I just finished the first draft, but can't really tell you how long it will take to edit, revise and format and when it will be published.
I wish I could. I have a gallery here which is just waiting to go into the screenshot thread.
Dark Souls II - Graphics Comparison - PC Preview
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It mostly falls down to expectations. Some folks expected this look exactly like the reveal footage. Others simply wanted a good port, which seems to be what we got.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
It isn't. Slightly different camera angle.
Seriously? Pfffft
Garcia
Member
Nope, the camera is just tilted slightly to the right. It's exactly the same game.
Shocking scandal. PC version is the same game as other versions.
25th right?
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
I think everyone expected this look exactly like the reveal footage and there is nothing to be ashamed of.erawsd said:
But we wanted shiny and twinkly too
fluffydelusions
Member
Are they going up with the article?
Some are, but more importantly, when the article goes up I'll be able to post any I want.
Ooooh, this article from Durante sounds good. Can't wait to see a full comparison. Don't really need justification for my decision to wait for the PC version to be fair but will be nice to know how the port holds up.
Man, I know that the PC release is technically next week, but it still feels so far away. Wish it was a global Tuesday release....
Man, I know that the PC release is technically next week, but it still feels so far away. Wish it was a global Tuesday release....
Bamco need to control it before it's released?
No. It still needs to be edited etc., but I don't think Bandai Namco has anything to do with that.
Shub-Niggurath
Member
Same here. Praise Durante !
I hope you can get a few direct feed screenshots from consoles too into the article.
ExFalsoQuodlibet
Member
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Skybox looks a lot better than consoles, as everything else
Hey Durante. Will your article discuss the modability of DkS2?
Basically what aspects will be easier to mod in (like custom textures?).
Dark Souls is 20% off on GMG with discount code: O3H7FE-D4NFO0-F0LIGK
That brings the price to $40USD for those interested.
For those who don't know, GMG also has a Playfire service, where you can link your Steam account and they'll add cash credit to your GMG account for completing challenges.
Challenges are stuff like playing a game for the first time and getting particular achievements.
I've been doing Playfire for the past ~2 weeks and it's how I'm getting Dark Souls II for this price
Almost all the credit is from me just occasionally getting achievements in games the past 2 weeks.
Right now I think they've got offers for a bunch of worms games, Super Meat Boy, and Fez and you can get the credit mad easy.
I probably sound like I'm shilling hard for GMG but it's legit just a superb deal all around and more people need to know about the whole Playfire thing. It's kind of ridiculous how much credit they give out.
Also, if you don't want to actually invest the time in the game, as long as you at least own it, some people have totally used Steam Achievement Manager to just unlock the achievements and get their credit that way.
That brings the price to $40USD for those interested.
For those who don't know, GMG also has a Playfire service, where you can link your Steam account and they'll add cash credit to your GMG account for completing challenges.
Challenges are stuff like playing a game for the first time and getting particular achievements.
I've been doing Playfire for the past ~2 weeks and it's how I'm getting Dark Souls II for this price
Almost all the credit is from me just occasionally getting achievements in games the past 2 weeks.
Right now I think they've got offers for a bunch of worms games, Super Meat Boy, and Fez and you can get the credit mad easy.
I probably sound like I'm shilling hard for GMG but it's legit just a superb deal all around and more people need to know about the whole Playfire thing. It's kind of ridiculous how much credit they give out.
Also, if you don't want to actually invest the time in the game, as long as you at least own it, some people have totally used Steam Achievement Manager to just unlock the achievements and get their credit that way.
Chance Hale
Member
It's pretty nice, I got around 9 bucks for getting all the achievements in Goat Simulator(which I only paid 5 dollars for because of credit from other games)
Ended up getting Dark Souls II for around 30 dollars which is nice. Need more screenshots!
Ended up getting Dark Souls II for around 30 dollars which is nice. Need more screenshots!
Garcia
Member
Dark Souls is 20% off on GMG with discount code: O3H7FE-D4NFO0-F0LIGK
That brings the price to $40USD for those interested.
For those who don't know, GMG also has a Playfire service, where you can link your Steam account and they'll add cash credit to your GMG account for completing challenges.
Challenges are stuff like playing a game for the first time and getting particular achievements.
I've been doing Playfire for the past ~2 weeks and it's how I'm getting Dark Souls II for this price
Almost all the credit is from me just occasionally getting achievements in games the past 2 weeks.
Right now I think they've got offers for a bunch of worms games, Super Meat Boy, and Fez and you can get the credit mad easy.
I probably sound like I'm shilling hard for GMG but it's legit just a superb deal all around and more people need to know about the whole Playfire thing. It's kind of ridiculous how much credit they give out.
Also, if you don't want to actually invest the time in the game, as long as you at least own it, some people have totally used Steam Achievement Manager to just unlock the achievements and get their credit that way.
Thank you for this!
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
That brings the price to $40USD for those interested.
For those who don't know, GMG also has a Playfire service, where you can link your Steam account and they'll add cash credit to your GMG account for completing challenges.
Challenges are stuff like playing a game for the first time and getting particular achievements.
I've been doing Playfire for the past ~2 weeks and it's how I'm getting Dark Souls II for this price
Almost all the credit is from me just occasionally getting achievements in games the past 2 weeks.
oO how does that work?
He did explain practically everything, but there is a playfire thread on GAF that should handle any remaining questions.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=801210&page=1
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
GMG is legit. You'll get pre-order stuff yeah. Normally it's either built into the key they give, or they have an additional key they give you with the pre-order stuff.
Excellent, thanks for the reassurance.
If you want a little more reassurance I've bought a ton of games from them and they've always been really reliable.
Damnit, they should hurry up and edit Durante's article. The game is only 10 days away. They need to beat other impression videos to the punch.
Looks a bit spoilerly. First few seconds of the video I had already seen areas and enemies I haven't seen before.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
I lost at Kaioken Misfire :lol
Durante's work is going to be much better than any impressions video you'll find elsewhere, I'd say. Look for both my 4K screenshot gallery (I've posted 3 images out of ~40 so far, I think) and the first analysis from Durante this week.
CountAntonius
Member
Hot dang. Exciting to hear. Thanks for all the good work.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
It is spoilery. Several mid game locations and one of the 'important' bosses.
Also, they improved the flame sprite on your torch with the PC version. That's about the only texture-related enhancement to be seen in that video. Bit weird the torch still remained lit when he fell into the water a few times; maybe it's in that specific area, but usually the torch fizzled out for me when you take a dip. I need to check if it's like that on consoles too for those spots.
Rambone
Member
Lol, I read this like it was Mr Chow from the Hangover movies saying this and it made it even more funnier.
Sanctuary
Member
Unless you are coming into the PC version cold, and are just talking about enemies and areas that were not shown in other previews...all of this was on the console version.
Nabs
Member
The console version doesn't exist for many of us.
Wow, even in a compressed video like this the PC version already looks a LOT cleaner than the console version. I never noticed what the heads of the guys in the starting area looked like until that video.
Grinchy
Banned
Yeah I thought the same thing. It looks way better than the scraps that were thrown to me on the PS3 version.
The majority of people buying the game on PC are going to be coming into the game cold.
Of course these areas and enemies were in the console version, does that make it any less of a spoiler?