Dark Souls Remastered

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1057 Ratings

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  1. 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
  2. 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!
  3. almanaga
    Nov 25, 2018
    10
    Отличный шанс окунуться в эту великолепную атмосферу для тех, кто пропустил в своё время оригинал.
  4. elolugo
    May 30, 2020
    7
    This game is not for everybody. There could have been so much QoL improvements but there aren't
  5. mennybolt
    Oct 15, 2022
    7
    Not one of my favorite. I'm not a big fan of soulsborn anyways. I finished the game. Not too bad combat is really fun even in 2022. Game is not too hard, just overall I'm not a big fan of die bunch of times, get experience and knowledge, try it again, win cycle which is basically soulsborn.
  6. vxnxcxvs
    Dec 10, 2019
    0
    i'll be very short: imagine paying to play a Dark Souls I patch, when the only notable differences between the old and the 'remastered' version is the bonfire fire and now there's portuguese subtitles. And the old bugs still there.
  7. Zetastein
    Dec 25, 2019
    0
    The original dark souls was a really good and well designed game with good level design and fitting difficiulty. Here they lazily decided to only do a remaster even though a remake couls have been very fitting for some of the games big flaws like the really buggy backstabbing mechanic that ruins a lot of the mutiplayer. A remaster though, focuses more on keeping the game as it is andThe original dark souls was a really good and well designed game with good level design and fitting difficiulty. Here they lazily decided to only do a remaster even though a remake couls have been very fitting for some of the games big flaws like the really buggy backstabbing mechanic that ruins a lot of the mutiplayer. A remaster though, focuses more on keeping the game as it is and making the graphics or basic functions better and less buggy.
    Even though they did some of this they also kept and created many bugs while changing the healing system in multiplayer but not changing some of the most obvious gamebreaking bugs..
    The base game is still good but as a remaster this dramatically failed and limited many modding options that already fixed many issues in the pc version.    … Expand
  8. BoomerZoomer
    May 7, 2022
    7
    beat 80% of it and quit its simply isn't fun and a chore also i don't really get dopamine rush from beating bosses i would rather play high rank competitive multiplayer game if i wanted that
  9. Whitelight553
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Una maldita obra de arte, la mejora gráfica con respecto al original puede pasar desapercibida pero es enorme
  10. Knightritonov
    Nov 8, 2021
    0
    -This game feels like its not from 2011, but 2007 (except graaphics)
    -Its hard, because the game FORCES you to use its weekest mechanics-jumping for example.
    -Hardest bosses-1)camera, 2) kick -Many locations are dark as **** (DARK souls, i get it), one wrong step and YOU DIED-thats not challenging, thats annoying. -Week, unsatisfying bosses. Except ornstein and smough. They are cool.    -This game feels like its not from 2011, but 2007 (except graaphics)
    -Its hard, because the game FORCES you to use its weekest mechanics-jumping for example.
    -Hardest bosses-1)camera, 2) kick
    -Many locations are dark as **** (DARK souls, i get it), one wrong step and YOU DIED-thats not challenging, thats annoying.
    -Week, unsatisfying bosses. Except ornstein and smough. They are cool.
    -Some locations are stunning, some fights are epic, but sometimes level disign ruins gameplay, atmosphere...everything.
    -If there was no DS3 or DS at all, maybe 7 or even 8, but for 2018 this game feels like B souls like game.    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. LimpDingus
    Jan 22, 2019
    6
    To begin, I'd like to note this is a review of the game Dark Souls. Not necessarily a review of the remaster itself.
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    There is only one way to truely beat a Soulsborne game, and that is to defeat every boss in the game. After 71hrs, I can say I have finally beaten Dark Souls: Remastered(that includes the Artorias of the Abyss included DLC). Again, I would like to point out that I played    To begin, I'd like to note this is a review of the game Dark Souls. Not necessarily a review of the remaster itself.
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    There is only one way to truely beat a Soulsborne game, and that is to defeat every boss in the game. After 71hrs, I can say I have finally beaten Dark Souls: Remastered(that includes the Artorias of the Abyss included DLC). Again, I would like to point out that I played the Soulsborne games in this order: Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin, and Dark Souls: Remastered.
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    Complaints
