Posted by Mitch0712 - April 17, 2012 at 11:32 AM

maybe

Posted by Darth_Furder - April 17, 2012 at 11:33 AM

yes

Posted by ismellyourpajamas - April 17, 2012 at 11:33 AM

Woooo!

Posted by StealthRaptor - April 17, 2012 at 11:34 AM

My soul is prepared! How's yours?

Edited by Yummylee - April 17, 2012 at 11:34 AM

I feel like the Gaping Dragon isn't the most suitable reference, considering it's by far one of, if not the, easiest boss battles in the game. :P In fact it's just plain easy by video-game standards, let alone Dark Souls.

Posted by rmanthorp - April 17, 2012 at 11:35 AM

Games for Windows Live - They just don't let up. Kudos.

Posted by StealthRaptor - April 17, 2012 at 11:36 AM

@Abyssfull: Someone has forgotten the Twilight Butterfly.

Posted by langdonx - April 17, 2012 at 11:37 AM

Weeeee, sign this:

http://www.change.org/petitions/namco-bandai-and-from-software-release-dark-souls-pc-edition-without-games-for-windows-live

Posted by drowsap - April 17, 2012 at 11:37 AM

Iv beaten Dark souls and it drove me crazy so im just going to pretend this does not exist so in my eyes iv beaten and seen all that dark souls can give lol whos with me

Posted by Yummylee - April 17, 2012 at 11:40 AM

@StealthRaptor said:

@Abyssfull: Someone has forgotten the Twilight Butterfly.

No I haven't. I said it was possible that it could be, not that the Gaping Dragon is the easiest boss battle in the game.

Posted by Itwastuesday - April 17, 2012 at 11:40 AM

I hope they release those levels on the xbox as DLC. But, I'll probably buy it as 60$ DLC on the pc if they don't.

Posted by Top8cat - April 17, 2012 at 11:41 AM

Kinda' late aren't we Giantbomb?

Posted by TinoXtreme - April 17, 2012 at 11:44 AM

Definitely picking this up if its steam compatible

Posted by 014 - April 17, 2012 at 11:45 AM

Even though I have a PS3, the fact this is coming out on PC brings it way higher on my possibly-buy list. I like my PS3, I just don't like my games shown on a 50" screen in the family room every day.

Posted by Suits - April 17, 2012 at 11:45 AM

The game's biggest challenge is to overcome GFWL

Posted by TheBrainninja - April 17, 2012 at 11:46 AM

30 fps? Man, I hadn't heard that. Bit of a bummer, if they lock it there, but I guess they have their reasons? Regardless, I'm glad to see it making its way to the Master Platform ;)

Posted by Kyle - April 17, 2012 at 11:46 AM

My body cannot decline more Dark Souls content.

Posted by alternate - April 17, 2012 at 11:47 AM

Gaping Dragon was my nickname in prison.

Posted by TehJedicake - April 17, 2012 at 11:48 AM

FUCK YEAH!!! I AM SO GOD DAMNED MOIST RIGHT NOW!! IS ANYONE ELSE REALLY MOIST!!??

Posted by G0rd0nFr33m4n - April 17, 2012 at 11:49 AM

NO FUCKING WAY ! WHAT >?!?!? @!?@!$? @#

Posted by JackSukeru - April 17, 2012 at 11:50 AM

Gaping Dragon is probably my favorite bossfight in the game, really fun to take on with some bros.

Posted by Sackmanjones - April 17, 2012 at 11:50 AM

@Abyssfull said:

I feel like the Gaping Dragon isn't the most suitable reference, considering it's by far one of, if not the, easiest boss battles in the game. :P In fact it's just plain easy by video-game standards, let alone Dark Souls.

But by god that thing looks terrifying! You are correct though, I think it killed me once and then I beat it.

Posted by GeekDown - April 17, 2012 at 11:51 AM

Still not interested. There really isn't anything about this game that makes me want to play it.

Posted by Swick - April 17, 2012 at 11:54 AM

I'm sure we'll be fine.

Posted by TheMustacheHero - April 17, 2012 at 11:57 AM

@TehJedicake said:

FUCK YEAH!!! I AM SO GOD DAMNED MOIST RIGHT NOW!! IS ANYONE ELSE REALLY MOIST!!??

No one who has used Games for Windows live before is "Moist" we're all just groaning and shaking our heads about "what could have been"...

Posted by ArbitraryWater - April 17, 2012 at 11:57 AM

As long as this stuff gets released on consoles I will be happy. If not, I will probably still buy this. But be far less happy.

Posted by Dezinus - April 17, 2012 at 11:58 AM

Hmm, thought this was old news, but I hadn't heard about GFWL. What a bummer.

Posted by Grondoth - April 17, 2012 at 11:58 AM

Time to get a gamepad. My divine mace is prepared for more.

Posted by Chavtheworld - April 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM

@TheBrainninja said:

30 fps? Man, I hadn't heard that. Bit of a bummer, if they lock it there, but I guess they have their reasons? Regardless, I'm glad to see it making its way to the Master Platform ;)

And 720p. Just sayin'.

