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Dark Souls 2 Engine Created with Next-Gen in Mind
- Thread starter Poetic.Injustice
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Ryan Gosling
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Still gonna be better than all the next-gen games comming out this year.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Exactly, graphics were never Souls games strongest feature.
What a horribly looking POS
Believe me. No one knows what the heck they are doing with those screencaps. The videos DONT SHOW ANY OF THAT
Yep that looks awesome as the camera clips through the terrible looking ground...static images do make it look worse but it really doesn't look any better in motion
What a horribly looking POS
Believe me. No one knows what the heck they are doing with those screencaps. The videos DONT SHOW ANY OF THAT
Indeed. Especially if you blew that gif up to a decent size.
Yeah, atmosphere was a bigger focus than graphics ever were and that's to FROM's credit.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
pretty done
Member
But then I'd have to not buy Dark Souls 2 when Dark Souls 2 is out, and that's just not happening. I'll gladly pick up the PC version and PS4 version when they come out, but I need it in my veins asap.
Lots of nice shadows playing across the surfaces, cloth animations wind blowing dust. It creates a great atmosphere like previous souls games have. And they have a fantastic art style - hopefully PC/next gen will properly expose it, like durante's PC version of dark souls
Few games have both.
abstract alien
Member
Looks great. Love all of the motion and liveliness. It's much better looking than a lot of the other lifeless looking shit we get that just focused on screenshot quality.
What a horribly looking POS
Believe me. No one knows what the heck they are doing with those screencaps. The videos DONT SHOW ANY OF THAT
Krusenstern
Banned
I would rather have both. Just like the first Dark Souls.
BadAss2961
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I could've sworn early footage of this game looked way better. I remember the console versions looking more like the PC version of DS1.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
But they knew how to hide the shortcomings in DS, it was dark and had a strong art direction, not trying to bite much more than it could chew.
I'm do doubting that the engine has the features, but here is like someone forgot to turn it on, or something.
I see From Software is attempting to tap into my Everquest 1 nostalgia... Clever girl...
Deified Data
Banned
Souls screens have always sucked. Game will be gorgeous in motion.
hydrophilic attack
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I picked up on that from the IGN "documentary".
Wonder if it means we will get next-gen versions?
Doesn't matter though. I need to be in when the community starts discovering the game at day one.
Wonder if it means we will get next-gen versions?
Doesn't matter though. I need to be in when the community starts discovering the game at day one.
What a horribly looking POS
Believe me. No one knows what the heck they are doing with those screencaps. The videos DONT SHOW ANY OF THAT
Look at the rock textures on the left... I love the Souls games (see my avatar), but graphics are not their strong suit.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
NinjamicWZ
Banned
Guess that means I won't be able to run Dark Souls 2 on my laptop when it comes out, even though I can run the first... that was my plan, since I've been PS3-less for quite some time. I guess I'll get the director's cut on PS4 when I get that.
allgamespc
Banned
i actually sent them a message on face and they said they will announce the date when they are sure its not going to change anymore, which to me, sounds like bad news. If its been changing a lot then that means its going to be delayed and i really hope its not in may
Krusenstern
Banned
Again: No, they didn't suck. Browse the PC screenshot thread for stunning Dark Souls shots.
XANDER CAGE
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The Dark Souls total conversion for Jedi Academy is lookin' great!
Yes. A lot of developers will be doing this. Nothing illegal about it though.
Buy on PC like me and we won't have to worry about double dipping and what not. We'll always have the most up to date version.
I think he means the screenshots provided by Namco Bandai PR (for the console releases)
Krusenstern
Banned
Well, those suck of course, yes. No doubt.
And the cries went up from GAF, "The King is dead! Long live the King!"
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
So much hyperbole and troll baiting in Dark Souls threads. Screenshots don't really mean shit anymore, to me at least. Anyone with a PC can make Crysis look like complete garbage or the second coming on the same system.
It's the same with Dark Souls, the key difference is that Dark Souls can't look like the second coming until you mod the PC version. Only then does all of FROM's work become apparent; and that work is goddamned gorgeous.
But the console versions were a mess technically, in just about every regard. PSP bad though? Come the fuck on...
It's the same with Dark Souls, the key difference is that Dark Souls can't look like the second coming until you mod the PC version. Only then does all of FROM's work become apparent; and that work is goddamned gorgeous.
But the console versions were a mess technically, in just about every regard. PSP bad though? Come the fuck on...
Krusenstern
Banned
Official shots suck. But as bad as they are, here you can at least see specular highlights and some actual lighting as opposed to this one:
Beerman462
Member
The camera doesn't clip through the ground. You can clearly see it ride up over the edge.
So we are basing this game's looks off one terrible screenshot?
Deified Data
Banned
I should specify that I meant pre-release dev screenshots.
Ok, this one got me.
Anyway, 2 things:
1) Their new engine likely do support "next gen" (current?) features.
But it seems they are either reusing assets, or chose to keep using low def textures (terrain/plants mainly) for some of the more open/complex environments.
IF that helps to keep a steady framerate, that's a good compromise. After all, this is an online game, so there must be a balance between visuals vs performance.
2) IF the PC version also have those low textures (which is not clear yet), then the Mod community will be quite busy fixing that in the next months. Something to keep in mind, while chosing versions.
Poetic.Injustice
Member
I think the game will be 60 FPS and have an adjustable resolution by default. Don't see why people expect Durante to do the company's work for them.
Dark Souls II is a game where it literally looks like two different games, depending on whether you are looking at photos or video. Seriously, the video footage looks so much better than the photos. That latest documentary proves that to me. None of the photos look that good. I'm not sure why that is, but perhaps the photos are only showcasing the bland textures while the videos actually show the effects and lighting engine at work. I don't know.
Yep, which is a shame. The quality of the assets in Dark Souls was insane, and I bet it even blew some minds at from to look at some downsampled screenshots.
The game looks absolutely gorgeous on PC.
Beerman462
Member
Terrible I say
Krusenstern
Banned
What if the lighting is limited to indoor areas? It's mostly outdoor areas who look pretty flat.
I don't know what to believe.
The way they look with DSfix is the way they should have been supposed to look like on PC out of the box, like every other PC game out there. From screwed that up unfortunately.
If DSfix didn't exist, there would only be crappy screenshots of Dark Souls. All we have are screenshots taken from terrible angles, with terrible content, as per usual from FROMsoft. You're assertion really makes no sense given the facts of how Dark Souls looks running stock on a PC, or Xbox360/PS3 for that matter.