Dark Souls Remastered - Blighttown's A Shithole At Any Framerate (Jimpressions)

[@JJMomoida]

"I'll get you ganked by an orange man." Dark Souls, everybody.

[@UltraCasualPenguin]

Trump?

[@caliggyjack7480]

Donald Souls

[@KaiserAfini]

That aura looks more like Fanta than sunlight.

[@EraVulgaris-]

It's because they're Fantams

[@Mazaroth]

It's because they're fantastic

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Fanta's that GOOD shit so I'm ok with that,

[@KaiserAfini]

LudicrousKid So will Blades of the Darkmoon have an aura of Blue Gatorade ?

[@mahtimonni97]

That aura is 100% cinder sun! Refreshing and cool as a cucumber!

[@momostravellingmeowchestra549]

Americans are used to being ganked by an orange man

[@alexandersomethingorother786]

Momo's Travelling Meowchestra haha nice

[@aaaron192]

you sir or madam are clever. I like you.

[@synchaos9141]

Usually the orange sunbro wins

Now the rest of the world can be as well, thank god for being number 1.

[@Odinsday]

Mexicans love being ganked too. I mean they are climbing over the border by the dozens.

[@shadowmist100]

I would much rather run Blighttown again than Tomb of the Giants

[@gro-tesqba4220]

I actually love blighttown. Tomb of the Giants, crystal caves and the lava bit (don't remember the name) sucked in my opinion.

[@Melancholiccube]

Gro-tesq Ba is Lost Izalith, the name you're looking for?

[@gro-tesqba4220]

yes thank you.

[@MGlBlaze]

Maybe I'm just fucking insane, but Blighttown-proper ended up being one of my favourite areas in Dark Souls. I mean the framerate originally was total shite, but I really enjoyed the open verticality of the whole place. The swamp at the bottom kind of sucks but I'm just glad you can actually still run and roll through that place. I still have some kind of PTSD from the Valley of Defilement's second area in Demon's Souls - you're slowed to a crawl in that swamp and you can't run or roll to dodge at all, so if anything agros to you and you aren't great at parrying, you're fucked. Oh, and the enemies aren't affected and have no movement penalty so you're not getting away either. I am extremely disappointed to hear that they have done nothing to actually improve Lost Izalith. It was regarded as the weakest area by far, even by the developers themselves, and they admitted that the whole area as well as Bed of Chaos (or Bed of Bullshit, if you prefer) was rushed and unfinished. So I find it aggrivating that they did pretty much nothing about it.

[@Darr6477]

Upper Blighttown is one of my favourite areas in the game as well. I think it's quite well designed.

[@jokerzwild00]

I agree, it's one of my favorite areas too. As far as Izalith both being fixed, From didn't remaster the game, it was outsourced. It's a given they wouldn't let an outside company create new content for the game. It would be great if From had don't this themselves the right way, but there is a reason it is unchanged, and it's not because From decided to leave it that way.

[@LordZylok]

Blighttown and the swamp are fine. I really hate Ash Lake and Great Hollow though (before finding the lordvessel anyway). Mostly empty, the hydra is annoying to fight, easy to fall to your death when going through the tree, no shortcut back up. Shitty place.

[@mrgaudy1954]

Lord Zylok at least the music in ash lake is great

[@Spaced92]

There's a fun sense of verticality, once you get to the bottom it's kind of shit though, it's kind of easy, the boss isn't too far (and doesn't fit the theme), basically it's stress free once you get the bottom firepit. Valley of Defiled is much worse (in a good way), but that numbed me to Blighttown. I hated the Valley so much.

[@TheThreadWeaver]

Has anyone made the "This is the Dark Souls of remasters" joke yet? Wa-What do you mean everyone? Already?

[@ironreeve9370]

TheThreadWeaver Yup.

[@Flipindabird23]

Needed to be said.

[@ScruffyMonk]

No estus only applies to duels. Invader means no rules, unless you bow...

