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It's pretty much the same as every other multiplatform, sharper textures, higher resolution, more shadows.
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I'll be honest, I was expecting it to be more visually impressive.
The textures don't look very good in some places, like that orc blacksmith. I'm hoping this is an earlyish build that doesn't have all of the updated assets in it...
The textures don't look very good in some places, like that orc blacksmith. I'm hoping this is an earlyish build that doesn't have all of the updated assets in it...
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Maybe a hi res texture pack will be released after launch like with Skyrim.
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Hope so.Would be nice if this time around Dark Souls 2 got more modders support,like Skyrim has.
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Wow i'm disappointed with that comparison, they basically look the same apart from slightly higher textures. I wonder what the hell happened to the lighting too, it looked amazing in the trailers and now it looks like dog ****.
They changed the lighting engine as apparently it was literally broken on consoles, it was also causing lower end PCs issues.
I doubt it will get any real mod support, certainly not to the degree of a game like Skyrim (hardly any do), remember FROM are not a PC developer and modding is really a PC only thing.
That being said I highly expect there to be some form of modding, if only in the form of textures.
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Tbh, whilst I love the Souls games, From Software really aren't very good!
Anyway, I thought it looked a fair bit better than the console version...still not as it was advertised, but better.
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No doubt it will look great, it's the gameplay I'm after! I am still a bit sore after hearing about the fast travel stuff and the 'hub' like Demon Souls.
I LOVE the fact the entire world in DS is connected and you can run without running into any loading screens at all pretty much.
I LOVE the fact the entire world in DS is connected and you can run without running into any loading screens at all pretty much.
This does not apply to me.
Doesn't apply to most of us, unfortunately a lighting engine isn't something that can be changed in a settings menu so they made a change for to allow for the broadest player base.
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Do you think modders will be able to do anything with the lighting?
Depends on the mod support, I doubt it though. Most I bet we will see is even higher res textures. Kind of disappointing considering how long we have had to wait compared to the consoles.
They should ship the game with two different builds, one with the more intense lighting engine and one with the console version.
They should ship the game with two different builds, one with the more intense lighting engine and one with the console version.
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Yep, they won't though. 
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From Software let us down with lighting ...but still this's going to be my "game of the year".
Playability comes first.
Playability comes first.
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Every game 'could have' looked better. People still talking about issues in a demo build from months ago really, this has been done to death.