Dark Souls Remastered

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  1. ivanbgalzira
    Mar 31, 2023
    4
    Sé que a muchos os gustaría dar dislike a mi opinión. Voy a darla como alguien que se ha iniciado en Elden Ring recientemente, e incluso ha sacado su platino. Dark Souls es un mal juego, una basura sobrevalorada. No existe dificultad, es desequilibrio. Incluso es prácticamente imposible pasar del segundo boss, las dos gárgolas del campanario. No tiene sentido que un enemigo común te quiteSé que a muchos os gustaría dar dislike a mi opinión. Voy a darla como alguien que se ha iniciado en Elden Ring recientemente, e incluso ha sacado su platino. Dark Souls es un mal juego, una basura sobrevalorada. No existe dificultad, es desequilibrio. Incluso es prácticamente imposible pasar del segundo boss, las dos gárgolas del campanario. No tiene sentido que un enemigo común te quite media barra de salud de un golpe. Una de las peores cosas que tiene, es que cada vez que mueres en un boss, tienes que aparecer en una hoguera demasiado lejos, punto negativo que comparten todos los souls a mi parecer. Tanto costaría poner un menú al morir para poder reintentar el combate directamente? Aparecer a 5 minutos de volver a entrar al boss no aporta nada, solo es perder el tiempo y concretamente los enemigos del camino vuelven a reaparecer y seguramente llegarás tocado de vida al boss o con menos pociones de las que deberías. Esto se puede permitir una vez o dos, pero cuando llevas 50 intentos en un boss creedme que es muy frustrante, y en serio que no es el primer juego de From que juego. Los gráficos son muy mediocres y malos, aún para ser un juego de 2012, que existen juegos de esa época con gráficos mucho más decentes. Las armas y armaduras parecen de cartón, eso sí, las tuyas, porque las de los enemigos son de adamantium. Para colmo muchísimas veces mueres de manera injusta, cuando has esquivado un ataque pero el juego detecta que no y te inflinge el daño, y en muchas ocasiones esto te lleva a perder el combate. Es un juego más frustrante y mal hecho que difícil en sí, y si consideráis dificultad que un enemigo común te mate de dos toques, en serio, no tiene nada que ver con dificultad de la IA ni cosas semejantes, es una "dificlultad" vacía y sin sentido. En fin, sé que muchos odiaréis lo que he escrito, pero en el fondo sabéis de que algunos de los aspectos que he escrito los compartiréis. Me alegro de que podáis disfrutar un juego así, pero después de llevar muchos años como jugador, esto me parece muy malo, mediocre en muchos sentidos y sobrevalorado.… Expand
  2. proj666
    Oct 24, 2022
    4
    I had to try it because everyone was talking about how great and exceptional dark soul is. The problem is that the game aged poorly. First of, it’s annoying to try and figure out where you have the gone until you complete the whole section and get block to realize that this section was for later in the game. Running through the world is bothersome because the shortcut don’t make you goI had to try it because everyone was talking about how great and exceptional dark soul is. The problem is that the game aged poorly. First of, it’s annoying to try and figure out where you have the gone until you complete the whole section and get block to realize that this section was for later in the game. Running through the world is bothersome because the shortcut don’t make you go faster to where you want be. You still have to run miles and miles to reach your location with shortcut. The story is nonexistent because it focus more on telling the lire than to write anything concrete… Expand
  3. Karai
    Aug 14, 2022
    2
    one of the worst game ever made.
    Only grathic and lore make me to play this shi...
    Worts camera, inventory etc.
    dont buy it.
  4. Adanali
    Apr 17, 2022
    0
    DONT forget your old games bandai namco we want servers we want online you cant force we to buy elden ring
  5. Dwideshrude1
    Apr 7, 2022
    0
    Wow. Just...no. Literally not even close to playable. Sad. Sad. Not sure ive played a worse game. There is so much unnaceptable jank in this awful excuse for a "game"(well really it's an elaborate prank, just a series of literal jump scare pranks and jokes on the player), for example, the enemies can hit you through walls through pure buggy mechanics. Even sycophants will admit this isWow. Just...no. Literally not even close to playable. Sad. Sad. Not sure ive played a worse game. There is so much unnaceptable jank in this awful excuse for a "game"(well really it's an elaborate prank, just a series of literal jump scare pranks and jokes on the player), for example, the enemies can hit you through walls through pure buggy mechanics. Even sycophants will admit this is unacceptable. The player isnt allowed to hit enemies through walls. The rolling direction is broken, the camera sucks ass, the input queuing is sloppy, the etcetera etcetera **** Un. Ac. Ceptable. From a "remaster".… Expand
  6. Shunior
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    El mal diseño de niveles y el control roto se mantuvo en ese remaster sacado por el mismísimo Belzebu.
  7. Dibalin
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    Отсутствует полная русская локализация. Нет озвучки!
  8. Ingleberg
    May 2, 2021
    0
