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DARK SOULS II Announced - [PC/PS3/360 - PR in OP]

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zkylon

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Jintor said:
Doodled something quickly to celebrate

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Yay!

params7 said:
The music in the trailer is mindblowing.
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Yes, it's incredible, everything about that trailer is amazing. I can't keep up with my excitement.
 
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NBtoaster

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Defuser said:
I'm tempted by the PC version because of mods but hackers on PC and the online community is better on PS3 makes me wanna buy the PS3 version instead.
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220 hours on the PC version and I encountered a hacker 1 or 2 times.

But yeah, it's much more active on PS3.
 
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Easy_D

never left the stone age
upandaway said:
I wonder how that'll work again.

Either they do it exactly the same and leave the obvious opening for Durante to do his magic
Or they "fix" the opening and screw everyone over (and then it depends on whether the port is good or not)
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The fact that the PC version isn't an afterthought this time around makes it much more likely that it has a decent budget behind it.. or wait maybe not.

Namco's all
"HEY IT SOLD DESPITE LOW BUDGET PORT. LETS DO IT AGAIN LOL"
 
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d0c_zaius

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upandaway said:
I wonder how that'll work again.

Either they do it exactly the same and leave the obvious opening for Durante to do his magic
Or they "fix" the opening and screw everyone over (and then it depends on whether the port is good or not)
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is it too early to start a hardcore campaign to get Durante hired by From? Assuming he wants to be of course.
 
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Durante

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upandaway said:
I wonder how that'll work again.

Either they do it exactly the same and leave the obvious opening for Durante to do his magic
Or they "fix" the opening and screw everyone over (and then it depends on whether the port is good or not)
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There's not really a special "obvious opening" -- what I did could be done for every other PC game, it's just that every other PC game has a resolution setting.

Anyway, I'm very positive the PC version will be better this time around and won't need fixing. I don't think it's even worth speculating about too much.
 
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Zimbardo

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so i guess it sold well enough on PC for them to be happy enough to continue supporting the platform.

PC version = day 1 bought.
 
Robot Pants

Robot Pants

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d0c_zaius said:
is it too early to start a hardcore campaign to get Durante hired by From? Assuming he wants to be of course.
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That'd be awesome, but if they know of his fix they will either try this time to implement it themselves (even if they don't know about it, they might try harder with the port this time), or they will just assume that he or someone else will mod it regardless.
For free.
 
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TheDrowningMan

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I was holding off on which way the state of third-party Wii U support would go, but I'm hearing that our statisticians are almost ready to make a projection.
 
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Conrad Link

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I want a Wii U version for if nothing else, the Miiverse community for it would rock so much! :D

Dark Souls fans are awesome and Miiverse is awesome, it would be a match made in *AMAZING CHEST AHEAD*

Come on Namco make it happen!

Either way, surprised From didn't save it for the start of next gen. Oh well if it means I get it quicker then ALL GOOD.

YAY! :D

Haven't had the chance to use my D-Bry gifs in ages! Wooooooo!

d-bry_yes5.gif
 
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d0c_zaius

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GhostRidah said:
Me Right Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBaYVo89mmY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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haha this got me. im so hype right now.

Durante said:
There's not really a special "obvious opening" -- what I did could be done for every other PC game, it's just that every other PC game has a resolution setting.

Anyway, I'm very positive the PC version will be better this time around and won't need fixing. I don't think it's even worth speculating about too much.
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either way still thank you x1000000000000000000
 
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Mr_Appleby

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Cold + Dragons = Skyrim? Wat?

Demon's Souls had two dragons and a dragon god.
Dark Souls had numerous dragons (undead dragons, dragon god, kalameet & the various drakes) and both the starting area and painted world would qualify as cold places.

Durante said:
Yeah, pretty much. Even just looking at the armor for a few seconds gave that impression.
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heck even some of the mocap seemed reused from Dark Souls, and the rope bridge seemed straight out of the painted world. plus you can totally see anor londo.

edit: oh, beats :)
 
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upandaway

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Durante said:
There's not really a special "obvious opening" -- what I did could be done for every other PC game, it's just that every other PC game has a resolution setting.

Anyway, I'm very positive the PC version will be better this time around and won't need fixing. I don't think it's even worth speculating about too much.
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But I assume it CAN be fixed/blocked against that exact thing that you did, right? Just logically.

Anyway yeah I hope it won't need any help this time, and you proved to them that the help is not incredibly time-consuming (understatement).
 
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ijed

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Durante said:
Anyway, I'm very positive the PC version will be better this time around and won't need fixing. I don't think it's even worth speculating about too much.
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Um you do know this is NeoGAF right? What else will the next 50 pages be filled with
 
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Valnen

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I'll buy the PC version Day 1 if we don't have to hack in support for basic PC features, otherwise not paying over $20 for it.
 
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Mxrz

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commanderpepper said:
Is it me or did the bridge look like something out of the Painted World of Ariamis.
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There was a lot of painted world vibes. The cold look, the mask guys, the bridge, etc. Which is great since it was the best area in Dark. But new setting not much of a direct relation.
 
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dani_dc

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Defuser said:
I'm tempted by the PC version because of mods but hackers on PC and the online community is better on PS3 makes me wanna buy the PS3 version instead.
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The hackers is an overblown issue, in 100 hours of gameplay I think I encountered one hacker.
As for the community, I'm sure the fact that the game was nearly one year late release had it's influence, plus the game suffered from some networking issues (which hopefully the sequel won't have).
I'm sure that a day 1 (or close to it) release will lead to a healthier user base on PC compared to DS, hopefully the experience with DS PC port will allow them to solve the issues that the first port suffered from.
 
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Durante

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upandaway said:
But I assume it CAN be fixed/blocked against that exact thing that you did, right? Just logically.
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Well, you can make it harder. But that would actually require a lot more effort than simply adding an in-game resolution option!

ijed said:
Um you do know this is NeoGAF right? What else will the next 50 pages be filled with
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You're right of course. I just wanted to let people know what I expect.

I think it will be a normal PC version this time around. Same assets, much better IQ and framerate, still GFWL.
 
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K.Jack

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Easy_D said:
The fact that the PC version isn't an afterthought this time around makes it much more likely that it has a decent budget behind it.. or wait maybe not.

Namco's all
"HEY IT SOLD DESPITE LOW BUDGET PORT. LETS DO IT AGAIN LOL"
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FROM probably has little idea what a Durante is, or how a Durante saved their asses on the PC port.

But hopefully they put an intern on it at least, this time.
 
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