Dark Souls II 12 Minute Gameplay Premiere Discussion (Gameplay Video is Up)

Eck, I missed that. I guess I was enthralled by the giant and his destruction on the left :P

Yeah, that's pretty ugly though. Hopefully they keep an eye out for that kind of thing, and improve it before release. Although..is there much they can do about it? Isn't it something to do with the engine and/or scale?

mccoyca112

You can definitely fix it, it's the shadows LOD by the looks of it, just increase the workload the system can take or implement fading rather than popping (not sure if that works on shadows though)

It's just alpha footage though but what worries me is that seemed to be PC footage so God knows how much popping is on PS360 :?

Meh.  ive had Dark Souls on PS3 for like a year, and I have yet to play more than an hour of it.  I cant even bring myself to put the disk in lol.  Cant even remember the last time I tried to force myself to play it (probably a year ago tbh).

I guess I just never "got" the game.  Same with Demons Souls, I bought that game used, a few years ago, and returned it the next day.  

StrongDeadlift

This is why I play video games.

xOMGITSJASONx

Looks so f*cking good. I need the game right now! ;-;

[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

Meh.  ive had Dark Souls on PS3 for like a year, and I have yet to play more than an hour of it.  I cant even bring myself to put the disk in lol.  Cant even remember the last time I tried to force myself to play it (probably a year ago tbh).

I guess I just never "got" the game.  Same with Demons Souls, I bought that game used, a few years ago, and returned it the next day.  

silversix_

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[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

Meh.  ive had Dark Souls on PS3 for like a year, and I have yet to play more than an hour of it.  I cant even bring myself to put the disk in lol.  Cant even remember the last time I tried to force myself to play it (probably a year ago tbh).

I guess I just never "got" the game.  Same with Demons Souls, I bought that game used, a few years ago, and returned it the next day.  

StrongDeadlift

Your original post I actually understood and was the first time I didn't consider you trolling, yet you still get that sh!tty response lol

[QUOTE="mccoyca112"]

Eck, I missed that. I guess I was enthralled by the giant and his destruction on the left :P

Yeah, that's pretty ugly though. Hopefully they keep an eye out for that kind of thing, and improve it before release. Although..is there much they can do about it? Isn't it something to do with the engine and/or scale?

seanmcloughlin

You can definitely fix it, it's the shadows LOD by the looks of it, just increase the workload the system can take or implement fading rather than popping (not sure if that works on shadows though)

It's just alpha footage though but what worries me is that seemed to be PC footage so God knows how much popping is on PS360 :?

Well, hopefully alpha code has something to do with that. I'm not sure what Dark souls 1 on pc was like, so I'm curious if this is a recurring problem. I know there were a few issues, but never actually got my hands on it to see first hand how badly they mucked it up. Texture pop-ins I can handle though. They're pretty ugly, but I don't mind 'em too much. A steady frame rate is my biggest concern right now, and between the fact that both previous soul games were inconsistent, and DKS2 looks more demanding, I'm a bit worried.

[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

[QUOTE="silversix_"]Can't wait for modern warfare 4 and black ops 3.

seanmcloughlin

Your original post I actually understood and was the first time I didn't consider you trolling, yet you still get that sh!tty response lol

Yea, I wasnt even trying to come off confrontational with my reply to him if it looked like that. But meh.  

lol, almost all of my favorite games this gen are substance filled: Portal 2, Orange Box, Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire, Batman: Arkham City, Fallout NV, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, etc...

Even The Unfinished Swan lol.  gtfoh with that "Call of Duty 17" shit lolz.  

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[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"] So because im not on the hipster bandwagon for this game, that means all I play is shooters?  I havent played a Call of Duty game since Black Ops 1. Pls go.

StrongDeadlift

Your original post I actually understood and was the first time I didn't consider you trolling, yet you still get that sh!tty response lol

Yea, I wasnt even trying to come off confrontational with my reply to him if it looked like that. But meh.  

lol, almost all of my favorite games this gen are substance filled: Portal 2, Orange Box, Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire, Batman: Arkham City, Fallout NV, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, etc...

Even The Unfinished Swan lol.  gtfoh with that "Call of Duty 17" shit lolz.  

Shame you don't like the souls games. One of the best series around (though I haven't played Demon's :()

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[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Your original post I actually understood and was the first time I didn't consider you trolling, yet you still get that sh!tty response lol

seanmcloughlin

Yea, I wasnt even trying to come off confrontational with my reply to him if it looked like that. But meh.  

lol, almost all of my favorite games this gen are substance filled: Portal 2, Orange Box, Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire, Batman: Arkham City, Fallout NV, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, etc...

Even The Unfinished Swan lol.  gtfoh with that "Call of Duty 17" shit lolz.  

Shame you don't like the souls games. One of the best series around (though I haven't played Demon's :()

I found demons personally better then dark souls. You should give it a whirl sometime. Not that really hyped fro dark souls 2.