    I had some expectations going into this(which you should never do), and because of that, I left the game feeling very disappointed. One of the most disappointing things was the level design. I always heard from everyone how "ingenious", how "amazing", how "insanely awesome" the level design this game had was. However, it must've been nastolgia telling those people that. I haven't seen level design this horrendous in a very long time. I can't tell you how many times the enviornment has gotten me killed. Or how many times I completely missed an area because of poor level design(I would like to again remind you all I have put in 71hrs. I make sure I miss nothing, and I still missed things). While I'm complaing about the level design, I have to mention Lost Izalith and Demon Ruins. These two areas are connected to each other and it feels like the designers gave up halfway through. Demon Ruins has the worst enemy placement in the game with about 12 Taurus Demons and 10 Capra Demons bunched together. This isn't an interesting challenge, it comes across as lazy and uninspired. Lost Izalith is popular with it's poor level design as many people say it's as large as an ocean, but as deep as a puddle. The character control in this game is pretty annoying after playing the newer titles. Unlike in the newer Souls games, your character is slower and responds to player input with slow animations that can easily get you killed. With that being said, the camera comes in the #2 spot for things that got me killed. I can be walking over one of the many narrow walkways in the game and if a wall or arch hits the camera... your character will flick and run right off to their death. Let's get into some PvP complaints starting with the two biggest problems. This game is jam packed with hackers that will invade or summon you, give you an egg head, curse you, get you banned, etc. I figured this remaster would have put some more strict cheat dectection in place, but I guess not. Next is back stabbing, you can say "it's part of Dark Souls 1 and you just need to git gud" all day, but it's broken. My final complaint is of course the bugs and glitches. I wish I had made a list of every bug and glitch I came across, but that would have been too long. One bug that got me killed a ton was clipping though the floor and falling to my death. Another being NPC dialogs getting locked up and unable to continue. Items dropped by killing an enemy have a chance to clip through the floor. Being parried in certain spots(stairs) can make you clip though the floor and fall to your death. There are also a ton of smaller bugs and glitches that I wouldn't say affected my gameplay negatively.
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    Praises
    Dark Souls has quite a handful of flaws, but it also got a bunch of things right. The biggest thing I love about the Soulsborne games is the setting. The beautiful fantasy world they throw you into and the creatures they have you battle against inspired from shows, movies, books, and ancient lore. The music has always added so much more to each of these games and definiately needs to be praised. The score that begins just as you enter a boss fight always gets you into the moment. The music even tells you a little about the boss you're facing, for example, Gwyn's fight. Unlike most other boss battles in the game, Gwyn's music has more of a sad tone, letting you know that there is a deeper story than just going from area to area killing the boss and progressing, it is the end of a great demigod. A very important aspect of the game is enemies and their variety. I am never disappointed when it comes to the enemies in Soulsborne game. There were a slew of new enemies I have never seen in the other titles in Dark Souls: Remastered. Some like the giant rotting dragons, those disgusting lava fly things in Blighttown, the mini boss Hydras. And finally, I have to mention the combat of Dark Souls. This is now my favorite type of combat system of any game I've played. I know each game has done it slighty differently, but it just feels great. It's hard to explain why I like it so much, I'd just say give it a try.    … Expand
  18. 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
  19. TheMitherer
    May 26, 2018
    5
    Just about worth it at half price and the main reason for that is the game is once again very busy, not because of any remastering that's gone on. A huge huge missed opportunity to make a great game a truly outstanding one. Edit - changed my rating from 7 to 5 after realising the matchmaking system is utterly stupid.
  20. Daft5031
    May 26, 2018
    0
    This is insulting. Dark Souls ''Remastered'' it's just a really expesive patch for the original game.
  21. Zaganul
    May 25, 2018
    0
    Lazy cash grab. This should not be tolerated, even if its Dark souls. Very dissapointing.
  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. 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
  26. sgy0003
    May 25, 2018
    6
    This port is for anyone who doesn't own the original, or played later games but not the first one. If you are in either category, then this would be a good opportunity to see what made the first game so good.

    BUT! This is a **** port regardless. Anyone who owns the previous version knows about the dsfix and the improvement it and other visual mods can bring. This is more of an update    This port is for anyone who doesn't own the original, or played later games but not the first one. If you are in either category, then this would be a good opportunity to see what made the first game so good.

    BUT! This is a **** port regardless. Anyone who owns the previous version knows about the dsfix and the improvement it and other visual mods can bring. This is more of an update that you have to pay $20 for. It is essentially the same game, with very little changes. Don't even bother with PVP; it is still a backstab hell    … Expand
  27. 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.
  28. EnkiteGames
    Jan 1, 2019
    3
    Combat is very boring, graphics are okay. Very generic story, and boring, unlikable characters.
  29. 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
  30. Ensaabahnur
    Mar 6, 2019
    10
    Amazing game , smooth framerate,better textures and difficult and rewarding combat, it refines the original release (prepare to die edition) into a near masterpiece. Definitely one of my fav. games !
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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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