Customer Ratings & Reviews

What a ball buster of a game. If you want a challenging game where you can use magic and swords to maybe defeat increasingly ludicrously difficult enemies, this rage quit game is for you.

This is the MUST version for first time players! For those who are tired of running through games at an even pace, saving every 5 minutes and flipping the game without breaking a sweat, prepare yourself! This is what an RPG is suppose to be like! Ask gamers you know if they’ve beaten dark souls, and I bet that if they have played it, they will laugh at that question!

The best way to play Dark Souls now but outside of a framerate increase and improved online, this remaster does pretty much the bare minimum. A must buy if it's your first time through.

a remaster that gives justice to game responsible for popularizing and creating a genre

The remastered is just beautiful graphics with harder boss battles and you’ll die a lot

I love this game. It really has great visuals and it is unbelieveable to play..

Dark Souls is a great game and the remaster brings it to current gen consoles!

This game is an absolute classic and they did such a great job with the remaster!

Has there been a more influential video game released in the past 10 years than Dark Souls? This game is so good, it's title became a description of quality in and of itself ("This game is the Dark Souls of ___," " This game is Dark Souls-like," etc). This remaster doesn't add much new content, but luckily this game doesn't need much added; it's perfect as is. This is a must-play.

“Dark Souls is a very good game and the remastered shows that. It cleans up the game's textures and performance, while adding small tweaks to the online experience. Things work now where they didn't before while the core gameplay experience still resonates.” -Kotaku

TL:DR - Painful!! But in a fun way? Not for casual gaming. Graphics are a bit dated, but didn't bother me. Great for those who like to really invest time and practice into a game. It is fun, especially once you get hang of it, but it is unapologetically punishing and constantly throws harsh situations at you to keep you on your toes! Not for casual gaming where you just want to relax for a little while. Definitely not. As for graphics, that's a so-so. They are improved in the remaster, but it still shows its age a bit. Still, I enjoyed it! Dark souls 3 is the best tho!

Love the improvements made on this game much more fluid than previous version

Great game, brings me back to the days of taking turns dying with friends.

Game is great, remaster looks great. Having and excellent time playing this.

Tough, but rewarding. Enhanced visuals, better sound . Worth the money.

They did a nice job of bringing the game to current generation machines but not much else was done other they the improving the frame rate.

Coming from a mainly console player, playing a Souls game in 4k 60fps is great. Having a revived online community is nice (the amount of bloodstains in some areas can be ridiculous but lets you know there's some real trouble haha). Holding Down on the D-Pad navigates immediately to the Estus flask and it's helped out here and there. But mostly this is just a prettier version of the same game. Not necessarily a bad thing - the level design, combat and boss fights are still superb. But they could have done more with this remaster. If not new textures, at least more QoL changes.

The remastered graphics look great. This game is fun and challenging.

Looks great, plays great, really smooth......still very difficult and makes me want to break my controller sometimes. You know, typical dark souls.

I've played Dark Souls for years.(3 is still the best) the upgrade in graphics made the game smoother than the original. The sound is significantly more clear and emersive particularly when using headphones. Yes I still died a lot but that's this game and I appreciated the victories that much more.