    it's not a challenge, it's a buggy mess with some of the worst programming i've ever seen. just because some people like to google cheese strategies does not make this a good game. if you have to cheese, then you have a bad game. plain and simple. this game is bad bad bad bad bad bad bad. i'd rather play ET.
  9. Gorza10
    Apr 19, 2021
    1
    Trash......................................................................
  10. lSAGGERl
    Mar 3, 2021
    0
    Podían haber mejorado ciertas cosas que propuso la comunidad pero nada quitando 4 texturas y los 60 frames es lo mismo reempaquetado y revendido. No hacen caso a la comunidad, los usuarios no les importan.
  11. Ozzie6996
    Jan 13, 2021
    1
    What a **** game ,what a **** controls .Dont play this game unless you want to get cancer
  12. PulaMare69
    Jan 8, 2021
    0
    sa va dau la muieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    Sa mio sugeti
    va iau familia an pula
  13. Blaze205
    Dec 9, 2020
    4
    Plz note this may have spoilers. i am gonna be honest i did not like this game at all. It sucked i have played all dark souls games and loved them all but this is crap. i beat the game and can say it is not a fine wine. The areas are boring and majority of bosses suck the only decent boss in the game is ornestein and smough. The final boss is trash gwynn is bad the only good thing aboutPlz note this may have spoilers. i am gonna be honest i did not like this game at all. It sucked i have played all dark souls games and loved them all but this is crap. i beat the game and can say it is not a fine wine. The areas are boring and majority of bosses suck the only decent boss in the game is ornestein and smough. The final boss is trash gwynn is bad the only good thing about the fight is the pling pling plong. what i hate is that once you beat the game it takes you automatically into ng plus which is dumb. the npcs suck the only good one is lautrec. Also wtf is bed of chaos. What kind of remaster is this sh££ the graphics look the same and all the buggy sh££ is still there. What the f is this crap i do not recommend. People complain about ds2 but this sh££ is 10 times worse. Also a boss fight called four kings for some reason makes you fight 6. The only somewhat decent area is freaking anor londo everywhere else sucks. tomb of the giants is trash lost izalith is trash senns fortress is trash practically the entire game is trash. This remaster is terrible. Also gwyndolin is the defintion of hallway simulator. The ai of the enemies is retarded and who the f made blightown as an area. 70 percent of all the bosses are all reskins wtf. one thing i hate about ds 1 is that you cannot teleport to bonfires unless you reach the halfway point and beat ornestein and smough and the firekeeper is retarded. to conclude i despise this game.… Expand
  14. ReedYT
    Nov 8, 2020
    0
    It’s too hard :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
  15. RwolfBonerush
    Sep 28, 2020
    0
    From software isn’t a game developers, they are a company dedicated to trolling a fan base that wants to be cheated out of progress at every turn. I love a good challenge, but dark souls is a hack.
  16. StevenTieson
    Jul 9, 2020
    0
    The game is hard for the sake of it.
    Not actually that fun
    The story is poorly told
    The graphics are quite average
    I really do not see what the hype is all about
    Go play Devil May Cry or Dante's Inferno. Way better games
  17. Domenikohs
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    Una obra maestra en mi opinion, excelente jugabilidad, historia intrigante, un mundo oscuro y profundo, combates contra jefes monstruosos e inolvidables. Como juego es excelente, pero pudieron aprovechar para hacer un poco más de contenido.
    Y una cosa más: NO ES TAN DIFICIL, solo requiere un poco de tiempo y esfuerzo.
  18. 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.    … Expand
  19. Saselpipero333
    Oct 10, 2019
    0
    Los fans tienen que aprender a no confiarse de Sony y sus payasadas de promesas. Desgraciadamente, todos somos PIPEROSSSS!!!!
  20. Jenne
    Oct 2, 2018
    0
    The laziest, greediest and most cynical remaster I've ever seen. Unfortunately it's a remaster of the most glorious game ever made. Over the years the community gathered a huge pile of ideas how to improve the game, how to make an "Ultimate Edition". Bamco included only a handful of these ideas and this remaster is far, far from ultimate. In fact the changes are barely perceptible. I couldThe laziest, greediest and most cynical remaster I've ever seen. Unfortunately it's a remaster of the most glorious game ever made. Over the years the community gathered a huge pile of ideas how to improve the game, how to make an "Ultimate Edition". Bamco included only a handful of these ideas and this remaster is far, far from ultimate. In fact the changes are barely perceptible. I could safely ignore this abomination if I knew we'll get a true remaster in the future. But if it turns out this is the only remaster of Dark Souls we'll ever get, I'll hate Bamco beyond my grave.… Expand
  21. diggityd2713
    Sep 14, 2018
    4
    Im playing this game as someone who has over 200hrs in Bloodborne and beat the core game of DS3 but not Ringed City or Ashes of Ariendel...

