+- Be Right Back, Uninstalling (https://www.brbuninstalling.com)
+-- Forum: Games (https://www.brbuninstalling.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=50)
+--- Forum: Big Boys (https://www.brbuninstalling.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=67)
+--- Thread: Dark Souls II hype (/showthread.php?tid=14008)
Dark Souls II hype - Squishy3 - 02-09-2014
Replaying through first one to get ready for the second (well first playthrough on PC technically, beat it on console but never bothered to go past Blighttown on PC)
Re: Dark Souls II hype - A. Crow - 02-09-2014
"requires games for windows live"
newp.
Re: Dark Souls II hype - Eschatos - 02-09-2014
I'm getting it for PS3. And there's no indication there'll be GFWL, especially since GFWL is shutting down.
Re: Dark Souls II hype - Squishy3 - 02-09-2014
(02-09-2014, 07:55 PM)CPT Crow link Wrote: "requires games for windows live"II won't have GFWL, DS1 has it because its literally a console port through and through and GFWL all the Xbox Live implementation is directly applicable requiring no extra work on that front, although I think they're going to remove it and replace it with Steamworks before GFWL shuts down.
newp.
Re: Dark Souls II hype - Elder - 02-09-2014
probably will buy, not expecting to get it right out of the gate though.
Let some of the original DS shitheads find the bad exploits and bugs and then i should buy it
Re: Dark Souls II hype - A. Crow - 02-09-2014
(02-09-2014, 09:05 PM)Squishy link Wrote: [quote author=CPT Crow link=topic=7206.msg276182#msg276182 date=1391993721]II won't have GFWL, DS1 has it because its literally a console port through and through and GFWL all the Xbox Live implementation is directly applicable requiring no extra work on that front, although I think they're going to remove it and replace it with Steamworks before GFWL shuts down.
"requires games for windows live"
newp.
[/quote]
yeah, you were talking about replaying the first one, I replied about the first one.Â
Re: Dark Souls II hype - cbre88x - 02-10-2014
(02-09-2014, 11:46 PM)CPT Crow link Wrote: [quote author=Squishy link=topic=7206.msg276185#msg276185 date=1391997933]II won't have GFWL, DS1 has it because its literally a console port through and through and GFWL all the Xbox Live implementation is directly applicable requiring no extra work on that front, although I think they're going to remove it and replace it with Steamworks before GFWL shuts down.
[quote author=CPT Crow link=topic=7206.msg276182#msg276182 date=1391993721]
"requires games for windows live"
newp.
[/quote]
yeah, you were talking about replaying the first one, I replied about the first one. Â
[/quote]
IIRC, the first one loses it's GFWL crap for good in the next month or two July.
Re: Dark Souls II hype - FlyingMongoose - 02-10-2014
(02-10-2014, 12:47 AM)cbre88x link Wrote: [quote author=CPT Crow link=topic=7206.msg276192#msg276192 date=1392007572]II won't have GFWL, DS1 has it because its literally a console port through and through and GFWL all the Xbox Live implementation is directly applicable requiring no extra work on that front, although I think they're going to remove it and replace it with Steamworks before GFWL shuts down.
[quote author=Squishy link=topic=7206.msg276185#msg276185 date=1391997933]
[quote author=CPT Crow link=topic=7206.msg276182#msg276182 date=1391993721]
"requires games for windows live"
newp.
[/quote]
yeah, you were talking about replaying the first one, I replied about the first one. Â
[/quote]
IIRC, the first one loses it's GFWL crap for good in the next month or two July.
[/quote]
I'm so glad GFWL was such a bad flop, the funniest part about that whole thing was that before Valve decided to make Steam themselves, they approached Microsoft with the digital distribution AND patching on one platform idea, and EA, both of them turned them down saying "Oh that's like 10 years off". Origin does okay but only because of mandatory exclusives for EA titles (like Battlefield), but with the quality control we saw there I just can't go there anymore. Desura does good for some indie developers, but Steam is the top of the list and I don't see that changing for a good long while.
Re: Dark Souls II hype - Elder - 02-11-2014
i keep forgetting i have desura with a number of games that i can get on steam
Re: Dark Souls II hype - Squishy3 - 03-10-2014
Dark Souls: in Summary
Re: Dark Souls II hype - rumbot - 03-10-2014
No other game made me suffer through Games for Windows Live.
Dark Souls was a rare gem worth that torture.
I got it on a steam sale for $7 and it well surpassed games that sell for 10x that new.
Re: Dark Souls II hype - Eschatos - 03-11-2014
So Dark Souls 2 controls differently enough from DaS that I have to learn it all over again. I'm dying regularly to the basic hollow enemies. It's refreshing. Only negative so far is that the online wasn't working.
Re: Dark Souls II hype - Versus - 03-12-2014
never understood the appeal at all after playing it
Re: Dark Souls II hype - Squishy3 - 03-13-2014
(03-12-2014, 09:34 PM)versus link Wrote: never understood the appeal at all after playing itsomething something vagina dragons something something ornstein and smough something something ungrateful bastard who kills your best friend as a gift for you rescuing him something something amazing chest ahead
Re: Dark Souls II hype - zaneyard - 03-13-2014
(03-12-2014, 09:34 PM)versus link Wrote: never understood the appeal at all after playing itok
Re: Dark Souls II hype - Elder - 03-14-2014
the one thing i never understood was yes it was difficult, but the worst time i had getting through the game was Ornstien and Smough and that just required a small level of patience. Every other boss took me 2 tries max usually. It was a game that punishes you for being stupid and impulsive. I loved it anyway but i never understood why so many people called it uber difficult. It was like playing contra, once you play it a couple times you understand what the fuck is going on and how to react.
My hope is for DS2 to be the same way. Something that may seem unjustifiably hard but only because its new and foreign
Re: Dark Souls II hype - KarthXLR - 03-14-2014
(03-14-2014, 11:20 AM)Elder link Wrote: the one thing i never understood was yes it was difficult, but the worst time i had getting through the game was Ornstien and Smough and that just required a small level of patience. Every other boss took me 2 tries max usually. It was a game that punishes you for being stupid and impulsive. I loved it anyway but i never understood why so many people called it uber difficult. It was like playing contra, once you play it a couple times you understand what the fuck is going on and how to react.Think about modern console owners, what games sell, and difficulty. Dark Souls forced you to learn how to play, other games just let you barge past it with lower difficulty levels or poor enemy design.
My hope is for DS2 to be the same way. Something that may seem unjustifiably hard but only because its new and foreign
Re: Dark Souls II hype - Versus - 03-14-2014
imo the thing that makes games good isn't how obtuse or artificially difficult they are
Re: Dark Souls II hype - rumbot - 03-14-2014
(03-14-2014, 11:20 AM)Elder link Wrote: It was like playing contra, once you play it a couple times you understand what the fuck is going on and how to react.
Yes. And contra is memorable and iconic precisely because it's unforgiving.
It's why Roger Wilco was so good - so many ways to die, and dying is part of the fun.
Re: Dark Souls II hype - zaneyard - 03-14-2014
(03-14-2014, 01:41 PM)versus link Wrote: imo the thing that makes games good isn't how obtuse or artificially difficult they areIt's really not though; it's just very punishing. That's like saying eve online is difficult. The reason it's enjoyable is because of how punishing it is to fail making it satisfying to succeed. Maybe it's just not the kind of game for you.