Dark Souls Remastered

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1057 Ratings

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  1. bonehead11
    Jan 16, 2022
    4
    I am a souls longtime fan, I completed DeS, DS1 and DS2. I have decided to buy remaster after long time and play through DS1 again and well...my rose tinted glasses were crushed, this game is bad. Its not about remaster, its about the whole souls series. I dont know if I am getting older or maybe after playing many games I have higher expectations from games, but the game mechanics andI am a souls longtime fan, I completed DeS, DS1 and DS2. I have decided to buy remaster after long time and play through DS1 again and well...my rose tinted glasses were crushed, this game is bad. Its not about remaster, its about the whole souls series. I dont know if I am getting older or maybe after playing many games I have higher expectations from games, but the game mechanics and design is just plain bad. I love walking through souls worlds, they are beautiful and atmospheric, art style is awesome, sound is great. I love collecting here, leveling and the feel of exploring dangerous world. World is so thought out, interconnected, bonfires distances are okay. Story was always meh in souls series, but exposition in souls series is fun concept, through exploration you find the history of world. But now lets get to what made me just not play any souls game anymore. Game mechanics are just bad, I dont know how I was able to tolerate the you must die mechanics so long, you dont feel like your time is worth investing into these games. Enemies are cheap, there are very few enemies that are actually challenge. Almost every enemy has some kind of almost 1 hit KO and sometimes the mechanics bug out so you actually die in 1 hit.But almost every enemy may be shield up circle strafe backstabbed. There are always extremes nothing between either you completely cheese the enemies or they obliterate you with their secret move they use once in a while. The irony is that you never run out of estus flasks, due to this, its rare for boss fight to end with 0 estus flasks and low hp.They are annoying nothing else, every fight is pray for not bugging out on weird hitboxes, iframes etc. Its just no fun at all because enemies have more advantages than the player. Hell they can hit through walls... Next biggest enemy in this game is camera, oh how I forgot that you have to permafight with the camera. Combat is mediocore, well in past I liked its simplicity that you rely on weapon moveset but what I never liked was the slowness and weirdness of movement, combat and dodging. Its just so slow and illogical, it goes against the player, the only skill is that you have to go against your reflexes to please the game....dodging makes no sense as you have to dodge like 1s after you would dodge using your reflexes. This applies to all souls games.
    Traps were worst in DS2 until you didnt knew what trap was there, you died. Even here, you know where the traps are, but even with knowing where the traps are, they are just bad, they just make you annoyed and angry nothing else, exploration excitement is completely killed, because all you are thinking about is great, what will kill me now because souls series are known about dying, so you have to die. And the bosses.... Some are good,look I like ornstein and smough, but even still sometimes game just completely goes out of its way to just kill you to show that you must die. One hit ko attacks, weird hitboxes, clunky attacks, telegraphing and the animations to confuse your reflexes. The combat and enviroments in this game are not built around challenge, but around you dying. Is this fun? I just dont have the patience to ignore the bad in order to enjoy the good. Souls community always sucked because this series was always about elitism nothing else. Maybe I am older and I want to enjoy the game and not prove to myself that I am good. But with this mindset, you cant enjoy the game, as it is made to annoy you, not challenge you. I like challenges but not artificial ones and souls series is all about artificial challenge. All bosses can be cheesed, but even with cheese you may die to some random attack that may one shot you. Or maybe the game just hooks you up as stockholm syndrome victim. But I just dont see the appeal of playing souls series, its just festival of lameness to make you mad. Look I recommend playing the game once and be done with it, never to return to it. The visuals and world is breathtaking if you have the patience to endure this lamefest, you dont need skill, only perseverance and patience. Believe me I completed all aforementioned souls games as pure melee faith build as I always thought that crusader like character fits the narrative, I even didnt used lightning bolts or ranged miracles as I was elitist prick as wanted to finish it pure melee back in the days. Try it once and then forget. I loved souls series, but now I think its extremely overrated as I returned to it after many years. Not a fan of souls series anymore, its just huge times ink with minimum reward.    … Expand
  2. Garybaldo
    Apr 11, 2021
    4
    Probably the biggest waste of potential ever to be found in a modern game which was playtested by a 3 year old and its gameplay decisions were taken by a commitee of clowns

