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Has the Blighttown framerate curse been lifted in Dark Souls portable? Looks like it! (Bed Souls!)
- Thread starter Mysterio79
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Depending on who you ask, the PS4 remastered version seems to be looking worse than the PS3 original, yeah.
I bought this one, works well enough for me:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01AUQ33LG/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1
There's more Blighttown footage now.
https://youtu.be/2I1zz59QzG4?t=2m43s
Yup, it's fixed :o
Bed souls!
https://youtu.be/2I1zz59QzG4?t=2m43s
Yup, it's fixed :o
Bed souls!
Wonderful! Comparing that to this- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM93fMEntKQ
is basically a night and day difference. I played on PC originally so I never had to suffer through this thankfully, and I'm glad I don't on Switch either.
Nonsense.
You may prefer the old look of the game, but the PS4 is not looking worse than PS3 version...
So the official and confirmed* order of quality goes like this:
PC > Switch > PS360 > PS4
* By me
PC > Switch > PS360 > PS4
* By me
That fog doog looks much more ethereal instead of ugly like 360Edit, for context:
Looking good! I might be wrong but it looks like the draw distance is increased, which should make Blighttown difficult for the right reasons (toxic, lots of ledges) rather than the wrong ones (frame rate, toxic darts appearing out of nowhere).
lots going on, more detailed posts earlier in this thread (or was it the other one?).
Probably something technical like bad object culling. It's not particularly visually impressive. Although I guess since there's a lot of verticality in the area, it may be difficult to predict player direction, putting a strain on the game's asset loading pipeline. Just guessing.
So the headaches I experienced trying to play through frame-pacing disaster Bloodborne was a design choice intended to match the pain of my character's struggle?
Deep, man.
Is there going to be a Collector's Edition for the Switch? I'd love a Steelbook case.
As it should be!
Most games actually perform better in handheld mode due to the resolution drop.
I would think so. It seems like that Virtuos did some behind-the-scenes work on the code to better optimize it, so even if the framerate does falter a bit in comparison to docked, I can't imagine a scenario where it would get anywhere close to as bad as it did originally.
Technically that maybe, but art directionwise and gameplay tweak wise...
Best version confirmed right here.
It's funny that now the definitive unmodded version of this game is exclusive to a Nintendo console.
original PC w/ DSFix > Switch > original PC version > 360 version via BC on Xbone > PC/PS4/Xbone remasters > 360/PS3
This man is a hero. He even tried to get some Demon Ruins footage for us, but Queelag's lava definitely looks less bright which bodes well.
original PC w/ DSFix > Switch > original PC version > 360 version via BC on Xbone > PC/PS4/Xbone remasters > 360/PS3
Does this help Solaire's chances for Smash? :^3
This man is a hero. He even tried to get some Demon Ruins footage for us, but Queelag's lava definitely looks less bright which bodes well.
The player unfortunately didn't race down to Blighttown but to my untrained eye I don't see any drops! Not even during the giant dust cloud Asylum Demon makes, walking through a fog door, or getting hit by a firebomb which all used to have noticeable drops.
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Hey Era, is the DLC in Dark Souls good enough to double dip for portable souls?? I haven't played it. Is it as good as the Old Hunters DLC?
It's very good, but The Old Hunters DLC is FROM's best add-on content. It's not at that level.
60fps makes up for any ugly artistic changes. Far, FAR from definitive.
Sounds like I'll call this version Bed Souls from now on.
Dark Souls is perfect on the bed!!! :D
Dark Souls is perfect on the bed!!! :D
Artorias of the Abyss is some of the best DLC, period. It's really fantastic from a lore perspective (and it does impact one scene in the game if you complete it before then), some great boss fights and a lot of cool equipment on hand. Plus, it's the best area for farming humanity by leaps and bounds, so it's great for PvE and PvP players alike.
I personally think it's better. Some may disagree and say Old Hunters edges it out, but I think generally everyone agrees that those two are among the best pieces of DLC ever made. The titular boss of Artorias of the Abyss is still to this day my favorite boss fight ever.
Plus, you simply must experience first-hand how unbelievably arcane and difficult it is to figure out how to access it. It's incredible a publisher like Bandai Namco allowed DLC to be published that when purchased gives you no in-game instruction on how to play it and requires you to work out a ludicrous random pattern of steps to get to it.
I don't know, have you SEEN the new bonfires? I mean Jesus Christ. I'd take them over 10 FPS Blighttown but not over much else.
I beg to differ. Solid framerate is what makes it definitive. 60fps might have been a boon, but that doesn't change the fact that they also altered particular gameplay aspects in those versions, too.
And what the hell is up with this?
Oh, and yeah, portability is a big plus.
To be fair to Blighttown, you can at least do something about the walking speed even before you set foot in the place.
It's been confirmed over and over that the brightness and gamma from the hands on event had to be turned the F up because of bad TV's they used and players couldn't see.
It is a ring, but it's not Havel's Ring.
It's the Rusted Iron Ring that you can find in your return trip to Undead Asylum, provided that you found the key on the roof of Firelink beforehand.
That doesn't explain all the direct feed footage showing the exact same thing. When they invited Vaati to a closed door event to make his footage they messed with the gamma levels? Sounds a lot like what we heard during the DaS2 release.
Rusted Iron Ring my dog. Grab the key from the roof of Firelink and head back to the asylum, it's in the locked second floor room next to the fog door.
I dunno. I mean a lot depends on the gamer in question but being able to play dark souls anywhere I want even at 30fps is pretty fucking great to me.
So wouldn't these TV's that had to have brightness turned up also affect the Switch videos? Or were they using different TV's? Sorry if a dumb question I just have no idea how stuff at conventions like this are setup or who sets them up.