[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Your original post I actually understood and was the first time I didn't consider you trolling, yet you still get that sh!tty response lol

seanmcloughlin

Yea, I wasnt even trying to come off confrontational with my reply to him if it looked like that. But meh.  

lol, almost all of my favorite games this gen are substance filled: Portal 2, Orange Box, Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire, Batman: Arkham City, Fallout NV, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, etc...

Even The Unfinished Swan lol.  gtfoh with that "Call of Duty 17" shit lolz.  

Shame you don't like the souls games. One of the best series around (though I haven't played Demon's :()

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[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

Meh.  ive had Dark Souls on PS3 for like a year, and I have yet to play more than an hour of it.  I cant even bring myself to put the disk in lol.  Cant even remember the last time I tried to force myself to play it (probably a year ago tbh).

I guess I just never "got" the game.  Same with Demons Souls, I bought that game used, a few years ago, and returned it the next day.  

StrongDeadlift

It looks like Dark Souls, I guess. I'm glad to see different locations that aren't just re-skinned.

Also, this franchise is far from hipster. It's so mainstream that it gets a 24 page topic.  

First post long time lurker. I actually never played the first one but I did purchase Dark Souls as soon as it came out and got addicted. Sadly had a bunch of things happen in life that prohibited me from really being able to spend too much time with it. Just today, since the reveal of Dark Souls II got me amped again, I tried to start my save back up and man im completely at a loss. I love the gameplay but I literally forgot pretty much what anything and everything does so its hard to get back into the game again. But I am trying...

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[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

Yea, I wasnt even trying to come off confrontational with my reply to him if it looked like that. But meh.  

lol, almost all of my favorite games this gen are substance filled: Portal 2, Orange Box, Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire, Batman: Arkham City, Fallout NV, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, etc...

Even The Unfinished Swan lol.  gtfoh with that "Call of Duty 17" shit lolz.  

Minishdriveby

Shame you don't like the souls games. One of the best series around (though I haven't played Demon's :()

Don't have my PS3 anymore :( Only got to play Dark Souls cos of the PC version.

But I think I'm getting a PS3 again soon to play TLOU so Demon's souls will be on the list too. Maybe Journey as well :P

I heard Demon's has better atmosphere and I'm a sucker for atmosphere

At least it looks good this time.dramaybaz

PC version of DS1 looks amazing

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Shame you don't like the souls games. One of the best series around (though I haven't played Demon's :()

seanmcloughlin

Don't have my PS3 anymore :( Only got to play Dark Souls cos of the PC version.

But I think I'm getting a PS3 again soon to play TLOU so Demon's souls will be on the list too. Maybe Journey as well :P

I heard Demon's has better atmosphere and I'm a sucker for atmosphere

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[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"] WHAT?! You haven't played DeS? SEAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE?! Dark Souls is better though, so no worries. Demon's Souls is really great and has some pretty cool mechanics that were excluded from Dark Souls.Minishdriveby

Don't have my PS3 anymore :( Only got to play Dark Souls cos of the PC version.

But I think I'm getting a PS3 again soon to play TLOU so Demon's souls will be on the list too. Maybe Journey as well :P

I heard Demon's has better atmosphere and I'm a sucker for atmosphere

Might get the ICO collection actually. Played ICO and SotC to death on my PS2 and on PC with emulators. Would like to see the revamped SotC version. That and Dark Souls are tied as my favourite games of all time

[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"][QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Don't have my PS3 anymore :( Only got to play Dark Souls cos of the PC version.

But I think I'm getting a PS3 again soon to play TLOU so Demon's souls will be on the list too. Maybe Journey as well :P

I heard Demon's has better atmosphere and I'm a sucker for atmosphere

seanmcloughlin

Might get the ICO collection actually. Played ICO and SotC to death on my PS2 and on PC with emulators. Would like to see the revamped SotC version. That and Dark Souls are tied as my favourite games of all time

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BrunoBRS

:lol:

I love how they come out of nowhere all at once

Another funny one

[QUOTE="dramaybaz"]At least it looks good this time.seanmcloughlin

PC version of DS1 looks amazing

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[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"] It has a gloomier atmosphere. Personally I thought Dark Souls had better environments/atmosphere. Check out some other games besides just those three though. There are quite a few PS3 exclusives that are worth playing. Team ICO collection and 3D Dot Game Heroes (also by FROM) just to name a couple.BrunoBRS

Might get the ICO collection actually. Played ICO and SotC to death on my PS2 and on PC with emulators. Would like to see the revamped SotC version. That and Dark Souls are tied as my favourite games of all time

I agree with this. Though Demon's did punish more for dying than Dark, I did feel the Demon's atmosphere was a little nicer. 

While there were some shitty areas, I would say World 2 was fine, it was World 5 that I didn't like at all

 

Ah tower of Latria, creeped me out playing through that, and those tentacle face foes... 

_Matt_

Don't have my PS3 anymore :( Only got to play Dark Souls cos of the PC version.

