Dark Souls II

[Vibe]

Also, does anyone still believe they developed DS 2 with PC as the main platform? It honestly feels as a straight up insult to me as a potential customer that the menus show Xbox buttons.

That does sound disappointing. Hopefully will be patched down the line. I've persisted through entire DS with PC, so DS2 can't be worse.

[Patoson]

Goddammit I finally made it past No-Mans Wharf after like 4 hours lol I'm such a noob... The game is frustrating at times but so much fun!

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[Latvian]

at least you can play it

[Tennenoth]

I've been watching all the chat here avidly, and I have been thinking about grabbing the game after I've completed my research papers but I'd like to know about the mouse & keyboard controls.

I bought DS1 back in the day, but I never played it because the controls on PC weren't great and I wasn't prepared to buy a controller for the PC at the time but I'd love to get into it.

So, anything anyone can tell me about the control scheme with a mouse & keyboard for the new one would be wonderful, is it playable, I don't mind fiddly controls, I am fine with a bit of finger aerobics, but is the mouse tracking smooth, the key presses responsive etc?

[Kafein]

There are zero responsiveness issues. At least I didn't have any so far. The game actually feels better than some PC exclusive titles.

MK controls are therefore good but the default settings are questionable. Of course the controls are rebindable. They put some effort to provide unusal control schemes (for example can set things like ctrl+lmb) which do work quite nicely. On a controller, all the buttons are put to good use hence maintaining ergonomics on the keyboard could have been problematic, but it's not.

God, the PC port is just so.. crappy. I wish they'd have made a bit more effort. "Press A to accept"

Actually why is this game supposedly good? All I see is some of the worst design through out. Pretty much every aspect of this game is from a 1995s PS1 game. Combat as well.

The port is only superficially crappy. Those gamepad keys are literally the only problem that I've seen. Of course, the problem is insultingly visible, but its actual impact on the playability is minor. As for design, it's the same as in DS and DkS. If you didn't like those games for some reason, you won't like DkS2. There are plenty of reviews around that explain why the design is good so I don't really feel the need to argue unless you point to something more specific.

[Gravoth_iii]

(He plunges at around 1:00)
Dayum.

[IR_Kuoin]

Bad sign   :|

[Gravoth_iii]

Bad sign   :|

Atleast they are satisfying to kill.

[Logen]

there are less various animations than in ds1. hate it.

[Tor!]

I was constant pvping for about 3 hours straight last night, no more than 5 second downtime before invading again 

Got like 50 titanite chunks, now I just need those large titanite..

[IR_Kuoin]

Just wondering, how is the ID for invasions. Is it your steam or the actual name of your character ? And are you able to send / receive hatemails? Always wanted my in-game name for other players to be my actual character name.

[Banok]

what you people dont seem to get it doesn't matter how well they fixed the controls for K&M, this is a type of game that will ALWAYS be better with a controller. just like RTS FPS will always be shite on a controller, action/fighting/racing games will always be shite on K&M. every pc gamer should own a controller, there are quite a few games worth playing (pirating at least) like assassins creed etc, that suck on K&M.

I was trying to explain the same thing to a couple of purist pc gamer friends I have. 

[Vibe]

all i know is i see a bunch of bundle of stickss playing DS2 on steam and im not

lyk if u cri evrtim ;_;

[Working_Class]

Anyone know how to retrieve a character? I started playing when it came out on another computer and got fairly far, but when i had to switch computers (one at my moms and one at my dads) i cant play on my character from the other computer. Is there any way to just move my game saves or something? i tried looking for the save files but i couldnt find them, any help would be appreciated 

[Xant]

what you people dont seem to get it doesn't matter how well they fixed the controls for K&M, this is a type of game that will ALWAYS be better with a controller. just like RTS FPS will always be shite on a controller, action/fighting/racing games will always be shite on K&M. every pc gamer should own a controller, there are quite a few games worth playing (pirating at least) like assassins creed etc, that suck on K&M.

I was trying to explain the same thing to a couple of purist pc gamer friends I have. 

What? Assassin's creed is completely fine with K&M.