New lighting, new bloom, some new textures at higher res. Congrats, "improved".
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin |OT| Your weapons are weak, old man
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New lighting, new bloom, some new textures at higher res. Congrats, "improved".
No this time you are free to go back and explore more after the last boss. NG+ is optional.
Automatisch
Member
Played up past the first boss and little after, I'm liking the new enemy placement. It feels really weird to go from Bloodborne's framerate to this, but man it feels good to be back. If I wasn't already excited to play this I would've just waited for a sale for sure since $30 is more than it should be even with the DLC, but I'm gonna enjoy it either way. It's a shame the DX11 stuff hasn't been much different so far, hopefully we get some fixes/mods later down the road.
I barely remember dark souls 2, I didn't touch any of the dlc and i coop'ed pretty much every boss. After finishing Bloodborne and for the first time in a Souls game killing all the bosses solo, I'm kinda excited to play this again.
Also I miss shields, I love the impact
Also I miss shields, I love the impact
Wow, this could blow early game builds wide open, as having to beeline for
Iron Keep
Lost Bastille
Lost Sinner
JudgmentJay
Member
No SLI support 
If I want to go tanky shield/greatsword (which was my char in vanilla) but with holy spells this time, what stats am I looking at?
I can't fucking remember any of it, I have bloodborne caps on the brain lol
Wait what? Vanilla had it :/
I can't fucking remember any of it, I have bloodborne caps on the brain lol
No SLI support
Wait what? Vanilla had it :/
JudgmentJay
Member
Tried using the default ds2 profile as well as the one that worked best for me with dx9 (The Crysis one). Neither was using more than a single card.
No updated only means, well updated, which they have been to DX11, it could be argued it implies improvement. But again, they have been improved, just not massively.
Zomba13
Member
It's a feature!
JudgmentJay
Member
Scratch that, setting it to the Crysis profile in nVidia Inspector for DX11 SLI worked. Yay, 4k 60fps. Now I just need an updated version of http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls2/mods/76/
SunBroDave
Member
How are my PC homies feeling about the new version, worth the $20 if you already had the dlc?
Orochinagis
Member
There is no real order because it doest impact the game and there is no real requirement this time like dark souls 1 but to defeat the boss area to get access to the bonfire but you require to collect all three crowns to get the special buff and at least have a late game item to get access to the Ivory King hidden boss memory but release order is Sunken king, Iron King and Ivory King in that order.
And no, when you finish the last boss you have to go talk to the HUB lady to start the NG+ cycle if not you can explore or farm the rest of the stuff you didnt discovered without any restriction.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
This is exactly what I wanted to hear.
Usually will say if it's a launch thing. They've disabled gifting of the discounted version too so I'd lean toward permanent.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Did they change enemy placements in the DLC?
paperspace
Member
Is it possible to play in 4K (DSR) and keep the 144Hz refresh-rate?
I mean it's just downsampling via GPU, it should be possible.
The lag in 60Hz is quite significant, even if it's locked to 60fps :/
I mean it's just downsampling via GPU, it should be possible.
The lag in 60Hz is quite significant, even if it's locked to 60fps :/
Dreathlock
Member
Weapon durability is rediculous. Im on PS4...
Because I'm a cool mfer B-)
i made it, and it's a 50fps GIF is why. So smooth!
I actually made an updated one here
Mineshaft_Gap
4077th
First time player here. Thinking of buying this. I have a PC more than capable of running DX11 version of this. My question is, should I just buy the DX9 version due to it having down sampling and ENB support? Was hoping DX11 would be more than a very tiny improvement on the graphics but since that doesn't appear to be the case I wonder if DX9 version is a better buy since you can improve the graphics more noticeably with mods.
I H8 Memes
Member
It really fucking sucks that they put you in this position doesnt it. And for no good reason.
If you don't mind my asking, what are your system specs? Thanks!
By almost all accounts the DX11 version is better. People really seem to be liking the revisions to the gameplay. It essentially replaces the old version for new customers, while screwing over those that owned the game + season pass.
I'd get DX11 for the new enemy and item placements.
I hope they didn't ruin the uniqueness of every location.
If every enemy is randomly encountered everywhere it wouldn't really be fun..and it wouldn't make sense lore wise.
:/ We'll see.
Abilidebob
Member
Prices on the BR Steam store are still bad.
Instead of a ~40% discount for owning DaSII, we get a ~20% discount.
Welp.
Instead of a ~40% discount for owning DaSII, we get a ~20% discount.
Welp.
Robot Pants
Member
....
Masaaybe I'll hold off on this for a while. I was hoping the new enemy stuff and the dlc was gonna make the game better for me. Doesn't sound like that's the case.
And they left in the 60fps durability bug?
Wtf
Abilidebob
Member
I don't think it's possible for Vaati to say anything bad about anything From did.
970 / 3570k. Clearly way too much for the game, but still surprised that it seems to at least be running better downsampled than before.
FunkyMunkey
Banned
Do you have the game or are you basing that on a few preview videos? It's merely going to be random enemies in different spots, that's it. I'm not sure how that constitutes "fanmod" bad when I'm not sure what else they could have done. I don't see how that could be disappointing for someone unless they were expecting something much more like brand new enemies in new spots?
You can still downsample easily via nvidia. Yes you'll lose ENB support though.
You mean the dead bodies thing or just the general lower durability?
Lanrutcon
Member
Hitting a dead body dramatically lowers durability. This also counts for killing blows: some weapons, after killing an enemy, continue swinging through the corpse. Whips, halberds, etc.
Why the fuck didn't they fix it? WTF?
>_>
I'm also not convinced on the new enemy placements. The new item placement seems fun, having to redisocover and route the game again, but the enemy placement, eeeehhhh
game runs better yes...its like the shadow warrior update, perfomanc eis a lot better but it looks the same lol. whatever, glad i supported from, i want to see all souls games on pc baby
edit: i think the game actually does look better and running on 4k even better. turn the brightness all the way down and it has a very nice color palette going on. worth the 20 bucks for me.
edit: i think the game actually does look better and running on 4k even better. turn the brightness all the way down and it has a very nice color palette going on. worth the 20 bucks for me.
Spiritreaver
Member
I've been watching a guy stream a quick play through and the new enemy placements aren't that bad, they're pretty cool actually in some cases.
But I also noticed they added a lot more NPC summon/invaders, and I even think a blue sentinel NPC, but I couldn't tell if it was a player or NPC from the stream. That's pretty cool in my book, they original game was so lacking in PVP elements in NG at least they did SOMETHING even if it's just NPCs.
Dragon for Dragonslayer, Pursuer is reoccuring
But I also noticed they added a lot more NPC summon/invaders, and I even think a blue sentinel NPC, but I couldn't tell if it was a player or NPC from the stream. That's pretty cool in my book, they original game was so lacking in PVP elements in NG at least they did SOMETHING even if it's just NPCs.
So, some things that really weren't emphasized, based on impressions:
- Multiple new summon NPCs.
- Some items for progression & unlocks moved earlier.
- Some items like Estus upgrades moved later/guarded.
- New enemy AI that wasn't used before.
- Multiple new invaders.
- Enemy variety appears a little bit more extensive than suggested before?
- Multiple new summon NPCs.
- Some items for progression & unlocks moved earlier.
- Some items like Estus upgrades moved later/guarded.
- New enemy AI that wasn't used before.
- Multiple new invaders.
- Enemy variety appears a little bit more extensive than suggested before?