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"Dark Souls 2&amp;#039;s PC release has impressed critics as it releases worldwide today (April 25). After the original Dark Souls launched on the platform with limited customisation, the sequel offers support for a variety of graphical options, resolutions and a higher frame rate than on console.  &amp;quot;From Software kept its promise not to cock up a second time,&amp;quot; said PCGamesN&amp;#039;s Fraser Brown. &amp;quot;This is the version of Dark Souls 2 you should get. And the minimum requirements are low enough so that the bar for entry is quite low.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;While not flawless, Dark Souls 2 on PC is a more than competent port. There&amp;#039;s the missing mod support and some assets have clearly had less work done on them, making them look blocky and out of place, but it&amp;#039;s the best looking, smoothest the Souls series has ever been.&amp;quot; Polygon&amp;#039;s Phil Kollar said: &amp;quot;The PC version of Dark Souls 2 may have taken a little more time to see the light of day, but it&amp;#039;s a much more fully-featured port, with all the technical additions we&amp;#039;ve come to expect from the platform. &amp;quot;Most notably, Dark Souls 2 on PC looks incredible. Between the higher resolution and the solid 60 frames-per-second that it runs at, I was shocked and impressed by the difference between playing the game on PC versus playing on either console.&amp;quot;  IGN&amp;#039;s Marty Silva added: &amp;quot;While it looks great on 360 and PS3, it&amp;#039;s particularly gorgeous on PC. &amp;quot;The improved textures, lighting, and minor environmental effects like the way wind whips through the grass make it one of the most visually impressive games I&amp;#039;ve ever played.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, publisher Namco Bandai has confirmed a number of known issues for launch day, including issues with pre-order content appearing, controller support and the game crashing on start up. While available to download on Steam from today, the physical release of Dark Souls 2 in the UK has been delayed one week. Our Dark Souls II review: Hardcore, heart-pounding action How Peter Serafinowicz was cast as Mild-mannered Pate in Dark Souls 2 Watch the launch trailer for Dark Souls 2 on PC:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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