DARK SOULS™ II

by Frop • 25 Apr 2014, 14:52 • Journals
Whatever you do, do not get this game for PC. I've seen some shitty console ports the last decade, but Namco really takes the cake. If Resident Evil 6 wasn't laughable enough, this game just makes you want to inject black tar heroin into the tip of your cock.

For reference, the first menu I encountered asked me to press A/B or Y to confirm or cancel, or alternatively I could press the left analog stick for the jump menu (although I have to admit I don't even know what the jump menu is supposed to do). Additionally, you can't set the mouse sensitivity (apparently the "camera sensitivity" setting is only for controllers), so moving your mouse one centimeter makes you do a 3600 degree turn. There's even a separate Steam guide for "keyboard users" so you can figure out how to make it past the tutorial.

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ohurcool 25 Apr 2014, 16:10
You can't tell me how to live my life.
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kaze 25 Apr 2014, 17:42
/r/firstworldanarchists
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Frop 25 Apr 2014, 18:02
Sit down and shut up.
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HellHammer 25 Apr 2014, 16:36
Dude you earn maximum masochist points for even attempting a Dark Souls™ game with no gamepad.
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Frop 25 Apr 2014, 18:01
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against being able to use a controller on PC. I draw the line when they force me to use one though. Never mind the fact I have a PS3 and definitely don't feel like buying XBOX controllers for any reason whatsoever.
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HellHammer 25 Apr 2014, 20:41
I tried playing it with mouse and keyboard, it was surprisingly smooth. Mouse "camera sensitivity" was pretty well-rounded for me, but that's probably because my windows mouse sensitivity being at retarded-low levels countered the very high in-game sensitivity. Will test it more later tonight.

Running 1.01 version.
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Frop 25 Apr 2014, 22:18
Obviously it's smooth even at the highest settings, I've read the threads regarding the alpha downsampling tool and like any other game a lot of the rendering is simply sub-par to adhere to console restrictions.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/04/24/dark-souls-2-modded-durantes-gedosato-enables-downsampling-texture-modding/2/
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Frop 25 Apr 2014, 22:24
Quote"Shift + Left Click" is used to interact with all objects
Becareful as "Shift + Right Click" or "E" is used to consume a life gem
(...)
"Enter" Confirm
"Backspace" Deny


QuoteBeat the cart on the right and loot the body and get the torch then go to the campfire on the left and press "Shift + N" and then it should switch from Rest at Bonfire to Light torch. Congratulations you have successfully lit your first torch and you are on your way to become a true warrior.

If "Shift + N" isn't working for you another alternative that works is "Control + Mouse Wheel Click".

Quoteanother alternative that works is "Control + Mouse Wheel Click".

Quote"Control + Mouse Wheel Click"

QuoteMouse Wheel Click

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HellHammer 25 Apr 2014, 22:59
Yep, spent like 30 minutes trying to wrap my head around that shit.

Got shift+left click for interact, control+wheel up for target, shift+right click for use item, you dont need the rest. So far so good, till I fucking fall of a ledge trying to mash the correct buttons.

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Only fell once so far trying to hit that hint tombstone, great success.

edit: brb gonna read some tea leaves in order to solve how to running jump. Anyway realised I had it bound at sprint + shift + wheel up.
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russell 26 Apr 2014, 12:12
while sprinting press f by default to jump
is there a way to change binds? like bind one key instead of 2
it's really annyoing
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HellHammer 26 Apr 2014, 13:05
There are several tabs when you hit the key bindings menu. First one is for mouse, and the others are for keyboard. You can more or less change whatever you want as long as there is no conflict (remember to hit the menu button and NOT escape if you are done in order to save your settings) you should be ok.

Unfortunately, there is a huge issue going on with click attack/double click strong attack where the game has trouble recognizing your input, making you do strong attacks 99% of the time which is quite bad if you wanna dodge shit. Also there is a huge input delay of like 1-2 seconds before you can start swinging.Fortunately, this should get fixed today.

It's just retarded that an amazing game like this is released with stupid flaws like keyboard and mouse input issues and horrible keybinding (left click for left weapon, really?).
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Frop 26 Apr 2014, 13:42
Resident Evil 6 had exactly the same issues, they're just really awful ports (although the control schemes are pretty much retarded on consoles/controllers as well).
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HellHammer 26 Apr 2014, 13:49
May have found a solution for the retarded inputs:

http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSouls2/comments/23ws2g/guaranteed_fix_to_mouse_input_lag/

Also be sure to check the top comment.

edit: top comment works splendid along with target changing with mousewheel script, finally some proper Dark Souls™ II!
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russell 26 Apr 2014, 19:56
cheers will try

e: sweet baby jesus its working. its like DaS, same controls. awesome, ill suck yo cock man
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GoGetEmTiger 26 Apr 2014, 19:42
u can use the ps3 controller dunno why u so mad D:
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Sinfulsebastian 25 Apr 2014, 16:56
Already finished

Artificial difficulty to the max

Shittiest game of the year, 0/10

Also go two-hander for maximum fun
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Frop 25 Apr 2014, 18:01
I had maximum fun uninstalling the game, 10/10.
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999Jorge 25 Apr 2014, 18:22
I'm only here for Frop's gifs
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Frop 25 Apr 2014, 20:24
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999Jorge 26 Apr 2014, 01:25
ahahah absolutely brilliant :DDD
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pala 26 Apr 2014, 12:48
Rofl, i laughed way more than i should have
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jiN- 25 Apr 2014, 18:38
Well i guess/hopefully there will be an update for this game which fixes this problem (?)
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russell 25 Apr 2014, 19:43
is it different from the first one? i beaten it with k+m and no fixes. it was shit but playable
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HellHammer 25 Apr 2014, 20:10
It's exactly the same as the first one without all the bugs at launch (so far), if you hated the controls and the need for a gamepad, stay the fuck away. Otherwise, the game is glorious.

edit: pc controls are excellent, much to my surprise. Also much smoother fps than the first one. Running 1.01 version.
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russell 25 Apr 2014, 21:48
im playing it right now, its fine to me.
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caej 26 Apr 2014, 15:34
I wonder if you tried the first one on PC :D and yes those singleplayer games which aint first person shooters are nearly always better for consoles
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russell 26 Apr 2014, 19:57
not entirely true :) i played alot of third person action games that were designed for pc and worked perfectly without having confusing controls.
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Acizco 26 Apr 2014, 16:11
Just take xbox360/ps3 controller and play, the game is much better like that. And it actually is really good.
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