SilverBullet
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He is under embargo to talk about anything review related. That would be a big feature to cover in his review so he can't talk about it. Maybe LOL
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Dark Souls 2 Lighting changes/Downgrade
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He is under embargo to talk about anything review related. That would be a big feature to cover in his review so he can't talk about it. Maybe LOL
Better than nothing
I don't think he'll have a good excuse, I just hope he hasn't sold himself out.
A new trailer came out today, and some of it seems to have that lighting and some of it doesn't.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0jC38feoB4#
I assume this has probably been posted though.
edit: sorry for the dp, expected someone to have responded by now.
e2: Maybe this is old, not sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0jC38feoB4#
I assume this has probably been posted though.
edit: sorry for the dp, expected someone to have responded by now.
e2: Maybe this is old, not sure.
WickedLaharl
Member
Making my way through that pitch black cave in the network test was great :/
That's a terrible trailer. At this point i'm pretty convinced that this will be a misstep for the series.
That's a terrible trailer. At this point i'm pretty convinced that this will be a misstep for the series.
Zomba13
Member
That would only explain the lighting in one of the rooms though.
Fbh
Member
Agreed.
Mabye the gaming crowd is just too forgiving?
The basic idea should be for the consumer to say "hey, this final product is actually even better as what they showed me before release". Not the other way around.
If something like this would happen in movie there would be an outcry
Its pretty messed up how much of a downgrade some of this shit is. Blatant false advertising. It doesnt even make sense. PS3 is old hardware and they supposedly had versions running on it. Its not like they were targeting next gen systems and so they had to scale back like Watch Dogs.
And the changes arent even for the benefit of brighter lighting, i mean there are so many detail and poly changes along with missing assets one has to wonder if the demo they made was total bullshit. At the very least, even if there was some crippling memory issue or something they didnt anticipate they should gave proven the game was runnable before showing anything.
Now they are gonna get a ton of backlash over something that could have been entirely avoided by not fucking around.
And the changes arent even for the benefit of brighter lighting, i mean there are so many detail and poly changes along with missing assets one has to wonder if the demo they made was total bullshit. At the very least, even if there was some crippling memory issue or something they didnt anticipate they should gave proven the game was runnable before showing anything.
Now they are gonna get a ton of backlash over something that could have been entirely avoided by not fucking around.
WickedLaharl
Member
Anyone know what the rope bridge with all the dragons flying around looks like now?
Two things, in the intrest of fairness.
Gameplay impressions have been incredibly solid.
From has never been good about showing off their game for whatever reason. I have seen them release gorgeous games, but never gorgeous screenshots.
They had the new engine with all the bells and whistles running on aspects of the game. Not the game in its entirety. The scope of those demos and betas (though we can call them tech demos or engine showcasing now in all honesty) are much smaller than the full game and as a result could've handled the brunt of the hardware needs. They couldn't optimize the game in its entirety in time so they cut it all out. It's not surprising. Messed up? Sure. It's not similar to Watch Dogs at all.
Zombie James
Banned
Not being able to talk about downgrades until after consumers spend their money. Stay classy, Namco.
SilverBullet
Member
My theory is that they took the concept of the Bell Tower from DkS and the World Tendency from DS and merged it into light and darkness.
Maybe some shots we are seeing are neutral WT ( the grey bland stuff) and when players die the world gets darker (= harder to see, need to use torch more) so it looks more like the E3 demo.
Then wait a day or two to let him talk about it before you buy the game. This is standard practice.
Now I'm convinced it'll end well.
Not.
It's generally only standard practice when the game sucks.
Alcoholikaust
Member
just a heads up there is a 3 part walkthrough (not finished yet) of the beggining of the game running on PS3 if anyone is interested
shitty lighting and all that-the game looks fun as always and the music is great
shitty lighting and all that-the game looks fun as always and the music is great
That tweet is extremely suspect. The fact that he says "you'll understand when I do" acknowledges that there is a downgrade of lighting first and foremost. Secondly, he's trying to appease the audience of the tweet by saying "understand" and in essence alleviating concerns. Lastly, it shows that there is no plan at the moment to change.
that would actually be really cool, kinda makes me wish that's how it is.
petethepanda
Member
I demand a "hopping around on one leg rocking out on the flute" gesture in DS2.
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
Gotta remember EpicNameBro for his input on the games release.
General reviews from big names sites are nearly guaranteed to be meaningless.
While cool, that doesn't resolve the issue that there is the lack of dynamic lighting initially presented in the previous builds....
I highly respect Kevin VanOrd's opinion of the game.
puffyshirt
Banned
When does the embargo lift, do we know? I'm curious if this is a big enough detail for critics to notice.
jim2point0
Banned
Tomorrow, 09:00 EST
What do you mean?
Krusenstern
Banned
Comments like this are making me bug out like
Surely, you are not implying that they removed per pixel lighting.. right?
jeez
What. The. Fuck.
jeez
lol, is it just me or does it look like he's running barefoot on hot sand?
Can't unsee
Not from the game itself, but that wall is basically just flat.
petethepanda
Member
"shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit"
I need to actually sit down and work out which reviewers to trust.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Thought it was tonight at 09:01 PST aka 12:01 EST.
butman
Member
jeez
Even the NPC at the end is different.
Not to mention all the, now, lifeless statues. They just completely took them out of the game, crazy huh?
not that funny running animation only, most of the animations in Dark Souls 2 look bad and robotic.
I thought it was 12:00AM EST, as in three hours from now.
Well shit, guess I got my info wrong.
Looks like he reeeeeally has to pee
GamingIsDead
Member
Ever played dragons dogma? Consoles can't take dynamic lighting without horrible performance issues.
9:01PM West Coast time (12:00AM EST) confirmed by Polygon reviewer Phil Kollar:
https://twitter.com/pkollar/status/443075916298588160
Pls understand.