    The good: -Build variety and rpg elements are very well implemented -The timing in combat is very good and fair (remark "THE TIMING)" -Very good, immersive and innovative level design, moreso for the time it was    Probably the biggest waste of potential ever to be found in a modern game which was playtested by a 3 year old and its gameplay decisions were taken by a commitee of clowns

    The good:
    -Build variety and rpg elements are very well implemented
    -The timing in combat is very good and fair (remark "THE TIMING)"
    -Very good, immersive and innovative level design, moreso for the time it was released
    -I actually like the mechanic of having to clear the whole area before the boss once you died, it makes the game more punishing without ruining the gameplay experience

    The bad:
    -One of the worst physic engines ever to be seen in the history of gaming, it makes the game a pain to play with how much what you see is different from what's happening with the hitboxes, to the point where it's plain unfair with bosses like Centipede Demon or Gaping Dragon
    -Incredibly outdated and poorly optimized UI, accompanied with some terrible controls
    -Ineffective and plain terrible balance, I truly can't understand how trivially easy and simple some bosses are and how infernally unfair some others are (The Gargoyles, also known as: GET GANKED WITH NO COUNTERPLAY, THE BOSS)
    -One of the most horrible boss rosters to be witnessed by mankind, the bosses are riddled with problems and terrible design choices that make them disgustingly bad, ranging from the cancerous rng ridden Bed of Chaos and Gwyn (with whom you have to rely on the AI randomly choosing to hit you with the slow attack instead of the fast attack, which is unparryable due to its speed, 8 times in a row after having knocked him to the ground), to bosses which rely on the game's most appaling weakness (PHYSICS) like the Gaping Dragon, Centipede Demon or Seath (boss that actually becomes trivial when you stand on the right spot because you literally become invulnerable to its spikes) to "GET GANKED NERD" territory with nefarious **** like the Four Kings and the Gargoyles (which, don't get me wrong, double bosses are not a bad thing, Ornstein and Smough are actually the only good and well thought-out boss in the game, since they did a good implementation of a 1v2 combat which is at the same time fair and very difficult). Truly 99% of Dark Souls' bosses are appaling, except the aforementioned Ornstein and Smough which is the only good boss, and the Iron Golem, which is fair but its difficulty wasn't implemented to its fullest, making it a trivially easy boss.

