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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Steam pre-order is LIVE

KimChi

Member
Oh, since some people are playing the leaked version anyway does the game have playstation button prompts?
Hopefully it'll be easy to mod in if not.
 

DarkStream

Member
Locked fps on a 144hz G-Sync? Explain yourself! Edit: I see...but fps

I haven't overclocked my 4690k or 970 but as long as I get an average above 80fps I'll be happy.

Hehe, if we would be talking about CS:GO, I would be totally on your side ;-)
Yeah, I'm sure you'll hit 80 super easily!
 

TheGrue

Member
I was just sitting at my desk doing some work and I felt this huge disturbance in the Force and rushed in here and now I see this game releases at noon on Friday? WTF? Time to do my first Steam refund.

;)
 
I had that problem too. I'm assuming you're using DS4ForWindows?

1)plug in your DS4
2)start DS4ForWindows
3)THEN start Steam or Origin or any game.

The reason that's happening is because some game bugged out and don't recognize DS4 and emulate it as a Xbox controller, but as a standard controller. So you have to start DS4ForWindows first to not get that bug.

If you still need help. Pm me.

.That sorted it, thanks!
 

Acinixys

Member
KB+M has prompts on the screen? You'll be fine if you don't use a controller.

I really, really doubt that is true. Just in case it is, Steam refunds are a thing nowadays.

Nah, it does have KB+M prompts. It also switches on the fly based on what input method you use without you having to change anything.
wbacon had a post about that somewhere earlier in this thread.


Thanks guys

I couldn't find anything to confirm this, which is why i asked
 
It never ceases to amuse me reading people defending companies. Really getting what we deserve.

The game was ALWAYS scheduled for the 15th of january, and the timeslot is apparently damn common.

Does it suck that others are playing it early than we the legal users will? Yes. But I'm not gonna blame Capcom over it. Well at least not this, fuck them for Megaman Legends 3 though
 

Vamphuntr

Member
Gamekult PC review (in french) : 6/10

They say graphics aint pretty (no hd textures). Even in 4K, its still a ps3 game but 60 fps, no more black bars and adjustable FOV is a good thing.

OG one got a 7/10 (different tester) but this got 6/10 mainly because of the shitty interface and awful AI.

It's pretty interesting to read and this part probably is a good summary of the game for many
Version PC : Il ne faut pas se leurrer, Dragon’s Dogma est le parfait représentant du plaisir coupable, un jeu tout cabossé qu’on apprécie malgré ses défauts. Le titre de Capcom n’est ni un grand RPG, ni un bon open world, mais le système de combat rattrape le tout, montrant au passage le chemin qu’il reste à parcourir à des Bethesda/CDProjekt question prise en main. En ayant parfaitement conscience de cette réalité, il est tout à fait possible et plaisant d’enchaîner les heures de jeux, malgré une interface toujours aussi peu intuitive et une IA honteuse

The jab at Bethesda and CDProjekt is good. It also seems they are playing the earlier build with the Japanese VA in it.

No HD textures is disappointing too but I guess they didn't want to spend much money on this. They didn't license the theme song or the Berserk stuff nor the Japanese voices probably to spend as little as possible.
 

Morrigan Stark

Arrogant Smirk
I don't know why they'd expect HD textures. It's a port, not a remaster. Christ.

As for the crappy AI, that really depends on your pawn inclination. If they have an ill-fitting one, their AI will suffer greatly. With the proper inclination and knowledge of monsters, a pawn can have some of the most impressive NPC AI I've seen in a game, to be honest.

Arrogant Smirk
Haha, actually, that name is my PSN alt because I wanted to make a second Dragon's Dogma character, and Arrogant Smirk is a perfect anagram of my PSN name (which is the same as my GAF name). :D
 

Akronis

Member
I don't know why they'd expect HD textures. It's a port, not a remaster. Christ.

As for the crappy AI, that really depends on your pawn inclination. If they have an ill-fitting one, their AI will suffer greatly. With the proper inclination and knowledge of monsters, a pawn can have some of the most impressive NPC AI I've seen in a game, to be honest.


Haha, actually, that name is my PSN alt because I wanted to make a second Dragon's Dogma character, and Arrogant Smirk is a perfect anagram of my PSN name (which is the same as my GAF name). :D

Assuming it's not encrypted source, texture replacements will be popular anyways.
 

