DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

Beautiful game. Would recommend if you enjoy suffering and love feet.

Somebody couldn't kill me in the forest before Sif which I normally leave undefeated so I can PvP in the zone. He toggled a hack to kill everything in the zone including me and the boss, I gained the soul even with a closed door to the boss. I spent 100s of hours making this guy and PvPing for fun, that all went down the drain because some guy was upset and the games anti-hack is non existent. Can't even report the guy on steam because recently played with doesn't work on steam, so this guy was just able to ruin my character unless I want to NG+ there is very little areas I can "be invaded" in now. Not the first hacker i've encountered, I've also had over 20 bosses spawned into the forest at once, people being invincible, etc. If you're buying this to re-live some PvP fun do yourself a favor and just don't.

An insult to one of the most influential titles in the videogames industry. Not only did this game butcher the original artwork, it did away with the original release on steam and killed the online community behind dark souls. Video for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2eos3V7jTI

This game is such a timeless masterpiece, even holding up today even with the advent of all these newer soulslike, and fromsoft games (elden ring, sekiro, nightreign), that I come back to enjoy this game every now and then on different platforms I own it on. From the Xbox and the switch, this game has it's charm to bring me, and others back to it. It's satisfying and inspiring that the multiplayer and community for this game is still active as well, from the ringing of the bells above the parish and below blighttown, to all the summonning and invading had throughout, it's all an experience I enjoy and love to see. Even doing the DLC the pvp duelling scene after the artorias arena was still lively and active. I would rate this game a solid 10/10, even today. It's just that good.

Dark Souls 1 is a great game, the remaster is not. A very very small upgrade in quality, and adding features that DSfix has had for 8 years at the point this came out. Shameful.

Completed my first run a month ago, had a little break and going to play this masterpiece again. Really a great game for those who want to experience souls game as a beginner.

After finishing all souls likes from FromSoftware available on PC I can definitely say that it is must to play game. Especially if you have no even slightest experience with souls-likes, it is a great game to start (Dark Soul Remastered was my first souls-like). I can not convey the whole magnificent of this game, especially the first half of IT. It felt like I am in some kind of a fable that make you try it again over and over... Until you beat Ornstein and Smough. Afterwards, it feels like everything is made with haste without sufficient dedication. Even though it have some falls I would definitely recommend to play it. 9/10

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent (If you want better graphics, you can get the Re-Remastered Mod on Nexus. Better lighting and textures.) ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato (You're fine if you have above PC that's younger than 2014.) ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☑ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

Incredible map design but the main game fell off in the second half. The DLC bosses are peak though.

It's difficult for me to say I recommend Dark Souls 1 to many players, it's a harrowing journey that will take everything out of you emotionally and for some, physically. But that struggle you feel to push forward makes your eventual victories the best feelings in the world. Play this game with a clarity in your mind, as it will hit you with all it has and it will hurt if you are not prepared.

Dark Souls: Remastered is a triumphant revival of a brutal masterpiece! The updated visuals breathe new life into Lordran’s hauntingly beautiful world, with smoother performance and crisp textures that make every perilous step visually spectacular. The gameplay remains as punishing and rewarding as ever - tight, deliberate, and deeply satisfying. From the eerie depths of Blighttown to the majestic Anor Londo, every area feels alive and interconnected. The remaster preserves the iconic challenge while improving online features, making co-op and PvP smoother than ever. A must-play for veterans and newcomers ready to embrace the grind. Praise the Sun!

Can’t get enough of playing the first Dark Souls. Always enjoy making a new character and starting a new play through.

A game built on Simpler Times. No 10 hit combos or BS. DS1 is the game that you come back every once and a while and you get reminded how simple BUT how good it is. Came to play it for the first time after finishing Elden Ring and i have to say that i Enjoyed DS1 more for how simple but rewarding it was. 10/10 Would play again when i need a nostalgia classic, <3

actually embarrasing this garbage game. like im glad it did well because it started the souls series but yikes this is a dumpster fire dogshit game the hitboxes in this game ARE BEYOND SCUFFED. enjoy dying to literally nothing all the time scripted input delay, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE FULL STAMINA AND YOU'RE SPAMMING THE ROLL BUTTON you lose omni-directional movement when you lock on to a target. LMAO bed of chaos....

