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New previews for Dark Souls II
- Thread starter ezekial45
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Dark Souls 1 will never become unplayable even if Bandai refuses to make the investment for a patch.
You can play it with an offline profile, though achievements and online interaction will cease to function.
Though, last we have heard, Bandai is, 'looking into alternatives.' Currently the only viable alternative is Steamworks.
GFWL officially shuts down in July, but the game will still be playable.
My brain is coming out of my nose right now, this is the best news regarding this game so far.
Apparently he is a huge fan of the first game, I remember seeing his tweets about it.
Felix Lighter
Member
I'm fairly certain he's suggesting that they are taking some special precautions in the PC version to prevent cheating. At least that's what I inferred by his choice of words and tone of voice.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
is there no guide available at launch? i havent seen one anywhere
SeventhSon
Member
DON'T USE A GUIDE
There is, and EpicNameBro is writing it. There are even hints towards him wanting to make it "more than a guide," which might indicate that it contains supplemental lore or something of the sort.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Unless you are just the collector type, if you are going to use a guide, don't bother with the physical print ones. The one for Dark Souls was crap, only good for basically the art and some early stat info that was quickly made irrelevant by patches. Online information is usually way more accurate, up to date and free.
Looks like yoshichan beat me to the punch in that other thread. But I do like ENB, I guess YMMV if you get the one he is writing.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
You're probably right and it's just wishful thinking/hearing on my part.
It wasn't crap. It still covers the main game locations, covenant, items and it helps with some things despite the weapon data being obsolete and not having the DLC content.
Completely disagree with this. Most of the things that got changed were stuff like damage values on weapons or ratings for shields and armor. None of that stuff really matters unless you are min-maxing for PvP. Having stuff like maps with item locations, lists of item drops from enemies, and covenant info was completely worth it.
Not everyone will use the guide pretty much like DS1 which I bought and didnt touched until the second playthrough.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
I'm getting more excited everyday. March can't come soon enough!
Yeah but some people will have the guide and they will know about all the secrets. So the community as a whole won't need to find them. We won't be hearing stuff like "holyshit there's a Japanese player that found that of you do X and Y you get a unique weapon!", because all of this will already be in the guide and so discovering something like that will just be a personal achievement rather than a contribution to the community knowledge.
I wouldn't mind if the guide was delayed by two or so weeks.
Deified Data
Banned
March is so far away.
Only taking the 11th and 12th off as vacation days as opposed to the whole week because I'm a responsible adult.
Only taking the 11th and 12th off as vacation days as opposed to the whole week because I'm a responsible adult.
Agree with this sentiment. Whether you choose to use the guide or not it's going to be really tough to dodge spoilers, and tougher still to combat people with a wider understanding of the game for the first few weeks.
Bandai Namco still has the release date as March 14th for the PC version of Dark Souls
http://www.uk.namcobandaigames.eu/product/dark-souls-ii-black-armour-edition/pc
Black Armor edition as well, that isn't available yet for pre-order in the states as far as I have found. PC Black Armor Edition is available for pre-order all over Europe.
http://www.uk.namcobandaigames.eu/product/dark-souls-ii-black-armour-edition/pc
Black Armor edition as well, that isn't available yet for pre-order in the states as far as I have found. PC Black Armor Edition is available for pre-order all over Europe.
Outright Villainy
Member
That has to be an oversight though. I mean if the release date is actually the same there'd be no reason to have every representative be so cagey about even mentioning the PC version. Honestly at this stage I'll be happy to see it before may.
That sticky white stuff will come as you play the game.
That has to be an oversight though. I mean if the release date is actually the same there'd be no reason to have every representative be so cagey about even mentioning the PC version. Honestly at this stage I'll be happy to see it before may.
Oh ya, definitely oversight on their part.
On the other hand, the Dark Souls guide was released concurrently with the game, and there was still tons and tons of misinformation out there, even on the DS wikis. I remember hearing that you could avoid killing Sif if you unequipped your weapons for a certain amount of time after he started limping. For a while people were convinced that dexterity had an effect on your movement and roll speed. People thought that stength would speed up your attack animations as well.
there is. but it's smelly white stuff now.
holding up your shield while sprinting will prevent you from jumping. but having options is always good (I think it was L3 unless you want to press R3 with your nose).
Deified Data
Banned
From the Destructoid preview. This is known information, but a general question about From's intent: if players can no longer avoid invasion by staying hollow then why penalize being hollow at all?
HelenKeller:BlindDeafDTF
Member
For lore reasons. Hollow isn't something you'd want to be in real life.
in DkS, it stank to die with humanity, while human, or while on-your-way to recover a pile of souls, but if you were just hollow there was no real penalty for death.
this makes being human much more desirable, relatively... and makes every death something to fear a bit.
It sounds like they want to reward players for becoming human more than punish players for being hollow. A big problem with Dark Souls was that most people who would invade other games were the ones building specifically for that type of thing, rather than people doing it as a normal part of the game.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Well, you start back at the last bonfire, and you don't get wherever you were trying to go. Isn't that a sufficient penalty in that situation? Being able to spend all my souls and then start exploring a new area with little to lose was an enjoyable way for me to manage the tension of the game. Additional penalties wouldn't necessarily make it more fun.
They made the enemies powerful and challenging, and it's expected that the player will die a lot. There's no need to actively penalize death further than they already have.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Deified Data
Banned
I anticipate that I'll just have to get used to regarding my diminished hollow health as my "base health" and anything greater than that as a nice bonus. Worked for me in Demon's Souls - ultimately made me a better player for it.
Pretty much nothing...I never had a problem with jumping when I didn't want to.
It has "Demon's Souls" controls in that you can dodge while sprinting now, since jump is mapped to L3 by default. You can change it back to Dark Souls style jumping if you want, though.
Yeah, my feelings as well. It's a bummer.
Looks like FROM hires the proper voice talent for their games:
http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/30/dark-souls-2-peter-serafinowicz-to-voice-mild-mannered-pete/
http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/30/dark-souls-2-peter-serafinowicz-to-voice-mild-mannered-pete/
This is From's reasoning, not mine. I understand what they're trying to do in-principal, but I don't know if it'll work. I'm not sure about all invasions all the time either... stay tuned for my grumpy impressions of this game that i will surely love in-spite of any mistakes they make.
Hollow in Dark Souls is pretty flawed as gameplay concept for Souls game as far as it can go. In Demon's Souls soul form cut your hit point to half, and while you can reduce that to only quarter of it, that mean you must sacrifice one ring slot for the extra health. If you want full health and two ring slots, you must become human but doing so will grant you risks where the game become significantly harder if you keep dying as human.
Meanwhile, Hollow form in Dark Souls doesn't incur any penalty at all. You can still wear two rings with no health cut. You also immune from invaders while you still able to play coop with others. The only downside I can think off is being ugly, but that doesn't matter since most of the time I'm pretty sure people will wear armors like Elite Knight Armor or Dragonslayer Armor which covers all part of your body. There isn't really any incentive to become human beside summoning other players for coop at all.
Glad they fix that in Dark Souls II. Rightfully done also, considering become harder as you die more part in Demon's Souls tied to the hub world design of it, but they can turned it around and make it fit into Dark Souls "openworld" design.