Dark souls II - PC Thread

Robert ninja · 23-04-2014 12:00pm

Yeah I got a Dark Souls II steam key for €26.79 from D2P when it was on sale about a month back, BA edition n' all. (it's still only €28) I also just recently got Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines from the Amazon.com sale. It was $5, but €4.99 on steam. I faked my address to somewhere in California and got the game at its American price, which in EURO was €3.62, little bit cheaper than the steam sale.

ancapailldorcha · 23-04-2014 2:53pm

Is it easier to run than the original Dark Souls does anyone know? I'm using a laptop for gaming and it'll be my only way of playing this for the next year or so.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 23-04-2014 3:25pm

the min specs for ds2 look quite similar to the min specs for ds1 over on steam

http://store.steampowered.com/app/211420/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/236430/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1

dunno though, dont want to say yes and have you not be able to run it

Robert ninja · 23-04-2014 4:04pm

From what I've read, it's toaster-friendly and runs much better than DaS1. You could wait 2 days and then keep an eye on this thread, that's when all the PC players will finally have their hands on it and you'll hear of a any critique on its PC performance for your average joe.

Burning Eclipse · 23-04-2014 8:48pm

http://blog.playfire.com/2014/04/dark-souls-ii-25-off-on-gmg.html

GMG now doing 25% off for those who haven't bought it yet. Really is no reason to buy it on Steam as opposed to here. €12.50 in the difference.

ancapailldorcha · 23-04-2014 11:01pm

Robert ninja wrote: »

From what I've read, it's toaster-friendly and runs much better than DaS1. You could wait 2 days and then keep an eye on this thread, that's when all the PC players will finally have their hands on it and you'll hear of a any critique on its PC performance for your average joe.

I think that's the best option. If I had the £40 going spare, I'd have no qualms supporting the developer and publisher regardless.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 24-04-2014 8:32am

Tomorrow gents

we've waited so long

then we waited a bit longer

and now we only have to wait one more day

krudler · 24-04-2014 9:56am

Be interesting to see how much if any of a graphical bump the pc one has, as in better lightning like the demo had

Big Knox · 24-04-2014 10:34am

krudler wrote: »

Be interesting to see how much if any of a graphical bump the pc one has, as in better lightning like the demo had

It doesn't have the advanced lighting system that was shown pre release which is a let down alright but from the videos I've seen it does look and run a lot better on the higher resolutions and with AA etc.

Kiith · 24-04-2014 10:48am

Got to pick myself up a joypad in town today, as i can't see myself playing this with the kb/m.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 24-04-2014 10:53am

im not sure if I should enable some of the graphics fidgy widginess posted on the last page or if I should just go into it vanilla for the first time

Kiith · 24-04-2014 11:12am

All the bells and whistles for me anyway. It wouldn't be a pc game if i don't get to spend 2 hours modding it before actually playing it :P

Cravez · 24-04-2014 7:08pm

Pre-loading my copy now...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 24-04-2014 8:04pm

im away from my pc until noon tomorrow

NOON

at the earliest!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 24-04-2014 10:11pm

well. one hour to go according to steam

god speed you magnificent bastards. I'll see you some time tomorrow.

Robert ninja · 24-04-2014 10:16pm

So this happened,

Hi, we want to apologize for the cancellation of your preorder. We did not received the quantity we were expecting to received from our supplier. The second stock we received from another supplier was not global version, so we returned those keys back to the supplier. We expecting to receive more global version keys between one to two weeks from now. Since most of you will not be happy with this waiting time we decided to cancel your order.

We have completed your refund and as sorry for this problem we have generated a 10% discount code for you that can be use for any new purchase.

Code: ********-********-*******

Best Regards
D2P Team

Welp, this is f'ing gay.

We expecting

Nice grammar, D2P

calex71 · 24-04-2014 10:30pm

Cravez wrote: »

Pre-loading my copy now...

Never gets old, when it does put me out of misery!!!!!! :pac:

YouSavedMyLife · 24-04-2014 10:34pm

I think ill make my first character on the PC version a Rat troll character and troll the **** out of all the new PC players.