Use this to summon one another as spirits, cross the gaps between the worlds, and engage in jolly co-operation! Oh, hello there. I will stay behind, to gaze at the sun. The sun is a wondrous body. Like a magnificent father! If only I could be so grossly incandescent!

I had no nostalgia or emotional attachment to Dark Souls when I started, but as soon as I finished the game I started a new character to 100% it with. Every part of it is so full of charm in such a unique way, every zone I hated trying to get through I grew to adore once I did. I love the atmosphere of this game to bits. THIS.... is Peak.

Over the years, I've owned and played this game on half a dozen different platforms, spending hundreds of hours, feeling endless amounts of joy and endless amounts of suffering in equal measure. There is no such thing as the "perfect" game; but this game comes so incandescently close. It's well worth the pain, well worth the time, and damn well worth the money. Buy it.

[b] Praise the sun and the birth of Souls-like [/b] The best way to play the original DARK SOULS game. Unlike FROMSOFTWARE's first PC Port (Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition) this game actually runs at 60 FPS (Even in Blight Town) has less issues with multiplayer and doesn't require any mods to make the game more playable. One can only hope that we will one day get Demon's Souls Remake and Bloodborne on PC.

It doesn’t invite you in. It leaves you stranded at the edge of a dying world and forces you to claw your way forward. Every encounter is earned. Every inch of progress is a struggle. And yet, nothing about it feels unfair. It teaches through punishment, guides through failure, and rewards only those who refuse to give up. The remastered visuals give new weight to an already legendary setting. Lordran feels ancient, broken, and haunted. Sunlight pierces fog like a memory of warmth. The ruins are not just places but monuments to lost purpose. The world is dense, connected, and terrifying in its silence. Combat is pure discipline. There is no room for laziness. Every enemy can kill you, and every weapon feels meaningful. Mastery doesn’t come from stats or shortcuts but from understanding movement, distance, timing. Boss fights are tests of everything you’ve learned, and winning them is unforgettable. The story hides beneath the surface. There are no cutscenes to hold your hand. You must read between the lines, listen to cryptic whispers, and piece together a shattered past. What emerges is one of the deepest, most tragic mythologies ever created in a game. Failure is constant. But with each death, you adapt. You learn. You grow. And when you finally triumph, the satisfaction is unmatched. It feels real because it is earned. Dark Souls Remastered is not just a remaster of a classic. It is a reminder of what games can be when they demand more. It is brutal, honest, and completely unforgettable.

Great game, enjoyed it so much that i brought it again 10 years later to experience the pain all over again. Nothing quite scratches the dark souls itch than dark souls. 10/10 would die again.

Altho this game is slower than the other fromsoft games its still great. I love the little details in the game and how they managed to pull such a good world back in 2011, for a game of its age its perfect

A very formative game for my gaming career, this game kicked off an explosion of difficulty within the industry and had people calling other games "souls likes" I remember watching a friend play this game and being astonished at the difficulty and after seeing a boss's health bar I thought it was impossible and I had to play it to see if I could master the game. I would eventually 100% it and go on to play many of From Soft's other titles later down the line. I gave myself the unnecessary challenge of beating all bosses without summoning any other players for help. Nowadays this game is a bit unpolished and clunky, but still worth playing through.

Low hours here cuz I'm not leaving a review on the old Dark Souls version. Yeah if you haven't played Dark Souls yet, you've gotta. It helped create a genre for good reason, and is also a good game so that helps lol. To speak more specifically, a wonderful dark fantasy adventure that allows for versatility in using holy magic, sword and board, arcane spells, or twin daggers and more to traverse a brutal world that tests your mettle at every turn. At times unfair but always incredible, this game is legendary and should be played by everyone at least once.

It's a game that was well ahead of its time. It really was an unforgettable journey. I would implore anyone to give it a try, regardless of skill or familiarity with games. Dark Souls is a hard game, but it is not unfair. If you follow its teachings of persistence, perseverance and simply not giving up despite living in a cold and hostile world, you will be rewarded with moments of insurmountable wonder and catharsis. Simply learn from your experiences, and soon the game will stop feeling like an impassable wall and more of a challenging journey. Praise the sun, may the flames guide thee, and don't you dare go hollow.

