Dark Souls Remastered Review (Playstation 4)

Have you played the new Dark Souls? Yes, there’s a new one. No, it’s not Dark Souls IV. Since the series had reached its ending (or at least a long hiatus – we all know From Software boss Hidetaka Miyazaki can’t really be trusted), Bandai Namco had only one way left to come up with a new entry: a remaster of the first one. Let’s see if that was a good idea.

I still remember the shy, hopeful Reddit threads about a Dark Souls remaster. Nearly everyone wanted it, most upvoted “for visibility”, some even came up with ideas to improve on the original game beyond the usual and, frankly, expected graphics upgrade that comes with a remaster.

Truth be told, Dark Souls launched in 2011 (2012 on PC), which means fans had quite a few years to dig deep in the game’s files. And it was not in vain, as quite a ton of cut content was unearthed: unused dialogue, NPCs, items, rings, weapons, spells and even prototype bosses.

Suffice to say, the fanbase (me included) secretly hoped a... (read more)

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