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Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin announced for PS4/XBO/PC - April 2015
- Thread starter RoKKeR
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I'll take a beta feel over a "we have run out of ideas and its also kinda broken" feel, but thats just me.
You and me both, man.
Ahhh the classic complaint.
This remaster is brand new to me, so I shall buy it with pleasure thank you very much.
Probably another person thinking Bloodbourne will be a let down in the same way as DS2 was in regards to the lighting fiasco or whatever.
Don't know if this will be a buy from me as I'll be to into BB at the time. Only reason I kind of want is I sold my 360 for my RTTP PS4 and didn't get to try the dlc fully before doing so. Really hoping sony and From team up for a demons soul remaster or at the very least a PSnow version because I really need to finish that game and haven't had a PS3 to do so in a long time.
I don't really get your point. If anything, DS2 is amazingly well optimized. It runs at 60FPS 1080p on lower mid-end systems, and at 4k 60 FPS on single-GPU high end PCs.
I didn't get that feeling from DS2 at all, but I'm sorry you did.
I don't usually post memes but...QFT!
Yeah, Demon's sure did have a "beta feel"...how? I'd like somebody to specifically explain how it's "mechanics" and design structure felt "beta" in any way.
And by the way, what IS a "beta feel". Is that a subjective thing or is there any established theory for this?
HF2014
Member
Agreee. Its what i kinda dislike of this current gen.But what is more amazing is that we all jump on them. Even if i didnt enjoy it as much as dk1 and ds, its a but for me.But ill wait for a used copy eh.
Wow, that pretty much nails my criticisms spot on.
The Cartographer
Member
Nice.
RockTurtle
Member
i'd say let's make a poll
So this dlc is free on ps4, xb1, and if they didn't give you the chance to buy it on PC, this would make it free on PC too!
Logic is failing you, dude.
The reality is that PC gamers had to simply wait to play the game in the firstplace, with DkS1, because it simply wasn't available for their platform.
I guess you would've preferred for DkS2 to also not come out on PC on D1.
The problem with the 'marketing of the game' was super blown out of proportion. The game was downgraded, yes, but we got *plenty* of screenshots showing the game in its proper state. We had all the warning we could have needed. I agree they could have pulled the pre-downgrade footage from the promo materials on Steam, but all the complaints about them trying to bullshit us on purpose or something were ridiculous.
And no, I don't think the criticism of DSII has been disingenuous, I just think it became a popular thing to do where people start to pile on and I think if you applied the same excrutiating critique to Demon's or Dark 1, they wouldn't 'seem' nearly as good in the public's eye, either. I think, somewhat justifiably, those two games get a pass because they were both far more 'pioneering' than DSII, but they were still quite flawed in many ways, just as DSII is if you want to get down to it. I agree DSII isn't as inspired as those games and I think the lack of doing something properly fresh feeling with the formula made it a far less remarkable game, but it is still a quality game, especially if you want to compare to other games instead of just Demon's and Dark 1.
Just sayin, don't skip out on this because you hear a lot of negativity around. I don't think you're getting a representative picture of the game's quality if you just measure how much negativity you hear vs positivity. And that goes for quite a lot of other things as well. People like to complain.
Veritigo_X
Member
With Bloodborne potentially coming out a couple weeks before this, it's going to be an easy wait for it to go on sale. I wasn't ever interested in this game due to Miyazaki not being involved in any way. Seemed like more of a cash grab by Namco than anything and this re-release seems like they're trying to piggyback off of Bloodborne.
semiconscious
Member
& i'm truly sorry that all you got from demon's souls was 'beta feel' (whatever that means). for every one thing that game might've gotten wrong, it got half-a-dozen things right, & fabricated a solid foundation for every souls game that's followed...
TheKastorian
Member
This.
You: Might be another DS2(silly idea based on nothing)
Me: If anything it's DeS based on it being billed as such and beta impressions...
.....what?
I never said AotA wasn't charged for on consoles, I said it was free on PC, yeah, in context it was free due to it being a late as hell port...but the fact remains it was free...on PC. Which is exactly what I said.
And where did you cognitively disconnect by assuming anything about me not wanting DkS2 on PC either? It didn't come out on D1, which is another travesty of the incompetence of the developer's, they couldn't even fix the durability system to work properly at 60fps...even given the time between releases to do so.
So really, I have no idea what you're talking about.
Stereogatari
Banned
I don't see how they're piggybacking off Bloodborne. If anything having the games close together will hurt sales for DS2, since there will be people who will pick the newer game over the older one.
In my case I haven't played DS2 yet, so I'm going to play that first and leave Bloodborne for the summer dry spell.
Huge souls fan here
Couple of things
This wont have the lighting we saw in the beta footage at e3 and other trade shows. Its not in the PC version, which IMO, will remain the superior version of the game even after these next-gen versions are released.
Unless they release a new PC version similar to Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition, then this game will essentially be a port of the PC version to consoles.
Couple of things
This wont have the lighting we saw in the beta footage at e3 and other trade shows. Its not in the PC version, which IMO, will remain the superior version of the game even after these next-gen versions are released.
Unless they release a new PC version similar to Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition, then this game will essentially be a port of the PC version to consoles.
CountAntonius
Member
You just love arguing huh? I said for me IF it would have enough content to be considered as large as a dlc it would be worth the 15 I would pay for it. I never said there would be that content.
Veritigo_X
Member
I was more referring to PC/XB1 owners who can't play Bloodborne. Releasing it so close they are practically saying, "Can't play Bloodborne? You can play this!"
Yes, that's exactly what it was: a foundation - an intriguing set of new mechanics with a rather barebones game built around them. These mechanics were then fully realized in Dark Souls 1 and 2.
Bedameister
Member
I knew this will happen but still I'm so happy right now.
Will be great to play a Souls Game that runs fluidly. Hope it will be 60fps. But solid 30fps would be nice either.
Will be great to play a Souls Game that runs fluidly. Hope it will be 60fps. But solid 30fps would be nice either.
illmatic22
Banned
Neat. This some good stuff here folks.
Alcoholikaust
Member
in it for the triple dip
Zelenogorsk
Banned
I'm glad i have yet to play the DLC. Gonna get this. I can't wait to replay this game.
thehillissilent
Member
There will be a new Direct X 11 version of the game for PC. It is in the updated OP.
Read the title and thought that they now put the old visuals in and got intrigued. Then I saw the trailer and screens and it doesn't really look better than the pc version of old... Certainly not what I was initially expecting when I read the thread title. So close to bloodborne that I will propably skip this.
semiconscious
Member
you found the tower of latria to be 'barebones"?! like i say, man, you have my sympathy
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SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
All this salt from DS2 haters
I'd rather the beta feel than the no soul feel tbh.
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
might jump on this game for the first time when it comes out, depends what other games are around it though.
Well, going solely off the "announcement", there doesn't seem to be ANY real new content, besides NPC stuff/balancing/etc, which isn't really new content. Sooo...it isn't worth $15. Based on your terms and what they've announced.
This. Dark Souls at high res on PC looks a lot more organic and visually striking than its sequel, which suffered really badly from flat lighting and bland art design.
Port whatever. I just want ds1 on ps4 so I can get rid of the ps3