Dark Souls remaster! It's happening

kinger8938 · 12 Jan 2018 at 08:41

Rifte said:
Day one purchase for PC and my switch for me.

The original is one of if not my favourite game.

For me I think I'll go XB1 as I have an X now and HDR is awesome on Witcher 3 etc. Though a 2nd purchase on switch would be lovely. Depends what ridiculous price they slap on it

Rifte · 12 Jan 2018 at 09:18

kinger8938 said:
For me I think I'll go XB1 as I have an X now and HDR is awesome on Witcher 3 etc. Though a 2nd purchase on switch would be lovely. Depends what ridiculous price they slap on it

I played Skyrim to death on my PC and I still play it, however I purchased it for my switch because the idea of having such a great conversion of an epic game as a handheld was too much of a temptation.

I am sure I will feel the same way about Dark Souls. I put around 90 hours into it on the PC, but hey.....I can respec and do it all again!

kinger8938 · 12 Jan 2018 at 13:06

Ahh well looks like it is just a basic upgrade after all. Some miss information all over the place yesterday

‘So to correct a few things that I posted about yesterday - Dark Souls Remastered will not include new assets based on the Dark Souls 3 engine or any combat differences. There is no HDR lighting for the PS4 Pro version,’ wrote Dark Souls community head honcho, Vaati

https://www.videogamer.com/news/dark-souls-remastered-on-ps4-pro-wont-feature-hdr-lighting-after-all

So with that in mind I can see steam doing an upgrade deal like with SotfS, as someone aluded to on the last page

Omaeka · 12 Jan 2018 at 13:50

Think it'll get a Scholar type overhaul/buff of the enemy placements and numbers? Even as a bonus mode or a NG+ addition that would be so fun. Haven't played the game for years but I still know the placement of every enemy, so don't think pretty new graphics alone would bring me back, especially when it looks amazing with the DSFix mod and all of it's enhanced graphic options like SMAA and HBAO the mod injected.

I do expect it to look amazing though, Demon's Souls emulated at a high resolution has some of the best non-modded textures I've ever seen, and they aren't manipulated in any way except the game being a much higher internal resolution, so the textures themselves were super high quality for an 09 game.

https://youtu.be/Kk2QF0EB-i0?t=5m25s

Grandmaster Fap! said:
NZXT30 said:

I would have preferred demon souls and Bloodborne to be honest.

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kinger8938 said:
Mean! it has plenty

Name 5

kinger8938 · 12 Jan 2018 at 17:39

Omaeka said:
Name 5

Zelda, Mario, Mario, Zelda and... damn ok but 4s alright

Manbatius · 14 Jan 2018 at 20:58

kinger8938 said:
Ahh well looks like it is just a basic upgrade after all. Some miss information all over the place yesterday

‘So to correct a few things that I posted about yesterday - Dark Souls Remastered will not include new assets based on the Dark Souls 3 engine or any combat differences. There is no HDR lighting for the PS4 Pro version,’ wrote Dark Souls community head honcho, Vaati

https://www.videogamer.com/news/dark-souls-remastered-on-ps4-pro-wont-feature-hdr-lighting-after-all

So with that in mind I can see steam doing an upgrade deal like with SotfS, as someone aluded to on the last page

They should do that on steam.

I do think the price is steep on console if it's not on a new engine etc. Makes sense it's not ds3 engine as it would take some fettling to get that running on a switch.

It does tempt me to get a switch though.

AWPC · 17 Jan 2018 at 11:27

http://www.pcgamer.com/bandai-namco-on-dark-souls-pc-remaster-there-is-no-discount/
Existing owners 50% discount prepare to die edition it seems :rolleyes:

as no discount anymore!

Omaeka · 17 Jan 2018 at 17:49

AWPC said:
http://www.pcgamer.com/bandai-namco-on-dark-souls-pc-remaster-there-is-no-discount/
Existing owners 50% discount prepare to die edition it seems as no discount anymore!

So they're basically admitting that Izalith will be completely redone, right? I mean, they aren't... But if they expect full price for a glossy touch up, they're smoking some of that good jenkem.

AWPC · 17 Jan 2018 at 20:23

Omaeka said:
So they're basically admitting that Izalith will be completely redone, right? I mean, they aren't... But if they expect full price for a glossy touch up, they're smoking some of that good jenkem.

Its $39.99 with no discounts which means £39.99 or £34.99 in UK. Only major difference is 4K upscaled & its not using another game engine either so not sure who Namco think is going to buy this!

Omaeka · 17 Jan 2018 at 20:28

AWPC said:
Its $39.99 with no discounts which means £39.99 or £34.99 in UK. Only major difference is 4K upscaled & its not using another game engine either so not sure who Namco think is going to buy this!

I think that'll be £29.99 like PTDE was when it first got a PC port, but yeah that's too much for what will essentially be the original with integrated DSFix, infact DSFix will probably still look better.

cheesyboy · 17 Jan 2018 at 20:29

Remember: This is a current-gen console port. It's only coming to pc as well as it's pretty low cost to add that, and might attract a few newcomers to the series.

apatia77 · 18 Jan 2018 at 16:27

Great game, I might buy another copy just to play it again with the new changes. Sort of looking forward to complete the game again.

agnes · 18 Jan 2018 at 21:20

Oh? No nice update for those already owning it? Bit of a ripoff then!

If it's a Bioshock 'remaster' deal then 100% not worth it lol

AWPC · 3 Apr 2018 at 15:41

Details starting to leak now sounds like its a little better with 2K textures on PC. also Namco leaked some gameplay footage from PS4 Pro opening few minutes as well.
https://imgur.com/a/AXqgn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW6ikvkQ2mo
https://www.vg247.com/2018/04/03/dark-souls-remaster-preview/

Grandmaster Fap! · 3 Apr 2018 at 15:57

To be honest that looks like a **** 'remaster', i'll stick to the original and DSFix.

Parky · 4 Apr 2018 at 13:24

Is it me or does something seem off with the speed of everything in those videos?

It looks like it's playing a little bit slower to me.

AWPC · 4 Apr 2018 at 15:07

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-dark-souls-remastered-ps4-pro-first-look
PS4 Pro version taken apart technically but looks like its going to be an upgrade overall visually.

AWPC · 4 Apr 2018 at 15:07

Parky said:
Is it me or does something seem off with the speed of everything in those videos?

It looks like it's playing a little bit slower to me.

They are console not PC so probably lower FPS. PC will be stable 60 FPS for sure.

iamtheoneneo · 4 Apr 2018 at 17:23

yeh this looks like ass. I expected so much more, Its kind of insulting really.

Columbo · 4 Apr 2018 at 19:39

Why are these so called 'remastered' games even a thing? This looks utterly gash but the fanboy's will no doubt have semi's for it.
I have not seen one remaster done to a level that's purchase worthy but yet they come out at full price for what some like nothing but a poor paint job.

Seems like yet another way for publishers to make easy money on top of DLC, loot crates, skins and micro transactions and yet people lap it up for some reason.