But I think I'm getting a PS3 again soon to play TLOU so Demon's souls will be on the list too. Maybe Journey as well :P

I heard Demon's has better atmosphere and I'm a sucker for atmosphere

seanmcloughlin

 

Oops my bad. They are right from the start though, so you must have literally just started that area (They're hard to miss, they have a shocking personality). Such a good atmosphere in that place though, especially sound wise.

_Matt_

Pfft, dont worry about it. The game is so old that spoilers dont matter. I decided to take a rest after finishing the Spider boss. Im finding the game a bit easier than Dark Souls, but thats maybe just because im used to the series now.

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Intriguing... but that was yesterday a fair while ago :/

_Matt_

True, it was 10pm in london so I have no idea what he means.

So that's like 17 hours ago? Hmm not sure. Maybe he was just referring to the IGN thing.

Today is the 11th and I am in London so I assume that is the correct time, so hopefully something comes today. Also looking at the time comments were made the hours seem to add up.

Don't have my PS3 anymore :( Only got to play Dark Souls cos of the PC version.

But I think I'm getting a PS3 again soon to play TLOU so Demon's souls will be on the list too. Maybe Journey as well :P

I heard Demon's has better atmosphere and I'm a sucker for atmosphere

seanmcloughlin

Although Dark Souls is imho overall the better game, Demons Souls is great too and there is no location at Dark Souls that could match the atmosphere of Tower of Latria in Demons Souls.

Finally got the chance to see the video, loving the different death animation. If I'm seeing the death screen multiple time then I rather experience different death situation.

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Don't have my PS3 anymore :( Only got to play Dark Souls cos of the PC version.

But I think I'm getting a PS3 again soon to play TLOU so Demon's souls will be on the list too. Maybe Journey as well :P

I heard Demon's has better atmosphere and I'm a sucker for atmosphere

BlbecekBobecek

Although Dark Souls is imho overall the better game, Demons Souls is great too and there is no location at Dark Souls that could match the atmosphere of Tower of Latria in Demons Souls.

Ah tower of Latria, creeped me out playing through that, and those tentacle face foes... 

[QUOTE="_Matt_"]

 

Ah tower of Latria, creeped me out playing through that, and those tentacle face foes... 

Iantheone

Oops my bad. They are right from the start though, so you must have literally just started that area (They're hard to miss, they have a shocking personality). Such a good atmosphere in that place though, especially sound wise.

https://twitter.com/Leearigold/status/322213183966298112

https://twitter.com/Leearigold/status/322213183966298112

GD1551

Intriguing... but that was yesterday a fair while ago :/

@matt: The way they moved was creepy. :P

Also, to those of you worried that it looked too easy because of how little damage the guy took, they usually make the character have high defenses/make the enemies do reduced damage for the developer versions of the game. It was the same with Dark Souls. When you actually get your hands on the game, expect the enemies to take out half of your health bar in one hit.Oil_Rope_Bombs

[QUOTE="Oil_Rope_Bombs"]Also, to those of you worried that it looked too easy because of how little damage the guy took, they usually make the character have high defenses/make the enemies do reduced damage for the developer versions of the game. It was the same with Dark Souls. When you actually get your hands on the game, expect the enemies to take out half of your health bar in one hit.faizan_faizan

In Dark Souls if you die:

- you go back to the last bonfire you rested at

- you lose all your souls and humanity (which you can retreive if you touch the bloodstain where you died, but only if you do it without dying again in the meantime)

- any invaders/blue phantoms are returned to their world

- if you were in human form you go back to being undead

- all standard enemies respawn

If you were in someone else's world though, you simply get banished back to your own with no other consequence.

Doors/levers you have already opened remain open

@matt: The way they moved was creepy. :P

Tropicalshower

Yup, and just the way they rung that bell every now and again...

[QUOTE="_Matt_"]

 

Oops my bad. They are right from the start though, so you must have literally just started that area (They're hard to miss, they have a shocking personality). Such a good atmosphere in that place though, especially sound wise.

Iantheone

Pfft, dont worry about it. The game is so old that spoilers dont matter. I decided to take a rest after finishing the Spider boss. Im finding the game a bit easier than Dark Souls, but thats maybe just because im used to the series now.

Yeah true. I find it easier than Dark Souls, but I have spent many hundreds of hours on it (on all 3 territorial versions, it's actually really interesting how different the online communities are in different versions of Demon's Souls), so I know that game like the back of my hand by now.

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https://twitter.com/Leearigold/status/322213183966298112

_Matt_

Intriguing... but that was yesterday a fair while ago :/

True, it was 10pm in london so I have no idea what he means.

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[QUOTE="GD1551"]

https://twitter.com/Leearigold/status/322213183966298112

GD1551

Intriguing... but that was yesterday a fair while ago :/

True, it was 10pm in london so I have no idea what he means.

So that's like 17 hours ago? Hmm not sure. Maybe he was just referring to the IGN thing.