Dark Souls 2 PC port: mod god Durante's verdict

[The Unlosing Ranger]

So PC Gamer has allowed Durante access to their early copy of the game, it seems, with the purpose of getting him to analyse the port. It's a pretty long two page article so I'm gonna try to basically write up a "TL;DR" in here:

Basically, FROM have proven themselves capable. After the bad straight port of the previous game (which, despite the issues with KBAM and GFWL, was actually pretty decent IMO), it seems that FROM have gone and made Dark Souls 2 on PC a better experience. Not only better than its predecessor but also better than most PC ports nowadays.

Not only did they include actual graphical options this time around, but the framerate goes up to 60FPS and KBAM controls are actually pretty good this time around. It also uses Steamworks instead of GFWL (yay the witch is dead) so the main issues people had with the predecessor have been addressed. The PC version also includes higher quality assets than the console game and can be maxed at 60FPS on average computers. The load times are very short, also (3-4 without an SSD)

Check out the full article for comparison pictures and to read Durante's full technical breakdown of the game's settings and assets: http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/04/17/dark-souls-2-pc-port-mod-god-durantes-verdict/

 

[Annabell]

It seems like the poor PC port of the original Dark Souls is more down to the fact that they hadn't really been planning to put it out until people kept asking them about it, and they wanted to get it out relatively quickly and on time, which led to some issues.

But, it's good to see that they've stepped their game up this time.

 

[The Unlosing Ranger]

It seems like the poor PC port of the original Dark Souls is more down to the fact that they hadn't really been planning to put it out until people kept asking them about it, and they wanted to get it out relatively quickly and on time, which led to some issues.

But, it's good to see that they've stepped their game up this time.

I think that's the case too. They had no plans for a PC version at all but suddenly they saw people wanted it. They were pretty cool to release at a lower price and included the DLC, too.

It's kind of surprising to see PC get love from a Japanese developer, to me.