Critics praised the depth of its combat, intricate level design, and use of flavour text.
In October 2012, the new content was made downloadable for consoles under the subtitle Artorias of the Abyss.ĭark Souls has been cited as one of the best video games of all time. A port for Microsoft Windows was released in August 2012, which featured additional content not seen in the original PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. Dark Souls takes place in the fictional kingdom of Lordran, where players assume the role of a cursed undead character who begins a pilgrimage to discover the fate of their kind. A spiritual successor to FromSoftware's Demon's Souls, the game is the second instalment in the Souls series. I also recommend setting skip intro logos to 1, in order to skip the time consuming logos at the start.įinally, I don't recommend changing the size of the UI, since it will break the boss health bars, but that's always an option if you don't mind it.Dark Souls is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Namco Bandai Games. It is recommended to turn 60 FPS on due to the mod listed directly below, which fixes most glitches caused. The mods would be dragged and dropped into the subfolder "tex_override" in the "dsfix" folder.
It can be installed by going to Dark Souls > Properties > Local Files > Browse local files in the Steam library and dragging and dropping the files to the Data folder and editing dsfix.ini. DSFix allows you to customize the rendering resolution to your screen size and also make it run at 60 FPS.ĭSFix also allows modding via texture replacement, which is the basis of all the other mods. This means it will be stretched out on the majority of all players' screens. Even though Dark Souls appears to support HD resolutions, the default rendering resolution is stuck at 1024x720 due to the rushed nature of the port. Durante's DSFix deals with the game's lack of graphical options.