Playing Dark Souls on PC is a bit different than on PS3/360. There are a set of changes to balance and several glitches fixed. I was curious if this was just the "Prepare to Die" experience, or if vanilla Dark Souls would be retroactively patched. This link confirms that the PC version and console versions will be the same when PtD is released as DLC through Artorias and as a standalone game.
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/10/22/dark-souls-version-1-06-update-coming-on-october-24/
Some changes link doesn't mention:
Eagle Greatshield has 95% physical damage reduction instead of 100%
All greatswords have a slower attack
Blocking an attack uses much more stamina
Attacking with a spear behind a shield uses more stamina than not blocking/other attacks
The Dark Wood Grain Ring only allows flipping if your equip load is 25% or less
Critical hits, including ripostes and backstabs do less damage
Rolling in any direction is faster
6 New warp bonfires to allow for easier teleportation (this makes life much easier)
To clarify, when Artorias/Prepare to Die is released for consoles, your Dark Souls experience will be like this automatically (unless you block the patch). It's totally worth a restart, I've rolled two new characters on the PC version (which is already like this) and PvE is harder and PvP is more fair. Feel free to discuss or get excited.
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/10/22/dark-souls-version-1-06-update-coming-on-october-24/
Some changes link doesn't mention:
Eagle Greatshield has 95% physical damage reduction instead of 100%
All greatswords have a slower attack
Blocking an attack uses much more stamina
Attacking with a spear behind a shield uses more stamina than not blocking/other attacks
The Dark Wood Grain Ring only allows flipping if your equip load is 25% or less
Critical hits, including ripostes and backstabs do less damage
Rolling in any direction is faster
6 New warp bonfires to allow for easier teleportation (this makes life much easier)
To clarify, when Artorias/Prepare to Die is released for consoles, your Dark Souls experience will be like this automatically (unless you block the patch). It's totally worth a restart, I've rolled two new characters on the PC version (which is already like this) and PvE is harder and PvP is more fair. Feel free to discuss or get excited.