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Dark Souls II |OT| The Dark Souls of Dark Souls
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hokagespit
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guys... this looks so awesome.
Curious_George
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I think I've watched enough streams now to not quite ruin the fresh experience for myself but to still figure out if I should be excited for it. And I think I can safely say I'm still hyped. Hopefully it'll look a little better on the PC when I play it but otherwise I've got no real complaints from what I've seen.
Now if I can just pull myself away from all the spoilers for a while
Now if I can just pull myself away from all the spoilers for a while
Self_Destructive
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Gimme da link gimme da link
plz
plz
AlwaysCraven
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Stream link would be greatly appreciated
hokagespit
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yeah but the texture quality overall is a step above what id come to expect. haven't watched enough to declare it tolerable or not.
Clarkus Darkus
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Right im off bed So please someone else share the link for those that want it
So please someone else share the link for those that want it CountAntonius
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Need stream link. I hate myself.
SeventhSon
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People are dropping left and right!
Lost Fragment
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To each their own I guess, but I'm kinda amazed at the amount of people who want to watch prerelease streams of this game.
me too
Ended my first session. Man... feels great to be back. I've made some decent progress, but there's a boss that's kicking my ass something fierce. Quit for the knight after my 7th attempt or so. The health penalty upon death definitely adds to the challenge.
And it's true, dual wielding doesn't give a big damage boost anymore, it's a small boost.
Really? Playing on ps3 and I'm not seeing any tearing at all.
And it's true, dual wielding doesn't give a big damage boost anymore, it's a small boost.
Really? Playing on ps3 and I'm not seeing any tearing at all.
All that i have seen so far shows blander more muddy texture than DS1. Hmmmm...
LunaticHigh
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I really like the improvements to the UI. It feels like a well designed coherent system. As a UI Programmer/designer I really like where they went with it.
I hate screen tearing.:/
they've all gone hollow
There was one particular area where any movement of the camera at all, like even a slight twitch to the left or right cut up the top portion of the screen like crazy. Good to hear the PS3 version might be performing better.
Man they just took dynamic lighting out of the game. WTF?
Posting my response from other thread here as well:
Not to mention the fuck load of artifacting. I'm sure we'll see better comparisons later, for better or worse.
Watching the game being played in front of me now and you cant even do a full 360 rotation of the camera without it tearing multiple times. I'd honestly say it's some of the worst I have seen since Darksiders on the 360.
You can make it tear at will, hopefully there is a day one patch or something just after release.
Question - can you do a full install of the PS3 version? I might end up going with the PSN version regardless, but I like to run my games off the hard drive if possible.
TheCongressman1
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I really don't believe that the PC version will be any better. I'm expecting downgrades all around.
That really sucks, because the lighting looked so good.
There's a mandatory install on ps3 of 2 gig.
I'm going to pay attention to tearing in my session tomorrow, but so far there's nothing.
Deified Data
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Stay strong, brother.
why would it not be any better? they already said texture resolutions would be higher
Poimandres
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So what's the verdict from streams, early players etc? Game looks like a worthy follow up?
game is tight. worth my 65. already bought it from amazon and waiting.
Yea its good. A lot is the same yet some new non linear ways to level up and move were added
TheCongressman1
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They can say whatever they want, but I won't believe it until I see it.
The PC version isn't coming until a month after the console version, so I'm not so sure the PC is lead platform thing will end up making a difference.
I hope for the best, but I'm not expecting much.
Curious_George
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I've liked what I've seen. But I also think it might end up being favored by fans of both Souls games rather than those who disliked Demon's and only care for Dark Souls.
Was going to get Titanfall for Xbox one on the 11th and try to hold on for PC release of DS but i just realized Titanfall comes out on the 13th in Aus. So i will get the x360 version of DS on the 11th and PC version of Titanfall. DS2 hype level increasing but also making it harder to not watch any streams!
Edit: Ah shit. I just checked and realized DS2 comes out on the 13th as well
Edit: Ah shit. I just checked and realized DS2 comes out on the 13th as well
Rickenslacker
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Well, all you stream viewers and soon to be players enjoy. I think this is my cue to get away from this thread until April 25th.
hokagespit
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i just think last time around they didn't build a game with scalability in mind and had trouble implementing something that wasnt an original intention after having everything set.
building the game with this in mind i do have faith. after seeing the stream and how clean most of these artifact ridden assets looks i think the pc version is gonna be nice.
The new PC screen shots on steam are noticeably better than the console versions. And I don't see why it would be difficult to keep the stronger, higher quality DOF effect, higher particle counts, and dynamic lighting if PC is also getting higher resolutions and framerate. After all, a proper PC version would have these features and they've said they've developed their new engine with next-gen in mind. If that's to be believed, why would they remove those "next-gen" features.
I want to give them the benefit of the doubt, but their first PC game inspired absolutely no confidence, so you might be right. There's no current PC footage out there though, and I'm not sure if that's because it look doesn't look good enough or looks too good (compared to console versions), which could confuse or upset those buying on PS3/360.
That's good to hear. Screen tearing is one of the most annoying technical issues, in my opinion. So no tearing on PS3 version, and no Blighttown levels of bad framerate. Sounds good to me.
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