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So Dark Souls II [PC] is launching in less then a month and there's no footage of it.

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komplanen

Member
Right? Did I miss something?

Can anyone point a screenshot or a video that is 100% confirmed to be a current PC build or the game without any doubt about the the source of said footage and platform.

Anyone? Maybe I'm just bad at this but I can't recall seeing any confirmed PC footage anywhere.

EDIT: For people who only read the OP, it seems that 100% confirmed footage are the Steam Store screenshots found here.
 
SargerusBR

SargerusBR

I love Pokken!
plexcide said:
Right? Did I miss something?

Can anyone point a screenshot or a video that is 100% confirmed to be a current PC build or the game without any doubt about the the source of said footage and platform.

Anyone? Maybe I'm just bad at this but I can't recall seeing any confirmed PC footage anywhere.
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Steam store has screenshots from PC version. Also don't expect any footage until like 1-2 weeks before release.
 
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zephervack

Member
plexcide said:
Right? Did I miss something?

Can anyone point a screenshot or a video that is 100% confirmed to be a current PC build or the game without any doubt about the the source of said footage and platform.

Anyone? Maybe I'm just bad at this but I can't recall seeing any confirmed PC footage anywhere.
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All the pictures on Steam are confirmed to be PC by their PR.

Also it seems like they have recently removed the pictures that looked like the previews from Steam, so expect the port to look the same as the console versions but with better framerate and resolution.
 
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Bedlam

Member
It'll be the console version with higher resolution, better performance and maybe (!) better textures. That's it.

The idea that the PC version would fundamentally differ from the console version and include the old lighting model or even geometry was ridiculous to begin with.
 
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komplanen

Member
JayEH said:
I thought all the early footage they've shown was on PC.
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I know a lot of people do/did, but the with the graphics downgrade happening exactly compared to the early footage it doesn't seem like it. I mean they explained why they did the graphics downgrade and the explanation wasn't "There was no downgrade, it was just PC footage and you are playing on consoles".
 
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King_Moc

Banned
zephervack said:
All the pictures on Steam are confirmed to be PC by their PR.

Also it seems like they have recently removed the pictures that looked like the previews from Steam, so expect the port to look the same as the console versions but with better framerate and resolution.
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So they downgraded it on console because of performance issues and they''ll be downgrading it on PC because...? It seems like the game was complete before the downgrade so this would just seem like a massive 'fuck you'.
 
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CountAntonius

Member
It was confirmed from Namco PR These are the Screenshots from the PC build.
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E

Easy_D

never left the stone age
So much for lead,dev eh.
Hope From gets picked up by a less scummy publisher. I feel just fine putting the entire blame on Scamco for this one
 
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komplanen

Member
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Looking at the monster in this image makes me ridiculously depressed to think that this is a game with PC as its lead platform coming out 2014 from a relatively big publisher/developer. But of course the game itself is what matters but still...
 
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dreamfall

Member
I've been wondering about why there's been such a lack of PC promotion for the game, considering they said it was the lead platform.

I held out on the console version, so even having the PC version arriving so soon is an absolute blessing. The wait has been long, and it'll be nice to play it. If the port is shit, by the good graces of Durante it'll be fixed.
 
SargerusBR

SargerusBR

I love Pokken!
plexcide said:
Looking at the monster in this image makes me ridiculously depressed to think that this is a game with PC as its lead platform coming out 2014 from a relatively big publisher/developer. But of course the game itself is what matters but still...
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FROMSOFT is not a relatively big dev
 
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CountAntonius

Member
Easy_D said:
So much for lead,dev eh.
Hope From gets picked up by a less scummy publisher. I feel just fine putting the entire blame on Scamco for this one
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What they did wrong was use earlier footage for screenshots and preview videos. If you go to their press site there is no difference between the three platforms and all the images and videos even release dates haven't been changed. If you were making a preview this is where you would get your screens and footage not from From. The only reason they took those shots off the Steam page was because I asked a PR rep from Namco o a Stream if those screen were from the PC version and he said the first 5 are and "I have been meaning to tell someone to update that page." Honestly doesn't seem like anyone was on the ball here in terms of updating the tools to market the game. I don't think it was intentional deceit because we have have retail footage since Late January but it's been mixed with the older stuff.
 
