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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
- Thread starter indigo-cyclops
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Higher than Dark Souls' 1024x720.
It certainly does not look good. But it looks good enough to still capture the dark desolate mood and to still offer a good experience.
No real benefits over console except a more reliable framerate, but if you don't have a console and are at all interested, it seems like it would be worth buying. It's not going to show off your PC of course.
No real benefits over console except a more reliable framerate, but if you don't have a console and are at all interested, it seems like it would be worth buying. It's not going to show off your PC of course.
CosmicQueso
Member
Seeing so many cracked versions being downloaded and played is depressing enough but then to see them commented on as though it's representative of the full final product is actually pretty sickening too.
Oh well, I'm sure there are a million nonsense reasons people would use to justify it. Aaaaaaaaand that's why so many games in the future will be free to play.
Oh well, I'm sure there are a million nonsense reasons people would use to justify it. Aaaaaaaaand that's why so many games in the future will be free to play.
Well at least it would've been native res of the monitor I had at that time. The equivalent woul've probably been like 640x480 and like you said, there were workarounds.
Also, 4:3 users are pretty screwed without letterboxing and with it isn't exactly nice...
Snapshot King
Member
Also, if I use an online GFWL profile to make my saves, will I be able to play those saves offline?
and designed to run on underpowered arm devices, kinda sad.
fluffydelusions
Member
Those screenshots look like those blurry cam movies you find on piratebay
Yes, as long as you use the same account and sometimes GFWL doesn't want to recognize your old saves after for example a format even with the same account and exactly same files.
zephervack
Member
Pirates gonna pirate, but if the game provides a good value at a reasonable price then I would guess most pirates would just buy it.
Gaben explained how after offering value and service, Russia which is known to be pirate heaven, became the second biggest buyer of games in all of Europe.
there are multiple DRM solutions that are 100% secure for day zero piracy, Steam being among them. GFWL is not.
it was also pretty hugely AMD's fault
zephervack
Member
Is it bannable to post pictures found online?, I just found a pic with some improvements using a FXAA injector, starting to look passable.
Technosteve
Banned
I feel, the feelings i have for this game out weighs the low res art assets and low res frame buffer. It's the same feeling i had with Diablo 2 and it's shitty resolution.
Here's hoping Dark Souls fans can enhance the game engine to give us higher res and some artists redo the art assets and give us HD textures.
Here's hoping Dark Souls fans can enhance the game engine to give us higher res and some artists redo the art assets and give us HD textures.
Using a crack on a retail version you've already got in your hands isn't cracking though, right?
I actually had no idea the game was cracked already, just played it with my friend who'd gotten the retail box without Steam so I assumed it was playable already. Didn't realize that GFWL hadn't unlocked the game yet.
Anyway, I'll get to put some hours on the unlocked game tomorrow and will post my impressions from the game and from the port then.
Ghost_Protocol
Member
Wait a minute, if I output the video for the PC version to the same tv I played the ps3 version on, it's going to look worse?
Or is it only going to look worse for people trying to run it above 720p on very high resolution monitors?
Or is it only going to look worse for people trying to run it above 720p on very high resolution monitors?
I'm still hoping this is all one big mistake, and in a few days the problems will be easily fixable or we find out it at least uses a 1280x720 framebuffer. But if the game's as great as everyone says, ultimately I will forgot all the flaws and be lost in the atmosphere and world the game creates. That or wait a few months and hope things get straightened out.
It's an amazing game, easily the best to come out of the consoles along Demon's Souls this gen. That's what makes it so sad.
People who already played it on consoles and are getting it on PC largely know what to expect, and can better deal with the issues. What I find unfortunate is that a lot of players won't even give it a shot due to the technical problems, and that others who will could have their experience tainted by the shoddy port job.
This is kind of hilarious coming from a guy who cries about comparatively minor technical issues in every PC game thread.
It probably won't look worse at all. PS3 might have better internal scaling, but really it should look exactly the same.
It looks worse on PC mostly because people are using higher res monitors and sitting much closer. Also, PC monitors usually don't have the same upscalers built in that TVs do.
If you play it on a 720p tv you probably won't notice a difference
However when you sit close to a 1440p monitor like I do... it's going to look pretty horrendous
Sure, but it ain't illegal.
zephervack
Member
Depends on who you ask, I personally think that you should be allowed to do anything you want to stuff that you have paid for.
Snapshot King
Member
Anything I can do to mitigate those sometimes?
Ah the reverse comfy couch attack.
Boxed copies are being sold early, there's no way to be sure the guy is playing a pirated game.
Use the Save Manager posted in the op and well...pray for based gaben or whatever it is that you believe in...
Seriously, though most of the time I couldn't give a rat's arse about GFWL, but when things go wrong they really go wrong big time.
Wouldn't that mean no multiplayer?
indigo-cyclops
Member
Thanks for posting these...
Damn; that's about all I can say, however, I'm still looking forward to new content and the game on PC.
Yes, but it's meant mostly for people very much against GFWL, plus it moves the position of the save-games and removes the "woe" factor when saving.
Snapshot King
Member
Yeah, but for some people losing GFWL is worth it. Personally my ps3 had nat issues so I never got to really enjoy the online so Im actually looking forward to it.
Yeah, I'd take no multiplayer before GFWL any day, just wanted to make sure since I remembered that multiplayer in some games didn't work with xliveless.
EDIT: Apparently I'm a member now, I have no idea what the requirements for that are though
Broder Salsa
Banned
What a mess. Was seriously thinking about getting it but this is just terrible, don't want to support something like this. Maybe if they patch it later on.
TheNamelessOne
Member
This is where I would post a gif of someone barfing, but I'm afraid I would get banned.
Snapshot King
Member
Yeah, Im waiting for (more) impressions of smooth framerates but still, that GFWL is a bitter pill to swallow though. Graphics dont bother me much, playing on the same TV I played the ps3 version on.
Yeah, I'd take no multiplayer before GFWL any day, just wanted to make sure since I remembered that multiplayer in some games didn't work with xliveless.
EDIT: Apparently I'm a member now, I have no idea what the requirements for that are though
Will you be trying out Xliveless then, let us know whether it works or not?
And you become member at 300 posts
As horrible as GFWL is, and it certainly is, Dark Souls multiplayer is still something you want to experience if you haven't before. I'd use the save game editor and at least give it a shot.
Snapshot King
Member
You mean save game manager right? Not editor?
zephervack
Member
Before/After - using FXAA mods...
The guys at /v/ are trying hard to fix it.
The guys at /v/ are trying hard to fix it.
This. Considering how heavily multiplayer is integrated into the game you'd really be missing out.
Yeah, I'll try it as soon as I get there tomorrow. I'll also ask to try if we could try it on my 5850/i920 combo since his 560ti and 2600K beats my system.Will you be trying out Xliveless then, let us know whether it works or not?
And you become member at 300 posts
Also, I'm glad I finished Skyrim for a while, I only played for around an hour, but the combat is magnificient. I did get my arse handed to me, but in a good way
Yes, heh.
CosmicQueso
Member
I BELIEVE!
HungOverOnATues
Member
Not really an improvement in my opinion. Second shot just looks like it has higher contrast but I think it looks better muted for the atmosphere that the game sets.
For those actually planning to play the game...
Thanks for the heads up!