    Probably the worst sin of this game is being shamelessly blind to its own weaknesses, gameplay choices were made as if the physics motor was actually top-tier, when in reality what you end up with is Queelag dealing you the same damage with its explosion if you're at melee range or at the last pixel of its radius, or the Gaping Dragon doing 3x damage to you when walking with its shamelessly inaccurate hitbox (with my friends we actually call him the shoe box because that) than when he stomps you with his ten thousand teeth.
    Dark Souls has the potential to be a good game, but it's a laughably, vomitingly bad product with a few promising glimpses of glory.    … Expand
  3. ikearagao
    Jul 25, 2018
    4
    Such a disappointment to see that only few things were changed.
    Besides the key biding being decent for a pc game, nothing actually changed besides a few textures that look like the original game with 3 or 4 mods.
    So much room for potential went missing, such as fixing the backstab in PvP, weapon balancement, some enemies placement...the list goes on. This is a lazy cash grab that    Such a disappointment to see that only few things were changed.
    Besides the key biding being decent for a pc game, nothing actually changed besides a few textures that look like the original game with 3 or 4 mods.
    So much room for potential went missing, such as fixing the backstab in PvP, weapon balancement,
    some enemies placement...the list goes on.
    This is a lazy cash grab that feels like the same game but much more expensive.
    At least they come with the dlc, which is nice    … Expand
  4. Zquaranteneuf
    Apr 4, 2023
    4
    Remaster is okay but this game feels incredibly dated. I thought Demon Souls was clunky and hard to get used to, but this one takes the cake. Doesn't even have the decency to give you a bonfire after a boss. Enemy spamming, convoluted level design, off-putting difficulty curve, some vague mechanics... yeah.. pre-Bloodborne Fromsoft makes for a very rude experience. The rest is stellarRemaster is okay but this game feels incredibly dated. I thought Demon Souls was clunky and hard to get used to, but this one takes the cake. Doesn't even have the decency to give you a bonfire after a boss. Enemy spamming, convoluted level design, off-putting difficulty curve, some vague mechanics... yeah.. pre-Bloodborne Fromsoft makes for a very rude experience. The rest is stellar though. Don't get me wrong, this has nothing to do with the inherent difficulty, and I understand DS's importance in videogame history, but let's be real: Fromsoft has improved significantly in all regards since then, and elevated the genre from this sluggish beginning to actual masterfully crafted games.… Expand
  5. StarkAgentos
    Mar 4, 2022
    4
    Спустя час игры я случайно пришёл в старую локацию и застрял там, мне тупо не дают выбраться. Графон ужасный и настроить его даже никак нельзя. Геймплей сложный, интерфейс непонятный. Я не могу никак экипировать щит.
  6. Sadomas
    Aug 2, 2022
    4
    The game itself is great, but turning off online finishes off this game. Okay, but why was DS3 offline online?
  7. Gusta27
    Jan 6, 2023
    4
    The first Souls Saga game is incredible, but its remastering is somewhat poorly done and does not deliver a good graphic for its launch year "2018", the same game with nothing changed, only a more polished world, could be better .
  8. Accord
    Sep 28, 2021
    3
    The game was sold to us for the second time with minimal changes.
    vanila version with DSfix the best!
  9. Serio
    Mar 23, 2019
    3
    Dark Souls punishes you for not knowing things you have no way of knowing yet. Punishment is performed by excessively wasting your time.

    Things that you have no way of knowing yet but will punish you come in many variants: - walking in the wrong direction (wrong-level areas, missing a checkpoint (which are sometimes hidden)) - traps and ambushes along the way - spending exp/souls on    Dark Souls punishes you for not knowing things you have no way of knowing yet. Punishment is performed by excessively wasting your time.

    Things that you have no way of knowing yet but will punish you come in many variants:
    - walking in the wrong direction (wrong-level areas, missing a checkpoint (which are sometimes hidden))
    - traps and ambushes along the way
    - spending exp/souls on bad stats or weapons
    - basic rules of combat (invincibility frames, parrying, invasions, armour usefulness, enemy turn speed, some hitboxes)
    - behaviour of never before encountered enemies
    - enemy weaknesses
    - strategies that feel like they shouldn't be this effective in the first place
    - which enemies to better run past

    You'll get punished for not knowing this by either:
    - having to redo the last couple of minutes (this you will spend most of your time on)
    - wasting hours being in an area you have no business being in
    - having a weak character for the rest of the game
    - getting angry for having no way of having knowledge in advance how to circumvent the punishment
    - wondering if the designers of the game are actually trying to make your life worse
    - doubting if trying again is worth your time in the first place

    To fill the knowledge gaps needed to succeed you either use trial and error or one of the numerous guides which make most parts of the game easy and which most players seem to use. A big portion of the fun of exploration is destroyed by using guides but there is no fun in unfairly getting punished either so you have to pick your poison. In retrospect I regret not using a guide more willingly because it seems like a requirement to have insider knowledge about some aspects of the game (i.e. finding a certain door). If you look stuff up though then you miss out on probably the best part of the game which is the atmosphere of maneuvering through an unknown, grand and hostile world.