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Gbraga

Member
Alcoholikaust said:
GAF would tell you otherwise: you havent seen the 32 threads on the subject of downgrades in the last 2 months?
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The ones where people kept saying that the game is what matters, but you can like the game and dislike the downgrade at the same time? Yeah, I think he did.
 
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CountAntonius

Member
Alcoholikaust said:
GAF would tell you otherwise: you havent seen the 32 threads on the subject of downgrades in the last 2 months?
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I think once the game is out and people get to play something it will die down if the game is good and works well.

Right now I think we are just impatient and frustrated that we really still don't know what we were getting weeks leading up to the game.
 
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Crimsonclaw111

Member
Alcoholikaust said:
its a little tiresome-we get it-its ugly

its also one of the most fun/challenging games on the market-but noone sees that
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Pretty sure everyone sees that. The fans looking away despite the obvious downgrade is also a little tiresome.

Anyway, I really hope somebody gets shaders working really well in DSII. That screenshot with the horse and chariot on the Steam page (before its removal) looked pretty damn good.
 
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Krusenstern

Banned
Alcoholikaust said:
its a little tiresome-we get it-its ugly

its also one of the most fun/challenging games on the market-but noone sees that
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I believe you. People like the game. They're on the second OT already. It's not that no one is looking behind the graphics.

I agree when someone tells me I shouldn't judge the whole game on its graphics and see what a game it actually is.
But people also shouldn't be blind to how the marketing/downgrade of this game is handled.
 
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Frodo

Member
Alcoholikaust said:
its a little tiresome-we get it-its ugly

its also one of the most fun/challenging games on the market-but noone sees that
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We all see that.

We are also able to see a marketing team that downright lied to the consumers and we are angry at them. Justifiably so. Now, if you want to give them a pass just because you think the game is good it is up to you.
 
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CountAntonius

Member
Frodo said:
We all see that.

We are also able to see a marketing team that downright lied to the consumers and we are angry at them. Justifiably so. Now, if you want to give them a pass just because you think the game is good it is up to you.
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They were lazy and didn't update the press website. We will never get anything out of them regarding the "lies". Namco is completely oblivious to this entire outrage.
 
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iRAWRasaurus

Banned
Every screenshots and video I see before a game release is "W.I.P". I love the game but am disapointed in the graphics. People are still over dramatic about the downgrade. Things happen deal with it. It's sucks but there's noting anyone can do.
 
UnrealEck

UnrealEck

Member
It's a good assumption that the IGN 12 minute reveal and the 60 FPS videos on Gamersyde were of the PC version going by what it looks like and how it's performing. 100% confirmed is another story though. I don't believe they've shown any video and said "this is the PC version" outright.
 
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Currygan

at last, for christ's sake
cant risk another downgradeaton, it's best to keep hush hush and release it, maybe someone will have forgotten about it
 
UnrealEck

UnrealEck

Member
It's also likely there's two new PC videos coming shortly. They're on the game's Steam store page but not yet viewable.
 
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Gaz_RB

Member
My suggestion on this one is to wait until the game releases on PC and there are reviews and gameplay footage available freely. Even if From releases footage, who is to say that it's reflective of the completed game?

We've gotta get over this preorder phase in our consuming habits.
 
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Techies

Member
Gaz_RB said:
My suggestion on this one is to wait until the game releases on PC and there are reviews and gameplay footage available freely. Even if From releases footage, who is to say that it's reflective of the completed game?

We've gotta get over this preorder phase in our consuming habits.
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The reason I pre-ordered it was because there was a special that was run and I had some coupon codes.

So it's either pay full price, or pre-oder for half the price.

Although in this case I'd say rather wait for it to go on sale, people who have the ability to wait for sales will always have the best deal in the end of the day...
This is my last Pre-Order, and my last day one purchase.
 
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Poimandres

Member
I think given the screenshots were removed, the best case scenario is...

1) The game releases looking like the PS3/360 version with higher resolution and better framerate

2) People discover that the good lighting/particle effects were hastily removed, so still exist in the game code

3) Some kind soul creates a mod to turn those features back on.

4) We all win!
 
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