Dark Souls (PS3/360) aka From Software's "Project Dark"

[FonzGemini]

Im almost near the end boss... Just wish i had the time to just grind it all out in one session.

[thesau31]

Just dropped Gwyn... SL88, 67ish hours.

Uploaded my save and turned off the auto-upload just prior to the fight. I want to grind/farm a bit before I consider a NG+ (and wrap up some loose ends). Such a good game.

[Anim8td_fan]

I just platinum'd the game with my character: Testiclees SL211 and 275 hours 14 minutes.

[thesau31]

Nice!

Gotta say, my urge to return to Dark Souls for my NG+ has really been rising quite a bit as of late.

[ChryZ]

Dark Souls PC embargo is over, first impressions:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...devils-bargain
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012...o-die-edition/

TL;DR horrible port, low lights:

• locked at 30 fps (bad enough on its own, but sadly not singularly incompetent)
• locked internal rendering resolution 1024x720, then upscaled to user preference

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[AlFighter27]

Well, unfortunately saw this coming.

[thesau31]

Ash Lake seems like an unfortunate point to key the entrance to the new area off of. It doesn't directly effect me, since I rolled back my save to pre-final boss after finishing the game and had been down there already, but if I were to do it all over again I don't think I would even bother with the Great Hollow or Ash Lake.

I'm planning on heading into NG+ after I complete the DLC on the normal playthrough - the quality of it is going to need to be pretty good for me to care about heading through GH/AL again to get to it.

[AlFighter27]

Ash Lake seems like an unfortunate point to key the entrance to the new area off of. It doesn't directly effect me, since I rolled back my save to pre-final boss after finishing the game and had been down there already, but if I were to do it all over again I don't think I would even bother with the Great Hollow or Ash Lake.

I'm planning on heading into NG+ after I complete the DLC on the normal playthrough - the quality of it is going to need to be pretty good for me to care about heading through GH/AL again to get to it.

Yeah, I agree. Ash Lake is pretty much my least favorite part of the game. That place really drags for me, along with the hollow. It was the only area I completely missed my first time through the game, and when i went back and did it in NG+ it was completely throwaway.

I would think putting in the forest where you get the ring of Artorias would have made more sense, but ah well.

[thesau31]

... It was the only area I completely missed my first time through the game ...

That brings about an interesting point. If you don't get an online message from someone else and don't investigate the content outside of game - I'm really unsure how you would even know that those areas even exist. It's a really large stretch for anyone that would be willing to buy the DLC to *not* know about GH/AL, but that could be a real annoyance to someone spending money on the content.

I can't really say what would "make sense" or not from a world design perspective without seeing how the transportation occurs or seeing what the area looks like with my own eyes, but I would've rather they connected optional DLC content to a required (or mostly required) area in the game. I think I'd find the same "exception" had they connected it to the Depths.

Like I said though, it doesn't really bother me because it doesn't really effect me. I just thought it was a weird decision.

[ChryZ]

Heads up, a kind souls was able to unlock internal rendering resolution of the PC version!

Details and download here: http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=101

Locked:
[img=600]http://www.abload.de/img/data2012-08-2401-28-0xepj9.png[/img]

Unlocked:
[img=600]http://www.abload.de/img/data2012-08-2401-24-0c4qnh.png[/img]