    Dark Souls aged like a corpse and not like a wine. I can appreciate the foundations that it brought to its successors but the game its self is just not the masterpiece the kool-aid drinking fanboys want the world to believe. Getting caught on the    Im playing this game as someone who has over 200hrs in Bloodborne and beat the core game of DS3 but not Ringed City or Ashes of Ariendel...

    Dark Souls aged like a corpse and not like a wine. I can appreciate the foundations that it brought to its successors but the game its self is just not the masterpiece the kool-aid drinking fanboys want the world to believe. Getting caught on the environment corners while getting pegged by enemies are not assets of a world breaking classic. Cheesing a dragon by shooting at its tail to move forward does not make me as a player think "wow this is top tier enemy design". Clunky combat, spamming backstabs, and poorly "remastered textures" that look like a copy paste of 2012 without polishing all of the above stated makes me feel like I just flushed $40 down the abyss with Artorious and the rest. I know people see Demons Souls as the unpolished "Deer Hunter" to the Dark Souls "Silence of the Lambs" but lets be honest, the Soulsborne archetype gets gud with Bloodborne, when we all aren't hiding behind our shields and spamming and cheating a game that will cheat you with cheap deaths, when combat is fluid and exhilarating and defeating bosses feels rewarding rather than just a feeling of relief to be done with it all.    … Expand
  22. Bloodborne666
    Aug 19, 2018
    1
    I compared the ps4 remaster to my ps3 version first hand on my tv switching between the two versions. The remaster is atrocious looking and is literally missing textures.

    Sure, the remaster It's 60 fps but they washed out the details and lighting. The frame rate now drops in areas it never dropped before like certain boss fights. It's UGLY. Everything looks sanded down. Such an amazing    I compared the ps4 remaster to my ps3 version first hand on my tv switching between the two versions. The remaster is atrocious looking and is literally missing textures.

    Sure, the remaster It's 60 fps but they washed out the details and lighting. The frame rate now drops in areas it never dropped before like certain boss fights. It's UGLY. Everything looks sanded down. Such an amazing bummer as this is one of my favorite games of all time. A seriously botched job.    … Expand
  23. Vankip
    Jul 12, 2018
    0
    Laziest remaster i ever seen. Сomplete rip of on fan's feelings. Just compare with the Shadow of Collosus for the same price! Full remake vs 1080р and 60 fps LOL
  24. JonnyMenthol
    Jul 1, 2018
    3
    I would give this a 7, maybe even an 8 or a 9 if everything was done well and PVP worked but as the developers need to get the message that a "remaster" of this poor quality is unacceptable, especially at this price point when we are getting remasters like Crash and spyro TRILOGIES for cheaper or the fantastic Shadow of the collosus which are remastered properly and now just graphicalI would give this a 7, maybe even an 8 or a 9 if everything was done well and PVP worked but as the developers need to get the message that a "remaster" of this poor quality is unacceptable, especially at this price point when we are getting remasters like Crash and spyro TRILOGIES for cheaper or the fantastic Shadow of the collosus which are remastered properly and now just graphical updates but game changing improvements over the originals. I don't expect Darksouls to be done that well but I do expect it to be above a noticeable level, particularly so I don't notice the flaws with any glitches or broken aspects from the base game to be fixed.

