why does this game lag so hard

[vadiks]

the graphics are worse than in DS3, but it lags a lot more than in DS3. LIKE what the heck? why did they also had to remove prepare to die edition too? and i think it gives me delay between rolls and pressing a roll button
also either i am very bad, or lags just won't let me dodge everything properly

[EleventhStar]

you mean when you are playing solo? no invaders/phantoms around?

it's a bit harder to get fast rolls in ds1 so maybe it's just that you are having a slow animation. and the game is a bit slower paced compared to 3 too.

[PlayerNumber03]

It sounds like input lag. If you're using a controller, try a different one. Also try using the keyboard with the controller unplugged and see if there's still a delay.

[dcy665]

Where are you in the game?
We need more detail to give you accurate solutions.

Hard for you to believe but DS:R is a much smoother experience that PtDE. See: Blighttown.

Also, just a data point, DS3 was made years after PtDE. Five Years. Lots of graphic changes in GPUs and the tools, and the game engine for that matter. So, it was not a surprise beyond you not understanding that. And that you are playing DS3 5 years after its release date.

[kat998]

Your PC sucks

[church of sandwell]

+1: Are you talking about lag in pvp or solo? Single player should be fine, multiplayer can be quirky but you can adjust how you play to improve things.

[vadiks]

i play solo pve
where am i in the game? i rang first bell, didnt know where to go and was going to some random parts idk, after that i realized i completely lost my ability to correctly play the game. also sometimes NOTHING would load and i would see absolutely nothing (textures, models whatever couldn't load for around 60 seconds). after that i just decided to check if i suck that badly or i just got worse
i started new game, knight, defeated first boss after completely failing to dodge literally all the attacks, then i met second boss on a bridge and died in 3 attacks and i just couldn't dodge in time(last time i completed this boss by falling into the pit). like i completed dark souls 3 with no problems and thne i go to dark souls 1 just to die to everything and just to have more lags and areas don't load sometimes and i see skybox
oh and after i watched some DS1 remaster video i was completely astonished by how smooth the game looked like compared to my 28 FPS lowest display settings windowed gaming

[church of sandwell]

I don't get it - your machine can handle DaS3 but struggles with the first one? Weird. I mean, the remaster's not THAT smooth, but still... Wish I could help, soz! :/

[Kasic]

If you've got a graphics card, make sure the game is using that instead of your default cpu. I've had some games on steam (like Crash Bandicoot) which barely ran at all despite being old and super low requirements because my computer decided to use the wrong thing to run the graphics.

[EleventhStar]

oh another thing: ds3 has omnidirectional rolling. ds1 only has 4 direction rolling. this can feel quite jarring/weird if you are making the transition.

if you are getting (very) low fps the entire game just feels crappy though, much more so than most other games. 28 should still be pretty playable though since its kinda made for 30.

[vadiks]

oh ♥♥♥♥ right i should've played this game without locking on enemies smh