    Indeed the game world doesn't want the player to succeed which is surprisingly an interesting concept. It enforces a narrative of the player progressing against all odds by beating monstrous bosses and enduring senseless hardships by strength of will. This is funnily enough the beauty of Dark Souls.
    You will encounter a lot of reviews praising its difficulty from players who were captivated by this narrative and somehow didn't mind all those hours wasted by getting unfairly punished. But if you don't need a self-esteem boost or get one by enduring hardships and value your time then I can not recommend this game to you.
    Don't let your judgement be clouded by people telling you, you are bad for quitting. They might just be justifying having endured the punishments themselves. Most will quit this game and most will do so for good reasons.    … Expand
  10. Sualp
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    Normally its a good game but pc port isn that good. Also you guys calling this a remaster? Better say "dsfix but 40$". This game deserved a good remaster but you know FromSoftware...
  11. EnkiteGames
    Jan 1, 2019
    3
    Combat is very boring, graphics are okay. Very generic story, and boring, unlikable characters.
  12. oddysee
    May 25, 2018
    2
    It's a first patch to a good game in 6 years.
    The changes are minor, bugs has not been fixed.
    Almost the same results can be achieved via free DSFix.
    Great and very hard work for $20!
  13. Soulslayer2323
    Sep 1, 2020
    2
    It's lazily developed, just another cheap remastered game, they've just changed the textures and added some ugly AA effects with DOF and Motion Blur. You can mod the PTDE and get a better looking game than this so called 'remastered version'. The only thing that changed is the textures. Animations, AI behavior and tracking are worse, hitboxes are still bad. Is it really that hard to putIt's lazily developed, just another cheap remastered game, they've just changed the textures and added some ugly AA effects with DOF and Motion Blur. You can mod the PTDE and get a better looking game than this so called 'remastered version'. The only thing that changed is the textures. Animations, AI behavior and tracking are worse, hitboxes are still bad. Is it really that hard to put more effort into it? If you are not going to fix it or make it better, release your modding tools so the modders can fix it and do a better job than your so called 'remastered' version. I was expecting a DSI game on DSIII engine. Swapping textures, adding ugly screen effects and putting a high price will never make it a remastered version. You'd be better off with the PTDE.… Expand
  14. Aidelweiss
    Dec 5, 2022
    2
    Graphic wise this change little to nothing, they cant even do the estus icon right like ds3. Honestly i would just play the original prepare to die edition, and then they deleted it from the store.

    They only thing they did right is that blighttown no longer become powerpoint presentation.
  15. coldasStone
    Jan 28, 2021
    1
    This is Worst Remastered
    Prepare to die Edition had Unique Graphics vibe and mood
    But Remastered version has nothing there
    too weak Depth of field effects was so Bad.
    too bright and bad feeling cartoon .. graphics
    and you have 1 more big Problem
    that is xbox controller not working Bug. its so annoying too.
    finally
    I regret buying this game and
    im so dissappointed to FromSoftware
  16. malcolm22
    Nov 24, 2018
    1
    The game would be a 9/10 aside from the handful of awful buggy experiences steadily paced throughout the game.

    1. Anor Londo silver archers 2. Catacombs wheel skeletons 3. Bed of Chaos! This kindof stuff is unforgivable in modern gaming. There's no excuse to have excruciating buggy instant fall death experiences requiring lengthy runback in 2018. If you remaster a game, you    The game would be a 9/10 aside from the handful of awful buggy experiences steadily paced throughout the game.

    1. Anor Londo silver archers
    2. Catacombs wheel skeletons
    3. Bed of Chaos!

    This kindof stuff is unforgivable in modern gaming. There's no excuse to have excruciating buggy instant fall death experiences requiring lengthy runback in 2018. If you remaster a game, you should fix the god-awful **** It's such a shame that a fantastic game is riddled with these brutally dumb experiences. 1/10 for colossally moronic decision making to keep these things in. Just get gud right? Thanks for a great game with scatted garbage that 99% of players will find a bad time.    … Expand
  17. throokerz
    May 25, 2018
    1
    This is one of the most lazy and disgusting 'remasters' I have ever seen. Dark Souls is one of, if not my favorite game of all time, but the PC port was so ATROCIOUS that a patch came out fixing it the day it released. For 6 years FROM didn't even bother fixing it, relying instead on the community to fix it for free. Now 6 years later they are finally releasing a patch to fix the game,This is one of the most lazy and disgusting 'remasters' I have ever seen. Dark Souls is one of, if not my favorite game of all time, but the PC port was so ATROCIOUS that a patch came out fixing it the day it released. For 6 years FROM didn't even bother fixing it, relying instead on the community to fix it for free. Now 6 years later they are finally releasing a patch to fix the game, would be good news if it wasn't $20! And then they have the NERVE to call it a 'remaster,' cause obviously fixing a game 6 years later makes it a remaster now. And the worst part is they took the original OFF of steam, so if you want to buy it, you gotta pay more money, AND not have access to many mods that were created for the original version. It gets 1 point because it IS an amazing game, but this disgusting lazy $20 patch deserves no more. Please don't support this practice for games in the future by buying this, we don'r want other companies to do this!… Expand
  18. beko0o
    Dec 1, 2022
    1
    zor oyunsun kanka tamam tebrikler diğer tüm souls ları oynadım ama beni hile yapmaya ikna eden tek oyun bu oldu tekbrikler tekrardan
  19. MadclownJack
    Jun 4, 2018
    0
    You release a broken port, sell it, refuse to fix anything in it and BAN anyone using third party fixes, and then forget it even exists.

