hmmm. bought the console version recently. but hey, i would probably take awhile for its release and even is just a port i'm happy. and i'm not really having problems with buying it again of that there is indeed some extra content.
Signs Point To Imminent Dark Souls PC Port
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The problem is that I expect opinion-based content from Yahtzee or Jim Sterling.gigastar said:
When it's a post in "The News Room", I expect the content to be delivered professionally. I do not expect the addition of snide derision, condescension, or outright mockery. Even if that's exactly how I feel, that's not the way to deliver news. You generally won't catch reporters for most publications doing this; newspapers and news sites have dedicated opinion sections because that's a much more robust and mature way to handle things. We should demand as much from our gaming press.
I'm just going to get my gaming news elsewhere from now on.
How long have you been reading the Escapist again?Sentox6 said:
Also, not a news site. They've said it many times.
You should check my join dateScars Unseen said:How long have you been reading the Escapist again?
They should take away the big whopping button labelled "NEWS" at the top then :|
My frustration is just that, as a relatively large site, newcomers might actually think this is the sort of standard they can expect from gaming journalists. Meh.
If that was the concern, then I would probably be more worried about the fact that he posted a rumor as "news."Sentox6 said:You should check my join dateScars Unseen said:How long have you been reading the Escapist again?
They should take away the big whopping button labelled "NEWS" at the top then :|
My frustration is just that, as a relatively large site, newcomers might actually think this is the sort of standard they can expect from gaming journalists. Meh.
In a manner consistent with typical internet forum hijinks, I have duly repaired that statement on your behalf.guise709 said:
Far be it from me to be sour about any popular, previously console-only game making it over to the PC, but I have to confess that the notoriously "bash head against wall until indentation forms" Dark Souls wouldn't have been in my top ten choices. I just don't have the time or patience any more for games where a low reward/content-to-playtime ratio is part of the design.
Man. If only you had the ability to use a controller on the PC. Or even be able to choose from a wide range of different controllers.alwaysrockon said:
Alas you ca-what's this? That's a possibility?! By god man! To the news room!
genuinely lol'd irl. Like it was mentioned before, was patched sadly.lRookiel said:
Grats on the maybe getting Dark Souls for PC. Yall are gonna have a ball with this one.
If you've been here that long I'm surprised you haven't noticed how "unprofessional" the "journalists" here are. They're writers, not necessarily journos. Their taking the writer of Critical Miss on to their news staff is one thing that could've tipped you off on this.Sentox6 said:You should check my join dateScars Unseen said:How long have you been reading the Escapist again?
They should take away the big whopping button labelled "NEWS" at the top then :|
My frustration is just that, as a relatively large site, newcomers might actually think this is the sort of standard they can expect from gaming journalists. Meh.
I like the Escapist News section for the same reason I like Rock Paper Shotgun, opinion and wit mixed with factoids and updates on the gaming industry.
While journalistic integrity is of course important, I don't feel that translates to maintaining total objectivity on everything you say, even on topics incidental to the story. I have no issue with the writers here offering their own opinions on the news they're reporting because none of it seems to be done in anything other than good faith. Was there anything in this article that you felt subverted the truth of the story? Were any opinions presented as fact?
Maybe I'm holding the Escapist to a different standard that I apply when complaining about Fox News for example. The main difference I see is that the Escapist as a content provider doesn't seem to have an agenda other than the presentation of entertaining content.
Anyway, I hope they do the port. Between Dark Souls, Uncharted and Journey I was starting to crack, I'd already begging my friends the use of their PS3s.
yes, but I really doubt that everyone who plays it on PC will play it with a gamepad. A keyboard is awesome to play lots of games with but I wouldn't touch a game like street fighter with it even remotely in mind. I know that there is also key remapping, but still.Frostbite3789 said:
People have this thing called preference. For every person who prefers using a controller, there's another who prefers not to and figures out how to do it. I for one think that playing any rpg with a controller is ass and hinders my own abilities to react to situations and navigate menus.alwaysrockon said:
Dragon Age: Origins being a good example. Playing that game with a controller is horrendous.
It would be nice to expose the game to a larger audience, but I'm already on New Game Plus on my PS3 version. It would be something of a disappointment if the announcement was just for a PC version of the game. The official Dark Souls Facebook page has ~130,000 fans, the vast majority of whom have played and enjoyed the game on consoles. That's where I first heard about the Dark Souls app. Why hype an announcement to a bunch of people who already have the game, only to have the announcement be about the game coming to a new platform? I know I'd rather hear about some new DLC.