It's Dark Souls, it's a good game. If you're looking to play along with a new friend, this is definitely more convenient than jumping on PTD and finagling with DSFix and connectivity mods.

That said, "Remaster" is a bit of a stretch. They wanted to bring the game to the current gen consoles, which I respect... But for PC they've done absolutely nothing here. This is a superior "port" compared to the original, but this is a pitiful amount of work for a studio that had their hands on the source code.

Durante implemented the same basic features this Remaster has with DSFix, within hours of the vanilla port's release; ambient occlusion, custom resolutions, depth of field & UI adjustment, and eventually 60fps down the road.

This should have been free, or at least dirt cheap, for people who already owned the game, especially considering the lousy state of the original port.

It's Dark Souls, it's a good game. If you're looking to play along with a new friend, this is definitely more convenient than jumping on PTD and finagling with DSFix and connectivity mods. That said, "Remaster" is a bit of a stretch. They wanted to bring the game to the current gen consoles, which I respect... But for PC they've done absolutely nothing here. This is a superior "port" compared to the original, but this is a pitiful amount of work for a studio that had their hands on the source code. Durante implemented the same basic features this Remaster has with DSFix, within hours of the vanilla port's release; ambient occlusion, custom resolutions, depth of field & UI adjustment, and eventually 60fps down the road. This should have been free, or at least dirt cheap, for people who already owned the game, especially considering the lousy state of the original port.