Seems likely, right? And I'd support the hell out of such a game especially if he can get Ayami Kojima and Michiru Yamane on board!Originally Posted by Gobby
Gonna pull a Keiji Inafune eh?
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Seems likely, right? And I'd support the hell out of such a game especially if he can get Ayami Kojima and Michiru Yamane on board!Gonna pull a Keiji Inafune eh?
not actually a catgirl
Into my veins please.
Robot Spaghetti
In other good (or bad?) news, IGA has left Konami to start his own business. I can smell an upcoming Metroidvania kickstarter!
My body is not ready.
Bring it.
Bounce Bounce Bounce
I still think Kickstarters are a major scam.
Apathetic Demon
I've participated in both Mighty No 9 as well as Nintendo Force Magazine's Kickstarter campaigns. Both were successful and I'm confident neither of them were scams. Like anything else that costs money online. You just have to be choosey and pay attention to what you're buying.
not actually a catgirl
Not all of them are, some projects are coming along very nicely.
Meat suit
They really are bitb.So GOG is gonna ditch regional pricing plans. These guys are so awesome!
http://www.gog.com/news/getting_back_to_our_roots
Rank of Master achieved
Kickstarters are like any investment. Not every investment has a guaranteed return. That's why you must research your investments to find the ones with the best odds of succeeding.
not actually a catgirl
By the way, I dunno if you guys have heard but the Watch Dogs controversy has now hit Dark Souls 2 as well.
Basically the game doesn't look as good on PS3/360 as the trailers (advanced lighting effects are toned down/gone). I've seen people refusing to buy the game because of this. Graphics whoring much?
I do wonder whether or not the master race edition will have all the grafix, though.
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I think they've made quite a bit of changes like enemy placement and such because of they removed the lightning effects so don't get your hopes up yet.By the way, I dunno if you guys have heard but the Watch Dogs controversy has now hit Dark Souls 2 as well.
Basically the game doesn't look as good on PS3/360 as the trailers (advanced lighting effects are toned down/gone). I've seen people refusing to buy the game because of this. Graphics whoring much?
I do wonder whether or not the master race edition will have all the grafix, though.
I'm slightly bummed but at the same time, don't care that much. But I would like to hear an explanation from FROM and Namco since apparently the beta, which ran not so long ago, had the lightning effects intact. So what changed between then and the release?
not actually a catgirl
Maybe to optimize framerate? I dunno. There was no beta on PC so I never played that.But some of the effects do look like things that might be a bit too taxing on PS3/360 hardware.
The copy-pasta textures on the fire pit at 2:00 is kinda hilarious, let's be honest.
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Probably but I got the impression that the framerate wasn't that bad in the beta, but I don't know. Wasn't in it...Maybe to optimize framerate? I dunno. There was no beta on PC so I never played that.
The copy-pasta textures on the fire pit at 2:00 is kinda hilarious, let's be honest.
Yeah total downgrade...
C is for Cookie.
I played the Beta and I noticed nothing relevant as far as framerate drops refer. It looked good, dunno why they've butchered the final version so much :/Probably but I got the impression that the framerate wasn't that bad in the beta, but I don't know. Wasn't in it...
Yeah total downgrade...
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All the more reason to demand some answers then.
Cookie Thief
Ok, I gotta throw in my two cents for Dark Souls. The final product does differ from the early videos and also the beta, but a lot of it has to do with the lighting. That original trailer was very dark and had some really wicked shadow effects, because at the time the game was centered around always carrying a torch, kinda like the old Doom 3 mechanic. However, that got scrapped, but in the beta the game was still very dark, but somewhat manageable without a torch. There were other changes though, mainly to magic - in the beta you could manually aim Soul Arrows, and if you clutched a staff with 2 hands your magic would actually be stronger. They nerfed these things at the last minute.
Anyway, back to graphics, the final product looks really good, but you can tell it's on a new engine. Now, here's the kicker - at times the character models and texture look a little low res and pixellated. I'm pretty sure this is because the game is running on the equivalent to "medium" settings on a PC, and I can almost guarantee the PC version and eventual PS4 version are going to look outstanding. The lighting is still really good, in fact I try to use a torch as much as possible just because it's cool, and something else I noticed, the further I get in the game the better the environments look. Frame rates are also locked in at about 30 fps, so no more blight town mess. I'll tag the next part, it isn't a huge spoiler but it will give you an idea of how well the game runs:Spoiler warning:
The beta area was roughly the midpoint of the main campaign, and the last few areas I've been through are just amazing. It's a very good looking game, and you PC users will be happy. I've sunk over 50 hours into this game and had plenty of time to stare at it. Hope this helps a little
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