The game is legendary, obviously. But it's even better now that you can play it with a friend in Seamless Co-Op. Check out my Co-op review now: https://youtu.be/m6p836_NhmI?si=yp3U5CkblKFhADzN

Amazing remaster of the original and the gameplay itself is amazing. If you have only played elden ring you have to play this. You can get better HD textures more faithful to the PTDE with the RE-remastered mod (make sure to get the pvp overhaul mod to stop hackers from doing bad things to your game that can ruin a play through and allow non balance altering mods like texture mods without getting banned). There is now also a seamless coop mod if you are interested in a better coop experience. Also another amazing fact is that this game supports ultra wide. Fromsoftware please add ultra wide support to all of your other games (only armored core 6 natively supports it besides this title)

One of the best games of all time. In my opinion, Bed of Chaos is overhated and Gwyn is not as good as most people say.

It is always good to consider the classics, and I love this one with my SOUL. It's hart to put into words how much I've learned from this experience. 100% recommended.

Evidently I had a lot of fun even after completing the game multiple times

I made a bad promise with chat, it was the worst decision of my life. Now I have to finish DS2 & DS3. This game made me find out I was a masochist. I was willed into punching a dog, several women, and a gross snake-like Shrek. Carry the flame, praise the sun, rerun the cycle chosen undead.

Great game and greater community!!

It not only lives up to, it exceeds its reputation. 10/10

Recommended. 10/10. Will walk into Anor Londo unprepared again. Dark Souls Remastered isn’t just a game—it’s an experience in perseverance, pattern recognition, and existential dread. Every boss is a riddle, every shortcut a revelation. You don’t play this game so much as you submit to it, get broken down, and reforge yourself over time. Yes, it’s brutal. But it’s also fair...most of the time. The lore is rich if you’re willing to dig, the level design is unmatched, and the atmosphere? Oppressive in the best way. Come for the pain. Stay for the satisfaction of beating Ornstein and Smough after 30 attempts with 0 Estus left and 2HP. Praise the Sun. ☀

love this game, however do not be afraid to look things up on how certain mechanics work. Also if you are struggling with a boss and feel like you are making no progress just go somewhere else. Pretty much every place is fairly accessible and you can do a lot. Don't throw yourself against bosses to no avail.

>Gets invaded in Anor Londo >Invader, seeming friendly, drops many useful upgrade materials to assist on my journey ahead >proceeds to absolutely annihilate me with pyromancies >great success The souls community is a very gracious, yet ruthless bunch. 69/10

if your coming from elden ring into this you will have a rude awakening due to how hard it is to get around areas but the game is pretty cool

It's a clunky, janky, and obtuse mess of a game. Anyone who enjoys it probably has some type of mental derangement. 10/10 gameplay, really makes you feel like you're going crazy

i think it's difficult to describe the game in few words because the actual feeling of being in this world transcends even the most specific and intricate word play. I think DS is a monumental achievement in world building , gameplay and lore. I started this game more for the lore first but then due to it's insane difficulty and had to git gud as they say and had some help along the way too :) but i'm more than happy that i did not quit the game (i'm lying i did quit it about 15 times) but i got back everytime with renewed sense of determination and finally i persevered. You should definitely play DSR because this will change your perception of what a video game is and can do for you.

I was honestly intimidated to play this game but I'm so glad I did. The combat of this game is kind of like telling someone what it's like to eat a new food. I can never tell you what something tastes like, you just have to try it yourself. Similarly, I can try to tell you how great the combat in Dark Souls is, but you won't actually understand until you play it. Do yourself a favor and try bravery.

Dark Souls is difficult and beautiful and cryptic and frequently not fun. It's more closely related to a survival game than an action RPG. If you're expecting DS3 or Elden Ring, turn back. The beginning of the game is brutal and I nearly stopped playing a few times. It's more manageable after finding the blacksmith. Tentatively recommended because the world is so well-designed, but you have to be okay with frustration and slow progress.