Shari

Member
Yes because every company just hates their customers and does everything to spite them.

For real dude, if them choosing to release this at some set date vs. what you expected pisses you off that much, don't buy the game.

There are plenty of companies that deserve hate for stupid shit, but complaining over a release time is fucking baby shit.

Neither I said they deserve hate nor I'm pissed about the release date. I'm pissed about the game getting leaked on the internet and them not acting on it, letting their customers (like me) waiting until their scheduled date for the sake of it.

This is such a lazy post. What exactly are we "getting"?

All kinds of mistreatment, this might not be the case but its still hilarious seeing a customer defending a company.

The game was ALWAYS scheduled for the 15th of january, and the timeslot is apparently damn common.

Does it suck that others are playing it early than we the legal users will? Yes. But I'm not gonna blame Capcom over it. Well at least not this, fuck them for Megaman Legends 3 though

Again, I'm fine with the schedule, dunno why everybody seems to think otherwise, explained already up there.

I will blame capcom on not acting on it tho just to keep their marketing schedule.

Now back to the game. Does anybody know why DSR doesn't work off the bat? Got a gsync monitor and tried several combinations of on/off for settings and cant make the game go over my native 2k resolution to benchmark :C
 
So with so many people playing, I'm honestly surprised people haven't compared the x360 save game with the pc savegame already.

Because if they are still using what is basically an xml file, some minor editing should make a save transfer possible.
Could someone do some science?
 

Akronis

Member
Neither I said they deserve hate nor I'm pissed about the release date. I'm pissed about the game getting leaked on the internet and them not acting on it, letting their customers (like me) waiting until their scheduled date for the sake of it.



All kinds of mistreatment, this might not be the case but its still hilarious seeing a customer defending a company.



Again, I'm fine with the schedule, dunno why everybody seems to think otherwise, explained already up there.

I will blame capcom on not acting on it tho just to keep their marketing schedule.

Now back to the game. Does anybody know why DSR doesn't work off the bat? Got a gsync monitor and tried several combinations of on/off for settings and cant make the game go over my native 2k resolution to benchmark :C

So every game that gets leaked should get released ahead of time? Do you even know if the leaked copy is build 1.0? It might have a day one patch that they are still working on.

Don't demand things of companies without having any sort of insight into what their reasons might be.
 

Lanrutcon

Member
Impressions: pretty sure the game is going to have a very mixed reception. Lots of questionable design decisions that require the user to dig a bit before finding the fun bits. But the fun bits are worth it: it's a tighter Skyrim for non-ADD people.

Oh, and it's amazing how many faults I forgave once I got strong enough to kill ogres. Fuck those things.
 

garath

Member
Wbacon said there will be a day 1 patch. Perhaps they aren't just sitting on their hands after the leak. Perhaps they are working on the game within their well planned pre-existing release schedule.

While it would be nice if they release a couple days early, it's not like they are trying to actively punish their paying customers by sticking to their release date. Patience.
 

Sectus

Member
Gamekult PC review (in french) : 6/10

They say graphics aint pretty (no hd textures). Even in 4K, its still a ps3 game but 60 fps, no more black bars and adjustable FOV is a good thing.

OG one got a 7/10 (different tester) but this got 6/10 mainly because of the shitty interface and awful AI.

The "no HD textures" statement is weird because it's false. We've got already got comparisons between PS3 and PC versions showing higher resolution textures used in the PC version.
 

Akronis

Member
Yeah, after RE4 HD retexture project (i.e. highly unlikely in our lifetime)

Since when is one project indicative of the entire modding scene? The game isn't even out yet.

Also, the RE4 HD project is difficult because they have to go find the actual real life areas where the textures were created from. Dragon's Dogma (especially since it's open world) probably re-uses a lot of basic textures.
 
I wouldn't worry too much about the "bad Pawn AI" complaints. Pawns become better as they gain experience. By experience I mean the kind gained from fighting monsters and knowing their abilities/tactics, not the kind that leads to level-ups and better stats.

When a pawn witnesses you defeating a monster they'll exclaim something to the affect of "I learned something!". Then, when another player summons this pawn, the information they have learned will be relayed. This also extends to quests, as pawns will point out important artifacts or anything else relevant to the current situation.

