I kept throwing money at my monitor, but it won't show up on my games library!

In all seriousness, I'm just glad it's even coming to PC at all, played the 360 one for almost 500 hours, surely would play a crazier amount with the Artorias DLC added.

I'm not sure which part of Kotaku I read this about, Steam-purchased version won't have GFWL, but GFWL would be tethered to the physical retail version. Though I'd understand not wanting to deal with the abomination that is GFWL (anyone who played Red Faction Guerilla would understand why it's so hated).

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition now pre-purchaseable on:

Steam
GamersGate
Coming soon to Green Man Gaming

But scroll down carefully on the Steam store page, and in fine print under the System Requirements:

Additional: Online play requires software installation of and log-in to Games For Windows - LIVE

Well, the link to Steam now says "the item is unavailable in your region". I suspect it'd be the same as Arkham City, where those who purchased before can still access the game, but online components won't be accessible. Conclusion, f* you GFWL.

Correction, one (Malaysia) won't be able to play AT ALL since one can't f*cking log into GFWL. Goddamn craptastic GFWL.

I might be wrong though, since I seem to be able to use GFWL with Red Faction Gorilla (hair-tearingly so), but goddamnit if this isn't frustrating news.

[EDIT] Crap, wrong quotation. Sorry.

This post has been edited by dis0rd3h: Aug 9 2012, 10:53 PM

Alright, almost 12 hours in, and these are my thoughts on the port:

- Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition for PC is, undoubtedly, a straight up port of the Xbox 360 version. Take it upon yourself to view that as a good or bad thing. It's like someone took an 360, repackaged the thing to only play the game and installed it into my CPU.

- Which brings me to the next point, being the issues present in the console version unfortunately, still exists in the PC version. Blighttown is still a b*tch to navigate through, some visual anomalies such as animations being rendered at half the FPS, and even though you can hotswap between using the KB/M and gamepad, the on-screen input display does not change i.e. it would still display "Press A to check message".

- Speaking of controls, really do not try to bother with the KB/M controls. Pads are the way to go.

- All that being said, it's still the same Dark Souls we all love, with several extra tidbits being put in; defeating some of the earlier bosses net some gears not found in the console version i.e. defeating the Gargoyle statues before ringing the first bell gives you Gargoyle Helm and Gargoyle Halberd. Unfortunately I haven't played long enough to check out the Prepare to Die content, but so far I've played (right before fighting Smough and Ornstein), it has been a pleasure, both reliving old content as a new character and finding new stuff never seen before.

- Another thing which a previous poster posted a link to the resolution mod; although you can change the display window to any resolution, the game renders the scene at a sub-par HD resolution, making everything look blurry. I personally didn't mind this at first, but after playing a while and suffering headaches, I tried the resolution mod and holy, the thing is an ABSOLUTE beauty. I recommend everyone to try the mod out; although be warned that it would impact the FPS slightly if your computer is not of the gaming grade; I noticed some slowdowns when fighting Great Wolf Sif, probably it has to do with rendering all the fur on the wolf.

- And finally the elephant of the room, GFWL. I am both pleased and slightly disgusted to report that it has been working great for me out of the 12 hours I played. The game accepts my key (which was purchased from GMG), and signing in with my old account did not really took any longer than the initial 5 minutes to set up everything. I have been called to defend the forest, invaded others to stock up on humanity (and ultimately being invaded myself) and helped a friend of mine to defeat a boss. Aside from the lag and difficulty to find your friend, it WORKS. My only qualm is that I was charged 800 Microsoft points to change my bloody Gamertag. my account being an old one and I wanted to change the name to reflect my current handle.

The conclusion is that if you love Dark Souls, and would like the company to consider the possibility of releasing the next Souls game on PC (hopefully with better porting), buy the game. And I'll even say that with the resolution fix, this is the ultimate version of Dark Souls.