    Fast forward a few years, you release the same port, change virtually nothing except it has a more stable framerate, and then DARE to ask for money from the very people you sold your broken A$$ port, the same ones you left to deal with your faulty    You release a broken port, sell it, refuse to fix anything in it and BAN anyone using third party fixes, and then forget it even exists.

    Fast forward a few years, you release the same port, change virtually nothing except it has a more stable framerate, and then DARE to ask for money from the very people you sold your broken A$$ port, the same ones you left to deal with your faulty product? I have to ask, how Fu**ing stupid are the people behind this plan? No. Screw that. Go to hell Namco Bandai people. Go straight to hell with this.    … Expand
  20. Jenne
    Dec 15, 2018
    0
    Shameless, insulting, infuriating. When it comes to one of the best videogames ever created, PC players are treated like a dirty peasant crowd. First Bamco gives us maybe the laziest and most insulting console port ever and 6 years later it tries to sell us a patch for 40 dollars. Do they think they can get away with anything? Yes they can because a lot of players are actually praisingShameless, insulting, infuriating. When it comes to one of the best videogames ever created, PC players are treated like a dirty peasant crowd. First Bamco gives us maybe the laziest and most insulting console port ever and 6 years later it tries to sell us a patch for 40 dollars. Do they think they can get away with anything? Yes they can because a lot of players are actually praising this...product, especially the journalist because of course they do.… Expand
  21. Veska
    Jun 2, 2018
    0
    We need to crack down on "the remastar" ... Get out "Prepare the die edition" from the store Steam, so we can get more money for something, which the community repaired years ago.
  22. Darius_84
    Nov 11, 2018
    0
    Cashgrab.
    These companies should go hoeing the dirt instead of selling videogames (or anything else tbh)
  23. Grimlock047
    Oct 30, 2018
    0
    The original Dark Souls release was an extremely lazy and broken console port. Immediately after the game's release a fan released a patch to fix some of the embarrassing issues with the game.

    All these years neither the developer nor the publisher bothered to lift a finger to fix their product until they wanted more money. Then they released the same game fixing the errors that they    The original Dark Souls release was an extremely lazy and broken console port. Immediately after the game's release a fan released a patch to fix some of the embarrassing issues with the game.

    All these years neither the developer nor the publisher bothered to lift a finger to fix their product until they wanted more money. Then they released the same game fixing the errors that they should have corrected from the start, including what the "DSfix" patch did for them.

    Completely shameless and embarrassing, they should take some notes from the developers of Red Faction Guerrilla who not only fixed and re-released their game twice to keep it playable on current systems but they did it for free for people that had ALREADY PURCHASED THEIR PRODUCT.    … Expand
  24. MzMazzaire
    May 25, 2018
    0
    First of all, I never owned/played the PC port due to technical issues in the original version (all of which are fixed by a fan-made patch).

    And second: honestly, I think it's a poor move on Namco Bandai's part to ask those that already bought the original PC port (that they already paid for years ago) to pay a little extra money (even though discounted) to upgrade it to a remastered    First of all, I never owned/played the PC port due to technical issues in the original version (all of which are fixed by a fan-made patch).

    And second: honestly, I think it's a poor move on Namco Bandai's part to ask those that already bought the original PC port (that they already paid for years ago) to pay a little extra money (even though discounted) to upgrade it to a remastered version, only for those people to feel that they're repurchasing the same PC port all over again. I mean, come on, at least offer the remastered patch free of charge!