Big Knox · 24-04-2014 11:04pm

Anyone else updating?

Andrew76 · 24-04-2014 11:07pm

Big Knox wrote: »

Anyone else updating?

Yep, pretty slow too.

Big Knox · 24-04-2014 11:08pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

Yep, pretty slow too.

Going to try some different regions, I'll report back!

Edit: No increase in speed with different regions, some made the update slower so just went back to the default. Also some people who are in game are reporting constant crashes after the new update after being playing fine on a VPN all day.

Andrew76 · 24-04-2014 11:09pm

Will go back to Diablo 3 until this is ready.

YouSavedMyLife · 24-04-2014 11:13pm

Working fine here. Had it pre-loaded. Just started the game to have a look at it without fiddling with the video settings or tweaks. That 60+ FPS is worth the €37 alone

Andrew76 · 24-04-2014 11:37pm

Pre-loaded too but it needed to run some update. In now. Looks nice.

Spear · 24-04-2014 11:55pm

So the controls are utter junk and scream bad port already.

I'm told to light a torch from a bonfire. I need to press the toggle button which shows me a button of an XBox controller Y button. And there's no such control labelled like this in the key bindings screen. It's another broken game from lazy incompetent devs, just as DS1 was.

YouSavedMyLife · 24-04-2014 11:57pm

Played up to the first bonfire in the first area. Runs smooth and looks nicer than the consoles for sure but it looks so lifeless. Looked down the well in Majula and its bright right the way down, that's not right. Seems washed out. Gonna leave it for tonight and do some tweaking/modding tomorrow.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/04/24/dark-souls-2-modded-durantes-gedosato-enables-downsampling-texture-modding/2/

Looks real nice with Post-processing effects enabled.

Burning Eclipse · 24-04-2014 11:57pm

My dualshock 4 doesn't work with this. Properly gutted.

wandatowell · 25-04-2014 12:54am

Is co-op any good in DS2?

Never played the first DS if that makes a difference.

ProjectColossus · 25-04-2014 1:29am

Got utterly brutalised by three tiny pigs in the sleepy village by the sea. Lol Dark Souls.

Xyo · 25-04-2014 2:48am

wandatowell wrote: »

Is co-op any good in DS2?

Never played the first DS if that makes a difference.

I've summoned and been summoned about 15 times, not once was there an error.

Foxhole Norman · 25-04-2014 3:11am

Yup Co-op is all good, way better than on the 360 IMO. Played for 2 hours now and I've cleared

Forest of Fallen Giants, both bosses,

and

Heide's Tower of Flame, both bosses

and have 4 flasks at +1. I've played through most of the game on 360 but haven't cleared it yet so I'm used to the starter areas. My character's name is YOLO SWAGGINS if anyone sees me around.

Big Knox · 25-04-2014 4:12am

Haven't done any messing with the graphics as of yet but the game runs amazingly well and is just so much smoother than the PS3 version. Will set it up properly tomorrow.

Done so co-op sessions with a friend and with randoms at

The Persuer

and

The Sentinels

and it was completely lag free and felt better than anything I've done on the PS3 to date.

It's a million times better than the DS1 port, that's for sure!

brianon · 25-04-2014 8:20am

Wow. This game is really difficult. I can't even get past the loading screen !

*It's crashing on launch for me and many others

http://steamcommunity.com/app/236430/discussions/0/558754259683457381/

Burning Eclipse · 25-04-2014 11:42am

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

My dualshock 4 doesn't work with this. Properly gutted.

Got the DS4 problem fixed. Played for about an hour in total now. Really enjoying it. Dark Souls at 60 FPS is wonderful. Looks far better than original Dark Souls on X360. I've joined a covenant already, but I've no idea what it does.

Oh, another thing. Both my starting weapons are fecked from damage. Seems far harsher than the original. I threw all that pre-order stuff in a box because I don't want to be using it. Can't wait for more later.

