok, I'll just redo my Zeus god of thunder build again.

If not then I'm glad I went and got the extra Sif scene out of the way just in time.

Might make it an opportunity to roll again as a mage. Just to see how overpowered magic REALLY is.

 

[Wheelatron]

Wonder why the size is increasing from 3.89gb to 7+ gb?

 

[The Llama]

Wonder why the size is increasing from 3.89gb to 7+ gb?

Yeah, could someone explain that? Just wondering whats going on there behind the scenes.

On a not really related note, is there ever any chance of GTA4 losing GFWL?

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Hopefully they don't forget to enable family sharing after removing GFWL.

 

[Booshka]

If not then I'm glad I went and got the extra Sif scene out of the way just in time.

Might make it an opportunity to roll again as a mage. Just to see how overpowered magic REALLY is.

Perfectly Balanced and Enriching addition to Dark Souls

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Wonder why the size is increasing from 3.89gb to 7+ gb?

Ultra texture pack, and unannounced port of Demon's Souls.

 

[ElTopo]

Ultra texture pack, and unannounced port of Demon's Souls.

 

[etae]

Shit... steam achievements after I'm almost done with my playthrough.
Still extremely excited, gfwl is a complete fucking mess in this game.

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

Wonder why the size is increasing from 3.89gb to 7+ gb?

Maybe on their Dev branch they're maintaining on two copies of the game at the same time for testing.

 

[Stallion Free]

 

[Sentenza]

Maybe on their Dev branch they're maintaining on two copies of the game at the same time for testing.

That would be my guess as well.
But jim-jam bongs' hypothesis is way more cool.

 

[Grief.exe]

 

[Takao]

Presumably this is what BN's community manager is talking about:

Writing up some great news for @BandaiNamcoUS right now... Stay tuned in the next hour...

https://twitter.com/JKartje/statuses/524363578057293824

 

[CountAntonius]

Presumably this is what BN's community manager is talking about:



https://twitter.com/JKartje/statuses/524363578057293824

 

[Grief.exe]

We are very excited to announce that next month it will be possible for players to migrate their Dark Souls: Prepare to Die games, saves and achievements from the Games for Windows Live platform to Steam.

• Games for Windows Live users will be able to redeem their Games for Windows Live Tokens on Steam to get Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition at no additional cost. (To find your Games for Windows Live Token, please head to the support webpage.)
• In the month of November, there will be a period by which Games for Windows Live Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition users will be able to transfer their Save Data (characters + progress) and Achievements over to their Steam accounts.
• Players will still be able to use their Games for Windows Live Tokens to redeem the Steam version of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition at no additional cost even after the migration period ends; but game Save Data and Achievements transfer functions may not be available.
• Games for Windows Live Rankings will not be transferred to Steam.
• The specific migration start and end dates will be available soon; however the migration period will begin sometime in November 2014 with more specific dates to come.

We will be sharing more information soon regarding the migration process soon, so stay tuned!

Join the Bandai Namco Games America Community!

http://bandainamcous.tumblr.com/post/100546461401/we-are-very-excited-to-announce-that-next-month-it

 

[CountAntonius]

 

[Bluth54]

Frankly my only significant concern is about DSfix.
Are they going to break it without implementing arbitrary resolution natively?

Really Namco should just buy the rights to DSfix and officially incorporate it into the game.