[@zedek_]

And then you get backstabbed

[@korup7ion951]

bow or no bow i dont heal in pvp unless my opponent does first

[@royalguard5904]

Bow in invasions? Oh Boy you never played Dark Souls 1 pvp. You can't cancel animations in ds1 like in the other games, you gonna get backstabbed

[@DeadlyYellow]

Makes my dickery as a Blue Sentinel feel all the more worthwhile. Too bad they weren't in the original.

[@ToonCatTV]

Sounds like the community is easy to rustle. Thabks for the advice on to piss fans off

[@DaveControlLive]

Could not disagree with you more on warping. (And don't take this the wrong way, I enjoy your videos and find it to be an interesting design discussion point). Part of what made Dark Souls 1 charming was the brilliant world design. The ability to warp immediately cuts into that design. As an example, when I first played the game: Finding the shortcut from Undead Parish to Firelink Shrine was amazingly rewarding. It was like being able to go back home again, and quickly, especially after working my way past the Taurus Demon. By being able to warp off the bat, you completely destroy the relevance of that short cut, and many other paths the game created that works into its overall world and level design. There's another cool route from Darkroot Basin -> Valley of the Drakes, which then connects to multiple locations. This is now completely pointless when you add the ability to warp. And again, completely destroys the reward in discovering this. - Another note is that you also have to think a bit more when you set off somewhere. As another example, my first time playing I worked my way down the Catacombs and freaked out. Had I been able to warp out immediately, it wouldn't have meant anything. But, working my way back up ended up being an experience within itself, with more routes created specifically for that task. Dark Souls 1 is completely built around the idea that you can't warp. It's part of what I think makes the game so excellently designed, and I'm glad it's not something they added to to the remaster.

[@Gnurklesquimp]

Thank you, I didn't feel like elaborating on that myself, it's a beloved part of the game for many.

[@tastycookiechip]

The only problem is they take it away for new game plus. Once you've run back and forth back and forth it gets so tedious.

[@Gnurklesquimp]

+Brace Land I prefer that when I go to NG+ just to play through it again, I tend to run around to upgrade things way less in in NG+. I HATE it when I go to NG+ for pvp or co-op purposes, though, I don't want to rush solo content for that.

[@bloodmachine6049]

KC You sound like a religious appologist. "you are supposed to learn and explore" -> "BUT I'M NOT TOLD EVERYTHING, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE TO WALK!!!" Every single one of your points is an incredibly inane pile of smouldering bollocks. From acting as if repetition that forces you to work out a route, and overal get better at the game is just artificial difficulty, comparing rules of chess, to rules of a game that tells you the basics and makes you learn the details, you know, like a videogame, for some reason bringing up time into it, which is mostly irrelevant, the game can be played slowly, and dismissing even the concept of challenge. You don't understand something, so it's bad, great line of reasoning there. What is wrong with you ? You sound like someone's deadbeat dad trying to justify why mowing the lawn ever other day is a necessity.

[@Jajajaja77572]

Reminder that Qloc did this remaster not Fromsoftware. Fromsoftware likely gave clearance for certain changes, but this project was worked on and completed by Qloc. Stay informed folks.

[@sp0ckz0mbi3]

And they did a bad job.

[@Jajajaja77572]

Sp0ck z0mbi3 Sure, my expectations were measured as this is just a remaster. I didn’t anticipate any major gameplay or mechanical changes. As a remaster, it’s bare minimum like Jim stated, but as a game it’s still quite strong, although it’s starting to show it’s age.

[@voidwaiker5497]

Qloc had some big changes for it completed or in progress, but were told to remove them. No clue who told them to remove the completed stuff though, most are saying Namco but to me that makes no sense. Why would the company who have invested money into the project ask them to remove things that are already completed making them a waste of time and money. It makes far more sense that fromsoft would find out about the stuff and ask them to remove them as they had no investment in the remaster and Qloc chose to respect their wishes.

