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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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Krusenstern
Banned
But you said a month. Bloodborne won't even be out for two weeks when this drops!
Then it's even less time to enjoy Bloodborne to its fullest!
I'm so glad you mentioned it is an optional boss. So is Kalameet. Most Dark Souls fans would say he's one of the best designed bosses in the game, that's how an optional boss should be done. He was difficult (I died at least 4 times before defeating him) but extremely fair.
Now compare that to the Ancient Dragon, it's worlds apart. He has only 3-4 attacks with one being the most unfair of them all. I had to completely change my build just so I could escape the fire that would cover 2/3 of the arena (which was bland as fuck). It was impossible to do it heavy and considering the fire instant-killed me, I had to change my build. I've never had to do that in a Souls game ever until that point. It's absolutely embarrassing boss design.
Kalameet is how a dragon boss should be done. With plenty of different attacks that are well telegraphed and that never instant-kill you. He was extremely aggressive, constantly keeping you on your toes without ever being unfair.
Kalameet is how a dragon boss should be done. With plenty of different attacks that are well telegraphed and that never instant-kill you. He was extremely aggressive, constantly keeping you on your toes without ever being unfair.
Considering they also included the Darklurker as an optional boss in DS2, any claim that an optional boss has the right to be ridiculously unfair with immense amounts of bullshit is silly.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
DS2 directors never directed Monster Hunter, that was another guy.
Agreed.
Speak for yourself. I absolutely care about the many misleading comments regarding Dark Souls 2's lighting, assets and DLC plans.
Resogun is pretty cool I guess. That and The Last of Us are about all I play on my PS4.
Someone never played Sen's fortress, aka the place with random guillotines and catwalks and falling giant balls because ?????
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
In fact, I'm pretty sure I remember them saying at one stage before the game shipped that they were 'building it for next generation systems'. Will try and find the exact quote but it was something along those lines.
I only have two complains about the Darklurker, both minor:
They were talking about the engine
1) You should get instant access to him on NG+, just by doing one of the dungeons. Doing the entire quest again is boring :C
2) Too easy to kill if you happen to be playing with certain builds. It was incredibly hard and rewarding to kill him with melee, then I went to GAF to talk about it and some people were like "wtf, he's piss easy"
Other than that, it was an awesome boss fight, easily the best in the game imo.
All it needed to be perfect was to have 3 of them on NG+, 4 on NG++ and beyond
DD
2) Too easy to kill if you happen to be playing with certain builds. It was incredibly hard and rewarding to kill him with melee, then I went to GAF to talk about it and some people were like "wtf, he's piss easy"
Other than that, it was an awesome boss fight, easily the best in the game imo.
All it needed to be perfect was to have 3 of them on NG+, 4 on NG++ and beyond
DDThey were talking about the engine
DigitalDevilSummoner
zero cognitive reasoning abilities
Just came back from work to find the good news. Bloodbourne and DS 2 are mine day zero.
Same but you never know. For me DS 2 hasn't been released yet anyway.
Sen's actually had a thematic purpose and it did fit in the world that was created.
Unlike DS2's boring, flat levels filled with traps because LOL YOU DIED.
Get naked or die tryin'
xD
Maybe they can't get it ready in time. I don't think they would like to taste the backlash twice in a row. Rather delay it and make sure they give us what they promised, rather than cutting corners to make a deadline. If anything, they shouldn't release this so close to Bloodbourne. people may feel burnt out and skip this only to pick it up later at a discount. Then again, this is Namco's IP, which has nothing to do with Bloodbourne, so in a sense, they're competing.
megabytecr
Member
I am going through Demon´s Souls, still early but loving it! Why not package DS1 and 2? And some believe DS2 was lackluster compared to the first 2 entries.