Since hardly anyone (aside from reviewers and pirates) is playing Dragon's Dogma right now, there are a severe shortage of not only summonable pawns, but also knowledgeable pawns.

All that said, pawns aren't perfect. They tend to get smacked around a bit by certain bosses.
 
So with so many people playing, I'm honestly surprised people haven't compared the x360 save game with the pc savegame already.

Because if they are still using what is basically an xml file, some minor editing should make a save transfer possible.
Could someone do some science?

Could someone perhaps send me a pc savefile so I can poke around a bit myself?
 

Vuze

Member
Small update to the preload it seems?
HlWAEb1.png


E: Wait, I just noticed this now lol, it's 9pm over here already. Larger update then? Weird.
 

Grief.exe

Member
Small update to the preload it seems?
HlWAEb1.png


E: Wait, I just noticed this now lol, it's 9pm over here already. Larger update then? Weird.

Things are moving on the app, they cleaned everything up and got it ready for release. Just updated some depots about a minute ago.

Keeping my eye on any movement.
 

Vazra

irresponsible vagina leak
I'm just using Audacity. Import the song, set to 48000 khz, split to mono, mirror the left and right tracks for back left, back right, and combine them for center / 5.1, then export as an ogg.
Thanks a bunch. *Whips out Dark Souls 1 & 2 OSTs*
 

Morrigan Stark

Arrogant Smirk
I wouldn't worry too much about the "bad Pawn AI" complaints. Pawns become better as they gain experience. By experience I mean the kind gained from fighting monsters and knowing their abilities/tactics, not the kind that leads to level-ups and better stats.

When a pawn witnesses you defeating a monster they'll exclaim something to the affect of "I learned something!". Then, when another player summons this pawn, the information they have learned will be relayed. This also extends to quests, as pawns will point out important artifacts or anything else relevant to the current situation.

Since hardly anyone (aside from reviewers and pirates) is playing Dragon's Dogma right now, there are a severe shortage of not only summonable pawns, but also knowledgeable pawns.

All that said, pawns aren't perfect. They tend to get smacked around a bit by certain bosses.
Don't forget inclinations. They can make a big difference.

A lot of pawns inadvertently get the "Guardian" inclination, no doubt due to players spamming "come!" or "help me!" commands, which has the nasty side-effect of fucking up their original inclination. A Guardian-inclined pawn will often run around your Arisen uselessly while they should be out there taking out mobs. This can be fixed by the Knowledge Chair somewhat, though the elixirs are preferable.

Thanks a bunch. *Whips out Dark Souls 1 & 2 OSTs*
Oh great idea. I think I know what I'm gonna do to replace the [BBI spoilers]
Daimon
fight. Probably the S&O theme, since I have the OST.
 

J_Viper

Member
Apologies if this is the wrong thread to ask this.

In the event that this never comes to current consoles, how much would a desktop that could run this at 60 FPS cost me?

I had a great time playing through this on 360, and I'd love to revisit it, but those last-gen versions were such a mess, I can't go back.
 

Vuze

Member
Boris working on his AO implementation for ENB it seems.
http://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4793&p=68262#p68262

Apologies if this is the wrong thread to ask this.

In the event that this never comes to current consoles, how much would a desktop that could run this at 60 FPS cost me?

I had a great time playing through this on 360, and I'd love to revisit it, but those last-gen versions were such a mess, I can't go back.
Not a whole lot if you don't want to go for performance-heavy mods like ENB that will eventually be released.
MT Framework games run on a toaster and from first reports, that's the case for DD as well. Might want to wait until some publications post performance comparisons after launch to determine which components you want to upgrade/pick for your build.
 
Damn since I worked all last weekend, was planning to take Friday off to play. Since it's coming out at noon instead, may decide to just take Monday off instead
 

thebloo

Member
But you can't see what you have bind on those hotkeys. So you gotta remember it? Someone should make a HUD mod so you can see what you have hotkeyed.

I had that problem too. I'm assuming you're using DS4ForWindows?

1)plug in your DS4
2)start DS4ForWindows
3)THEN start Steam or Origin or any game.

The reason that's happening is because some game bugged out and don't recognize DS4 and emulate it as a Xbox controller, but as a standard controller. So you have to start DS4ForWindows first to not get that bug.

If you still need help. Pm me.

I have uninstalled the game, waiting on Friday. But thanks in advance for this.
 
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