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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin |OT| Your weapons are weak, old man
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cpp_is_king
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With all the patches and additional stuff that Scholar of the First Sin has undergone since vanilla DSII, are the crazy hitboxes still an issue?
It seems to be the former, for example you'll need a fragrant branch of yore to access the coffin.
If you own the season pass. If you only own the base game, it's $30.
VisceralBowl
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Yes you own the DLC. If no it's 30.
HalfBakedProphet
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As a Sun Bro, I'm a very sad panda
I'll probably run magic or hex build this time around. I'm excited to play the dlc for the first time
I'll probably run magic or hex build this time around. I'm excited to play the dlc for the first time
Mostly the latter tbh, but I think it's a bit of both.
They'd done quite a bit of readjustments even in one of the starting areas
Forest of the Fallen Giants
Check out the link below around the 1:32-1:36 mark. I'll try running past it if I can't kill it with my sucky gear.
dancrane212
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Golden OT title.
When I eventually get around to finishing DeS and DS I'll grab this version of 2, if I put them off any longer I'll be drowning in Souls and never get through them.
When I eventually get around to finishing DeS and DS I'll grab this version of 2, if I put them off any longer I'll be drowning in Souls and never get through them.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
If you have all the DLC
Vire
Member
Gamersyde has videos of the PS4 version if you want to see how it runs and all that.
1080P/60 FPS.
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_videos_of_scholar_of_the_first_sin-16416_en.html
This is why it pains me that they didn't do Dark Souls 1 instead. All of the new players are gonna play Souls 2 and be like "this is what all the hype was about?..."
1080P/60 FPS.
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_videos_of_scholar_of_the_first_sin-16416_en.html
This is why it pains me that they didn't do Dark Souls 1 instead. All of the new players are gonna play Souls 2 and be like "this is what all the hype was about?..."
ebullientprism
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God I hope this is true. Would breathe new life into the speedrunning community if high end gear is available early on.
Yeah, same here, I never played the DLCs. I think it's time.
Bloodborne was good, but many things I found lacking and overly streamlined, and it sorta put me in the mood to play real Souls games.
NullPointer
Member
NICE.
BB will hold me for a while, but I'm definitely interested in picking this up down the line. Thanks
Nope, trailers for the 360 version still look better than the actual PS4 version.
Vire
Member
Suddenly? DS2 has always been ugly.
Looks tweaked in terms if visuals, but nothing more. It doesn't seem to have effects that weren't present in the original I mean.
Well they gotta remaster Demon's Souls too...
Maybe next year ? I hope we get Dark1 and Des on PS4/X1 soon.
Krappadizzle
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Fallout-with-swords
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If I only wanted to get one Dark Souls game should I get Dark Souls on PS3 or II on PS4?
Mechanized
Member
You could just not use a shield and no armor(or just light stuff). I mean... other than that and the dodge mechanic they're pretty similar. This is also a very valid way to play the souls games and makes a lot of encounters strangely easier since you can move so fast.
I might pick this up despite having it on PS3 and PC already lol. Rebalancing, changes, and all the dlc I didn't play is very tempting. And 1080p60 to boot? Wallet is gonna be hurting this month.
Doug Heffernan
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Are there any comparisons showing last gen vs current gen?
I'm curious to see how much better it looks.
I'm curious to see how much better it looks.
You will never get Demons Souls on the XBone. It was co developed with and partially funded by Sony Japan Studio.
HalfBakedProphet
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the fact Demon's Souls isn't on PSNow gives me hope this is in the works
Vire
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Oh my god, a remaster for Demon Souls would be phenomenal. I'm kinda tired of remasters, but I would be there day zero for that.
That and FFXII...
Yeah.
I meant DeS on PS4 and Dark1 on PS4/X1.
With BB's success,one would hope to get DeS remastered soon.
That game is insane.
And Dark1 ofcourse.
Great subtitle!
Historical context: DS2 came out around the same time as Lightning Returns, and the removal of the pre-release lighting system in DS2 was a big scandal.
I really, really wish that they could have put back in the original lighting system. I won't pick this up for the consoles, but I may play through the PC release to see the new lore and the gameplay/world tweaks that they've done.
Historical context: DS2 came out around the same time as Lightning Returns, and the removal of the pre-release lighting system in DS2 was a big scandal.
I really, really wish that they could have put back in the original lighting system. I won't pick this up for the consoles, but I may play through the PC release to see the new lore and the gameplay/world tweaks that they've done.
This is a great question. It was ridiculously bad compared to DS1.
DS2:
DS1:
Oh come on. Could you possibly cherry pick more?
Shitty grab animations have always been an issue for the series, and there are hundreds and hundreds of times where you or the enemy freely hit through walls.
Mechanized
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Holy shit this happened to me with a mimic from a different part of the game lmao.
This is a great question. It was ridiculously bad compared to DS1.
DS2:
Never had anything like that happen to me in DkS2. Not even once.
I really think people exaggerate.
And as for the whole 'lock-on' and tracking that the enemies do. GOOD. If not, you'd just walk around and backstab half of them as you did in DkS1. It fixed an issue that needed to be fixed.
I don't think it's that ugly, really, and it has the benefit of running at 60 frames. Bloodborne has a pretty bad framerate.
Yeah, I never found it to be an issue any different than before. I love the hell out of Dark Souls II just as much as Demon's Souls and the first Dark Souls.
I think Bloodborne showed how it *should* have been fixed. Staying behind enemies isn't easy in that game, but it's not because the monsters are in swivel chairs.
ebullientprism
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Depends on how much you care about PvP and the overall length of the experience.
Dark Souls 1 is the better game IMO. But DaS2 is significantly longer if you include the DLC and the PvP is better and more active since its newer.
Vire
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Bloodborne's framerate is excellent compared to the way Demon Souls/Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2 originally released.
So smooth. I've never played a Souls game that had a smooth framerate before. Also loving the 2-3 second load times.
Bl@de
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Same here. People go crazy when it comes to DS2. I love the game and never had issues
I was never really bothered before, but this is certainly going to feel nice. No question.
The mimic one is in excusable, but otherwise yes, it's mostly exaggeration.
I wish I had that gif on hand of someone using a gesture to duck under Smelter Demon's attacks.
Exact same gifs posted every fucking time. Usually accompanied by B-Team drivel. I'm now 99% certain people wouldn't be this crazy if Miyazaki was listed as producer