Great to see the Kalameet love, also was great at how balanced and "challenging but fair" he was at the same time as actually feeling like you're fighting a fucking Dragon! Contrasted with Ancient Dragon who's just a big clunky idiot mess of a boss with nothing but stomps and a insta-kill fire attack... :\
Remembering the good ole day's! By the by, this particular type of extreme challenge IS NOT possible in DkS2, which is why 90% of the best Demon's/Dark1 challenge runners hate DkS2. The technicality in the tight controls and 100% consistent rolls/i-frames just isn't there anymore, especially at base-SL.
This is only an issue on Sony platforms. One can argue the audience for these games is probably biggest on Sony's ecosystem, considering From has been at these dark fantasy games for nearly 20 years now.
This version will probably hold non-PS4 people over until the eventual Dark Souls III, which I assume is an all but assured eventuality now.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
My farthest character in Dark Souls 2 just finished Drangleic Castle & I don't have much motivation to keep going. For as much complaining as Dark Souls 1 got over the endgame content, it feels like there's far more filler level & enemy design in Dark Souls 2.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
People complain about DS1's endgame, but really, even Lost Izalith is on par with most of DS2's levels (as in they're all miserable). Duke's is an awesome place and the Tomb only pales in comparison to the rest of DS1.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Hahaha holy shit...
I would call this harassment, if it weren't so fucking pathetically hilarious.
- Several in the Forest of Giants
- Skeleton cave in Huntsman
- Tree trunk in Huntsman (nice when looting the secret area below the Chariot bridge)
- Ladder/switch area before Old Iron King
- Door/switch near Lucatiel's sign in No Man's Wharf
- Too many to count in the Bastille
- Undead Crypt lever
- Ladder and zipline in Dragon Aerie (nice for farming the lizards)
- and the DLCs have too many to list.
Plus hidden bonfires that serve as shortcuts, such as in Drangleic, Aldia's Keep, etc.
If you only found one in the whole game... then perhaps you should explore more instead of dismissing the exploration of the game.
I don't like that boss, but it's optional. I liked Bed of Chaos even less, and it's mandatory. Oh noes Dark Souls worst game ever confirmed.
The what?
Otherwise you are full of shit.
Uuuuhhh, go ask them?
Ok, that's a bit too much.
Nothing is worse than Lost Izalith.
Nothing.
Oh god I hate that level.
Not a big fan of Duke's Archives either, but it's still better than a lot of stuff in Dark Souls II, I agree.
Buy Mountain Dew.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
So you are just pulling numbers out of your ass. Got ya.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
Member
Definitely double dipping. Can't wait.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Exclusively in the DX11 version.
The gutter contains product placement. Specifically, it contains art assets for Heineken beer. Either this was a hidden ploy, or more than likely it was leftover placeholder data that they simply forgot to replace.
JudgmentJay
Member
Obviously it was an oversight. It was silently removed in one of the patches. According to AGermanSpy anyway.
Re: Framerate
If this was able to run over 30 FPS on 360 and generally had modest system requirements and good performance on PC, I think a stable-ish 60 FPS could be within reach on PS4 and XB1 if From doesn't go overboard with the graphical additions. Short of that, they'd almost certainly have enough legroom to achieve a locked 30.
If this was able to run over 30 FPS on 360 and generally had modest system requirements and good performance on PC, I think a stable-ish 60 FPS could be within reach on PS4 and XB1 if From doesn't go overboard with the graphical additions. Short of that, they'd almost certainly have enough legroom to achieve a locked 30.
Because it would probably be extremely broken like the MCC is.
No, not harassment, you quoted me first remember. And again, you beat your chest saying you've won Demon's Tourney's, sooo I like to test my skills against yours. Simple as that. Why pathetically hilarious to want to test my skills competitively against someone who claims to have them in a competitive circumstance. Sounds more like you're just ducking me.
I mean, who knows, you might kick my ass, but your too much of a keyboard warrior to actually come and give it a shot. So, call whatever you want and laugh all you want, because in the end it's you who's ducking the challenge.
I've been challenged tons of times by the way, some I won some I lost, including challenges I've issued. So yeah, I'm just a competitive guy.
