PC Digital Download Games: Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition $16, Dead Island $4, Dead Island Game of the Year Edition $5.50, Downloadable Content $3 & More

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Prices after discount

• Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition $16
• Dead Island Games
  • Dead Island $4
  • Dead Island: Game of the Year $5.50
  • Dead Island: Bloodbath DLC $2.70
  • Dead Island: Ryder White DLC $2.70
  • Dead Island Upgrade Pack $2.70
• Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed(pre-order) $21.50 + $2 GMG Credit or $1 Cash Back

Cheapest Dark Souls for PC has been without an editor's choice coupon. Nice!

Don't think I can bite on Sonic Racing until it's 15 or less, though. Looks really fun but the only characters/levels I would recognize are out of Sonic, Wreck-it Ralph, the TF2 chars, and.... that's it. Needs Bayonetta.

Don't waste your money on dark souls unless you love horrible console ports. Bought it yesterday and immediately requested a refund. EVERYTHING in the game is still console based, the beginning tutorials still tell you to press xbox buttons etc. Normally I can deal with a little bit of this, but in this case it makes the game completely unplayable. Also, if you have multi displays forget about it. This game does not constrain the mouse to the game window, so you're constantly clicking out of the game window while attempting to look around. The game might be alright on the console, but that's where it should have stayed.

Quote from xdbx : Don't waste your money on dark souls unless you love horrible console ports. Bought it yesterday and immediately requested a refund. EVERYTHING in the game is still console based, the beginning tutorials still tell you to press xbox buttons etc. Normally I can deal with a little bit of this, but in this case it makes the game completely unplayable. Also, if you have multi displays forget about it. This game does not constrain the mouse to the game window, so you're constantly clicking out of the game window while attempting to look around. The game might be alright on the console, but that's where it should have stayed.

Most people serious about their gaming on a PC use a 360 controller anyway. So what's the big deal? Who honestly attempts to play most of these games with a keyboard and mouse?

From the IGN review:

"The mouse and keyboard controls in the Prepare to Die edition are a war crime. Losing the gentle acceleration of analog movement would have been bad enough, but the mouse doesn't control the camera so much as wrestle it around on a rubber leash. Meanwhile, the GUI's adaption to the keyboard is just awkward. All told, you could be playing on an emulator. If you don't own a pad but somehow end up with Dark Souls running on your PC, remove the power cable from the back with a barge pole.

But if you do own a pad, and quickly grab this 80Kb fan hotpix, which unlocks the game's resolution from 1024x720, you'll be able to enjoy the definitive edition of Dark Souls..."

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/...ion-review

Quitwcher bitchin', and get a gamepad.

if I wanted to use a gamepad I'd buy a console, but that's not the point here.. the point is this is a sub par product for pc

Quote from xdbx : if I wanted to use a gamepad I'd buy a console, but that's not the point here.. the point is this is a sub par product for pc

The Steam store page for this game strongly recommends a gamepad. It's a shoddy port if you don't have a gamepad, though some people apparently have played through with mouse and keyboard successfully.

It takes some real effort to play with the keyboard and mouse but it can be done. I played most of the game with them until I could get MotionJoy to work correctly with the game so I could use my PS3 controller.

I don't know if I could have possibly taken some of the harder fights with the keyboard though.

Quote from xdbx : if I wanted to use a gamepad I'd buy a console, but that's not the point here.. the point is this is a sub par product for pc

That's a ridiculous argument. Graphical fidelity is the reason we play PC games, as is the cost of said games. I LOVE playing a lot of PC games with a gamepad. 3rd person games are absolutely horrible with a keyboard and mouse. Just accept that some games are just better than a controller.

e.g. Far Cry 3, while better to run around and shoot with a keyboard and mouse, has awful driving with a keyboard and mouse, and a controller is 1000000x better for those segments.

It's not fair to call the controls shoddy when quite simply a keyboard is not an effective way to play Dark Souls. Next you'll be telling me you play racing games with a keyboard, too. lol.

Quote from xdbx : Don't waste your money on dark souls unless you love horrible console ports. Bought it yesterday and immediately requested a refund. EVERYTHING in the game is still console based, the beginning tutorials still tell you to press xbox buttons etc. Normally I can deal with a little bit of this, but in this case it makes the game completely unplayable. Also, if you have multi displays forget about it. This game does not constrain the mouse to the game window, so you're constantly clicking out of the game window while attempting to look around. The game might be alright on the console, but that's where it should have stayed.

Do your research before you start complaining

So basically, if you have a console, just buy a used copy of this for 1/2 the price?

From what you all said, I see no reason to ever buy this on PC, unless you don't own a 360/ps3.

I don't mind playing with a controller on PC if it is better. Kind of like how I wish I could play some games on console with a legitimate keyboard/mouse

Quote from 6grapes : So basically, if you have a console, just buy a used copy of this for 1/2 the price? From what you all said, I see no reason to ever buy this on PC, unless you don't own a 360/ps3.

There's additional content on the PC version, and better graphics once the resolution fix is applied. But the coop/invasion games are going to be more lively and reliable on the 360/PS3.

Best deals for sure is Dark Souls and Dead Island GOTY (DLC are there for those who are interested)

Quote from xdbx : Don't waste your money on dark souls unless you love horrible console ports. Bought it yesterday and immediately requested a refund. EVERYTHING in the game is still console based, the beginning tutorials still tell you to press xbox buttons etc. Normally I can deal with a little bit of this, but in this case it makes the game completely unplayable. Also, if you have multi displays forget about it. This game does not constrain the mouse to the game window, so you're constantly clicking out of the game window while attempting to look around. The game might be alright on the console, but that's where it should have stayed.

So wrong. http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?tag=dsfix
By far the best version of Dark Souls when you are playing at 1080P, full AA and ambient occlusion and unlocked framerate that never drops below 60. Plus the PC version includes all the paid DLC the console versions don't come with.

Yeah it sucks you need a fan patch to fix it (the fact this guy fixed the port the day it came out shows it is quite a lazy port), but even so it makes it worth it.

Also any PC gamer should have an Xbox 360 controller anyway. A ton of games are better off with it, and it is a necessity for Dark Souls.