    It also goes beyond just a poor overhaul but certain things simply being broken now, such as PvP which is unbalanced, unfair and being taken advantage of in the worst of ways. Very little is done, even on the surface to warrant the price here and DS fix was a much better option for free on PC. Here on console this is simply a HD port with little done to fix bugs, revamp areas or rework some of the poor aspects of the game. There is many quality of life things that could have been added from DS3 that feel odd to have been left out at this price point.

    If you can find a PC code for the original just buy that and download DS fix, modders done it better for free.

    It pretty fun and some nice nostalgia until the longer you play and you realize just how little has been done, how bad some of the mid game to late game areas are compared to souls standards since BB/DS3 and just how ridiculously broken PVP is.

    If Demon souls is up for a remaster which I'm sure it will be, then the devs need to get the message that they must do better, please don't reward this laziness.    … Expand
  25. JimmyBaginski
    Jun 24, 2018
    0
    As a guy who would credit DaS as the game that singularly reignited my love of video gaming, it's hard to see it prostituted for a quick buck in such a lazy and disrespectful manner.

    1. It looks worse. The textures are bland, dull and plasticy. The original game was grainy and weathered in such a beautifully rustic and authentic way. It had charm/atmosphere for days. But, all this dark    As a guy who would credit DaS as the game that singularly reignited my love of video gaming, it's hard to see it prostituted for a quick buck in such a lazy and disrespectful manner.

    1. It looks worse. The textures are bland, dull and plasticy. The original game was grainy and weathered in such a beautifully rustic and authentic way. It had charm/atmosphere for days. But, all this dark beauty has been downgraded for lifeless, washed out visuals to save on CPU, maybe. I hope so, because if this WAS an artistic choice then they really **** up. Big time. The armour, shields especially look more like toys you'd use with a little miniture figureen you'd play with as a kid. It looks that bad. Really dissapointed. A few torches and some weeds that sway about a bit are o consolation for what it's taken away.

    2. The price is astronomically high for what is a remaster with more cons than pros. You're getting very little for 35 pounds if you're a veteran,  especially. If you are a newbie then you won't know you're being stiffed. But I'll just say this to any newbs reading this now: get an old Xbox 360, download it or get the original on disk and play that. You'll save cash and you'll experience the clunky, yet beautiful original as it was without getting **** in the arse. Suffer through its flaws, because nothing beats your first run of this masterpiece. Don't spoil all its charm by shelling out for a shiny, superficial facimile of a masterpiece. Put up with **** framerate here and there and just go for it.