Their YT PM boxes are there for a reason, bro.
AuthenticM
Member
Ok, I am totally buying this.
Speaking of PM's being there for a reason, why don't you move your Demon's Souls challenges to PM's.
JudgmentJay
Member
I know I'll end up triple dipping for this on PC, but I'm not very optimistic about the "graphical enhancements." Something tells me a 4k downsample with all the bells and whistles from GeDoSaTo will look better than whatever they put out. I mean it's not like they're going to go back and add tessellation or something crazy. Better textures in places would be nice... and less visible repeating textures. I really doubt it'll have the original lighting.
So I am definitely seeing a bit of difference, but I don't feel like it's quite back to what they originally intended, it feels like a half way point between E3 DS2 and present day DS2
But I guess we'll see either way a little bit further into the future, if the game looks more enhanced when it comes out than what we're shown so far, I'll definitely rebuy it on PC.
Otherwise, I don't particularly want to lose my character's face I took so long to craft and savescum to keep.
But I guess we'll see either way a little bit further into the future, if the game looks more enhanced when it comes out than what we're shown so far, I'll definitely rebuy it on PC.
Otherwise, I don't particularly want to lose my character's face I took so long to craft and savescum to keep.
Mr. Poolman
Member
Aw yiss, motherfucking souls.
I don't like the idea of a separate product to add DX11.
I do want more content, that is fine, but there is no need to splinter the PC community (save a monetary one, of course).
I actually like DS2's gameplay even more than DS1's and the abysmal DeS, but I won't pay for a product I already own (even more with a season's pass).
I don't like the idea of a separate product to add DX11.
I do want more content, that is fine, but there is no need to splinter the PC community (save a monetary one, of course).
I actually like DS2's gameplay even more than DS1's and the abysmal DeS, but I won't pay for a product I already own (even more with a season's pass).
old manatee
Banned
I'm glad I passed on this after the downgrade.
Stereogatari
Banned
Hahahaha that's crazy.
I can't imagine how frustrating a SL1 all bosses run would be in DS2. But yes, DS2 is nowhere near as tight in controls and movement as the previous two games which made little sense to me.
I said I can only remember one meaningful one... Other than the Forest of the Lost Giants, I don't think any of those short cuts are meaningful to the way the area is designed.
The whole bonfire system and warping is an absolutely terrible system that encouraged the lazy design of the areas. I can't believe they put a secret bonfire in Aldia's Keep. It was like 30 seconds away from the previous bonfire. That just reeks of poor game design.
Even though the Bed of Chaos was piss easy to beat? It was unfair in the way it worked and the Lost Izalith is easily the worst area in Dark Souls but even then, it was an easy boss because of the check points. Not at all the same with the boss I'm talking about in DS2. But you keep being pedantic to get your point across.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I quoted you in a discussion about Dark Souls II's gameplay. What this has to do with Demon's Souls PvP pissing contests is beyond me.
Do you really think no one will see through your blatant lies? In the other thread you made claims that only scrubs, sorry, non-ultra-hardcore players like Dark Souls II, which I denied. Beat my chest? Fucking wow, could you be more disingenuous?
I couldn't care less about your puerile "challenges". I have nothing to prove to anyone, lest of all to you.
This is a discussion about Dark Souls II, not whoever has the biggest e-peen. You have no arguments, so you resort to changing the topic trying to provoke me, but it's so transparent and pathetic. Grow up.
Edit:
But then he couldn't crow triumphantly about how I'm "ducking" stuff... and things...
Publicly exposing people who duck other people competitively and being able to show proof of that is valuable imo.
He could have just said, no I'm not interested, or no I'm a bit rusty and probably wouldn't do well, but I've got him on 3/4 separate occasions doing the "LOLspinneroo" at how "mature he is" vs. me...for ducking a challenge. Like "come fight me in X game" is anything new or childish. This guy doesn't have a clue.