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Dark Souls II - Graphics Comparison - PC Preview
- Thread starter fluffydelusions
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It's not deliberate, it's a lack of resources as usual: time, money, time x money squared etc.
What's very much deliberate is the lack of transparency. Nobody can explain away the evasive answers which always come from showing a game/build too early. This is precisely why you don't do that. It's PR death.
What's very much deliberate is the lack of transparency. Nobody can explain away the evasive answers which always come from showing a game/build too early. This is precisely why you don't do that. It's PR death.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
Likely a devkit with just a vertical slice of the game on a bluray, which is why it ran so well.
Someone got hold of the DS2 map and noticed that Drangleic Castle, Shrine of Amana, and one other place are all built inside of each other, like a ball. Not like how in DS1, the map makes sense for the most part and one place legit connects to another. This could be why things are downgraded, since there is so much data in any one location of the game.
YianGaruga
Banned
Wow the Pursuer looks great. I bet the Mirror Knight is shiny/reflective again as well. Can't see a reason why he wouldn't be.
legacyzero
Banned
Any direct feed shots from the PC version? Can we post them in the thread if allowed? I'm at work 
Stupid server admin
Stupid server admin
http://youtu.be/t2xPah553Ew?t=12m24s
Look at that running animation for those guys.. Were the animations this bad for Dark Souls, can't remember.
Look at that running animation for those guys.. Were the animations this bad for Dark Souls, can't remember.
zephervack
Member
No one has footage of the Mirror Knight???
Seems like he will be back to being shiny, really hope for that.
Platinum's argument for that was very strange as well, and somewhat reflects their general ignorance to the platform.
They just looked at the Steam hardware surveys and determined that not enough people had the higher resolution monitors to deem them worthy of official support.
Downsampling? Future proofing?
LOL
zephervack
Member
Yeah the animation is awful in this game, I wonder what happened, anyone remember those 120fps GIFs with the animations of DS1.
Most people care more about their enjoyment than bad decisions made in marketing campaigns.
how awful, right? lol.
It's goddamn awesome. I can't think of the last game that I played that actually had that in an options menu.
This, it has taken quite a while but i think we're finally on the verge of throwing out 1080p as the go to resolution on PC, especially because of the gpu power nowadays but also thanks to companies pushing 4K, to say ''but 1080p is used by the majority'' and then limit it to that because of some dumbass hardware survey is just stupid.
Garcia
Member
Some others have already answered your question:
But I'll do an approximate breakdown for a regular first playthrough of Dark Souls 2. You also have to remember that this game now feels like a MMORPG sometimes with all the jolly Co-op and the stellar summoning mechanics:
- At least 200 deaths (average).
- Warping back to Majula to level up (at least 80 times).
- Being summoned (2 load screens) from 20 to 40 times.
- Warping back and forth between locations (at least 50 times).
Resolution? or Auto Detect?
Everything is going to look different because the game is mostly motion capture as opposed to the original using lots of hand-made animations with inverse kinematics.
There does seem to be a mismatch between animation and movement speeds for walking and running, which is unfortunate. It is something that could be adjusted by a patch since they've already changed animation speeds and types.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Don't know doubt it.
More like Demons Souls 2 or a new spin off. Seems he wants to create something new.
So at least 2-3 hours of your playtime is sitting in a loading screen.
Well, whatever it is, I just hope it will be multiplatform.
Last time Miyazaki created something, it quickly became one of my favorite series of all time.
eot
Banned
What!?
Hahah
It's like the bloatheads in Oolacile, but with messed up legs instead of arms.
Exactly. Just gimme 1080p and 60fps and i'm good. Would be nice if they had the foresight to add Dual Shock button labels.
Internal resolution control isn't super common. Arma 2/3, Guild Wars 2, and Battlefield 3/4 are the only recent games I can think of that let you increase it over the maximum.
jim-jam bongs
Member
*looks at OP*
*looks at options and screens*
Not as good as I'd hoped for, but not the end of the world either.
*looks at options and screens*
Not as good as I'd hoped for, but not the end of the world either.
Gareth Bale
Member
Native downsampling confirmed
So internal resolution is definitely not capped at 1080p?
What video is this from?
PC Gamer's preview
It has 1440p???Native downsampling confirmed
That's my native monitor res, awesome port confirmed.
Garcia
Member
Dont' worry, he will be shiny. I don't know how much but he will definitely benefit now. The Pursuer is a good indicative of how the metal shading vastly improves the polished look of the game.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Ha sorry I just asked him to send me the model and specs and thats what he messaged me. He just sent this over:
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB
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Intel HD Graphics 4000:
Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x8
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Krusenstern
Banned
Oh my god, this looks ridiculous. This MUST be broken/not correctly implemented or something. I refuse to believe this is supposed to be like that.
Hell, I was pretty impressed with it at 30 FPS from the console B-roll footage we got in January.
The first game's implementation of object motion blur was so-so, but Dark Souls II's is excellent.
zephervack
Member
I cant get the GiantBomb video to load, not sure why.
Garcia
Member
Yep, and that's the reason why I sold that thing as soon as I completed the first run. I grew white hair while playing the PS3 version, lol.
Piercedveil
Member
So this is locked at a max of 60 fps? Or has that not been confirmed for sure?
Really glad to see you can render higher than 1080p natively.
Really glad to see you can render higher than 1080p natively.
Gareth Bale
Member
Click on Quality, then change to Progressive, HD.
LOL, what was wrong with the guy in the capture suit? Was he on mescaline?
I'm not saying it looks good, I'm saying that stuff went awry because they changed their methods rather than just downgrading shit for no reason.
Go to another video and set it to progressive/hd, then reload the DS2 site.
I have the exact same laptop, but from Asus. He will be able to run just about any game just fine, including Dark Souls II.
Mine probably cost $1000 less than his though lol
Nope, they did the right thing.
No confirmation on the FPS yet. I'd also like some!
(Though my 1440p monitor is just 60 Hz anyway. Well, it overclocks to a whopping 67
)This is deliberate. I don't know if you've ever seen a samurai run, but...
You try running while undead.
zephervack
Member
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Great thanks Grief I'll tell him. I'm assuming he should run it through bootcamp as well. I remember hearing that running games through the Mac OS is garbage.
Thanks again you guys will make it sound like I know what I am talking about.