Reddit’s member ‘PRW9264’ has shared an amazing collection of custom retro (NES) boxarts for most modern-day games. Therefore, below you can enjoy the fantastic NES boxarts of Dark Souls, Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal 2, Assassin’s Creed, Watch_Dogs, God of War, Super Smash Bros, Skyrim and Guitar Hero. The look spectacular and to be honest, we’d love to see such retro versions of the aforementioned games. And since something like that will never happen, enjoy the boxarts! Continue reading Retro Time – Fan Creates NES Boxarts For Modern Games→
Artist Dave Rapoza has shared the following image based on FromSoftware’s hardcore RPG, Dark Souls, giving us a glimpse at what a 2D 16bit version of it would look like. Dark Souls 2D looks very similar to Castlevania and Ghost n Goblins, something that intrigues us. It looks cool and since July is the slowest gaming month, we’re pretty sure that most of you will find it interesting! Continue reading What If Dark Souls Was A 2D 16-Bit Game→
When it was originally released, The Witcher 2 was criticized for its combat mechanics, as it felt a bit ‘awkward’ and Geralt could not react as fast as gamers had expected him to. Therefore, CD Projekt RED had to release a patch that addressed most of the game’s combat issues. But why was the combat of The Witcher 2 so unforgiving? Well, according to game director Konrad Tomaskiewicz, the game was inspired by Dark Souls. Continue reading The Witcher 2’s Combat Mechanics Were Inspired By Dark Souls, The Witcher 3 Will Be Easier On Normal→
Now this is something cool and weird at the same time. YouTube’s member ‘SOULSLASHA’ is working on a mod for Dark Souls that will let players play it via a first person perspective viewpoint. As the modder suggests, this is a love hate relationship; while it certainly looks cool at times, it will make you dizzy the moment you perform a roll. Still, this is something unique and with some further tweaking, it could very well turn into an interesting mod. Enjoy a video showcasing this mod in action after the jump! Continue reading Mod Brings First Person Perspective To Dark Souls→
Dark Souls is considered one of the hardest RPGs, ever. Well, time to get amazed with what some players can achieve. Freddy ‘Thanatos’ Vasquez has managed to complete FromSoftware’s RPG in under 35 minutes. This is an amazing speedrun, and as Freddy described, this run took him 2 weeks of planning and practice. Moreover, the run can be improved by at least 25 seconds, assuming a perfect O&S fight, and assuming the same route is used. Enjoy! Continue reading Dark Souls Speedrun – Finished In Under 35 Minutes→
We love modders and we are really happy when we see a collaboration between them. Dark Souls modders Durante and Clement decided to join forces and DSFix 1.5 is the first fruition of this collab. As you may have guessed, the DSFix addresses the internal resolution that was locked – when the game came out – and adds support for SSAO and SMAA. However, this new DSFix also includes an option for those who want to override the game’s locked 30fps option. Continue reading Modders Durante and Clement join forces – DSFix 1.5 for Dark Souls PC features a target FPS option→
We seriously don’t know whether we should be happy that there are dedicated modders, willing to go the extra mile and fix From Software’s action RPG, or not. But this is a good thing, so let’s be positive on that, shall we? Following Durante’s fix for the game’s resolution, modder ‘Nwks’ has released a 60fps mod for Dark Souls PC. As its title suggests, this mod unlocks the game’s framerate and is currently in alpha phase. Continue reading Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition PC – 60FPS Unlocker Released – Alpha Version→
Last week we took a look at one of the best console ports of 2012, Square Enix’s Sleeping Dogs. Well, today we are bringing you the worst console port of this year, that is no other than Namco’s Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition. It’s really ironic criticizing a game that we got out of nowhere, however Dark Souls PC seems like a quick cash-in and nothing more. It’s true that From Software is not familiar with the PC platform but there is no excuse for what they’re currently offering us. Even if they’re not familiar with our platform, it’s not that hard to remove some console features that were put on purpose. And if you believe that From Software was able to develop a game from scratch and could not find the global values of the on-screen button indicators or the resolution lock mechanism, then you are a fool. Continue reading Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition – PC Performance Analysis→
PC gamers, here is some PC gameplay footage from Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition. YouTube’s member ‘shadowzack’ has uploaded the first 7 minutes of it, and what’s interesting here is that the user has uploaded videos for both the vanilla and the modded version of Dark Souls. In other words, you can see in motion the huge difference between From Software’s initial offering (first video) and Durante’s modded version (second video). Enjoy! Continue reading Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition – First 7 Minutes→
