Dark Souls Port Brings Console Problems to PC

[Sixties Spidey]

Most people on this site, /r/gaming, /vg/ and other gaming communities signed a petition asking the developer of an otherwise fantastic game to release it on the PC in spite of the fact that said developer doesn't have a lot of experience with PC development and the engine powering the game that's being released on the PC was optimized for consoles to begin with. And yet, people are still bitching.

You're getting the same exact game, blisters, boils, blemishes, and all. At least they're providing new content for the PC and console versions to make up for the issues. It's certainly a hell of a lot better than a publisher *Cough Rockstar cough* outright refusing to port a beloved game *cough* RDR *Cough* to the PC in spite of numerous petitions and rumors surrounding a PC version.

 

[Erttheking]

Christ, people are getting really fucking worked up over graphics. I guess this means that developers should spend more time on graphics and let gameplay go die in a ditch huh? Isn't that what you people want?

 

[Erttheking]

Christ, people are getting really fucking worked up over graphics. I guess this means that developers should spend more time on graphics and let gameplay go die in a ditch huh? Isn't that what you people want?

Yeah because we want a game to be playable we hate gameplay. Fuck your strawman argument.

...so what you're telling me is that the version of Dark Souls that I play isn't playable...bullshit. Just because you don't get graphics twice as good as ours, doesn't mean that it's not "playable".

 

[chadachada123]

Fuck those P.C. elitists and fuck their arguments! They asked for a console port, and by golly, they'll get one! I can't believe they're whining over little unimportant things like graphics and FPS when they're still getting (functionally) exactly the same thing. They even get free DLC! They're clearly all entitled whiners who think the entire industry should bend over backwards to justify their latest £300 graphics card purchase.

Right, here goes.

Well, good sir. I disagree! I think that if FS are going to put in the effort to make a port then they should get basic features like changing the internal res of a game. Hell, even emulators and games as far back as Quake have these options.

If not they should have made the game moddable so the community could fix it a la TES and Fallout.

PS GFWL is shit and including it is just 100% trollng

If it was an American studio, by an American publisher, I'd probably completely agree with you.

However, this IS a Japanese studio, from a country where PC gaming is practically non-existent, this studio having absolutely no experience in PC gaming, let alone experience concerning the...attitudes of American PC gamers, or how to deal with them.

All I'm saying is that this company likely has no idea what they're getting in to and probably no idea that outsourcing would even be an option.

Edit: Though I'll agree that GFWL is almost, *almost* inexcusable, and only barely excusable because they've never really done PC gaming before.

 

[chadachada123]

I can agree on the Japan part but they would have known about outsourcing. They are japanese, not aliens.

*cough*

Ahem, right... Like I was saying, they would know about how to outsource, it's not inherent to a nation. Besides, Japan is pretty advanced, I'm sure they outsource a lot of stuff. I'm not sure how much they would cost to hire but the guys who did the Deus Ex Human Revolution port were fantastic.

Ah yes, Japan:

I guess my only defence is that FROM specifically doesn't recognize the *importance* of outsourcing for these types of things. I'm sure they'll be in for a rude awakening, justified or not, post-release.

 

[ACM_Shadow]

30 FPS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Wait a minute, people give a flying f*&^ about not being able to go 30+ FPS, i dont care about that(one of the so called pc gamers that play for the game). 30 FPS is perfectly fine, and had the game pre-ordered asap as i loved the game that i played at a mates house, and hey, am i not getting free DLC for the same game console users have. If anything shouldn't people be bragging due to the fact that we got them to port it for us, and give us free stuff.

Only thing i would like them to do now, would be to make the "invasion" gameplay cross platform, but hey. Even someone as uneducated as me knows the scope of problems and legal bullshit that would be caused by this. (but i can dream)

 

[Erttheking]

You know what's dumb. Sleeping Dogs is getting PANNED by Console reviewers due to having graphics that look as good as GTAIV (but haven't progressed any due to console limitations.)

HILARIOUS they don't mention the HD texture pack, enhanced draw distance etc. etc. and DX11 available on the PC version... Square Enix I LOVE YOU! And lump the console score against the PC review for the same game. Pathetic on the reviewers part (I'm looking at you IGN & Gamespot)

Yet in THIS THREAD we have console gamers telling US that we shouldn't expect > 30 fps and should gladly accept blurry textures etc. etc. from a port. Oh THE IRONY!

If you try and find a post where I complain about Sleeping Dogs' graphics, I do believe that you will find that it doesn't exist.

 

[PatrickXD]

Bearing in mind I only read the first two pages of comments, and I'm sure that I'll just be repeating someone else's opinion, but why is this such a terrible thing?
PC gamers are now able to get the exact same thing as the 360 and PS3 players have. Minus the additional cost of the expansion, because you PC guys get that with the game! Honestly, complaining about them not adding anything is the very definition of being an entitled and impossible to reasonably satisfy consumer. The developers made this game with absolutely no intention of it being released on the PC. When the PC gamers said they really wanted the game, they were absolutely obliged. Here it is. You have exactly what you asked for to the damn pixel , with some free additional content .
Now quit your whining and die. Again and again.

 

[Aesir23]

Oh no, you get the same version as everyone else. The end is nigh. (<- must be read in a bored/sarcastic voice)

Bloody hell, it's just the graphics. The game is still perfectly fine but apparently because it's the same thing that everyone else gets that apparently means it's not good enough. Yeesh, it seems like with some PC Gamers the game has to be better in absolutely every aspect or they soil themselves with rage.