    3. From/Bandai/Industry reviewers should all be ashamed of themselves for selling us this **** But, they're all bound by one motivating factor: money. You're money, to be precise! I spent mine so you don't have to. Follow step 2 to avoid feeding this mockery of an industry practice. Folks saying "don't buy it if you don't like it". Well, genius, I bought to see what it was like. Now, I got to see it for my damn self I can hate on it and pre-warn others as to its lack of true value.    … Expand
  26. shiftyman
    Jun 22, 2018
    0
    For anyone who wasn’t sure, remaster means, “hey look we want your money with minimal effort and expenditure”. Of course the majority of the programmed drone gaming community fall for it every time. This is just another pathetic cash grabber, aimed at the loyal yet brain dead fans of yet another classic game, that should’ve been just left in a by gone era. Put this in the trash can, withFor anyone who wasn’t sure, remaster means, “hey look we want your money with minimal effort and expenditure”. Of course the majority of the programmed drone gaming community fall for it every time. This is just another pathetic cash grabber, aimed at the loyal yet brain dead fans of yet another classic game, that should’ve been just left in a by gone era. Put this in the trash can, with other classic cash grab remastered rubbish like, Skyrim and Shadow of the Colossus, to name a couple, if you’re going to buy these rip offs, just wait 6 months, for the 70% of sale when it’s somwwhat worth it. Don’t pay full price to these parasite devs and publishers.… Expand
  27. seagseag123
    Jun 8, 2018
    0
    Dark Souls = cheaters, cheaters = Dark Souls!
    1st week = 7 out of 10 cheaters,
    2st week = 8 out of 10 cheaters,
    3st week = 10 out of 10 cheaters,
    no playability, 100% disappointment.....
  28. Foyle
    Jun 4, 2018
    0
    I cant say anything positive about dark souls, and i dont know why 1 people would this rate 10 out of 10. this game is absolutly **** in its "balancing". i play almost every RPG, but this is too much of a bad joke. its not even hard to hit a an enemy or something else, its cuz of you get fired and attacked from all sides, it just feel "unfair" und i dont have any fun with it. i know if imI cant say anything positive about dark souls, and i dont know why 1 people would this rate 10 out of 10. this game is absolutly **** in its "balancing". i play almost every RPG, but this is too much of a bad joke. its not even hard to hit a an enemy or something else, its cuz of you get fired and attacked from all sides, it just feel "unfair" und i dont have any fun with it. i know if im bad, but this is not the case i try hard everything but this is the most ridiciouless game design ive ever seen.
    To be honest, dark souls 3 is better in any case and i had lots of more fun.. and ye what should i say? thats why i play games, to have fun.    … Expand
  29. SrHOGDOG
    Jun 1, 2018
    0
    This game used to be my favorite game of all time but I had a feeling that it would feel old and unresponsive (but I still bought it hehe). It is as it says, remastered, but this doesn't mean that it feels like the first year I played it. if you haven't bought this game... my recomendation is DONT. Its a really old game for $40 bucks. Maybe when it's $19.99 it will be worth it.

    Its    This game used to be my favorite game of all time but I had a feeling that it would feel old and unresponsive (but I still bought it hehe). It is as it says, remastered, but this doesn't mean that it feels like the first year I played it. if you haven't bought this game... my recomendation is DONT. Its a really old game for $40 bucks. Maybe when it's $19.99 it will be worth it.

    Its probably a 7 for fans and a 5-6 for new comers but I'm giving it a 0 because I feel that $40 bucks is a d!#%c move.    … Expand
  30. mikelalala
    May 30, 2018
    1
    The only problem with this remaster is it's price. If you are not going to put an effort in updating graphics, controls, maybe something more, then just make an adequate price tag. This remaster is being sold for 40€. Just for comparison, God of War is 60€, which is a completely new, current gen game. For even more comparison, there is Shadow Of The Colossus remake with modern graphics,The only problem with this remaster is it's price. If you are not going to put an effort in updating graphics, controls, maybe something more, then just make an adequate price tag. This remaster is being sold for 40€. Just for comparison, God of War is 60€, which is a completely new, current gen game. For even more comparison, there is Shadow Of The Colossus remake with modern graphics, updated controls and even some new minor locations and items. For 30€.
    What can DS remaster offer? 60fps? It would be ridiculous if 8 years old game would not run at 60 on the new hardware. 4K? Again, it's an 8 years old game from the past gen. Online? They should have fixed that for free 8 years ago. Updated visuals? Nope (I don't think some minor lightning changes and slitghly better textures should be even listed here as a feature). Bugs? C'mon, this remaster even contains the bugs from the original game. So... 40€ for what?
    P.S. Dark Souls as a game itself is a great game (at least 9/10), one of my favorites.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 53 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 53
  3. Negative: 0 out of 53
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    60
    Rather than a remaster, it's a port. It will entertain mainly rock fans who want to have a complete collection on a new console or complete Souls novices. [Issue#287]
  2. Worth Playing
    Sep 26, 2018
    85
    Dark Souls Remastered doesn't make any dramatic changes to its original release several years ago. The struggle to progress is constant, but just as every moment could be another death, it could also be a moment of great triumph and self-accomplishment. Playing at 60fps makes me wonder how I ever managed to play at half of that rate several years ago. It's a beautiful remaster, even if it isn't a complete overhaul. It's a great entry for newcomers or a great walk down memory lane for fans of its original release.
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  3. Gamers Heroes
    Aug 26, 2018
    80
    Dark Souls Remastered has aged well, despite the progress of its successors. Newcomers might fight it abrasive, but it is still worth a pickup for old fans and new alike. Here’s to a release of Demon’s Souls Remastered.
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