Firstly, I love DS and DS2 - they are a fantastic blend of exploration, puzzle solving and hitting things with MASSIVE weapons!

The Deathinitive Edition of DS2 is a tricker thing to rate - the visuals are improved and the DLC has been blended into the game better, but that comes with a performance penalty in a game which wasn't the best performing title at the best of times...

My PC could run DS2 at 60fps (mostly) if I disabled SSAO. The Deathinitive Edition manages more like 45fps with the same settings - it's perfectly playable but it's not ideal.

Hopefully they'll iron-out some of the wrinkles with patches but it's not unplayable by any means and the core game remains excellent IF you have the horsepower to play it.

Firstly, I love DS and DS2 - they are a fantastic blend of exploration, puzzle solving and hitting things with MASSIVE weapons! The Deathinitive Edition of DS2 is a tricker thing to rate - the visuals are improved and the DLC has been blended into the game better, but that comes with a performance penalty in a game which wasn't the best performing title at the best of times... My PC could run DS2 at 60fps (mostly) if I disabled SSAO. The Deathinitive Edition manages more like 45fps with the same settings - it's perfectly playable but it's not ideal. Hopefully they'll iron-out some of the wrinkles with patches but it's not unplayable by any means and the core game remains excellent IF you have the horsepower to play it.