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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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Busta SMurk
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I was wondering what the improved "matchmaking" was all about, and hoped it was some kind of coop system where you can invite your friends.
Still not 100% sure, but I believe its just the arena PVP.
I was hoping to double dip if the new matchmaking has the ability to invite friends, but even after seeing these screenshots, I may have to anyways.
WAR recon zero
Banned
I want to buy it, but my CC is still hurting from the summer sales.... gotta control myself......
darkressurection
Banned
Picked it up off GMG and am DL'ing it now. From seriously owes Durante just piles of money. I can't imagine it would be doing as well here on GAF if it weren't for his fix.
I should stop locking on?
Depends on the enemy, but generally no, imo.
Do you have light armor on, allowing you to roll?
indigo-cyclops
Member
Downloading...
Can't play it till tomorrow after work though
I know the feeling. I have an early night due to work. But the second I get home; well I may need to be forcibly removed from my chair.
The 'shield bash' is parry, you have to time it right then hit attack.
Alex
Member
Console versions had broken online for awhile, actually not sure if it was ever really fixed, thought I heard it was.
My GFWL doesn't sign in until after I launch Dark Souls from Steam. My controller works.
no, unless it's a mob then run away to lure them out one at a time.
Do the bash (LT) in concert with the enemy's attack at it will make a cool sound, knock them back, and give you a second to riposte.
Revolutionary
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The shoulder buttons are reversed from PS3, correct? Something about them seems off to me and I feel like that's the problem. I can manage, it just feels weird.
Lock on is great most of the time, but it's not always a good idea if you're being surrounded because you need to be able to easily swivel your camera to see the guys flanking you.
Lock on prevents you from cutting the tails off of bosses that can drop special tail weapons because the lock on is to the body.
I'm playing unmodded, runs great on my E8400@3.2GHz, HD4870 512MB, 4GB DDR2. Doesn't look bad to me either in motion, just looks like the PS3 version. Obviously the super high resolution and downsampled screenshots look great, but I'm happy with this until Durante works out the kinks in his mod.
I don't think there's really an issue with locking on. I do it frequently since it facilitates easy backstabs, and my style of play in both Demon's and Dark Souls is to roll and backstab as opposed to parrying or generally using a shield.
Also, a major tip especially if you're going to be using a shield a lot is to let go of the shield button to recover stamina much more quickly. Don't hold it up at all times during combat or you'll run into a lot of stamina problems.
Also, a major tip especially if you're going to be using a shield a lot is to let go of the shield button to recover stamina much more quickly. Don't hold it up at all times during combat or you'll run into a lot of stamina problems.
That's interesting, I played Demon's Souls (some of it
) on PS3 a few weeks ago "in preperation" and I think Dark Souls: PTE unmodded looks substantially worse than that did.If you have the hardware I think it's totally worth $40.
That depends, do you want to play it now or at New Years? Do you have something else you'd rather play now?
Use the GMG coupon code for 20% off so it's $32. GMG sells Steam codes for this game.
This is an excellent game and if you've never played it before, you really should. If you've beaten it on console, you could wait but if you're not playing something else right now just get it now.
So far it runs pretty smoothly and Durante is working on an HD patch (if you care about that sort of thing). If you haven't played Dark Souls yet and you have a 360/PS3 controller for your PC I highly recommend it.
a Master Ninja
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Don't get hit.
indigo-cyclops
Member
The feeling of rolling into barrels and NOT getting slowdown is like breathing in the air of paradise. My god this GAMEEEEE.
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My equip load is like 10/60 or something
Protip to noobs, ALWAYS roll into barrels/crates, NEVER swing your weapon at them. There are a few moments in the game when this advice will save you a lot of grief.
Not sure if it's been said or revealed before, but Dark Wood Grain Ring now needs you to be under 25% weight, this should make for interesting builds.
I hope FROM gives us patch notes of balance changes and bug fixes they made with the DLC.
The obvious solution, yet the game doesn't need to be THAT punishing.
Not to mention just flinging your body to destroy objects is just too ridiculous to pass up.
InternHertz
Member
Crisis averted, GFWL gave me the achievement I somehow didn't get on a second character. Weird it didn't pop the first time though...and I hope it's the only one that'll act like this because I don't want to do two chars at once juste for that.
I could also change the language back to English, it was in French and I didn't like this.
For anyone who wants to change, juste go to your Windows configuration panel and change your time and date format to English (or any other supported language)
I could also change the language back to English, it was in French and I didn't like this.
For anyone who wants to change, juste go to your Windows configuration panel and change your time and date format to English (or any other supported language)
My E8400 and HD4870 runs very well unmodded. I can't speak for modded higher frame buffer resolutions.
Radeons have bad performance with this game.
Untrue. It seems rather inconsistent. Some are fine, others are having issues.
Everyone post your full specs and if you have issues. I suspect the Radeons with issues are running a certain driver or OS that doesn't like the game.
E8400, HD4870, 4GB RAM, Windows Vista SP2, driver 10.2
Very smooth framerate with unmodded game
Night and Day difference, Durante is a gaming hero.
i52500k, HD7870, 8GB RAM, Windows 7, Catalyst v 12.8
Really inconsistent framerate with or without the mod.
I'm reading the forums all the day and you're the first to say your Radeon don't give frame dips.
Wolf Akela
Member
Feels like it's the HD7xxx users that get more inconsistent framerates compared to others.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
Hey how do I install this on steam? Just bought it, but no download or install option, even when looking at it in my library.
I haven't seen someone without a 6xxx or 7xxx series complain. So far I've seen several people with 5xxx or 4xxx that had no problems.