Yeah, in theory Dark Souls would be right up my alley. I almost bought a PS3 to play the two Souls games but then From announced the port.

I liked the minimalist approach to storytelling and the art direction. It's the gameplay that didn't click with me. While a game like MH keeps me on my toes all the time once you reach Hi/G Rank, Dark Souls only did so in a few boss fights (like the duo Ornstein/Smough). Such a goddamn shame.

I think I've finally burned out on rpgs. EOIV remains untouched since May; forced myself to finish Dark Souls to see what the deal was and didn't think much of it in the end (Anor Londo was friggin' great though). New Vegas and Kotor 2 were probably the only games I've really enjoyed this whole year (and maybe the past one too). I just don't care anymore. :\

If it wasn't for Monster Hunter and indies like FTL I'd probably be in gaming limbo. Weird.

Well, according to the press release:


Steady flows of revenue = why mess with something that's making money? If I'm not mistaken, Atlus (including the USA branch) was the only profitable Index property.

Dark Souls – I may have been a bit unfair and hasty in passing judgment on the game. I was approaching it in a Monster Hunter mindset which obviously didn't quite work out despite both titles being so similar. Yeah, most normal enemies are easy to read and have exploitable patterns in DS but the boss fights and the overall atmosphere sure make up for it. Anor Londo was great in this regard.

MH3U - Took forever to kill a Rathian in free hunt. I'm rusty. :(

Dark Souls - I had spent a bunch of souls in useless stats so I restarted the game. Added a ton of stamina and now I can just roll/block endlessly. Explored the Catacombs then briefly visited the Tomb, where I met my demise by falling off a cliff, yay.

Nice! Gonna wait a bit though, maybe it shows up in sale or something. Can't wait to meet SR2 Shaundi again.

SR2 is damn good despite the shoddy pc port. If you thought Dark Souls was bad you've seen nothing.


How is the game? Is the Boss able to fly all over the place a la Vanguard?

Even with the restoration mod the ending still feels incomplete, probably because it is. There's only so much modders can do or else you risk venturing into "fanfiction" territory. Still, I thought the team did an admirable job considering the material they had available.

During her final speech Kreia does a little info dump about what's going to happen to the Exile's companions, except the droids and Bao-Dur. I think you can even decide if the Exile is going to look for Revan. I recommend you read this excellent Let's Play, specially the last chapter. It also could have something to do with you going Sith, I've read that a dark side playthrough isn't as fulfilling as its counterpart.

KOTOR 2 is a great game, but you need to keep in mind its flaws. If only LucasArts didn't rush Obsidian...

New Vegas - Beaten! What a masterpiece, haven't put so many hours in a PC game since Dragon Age, way back in 2009. Good thing I managed to solve my issues with the camera or I would miss a truly great experience. Obsidian deserves all the praise, you can tell NV was a labor of love.

Dark Souls - While I like the game, it's missing something the Monster Hunter series has. Outside the bosses, most enemies are boring/repetitive to fight whereas in MH they differ in size, behave a bit randomly, you might be paralyzed by a vespoid and get trashed... A battle will never be the same, even if you are prepared.

I thought the story DLCs (Clones and Gangstas in Space) were kinda weak and short, don't know about the others.

Heh, I hear you. Good deals so far, Dark Souls at 75%, now it's Fallout. Hope Torchlight 2 gets picked as the community choice.

Ha, now I have to try it out! Thought the internal res would only go as low as 800x600 since setting the display to 800x600 would crash the whole thing.

The author mentioned the possibility of glitches once unlockFPS was enabled, but I didn't notice any weirdness going on. Maybe a more stable version was released, I don't know. Framerate limit is currently set to 30, though the game was fine while running at a higher rate.

@MeshGearFox

I'm afraid I don't understand the finer details and inner workings of DSfix, but I did several tests nonetheless. From what I've gathered, the default render (ie internal) resolution is 1024x768. It doesn’t mater if you set another display value (like 1920x1080), it’ll just stretch the image because internally it’s still rendering 1024x768.

Running the game at default settings = 15fps, meanwhile running default + unlockfps = 25+, a considerable gain. Whatever it does isn't linked to the resolution, at least not directly. In another test, downscaling the internal resolution to 800x600 boosted the perfomance at the cost of image quality and even more so when unlockfps was enabled. Setting the priority to High for DATA.exe in task manager helps a little too, just not as much as unlockfps.

Check the Dsfix ini file, the author made some interesting comments there.

Dark Souls - UnlockFPS in DSFix does miracles, my aging computer went from 15 to 25~35 fps. Let's see if the game is worth the hype.

New Vegas – The Strip and the meeting with Benny were underwhelming. I keep hoping something in the main quest will top Dead Money in terms of writing/atmosphere but no luck so far; maybe OWB or Lonesome Road will. Anyway, I have to deal with the Brotherhood but have no idea how to proceed. Kudos to Obsidian for not leaving an easy way out.