Posted by kozmo7 - April 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM

Oh sweet mother of Mary, I'm not prepared

Posted by Alphazero - April 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM

@GeekDown said:

Still not interested. There really isn't anything about this game that makes me want to play it.

Not even... partial nudity? It's the most mysterious type of nudity.

Posted by phrosnite - April 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM

30 fps? This is a joke, right? Also GfWL... this is usually a dealbreaker for me but I wanted to play this game. Even signed the petition back in the day.

Posted by redelectric - April 17, 2012 at 12:02 PM

I wanna fight a chimera!!! :(

Posted by TehJedicake - April 17, 2012 at 12:03 PM

@TheMustacheHero said:

@TehJedicake said:
FUCK YEAH!!! I AM SO GOD DAMNED MOIST RIGHT NOW!! IS ANYONE ELSE REALLY MOIST!!??
No one who has used Games for Windows live before is "Moist" we're all just groaning and shaking our heads about "what could have been"...

I've used GFWL, and it sucks. But I'm still moist. DARK SOULS ON THE PC, WOOHOO!!!

Posted by MeatSim - April 17, 2012 at 12:04 PM

I want the prepare to party edition.

Posted by Flacracker - April 17, 2012 at 12:05 PM

Welcome to last week Giant Bomb!

Posted by Jackel2072 - April 17, 2012 at 12:07 PM

so i guess, after doing some reading this will be a direct port of the 360 version. with no real additional work done to it.

http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1326009/dark_souls_pc_dev_responds_to_drm_backlash.html

Posted by Cheesebob - April 17, 2012 at 12:08 PM

GFWL isn't too bad. I had Dawn Of War 2 on that service and it was fine

Posted by Feddy - April 17, 2012 at 12:11 PM

This is cool but now I have to S-rank it again for the new content, it would be even better if Xbox got the new content as well.

Edited by xbob42 - April 17, 2012 at 12:14 PM

@Cheesebob said:

GFWL isn't too bad. I had Dawn Of War 2 on that service and it was fine

Yeah? Get Gotham City Impostors, where over half the time the matchmaking system straight up does not work. You'll sit in a lobby for half an hour "searching" for players. Great fun.

Posted by nERVEcenter - April 17, 2012 at 12:20 PM

@Cheesebob: Dawn of War 2's online was HORRIBLE for me. Straight-up unplayable. The experience seemed to vary to extremes.

Posted by Pop - April 17, 2012 at 12:20 PM

Can't wait to try it out!!

Posted by dr_mantas - April 17, 2012 at 12:21 PM

YES! I've been asking for this for SO LONG!

Spoiler: PC gamers find that it's not all that hard ;)

Posted by Zaxex - April 17, 2012 at 12:23 PM

If it runs better; I'm looking at you Blighttown, I could see myself struggling through another playthrough after having finished the Xbox 360 version.

I'm not sure if I even like Dark Souls, I certainly don't like games being vague, getting lost or being punished by archaic game mechanics; still, I finished Dark Souls three times and would quite like to buy it and play it again. Maybe I'm a masochist?

Posted by Maginnovision - April 17, 2012 at 12:26 PM

I had alot of fun with dark souls and my NG's. I'll get this and pretty much just remake my guy to play the new bosses.

Posted by fisk0 - April 17, 2012 at 12:27 PM

@xbob42 said:

@Cheesebob said:
GFWL isn't too bad. I had Dawn Of War 2 on that service and it was fine
Yeah? Get Gotham City Impostors, where over half the time the matchmaking system straight up does not work. You'll sit in a lobby for half an hour "searching" for players. Great fun.

It's not GFWL that's terrible per se, but it seems like it's hard to implement properly. I've played several GFWL games with no issues, but I've certainly also had problems. Bethesda's trademark buginess regularly made itself apparent in Fallout 3, where the GFWL log in thing often didn't appear when I started the game, which also disabled the "New game", "Continue" and "Load game" options at the main menu. It generally worked when I closed and restarted the game, but that certainly wasn't enjoyable. The original Blacklight: Tango Down had these kinds of issues as well. Microsoft made games like Halo 2, Shadowrun and Age of Empires Online I've never had any problems with, nor with the Dawn of War games, Universe at War or Bioshock 2.
Of course, those were all made by developers with a long history as PC developers. The fact that From Software doesn't have all that much experience with modern PC games (didn't their last few come out in the late 90s or so?), and less so GFWL that might be a reason to worry though. It seems like Steam integration is much easier to implement.

Posted by spazmaster666 - April 17, 2012 at 12:45 PM

Locked 30 FPS is kind of a deal breaker for me so I hope that's not the case when the game is released. Also, my main issue with GFWL is how the saves are tied to your online profile (obviously it would depend on how games handle saves, more most GFWL games seem to being doing this), meaning if you reinstall your OS and forget to backup your live folder, you lose your profiles meaning all those saves are now useless.

Posted by AngeTheDude - April 17, 2012 at 12:45 PM

Will this be released on Steam?

Posted by Aetheldod - April 17, 2012 at 12:55 PM

Hell yes ... repurchasing for PC and I know someone who will die for this (no pun intended)

Posted by Tredik - April 17, 2012 at 12:58 PM

I'm sure someone will find a work-around for the 30fps cap. Someone almost always does.