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Dark Souls II - Graphics Comparison - PC Preview
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I know you don't give a shit about IQ, but I thought you'd be ecstatic about 60 FPS instead of 25 or tearing.
Detail (both character and environmental) seems very comparable to DS1 to me. And I'm intimately familiar with how that looks.
DrROBschiz
Member
I know you don't give a shit about IQ, but I thought you'd be ecstatic about 60 FPS instead of 25 or tearing.
Detail (both character and environmental) seems very comparable to DS1 to me. And I'm intimately familiar with how that looks.
Everyone should be for sure
Its a great version of the final that we all need to accept
Piercedveil
Member
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)
Interested to see. It doesn't directly affect me either but I'm sure it would make a lot of other people very happy.
I didn't buy it on consoles due to that awful frame-rate so I'm thrilled about that but I was secretly hoping it would look like the build I played last year and not the final console game. I know, it was very unlikely to happen, but damn it if it isn't crushingly disappointing.
It looks bland to the point where my hype has been all but killed. After putting in over a hundred hours into the original game I still want to play it...but man, it's just so bland looking. The world was a huge part of the appeal of Dark Souls for me and they did a great job with it.
It looks unfinished, I suppose.
anchorman128
Member
I hate how floaty the walking animations are, it was nothing like this in DS1. I don't think this is something that can be fixed with a mod either. Very disappointing.
DrROBschiz
Member
The ghost of the demos shall haunt this entry in the series for some time to come lol
Indeed it shall and with good reason. The demo was really attractive and very moody. The finished version is just nowhere near it.
There are a ton of great looking ares in ds2...
zephervack
Member
Man, it must be specially hard for you since you actually PLAYED the build with the better graphics,
Im trying super hard to forget all the old footage.
What could have been.
You can be very sure that they will target that level of fidelity for Dark Souls III. The lowest common denominator will be more powerful (XBO/PS4 in this case) and we know the engine is capable.
Man, it must be specially hard for you since you actually PLAYED the build with the better graphics,
Im trying super hard to forget all the old footage.
Once you move past that build, the healing starts and you can accept the state of this game.
DarkLordMalik
Member
4K shot
DrROBschiz
Member
That's good to know but I just keep seeing this over and over again.
That actually looks appealing mainly due to the nice depth of field. I would like to push that effect closer to the foreground.
So...all of the footage shown about the game from its reveal to this past January is not in any particular version of the game? Then why did they show all of that fancy stuff literally weeks before launch?
I had a feeling they fully scrapped it, but it's the timeframe from what they showed and what was released that bothers me. Will we be able to take the PS4 Souls footage seriously when they finally showcase that game?
I had a feeling they fully scrapped it, but it's the timeframe from what they showed and what was released that bothers me. Will we be able to take the PS4 Souls footage seriously when they finally showcase that game?
Gareth Bale
Member
I'm confused now. PC Gamer said up to 1440p natively...?
DrROBschiz
Member
That's good to know but I just keep seeing this over and over again.
All that shitty green moss ruined that area compared to the reveal.
Almost as glaring as the Dragon mansion
Durante, estimated time/difficulty to achieve LUDICROUS RESOLUTION if downsampling is already supported by the game and 2560x1440 4K is just the highest internal res exposed in the menu?
I suppose it could have zero difficulty and take about 30 seconds if there's a config file that lets us set it to whatever value we want.
EDIT: Looks like it natively supports at least 4K.
I suppose it could have zero difficulty and take about 30 seconds if there's a config file that lets us set it to whatever value we want.
EDIT: Looks like it natively supports at least 4K.
OminoMichelin
Member
So I can just set the res to 1440p without using downsampling tricks and get the benefits?.
DrROBschiz
Member
Downsampled to 1080p via Bicubic Sharper
Cool shot!
Now we're talking. Quite beautiful. Love the DoF.Downsampled to 1080p via Bicubic Sharper
Downsampled to 1080p via Bicubic Sharper
Nope.
It begins.
Downsampled to 1080p via Bicubic Sharper
Nope.
Now be the first to post DS2 shots in the screenshot thread.
CountAntonius
Member
Downsampled to 1080p via Bicubic Sharper
Nope.
Man I can already see myself backstabing that dude off the cliff. Hurry up 25th!
Just asked.
prodystopian
Member
Has anyone seen anything about how it performs on lower quality hardware? Most of what I have seen is from powerful PCs.
GiantBomb mentioned it was a solid 60 fps on an older PC but they didn't give specific specs.
I assumed that's what the unlock optimized resolution settings meant but someone else said "no" so maybe someone can explain. I was assuming that if you set it to higher it is automatically downsampling the textures.
I think I found the user who posted that screenshot: https://www.flickr.com/photos/96733981@N03/with/13722249743/
Might want to keep tabs in case he/she posts anymore.
Might want to keep tabs in case he/she posts anymore.
This thread has now convinced me that people don't pay any attention to information in a thread and just post whatever the fuck they feel like.
I don't even think it has anything to do with a discussion. People just like to have catharsis and yell at shit to make them feel better and this is the catharsis de jour.
DrROBschiz
Member
That Next Gen like reveal footage sure tugged some heartstrings. Mine included lol
Let the healing begin Umbasa
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
The resolution really highlights how bad the water shader is, and that's the worst attempt at bokeh I've ever seen.
How does it run with the downsampling?
Asked.
CountAntonius
Member
No. The engine is capable of more but was scaled back because of the older console and probably time constraints. The PC version was the lead platform in that the other versions were based off of it but that didn't mean we were going to get something vastly different. They delivered a better version in every way on the PC.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Downsampled to 1080p via Bicubic Sharper
Nope.
Nice. There is nothing like this shot I can compare with in the first game. Beautiful.
That is from PC gamer and, apparently, they are running it on their beastly rig.
Brad from Giantbomb said he maxed it out on his lower-end machine at home and never dropped a frame.
Money.
From realized two of their target platforms would not be able to support their ambitions.
I've only just started playing, and this is the first thing I noticed- bothers me greatly as well. In both DsS and DS every step feels deliberate and with purpose, while in DS2 I feel like the character is sliding around.