Kiith · 25-04-2014 11:52am

What's the Dualshock 4 like on the pc? Going to pick up a pad after work today to play this, and was going to get the 360 pad, but there doesn't seem to be anywhere to get the adapter anymore.

As for weapon damage, it is much harsher in DS2. You'll want two weapons...one for trash and one for the boss (at least that's my plan).

Lone Stone · 25-04-2014 12:05pm

Downloading now, now which class to play hmm.

Mickeroo · 25-04-2014 12:07pm

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

I've joined a covenant already, but I've no idea what it does.

Which one?

krudler · 25-04-2014 12:17pm

Kiith wrote: »

What's the Dualshock 4 like on the pc? Going to pick up a pad after work today to play this, and was going to get the 360 pad, but there doesn't seem to be anywhere to get the adapter anymore.

As for weapon damage, it is much harsher in DS2. You'll want two weapons...one for trash and one for the boss (at least that's my plan).

The weapons do break much easier alright, some areas you'd only get to the boss fog gate and it's on the verge of breaking

Shiminay · 25-04-2014 12:33pm

I watched some streams last night of people playing on PC, wasn't all that impressed with the looks of it at all - it looks like ass guys and I'm on record on this forum several times as saying I think graphics is one of the least important attributes to any game (but I was happier with the look of the first open air "town" you get to so maybe it was just the early stages)

However, it did look interesting... I think I'll get stuck into the first one and see how that grabs me and then consider picking this up at a later date.

Foxhole Norman · 25-04-2014 12:36pm

Shiminay wrote: »

I watched some streams last night of people playing on PC, wasn't all that impressed with the looks of it at all - it looks like ass guys and I'm on record on this forum several times as saying I think graphics is one of the least important attributes to any game (but I was happier with the look of the first open air "town" you get to so maybe it was just the early stages) However, it did look interesting... I think I'll get stuck into the first one and see how that grabs me and then consider picking this up at a later date.

It really doesn't. Things Betwixt is a bit meh alright but pretty much everything past that looks fantastic.

Retr0gamer · 25-04-2014 12:43pm

I found the lighting was a huge step back from Dark Souls 1. Majula and the Dragon Aerie are the only two areas that I thought looked good in the game but going back to DS1, it's a far nicer looking game in almost every regard. The lighting really lets DS2 down and is a massive step back from DS1. Everything just looks so flat. It pretty much playstation 2 levels of lighting.

krudler · 25-04-2014 12:46pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I found the lighting was a huge step back from Dark Souls 1. Majula and the Dragon Aerie are the only two areas that I thought looked good in the game but going back to DS1, it's a far nicer looking game in almost every regard. The lighting really lets DS2 down and is a massive step back from DS1. Everything just looks so flat. It pretty much playstation 2 levels of lighting.

Its weird how they book all the bloom light effect off the lava in places like Iron Keep, it doesnt look like the stuff in say Lost Izalith, which was a bit overdone but it gave a cool heat effect.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 25-04-2014 12:50pm

home at last
finishing preload

WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUB

YouSavedMyLife · 25-04-2014 1:25pm

Game looks real nice with Durante's mod, adds a few more graphical settings. I highly recommend it.

Also anyone know how to remove the mouse cursor. Every time i open any menu's or pick up an item it jumps back into the centre of the screen. Annoying

Cravez · 25-04-2014 1:26pm

Played a few hours so far, my thoughts/opinons:

Pros
- Looks a lot more crisp, better textures.
- Lighting at times looks amazing.
- Animations are overall better (except the walking one)
- Combat seems a lot more difficult, I feel like I'm relearning everything again as opposed to going straight in because of having played Dark Souls 1
- More flexibility in terms of equipment, items etc
- Overall HUD/Menu's seem more intuitive, if at least a bit of getting used to.
- Online is a lot more stable
- No more Games for Windows Live! (see above point)

