CyberPunked
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Are there more Fragrant Branches of Yore in the game now, considering the amount of petrified statues in every doorway?
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin |OT| Your weapons are weak, old man
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Yep. Shit loads.
Red Liquorice
Member
Joining the covenant of champions in Majula enables infinite respawning of regular enemies.wrong door made me lose 60k souls from a boss
can't farm them back because everything stopped spawning
Are they shades? They just don't last as long as normal summons.
I've noticed some small summon signs that weren't present in the original game.
Most "sections" of levels are equivalent or better, and there's a bunch of general improvements that don't really fall into a simple "enemy placement" category.
It's really a few standout areas that people regard as worse, but those sections are in a fairly extreme minority.
Even one of those "bad" areas, the first section of FotFG, has like two more required Hollow Soldiers/Footmen in the way. It's not that significant.
There are a ton of new AI things like this that really help flesh out the world.
And for the areas that are harder, you're given more build options, earlier, combined with one of the game's major branches becoming accessible much sooner than it did before.
I really hope people take a more balanced approach to viewing Scholar than cherry-picking the few % of changes that are "bad".
CyberPunked
Member
There's only one there now, and he doesn't agro when you leave the bonfire.
BB looks wildly better, but with half the framerate and load times 800% longer.
I've played 4 hours so far, really enjoying it. The new enemy placements have kept me on my toes and every new area I enter I am super cautious. The game runs great @ 4k with DSR and I've not encountered any errors with multiplayer yet.
Durability hasn't really bothered me, since I went through No-man's Wharf on the X360 version I've always carried a few decent weapons with me, so I always have something good to swap to.
Durability hasn't really bothered me, since I went through No-man's Wharf on the X360 version I've always carried a few decent weapons with me, so I always have something good to swap to.
I think the ps4 version looks superb but I'm no graphics whore, has a really nice feel about it, that 60fps is killer.
Yes, load times are also lightning.
I don't really remember how it compares to PC since I only played it right when it came out, but i'd say it looks nice for the most part.
The light is a bit weird at points, though, and the background in Heide's Tower looks even worse and out of place due to the contrast with the higher quality in everything else.
Other than that, so far it seems to be looking pretty decent.
Load times are great.
grandwizard
Member
Man this game is really beautiful sometimes. I get that it's not as grungy as the other Souls games but they totally nailed the serene environments that invoke an ages old kingdom. It's not quite in a state of decay but rather just stuck in time.
sammyCYBORG
Member
Any comparisons between the two versions for PC? The graphical upgrade would be the main thing for me.
Ok I'll plan to pick it up. Decent graphics and 60 fps and fast load times sounds fantastic.
Did you give her clothes? At the location? Or talk to her again?
I saved her, I died, I talked to her, gave clothes, and then she was back in Majula.
My advice is to not bother with the update then. Mods to the original look better than the raw updated version, at least.
I didn't give her any clothes at her initial location. Does she die then?
No. Is she near where Bernhart is/was? She should be.
She'll only die if you kill her, and even if she does, vendor NPCs will spawn tombstones for you to use.
addyb
Member
Bought this on ps4 the other day and despite me saying I would wait til ive finished bloodborne I started it earlier and sunk an hour into it. I'm well versed in the souls games with finishing demons and dark but was a bit apprehensive of this due to people saying it was crap compared to the others in the series.
So far I'm loving it. Quickly got used to the slower combat and I'm even not bothering with a shield so far. Initially struggled to make decent progress but now it's all flowing and I have me some decent enough weapons.
So far I'm loving it. Quickly got used to the slower combat and I'm even not bothering with a shield so far. Initially struggled to make decent progress but now it's all flowing and I have me some decent enough weapons.
Tarkus
Member
Dude! She is freezing to death. You should have given her something to cover her body. She is close to winter after all.
She was supposed to stand near the stairs to where Saulden is sitting. But she just never appeared back in town.
Not talking graphics, if the dx11 version of the game was the one that was released originally and the dx9 version was the remaster, people would be going absolutely bonkers at how bad the changes were. It would be a bloodbath. People would wonder if From had lost their minds.
The dx11 version is the better game, but there are several reasons why people are criticizing it that have nothing to do with the game itself. It isn't perfect so of course some criticism is warranted, but From has improved on what they created previously.
depends on what you want
- from graphic overlays (ENB/SweetFX/...) works only those which can handle DX11 => so that rules out ENB
- for downsampling you can use Nvidia DSR if you have nvidia cards -> for general ones i dont know if anyone works on some tool which works like DSfix but for DX11
- for texture mods - we need some tool to dump/override them as GeDoSato is DX9 only
Hopefully someone is working at least on that texture moding tool .... maybe Durante??? or someone else (waiting for that because I either play it on my custom AHK control scheme with its own UI texture or I play it on Dualshock3 gamepad aswell with own UI texture and I just hate when the game shows Xbox buttons when I play with DS/M+K)- for downsampling you can use Nvidia DSR if you have nvidia cards -> for general ones i dont know if anyone works on some tool which works like DSfix but for DX11
- for texture mods - we need some tool to dump/override them as GeDoSato is DX9 only
addyb
Member
I would say yes. It's more fleshed out in terms of weapons, armour and levelling up and the combat is similar just a bit slower. If you've got your skills built up with bloodborne you should be able to dive into this and make good progress and of course you will be used to the dying a lot lol.
Certain locations are dark and grungy as hell. I just think Dark Souls II has better environment variety overall.
the only thing I don't like about the changes so far is that they're blocking more paths with petrified statues. Makes the game a bit more linear by blocking paths early when you don't have a bunch of fragrant branches
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Heide's Tower of Flame:
Yup, definitive edition.
"Oh, this isn't so bad. Sure, the Heide Knights are everywhere, but I just won't aggro them. Let me hustle in, knock off Dragonrider and Old Dragon Slayer and get that Ring of Binding. No sweat. OHGODTHEHEIDEKNIGHTSAREAWAKEANDWHATTHEFUCKISTHATREDDRAGINDOINGHERE!!???"
Yup, definitive edition.
Good to know. All of the new petrified character locations should not be a problem then.
Actually, I don't really think that's the case, as you get more branches, and get them earlier, which helps unlock one of the major paths many hours earlier than it previously was. Most of the areas that have additional statues are just short paths to various treasures.
That ring was moved to a much safer location within the zone.
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Yeah, I got it but even then it was a bitch. In and out, real fast.
Yeah
Haeleos
Member
It's very outdated.
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Let us know what you think. I've been really enoying the way it's made me much more cautious again, despite knowing the game so well. I'm always on the lookout for new enemy placements, to the point where I enter an area and immediately try and think where From would place them in relation to vets who remember every nook and cranny.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
How did you get it for cheap?
Xeilyn
Member
Fuck me i paid 639kr for that shit on PSN... My laziness burns me again