    All I can say is, if you want to play Dark Souls Remastered (and never played the original Dark Souls before), you're better off just getting the console versions or wait for the Switch port (like what I'm doing right now, if it's good enough, of course!). Just stay away from the PC port unless if you don't mind re-buying the same thing again.    … Expand
  25. Zaganul
    May 25, 2018
    0
    Lazy cash grab. This should not be tolerated, even if its Dark souls. Very dissapointing.
  26. Daft5031
    May 26, 2018
    0
    This is insulting. Dark Souls ''Remastered'' it's just a really expesive patch for the original game.
  27. igortessele
    May 27, 2018
    0
    My favorite game of all time... but this remaster its a completely joke. Besides that, they remove the original prepare to die for sale, demanding to buy a game from 2010 with a minor patch (that they entitled REMASTER) for a ridcously high price. Why instead of doing this **** you guys dont make a remaster for demons souls, putting the game in all plataforms with high resolutions? NeverMy favorite game of all time... but this remaster its a completely joke. Besides that, they remove the original prepare to die for sale, demanding to buy a game from 2010 with a minor patch (that they entitled REMASTER) for a ridcously high price. Why instead of doing this **** you guys dont make a remaster for demons souls, putting the game in all plataforms with high resolutions? Never got a chance to play, because of the exclusivity… Expand
  28. JesseHonig
    Nov 20, 2018
    0
    I'd never thought I'd ever give a game a '0' score. And never had I thought it would be one of my favourite games, Dark Souls. But it is just what this game is. It's nothing. It's a few UI changes, a few texture updates, but ALL the bugs are still there. Almost everything is the same. It's basically a 6-year delayed path, for the ludicrous price of €40.-
    This 'game' is a absolute    I'd never thought I'd ever give a game a '0' score. And never had I thought it would be one of my favourite games, Dark Souls. But it is just what this game is. It's nothing. It's a few UI changes, a few texture updates, but ALL the bugs are still there. Almost everything is the same. It's basically a 6-year delayed path, for the ludicrous price of €40.-
    This 'game' is a absolute moneygrab, and that from one of the greatest franchises ever.    … Expand
  29. Arco351
    Dec 4, 2018
    0
    They did not fix not even one of the bugs that ruin this game and the framerate is tied to the game speed, plus they changed the online estus mechanics, so don't say "is just a remastered, they can't change the gameplay" when they actually did.
  30. abaduba
    Oct 25, 2020
    0
    Probably the most overrated video game of all time.

    The graphics are a joke. There is no music. The gameplay is repetitive, stupid and boring. The customization changes absolutely nothing about the character other than the fact a class can shoot a fireball and the others can't. I can't say much about the story other than the fact I couldn't care less about it. I can't believe    Probably the most overrated video game of all time.

    The graphics are a joke.
    There is no music.
    The gameplay is repetitive, stupid and boring.
    The customization changes absolutely nothing about the character other than the fact a class can shoot a fireball and the others can't.
    I can't say much about the story other than the fact I couldn't care less about it.

    I can't believe there are people out there who can enjoy a game like this. There is not a single redeeming factor about this pile of garbage.    … Expand
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#32 Best PC Game of 2018
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#14 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Jul 18, 2018
    85
    Remastered edition is mostly made for new players, but it is still Dark Souls, one of the best action RPG-s in history.
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  2. Jeuxvideo.com
    Jun 23, 2018
    80
    This Dark Souls Remastered targets people who played the original game on console, or the ones who never played it before. It’s still one of a kind game, but this remastered version is definitely too lazy.
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  3. The Overpowered Noobs
    Jun 21, 2018
    60
    Dark Souls: Remastered can almost barely be considered a remastered title for PC gamers and, while it provides some increase in graphics and quality of life improvements, these additions are largely negligible unless you’re a dedicated multiplayer fan. Despite this fact, Dark Souls is still an amazing game that is worth playing through more than once, and there’s a lot here for gamers who’ve never played through the first title in the Souls series.
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