Cons
- Walking animation is awful
- Replacing the run function to a seperate button instead of the same as running is a lot more awkward.
- It feels almost too fluid at times, can feel weird when in combat or walking around. Dark Souls 1 felt more responsive.
- A con regarding the HUD/Menu's is that generally the stats screen seems all over the place. Very hard to pinpoint exactly the info you need.
- You can slip off an edge very easily but you cant roll off a ladder?
- Not necessarily a con for me, but I still find that the game isn't new player friendly, despite that developers said that they made it that way. If anything it's more confusing than Dark Souls 1

I'm very mixed about Dark Souls 2 so far, whenever I play it I feel like booting up Dark Souls 1 instead. That said, It took me a while to even warm up to Dark Souls 1 at first, and I'm getting more into Dark Souls 2 the more I'm playing so my feelings towards it in regards some of the cons will change.

Burning Eclipse · 25-04-2014 2:35pm

Kiith wrote: »

What's the Dualshock 4 like on the pc? Going to pick up a pad after work today to play this, and was going to get the 360 pad, but there doesn't seem to be anywhere to get the adapter anymore.

As for weapon damage, it is much harsher in DS2. You'll want two weapons...one for trash and one for the boss (at least that's my plan).

I love it. I had said in the past that I didn't know how the Xbox 360 controller could be topped, but this probably does. DS4tool means you can use the trackpad on the controller as a mouse, in my case from the comfort of my couch. I do have one criticism however, in my experience the battery hasn't been as good as the 360 or PS3 controllers from past generations.

Mickeroo wrote: »

Which one?

If I'm remembering the name right it was the Covenant of Champions. No idea what it's about.

Kiith · 25-04-2014 2:36pm

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

I love it. I had said in the past that I didn't know how the Xbox 360 controller could be topped, but this probably does. DS4tool means you can use the trackpad on the controller as a mouse, in my case from the comfort of my couch. I do have one criticism however, in my experience the battery hasn't been as good as the 360 or PS3 controllers from past generations.

Ah cool, might actually buy one of these in that case. Do you use it plugged in or via bluetooth?

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

If I'm remembering the name right it was the Covenant of Champions. No idea what it's about.

That makes the game tougher. Enemies hit harder and have more HP.

Good luck

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 25-04-2014 2:45pm

the movement is so different, I think I had more success my first time in the undead burg. i'm having my ass handed to me by the games version of hollows

then I

accidentally attacked some white fat knight who I assumed was a statue. lol, nope.

im beginning to ponder restarting as a non swordsman.. this duel wielding isn't as awesome as it looked in the trailer

Burning Eclipse · 25-04-2014 2:51pm

Kiith wrote: »

Ah cool, might actually buy one of these in that case. Do you use it plugged in or via bluetooth?

Works over both, I personally use Bluetooth. Works like a charm.

Kiith wrote: »

That makes the game tougher. Enemies hit harder and have more HP.

Good luck

That'll teach me to blindly join a covenant. We'll see how long I last

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

the movement is so different, I think I had more success my first time in the undead burg. i'm having my ass handed to me by the games version of hollows

then I
accidentally attacked some white fat knight who I assumed was a statue. lol, nope.

im beginning to ponder restarting as a non swordsman.. this duel wielding isn't as awesome as it looked in the trailer

I'm playing as the dual-wielding guy, but I equipped the first shield I found for parrying. As for your spoiler, I can see how it happened... no option to talk!

Robert ninja · 25-04-2014 3:59pm

So I re-purchased the game for €15.94. Still haven't gotten my refund for D2P's forced cancellation of my pre-order.

Honestly, I'm pretty upset with this whole thing. Lighting system removed, not as good as DaS1, and now all this talk that it's just another shoddy port with bad controls and finnicky controller support - not to mentioned 360 controller prompts even when using KB/M... that's just disgraceful. Just disappointment after disappointment these days when it comes to games.

But I haven't gone hollow yet. For some reason, I still have some hope yet that the game will be enjoyable and that there'll be patches or fanmade mods that fix things... or maybe I'll get lucky and not have some of the problems people are reporting. I probably still have some hope because it's my favourite modern game series aside from Batman Arkham series.

Downloading the game now on steam - won't be done for about an hour or less.

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