Sometimes I genuinely wonder how some people come to the conclusion that this game is a masterclass. Even for its time, this game is clunky, slow, and punishing for things that don't make sense to punish. There is no "getting good." This game will continue to beat down on you even when you feel accomplished, making every achievement feel underwhelming. What good is a challenge when every hurdle is immediately succeeded by a steaming pool of boiling shit water? Even upon beating the final boss, the game felt incomplete and jaded. This game feels like a political argument with your uncle at thanksgiving. There is never a mutual understanding with this game. It is always right. To those who believe this game to be the work of christ, and the closest thing to a sequel of the holy bible, I commend you for overlooking every reason I found to continuously quit the game. I am genuinely baffled by your ability to horse blind yourself to the absolute rancid stench that is Dark Souls Remastered. Even upon recount, the developers couldn't dare make the much needed quality of life changes to this god awful game. It is surprising that at every Taurus Demon mob, every blight town poison swamp, and every room full of knights, that the devs said, "Yes, this is what makes Dark Souls a complete and rewarding experience." I absolutely adore the series that this game spawned, so it pains me to say, for a "casual" like me, there is no fun to be had playing this game. To everyone who feels the need to circlejerk their ego and call themselves "elite blight town papas," you have absolutely earned it. If you don't mind, I think I'll go play something that I actually enjoy. 8/10, will probably end up picking this game back up in a week because I never learn.

I highly recommend Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition because it has some of the most memorable bosses in gaming history. I’d put bosses like Ornstein and Smough, Knight Artorias, Manus, Father of the Abyss, and Gwyn, Lord of Cinder up against any game ever made. The level design is nonpareil — once you experience how interconnected and thoughtful the world is, you realize it may never be matched again. One of the best parts is the freedom to build your character however you want. You can use giant greatswords, fast curved blades, polearms, or magic — and there’s a wide range of iconic armor sets to match. Experimenting with weapons and armor is half the fun. The game isn’t truly hard once you learn its patterns — but it does a terrible job explaining that you need to upgrade your weapons to keep up. Many players struggle because they don’t realize a leveled-up weapon does far more than a higher character level. Figure that out early, and the challenge feels fair and rewarding. A few areas are clearly unfinished (like Lost Izalith), but despite that, Dark Souls is a masterpiece of atmosphere, tension, and exploration. If you’re patient and curious, you’ll discover one of the greatest adventures gaming has to offer.

Gamepad Input support is absolute garbage. I cant believe a game this great has programmers so inept that this is even an issue. But Gamepad support on PC is trash and will either not work at all, or intermittently break in the middle of gameplay, and its not as simple as reconnect or reboot to fix. What a nightmare....

This is one of my favorite games of all-time. That being said I cannot recommend this remaster due to the numerous things that it down-grades from the original. The weapons and armor have way lower quality textures with far worse material shaders. The lighting has been botched across the board resulting in worse atmosphere throughout the whole game. There is a bug in which you lose all ambient sounds when you die, invade, or join someone for coop that has not been fixed in the years since release. Some sound effects are way too quiet or don't work at all like some elevators. All of this adds up to the remaster completely missing the mark when it comes to representing this classic and it's such a shame as it is the only realistic way to still play the game if you wanted to play online, the way it was intended to be played.

One of the best games in history, I played the original version without multiplayer. I'm enjoying it so much now, thanks to the texture rework and my new PC. If you haven't yet, you must play this game. It will change your relationship to videogames entirely by giving you a deep sense of fulfillment in accomplishing hard journeys.

This game helped me at one of the lowest points in my life. It taught me what it meant to be stubborn, to be curious and to overcome. To keep going, even when things seem impossible.

The classic - an excellent game, still today.

It is "THEE Souls Game to play" Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring took it to the next level. but this is the Original Classic Souls. Worth if you are a true slayer of Dragons, Demons, and the Undead! :D

This game is really good, its not as hard as people say, so go play it.

If you enjoy having your balls repeatetly kicked while you eat raw lemon and drink spicesy sauce straight out of the tube, you will have a lot of fun with this game.