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Dark Souls PC 1080p. Confirmed, like, for real.
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toastyToast
Member
Why wouldn't it have scalable resolution? We're not talking about a sprite based game or something from Popcap
As far as being frame rate locked, the physics which is probably the only thing effected by FPS uses Havok and as far as I know that shouldn't require a 30fps lock to run properly
As far as being frame rate locked, the physics which is probably the only thing effected by FPS uses Havok and as far as I know that shouldn't require a 30fps lock to run properly
This wasn't explicitly stated, just inferred by some GAFers.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I'm fine with 1080p (obviously), and I'm actually fine with a locked 30fps frame rate. The game wouldn't play right at 60.
But yeah, I'm a little worried this'll end up being an unstable mess...
But yeah, I'm a little worried this'll end up being an unstable mess...
Pachterballs
Banned
resolution probably won't fix some of the janky looking textures and modelling. but we'll see. I'm vaguely curious to see what it looks like.
framerate is more of the concern to me.
framerate is more of the concern to me.
lol, oh man what a ride, first there's PC port, everyone goes holy shit yes, then it's 720p and GWFL locked, everyone goes ape shit, then suddenly its available via Steam, everyone goes hell yea! then the DLC is available for the consoles too, everyone goes, fuck the PC imma go back to console. Then there is, 1080p, but with no optimization to framerates. lol
Madness.
The Last Remnant PC version was the best version. They gave us some good graphical options and fixed so much of the gameplay mechanics it's not even funny.
Why would people say fuck PC because it's available on console?
Alex
Member
Given the first flub, it's probably another misinterpretation. No one is going to design an FPS limiter that dips into the single digits. :lol
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Nah, really. I look at something like Bioshock, which was obviously designed to be played at 30fps... and it was kind of a mess on PC at times. Example: the couch falling down the stairs at the beginning. It looks terrrrriiiiibbblllleee. Shadow of the Colossus is another example of something that would just feel off at a higher frame rate. Not every game would benefit from a higher frame rate when ported.
And I'm not even one of those people who hides behind the "30fps is more cinematic" argument.
Alex
Member
Please stop posting this nonsense, it is objectively bullshit, period and yes you are, it's your exact argument.
Next you'll be preaching how AA and AF make things look clinical and how you yearn for the jagged edges and blur of yore.
At least for nVidia there's framerate limiters if it bugs you enough. Though you're right, it's possible the physics may be meant only for 30 FPS and will be screwy looking at 60.
It's just bad game design from the beginning. Never really feared that the bad performance would be "hard coded" but rather if the engine is at least decent so it uses the power of PC. We all know games that run better on console *facepalm*
I understand why everyone here wants 60 FPS, and I'm not sure why they would lock it at 30, but I really hope everyone feeling wary because of the 30 FPS lock still gives it a chance. It really is a great game.
I know GFWL still sucks though.
I know GFWL still sucks though.
The framerate looks to be complete ass in this port
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2012-dark-souls/731723
wats going on
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2012-dark-souls/731723
wats going on
So a not optimized port+GFWL
:/
well maybe post release patches will fix things..oh wait GFWL hates patches,scratch that off.
Having not played this particular game yet, I can't state whether that's the case.
Depending on the gameplay design however, that actually can be true.
That's a bit of an exaggeration. Frame rate looks like the console version, maybe even slightly better. What specs are that PC? Was that on 1080p?
Do you even know what frame rate is?
Technosteve
Banned
so we just wait for the community for HD textures?
The ones that will probably clash horribly and ruin the game's appearance on an art direction level rather than a technical one?
Apocryphon
Member
And custom resolutions higher than bloody 1080p. If you're not playing on a laptop or through a tv, there' no excuse for PC gamers to be playing at 1080p.
Vsync probably accounts for the frame limit being locked to 30fps. Should be able to change the cap to 60 by editing an .ini file shouldn't we?
dragonlife
Member
Sentenza
Member
Holy Shit, man. Please, just stop.
Here's to hoping they're running this on an 8800GT or something.
Mattakuevan
Member
Man, the guy in that gameplay demo sucks.
Edit: That or he's trying to be hit to show "how hard" dark souls is.
Edit: That or he's trying to be hit to show "how hard" dark souls is.
ss_lemonade
Member
What if its only upscaled from 1280x720 lol. I mean, there are games that do that on the PC for some God-only-knows reason
EatinOlives
Member
To be fair to him, Bioshock was especially bad because, for some insane reason, the devs hard coded the physics system to be rendered at 30 FPS, meaning you're walking along at 60 FPS, you kick a bottle and only the can flails around at 30 FPS. It's quite surreal and I've never seen that with any other game.
That said, I'm strictly at the camp that every single game can be better at 60 FPS. Every single one.
Apocryphon
Member
Well i suppose if you're using a 22" monitor or something it might be alright.
real talk: sometimes animations aren't made with 60fps in mind and 30fps does a better job of hiding this. And you do have cases like Bioshock, where the physics update at a different rate than the rest of the game.
I mean, I wouldn't ever let either of these things stop me from picking 60 over 30 in any game, but sometimes it can be jarring to see shit like the above.
I mean, I wouldn't ever let either of these things stop me from picking 60 over 30 in any game, but sometimes it can be jarring to see shit like the above.
I've read that the driving physics in L.A. Noire go bonkers if you remove the 30fps cap. Initially, it was assumed the cap was due to the facial animation tech.
mysocksarepink
Banned
u guys silly
actin like our pcs = ps3 hardware
my 580 give blight town a good smackin 8)
actin like our pcs = ps3 hardware
my 580 give blight town a good smackin 8)
While the cases are rare, I'd argue it's not always objectively bullshit. Matters the gameplay design. Granted most games are designed so it's not an issue.
TricksterLoki
Member
Im gonna go out on a limb and say that someone will most likely make a mod that unlocks the fps...
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I want to see 60fps video capture.