PC-utgaven av Dark Souls var langt fra uspillbar, men med en oppløsning på 720p og andre merkerlige skavanker skulle det mye modding til for å få fram spillets beste versjon.
I et intervju med Edge innrømmer utviklerne at PC-utgaven var preget av hastverksarbeid, og samtidig at de forventet problemer etter lanseringen. Produsent Takeshi Miyazoe lover derimot at dette ikke er tilfellet med Dark Souls II.
"We did know there were PC-specific features like key-mapping and use of the mouse and keyboard, high resolution and higher frame rate, stuff like that, but... It's not that we ignored it, but it would have taken too much time for us to implement it, test it and get it up to the level people expected. It was more of a publisher (Namco Bandai) decision to say, ‘Guys, don't worry about this - let's just get it out and see how this works on PC.'
"I think the game experience was fairly similar. We did recommend using a controller, and if [one] used a controller the experience was a Dark Souls experience I think. But we did learn from it. For Dark Souls II we are developing on PC from the beginning. We realise what PC games typically require, and I can assure you that the PC version of Dark Souls II will be a good PC experience for PC gamers."
Miyazoe forteller også at From Software ikke har noen planer om å lage DLC, eller nedlastbart innhold, til Dark Souls II. De vil heller fokusere på å levere et komplett spill.
"For Dark Souls 2, we don't even expect any additional downloadable content because we want to deliver a full game, the full experience, to fans who purchase the package from day one. We did do additional content for Dark Souls, but generally downloadable content for Dark Souls II is not really being considered. Buy the package and you'll get the full experience, and you'll have as much fun as anybody else. Spending a couple dollars on certain items does not help the experience. So no free-to-play yet!"