[@Jajajaja77572]

VoidWalker What changes specifically if you don't mind me asking. I'm not familiar. It's typical for a remake/remaster project that if something works then don't change the code. If you see the SotC remake, much of the code for colossi and Agro are left untouched because it works. These people were given a job, they wouldn't do things out of their job requirement. Anything outside of that requires clearance. It's business. As far as those changes you mentioned, how drastic could they have been? They can't fix inherent problems like just bad boss design a la Bed of Chaos or Lost Izalith's rushed state because that's completely altering the game--making it more than a remaster. I imagine its more quality of life changes?

[@voidwaiker5497]

byeblackbird no one knows, just that they were large. Can’t even say if they were things like Izalith or major quality of life. The only thing we can rule out is game balance since they were scared it would end up worse than it was, thus why 10+ chaos zwei still exists.

[@roryconroy9669]

Bring back boglin watch

[@IGVGameplayreviews]

$40 for a fix and slightly worse graphics on PC.

[@zamina3424]

IGV IOS and Android Gameplay Trailers 20 if you own the game on steam

[@itscalledanimedad6908]

yeah this remaster is pretty bad.. if you havent played it its alright i guess, the switch port didn't entice me to double dip either

[@Lucifronz]

It's another cheap "remaster" that contributes nothing. What I think is that they wanted to make it for Switch, but decided if they were going to do some lazy touch-ups, might as well include it on other systems, too. So they did. PC was at the bottom of the list for giving a shit about.

[@catStone92]

the game overall does look much better and it definitly feels much better. You can say what you want about DSfix, that didn't solve some problems with high framerates online play is much better and the gravelord covenant works pretty well also, I'm pretty sure I originally played less than 20€ for the first one on steam, so... win?

[@Zero-di9mz]

no you are getting rip off and you are too stupid to notice... simple

[@Bodmanford]

Fromsoftware didn't remaster this, it was some other company who did it. Fromsoftware is working on their next game currently.

[@GiggleBlizzard]

Basically this, they hired another company to remaster it and told them basically "Don't change anything", and they didn't. Fromsoftware are still the guys to blame for why the remaster is lackluster because they're the ones who directed the external company to keep it that way.

[@JustAndre92]

See, I'm gonna be that guy who actually defends the Demon Ruins. Say what you will about the enemy placement feeling like an amateur _Doom_ mod (because it really, really does), but the fact that you're now fighting several of the early-game bosses as just regular enemies is one of those really gratifying "look how far I've come since the beginning" moments; the whole area (both bosses repurposed as enemies and its not one, not two, but three "proper" bosses) is basically one big boss rush. Not only that, but there's a lot of really clever misdirection at work with the way the Demon Ruins recycles things from earlier in the game. You fight your way through an area full of early-game bosses that's short and linear enough to avoid degenerating into an outright slog, you fight a slightly tweaked Stray Demon, and just when you think Ceaseless Discharge was the only new thing the Demon Ruins has to offer, bam - not two rooms away from the pushover Demon Firesage, you fight the area's _real_ closing boss: the Centipede Demon, which has more intricate little details in how it fights you and all the possible ways you can fight it than almost any boss in the game (probably owing to the fact that it was one of the first bosses they designed; you were originally supposed to fight it on the roof of the Undead Parish church, but they decided it didn't fit the locale and replaced it with the Bell Gargoyles instead). Even though it's a matter of public record that the Demon Ruins was a rush job, it's clear from looking at it that the developers went out of their way to work within the limitations placed on them and fashion the best experience they could out of it. ...Now, Lost Izalith, on the other hand, has all of the Demon Ruins' problems - haphazard enemy placement, recycled assets (those giant demons scattered across the lava field aren't even a unique design; they just took the back end of the Undead Dragon in the Painted World - an area that, like the Centipede Demon, was able to be so full of little details because it was actually one of the first things in the game that the guys at FromSoft worked on - and gave it some attack animations), and barebones level design - but none of its redeeming qualities. The whole third act of _Dark Souls_ is definitely weaker than the two that preceded it, but Lost Izalith is the only portion of the game that feels outright unfinished.

[@MrTohawk]

You never said chode? But it's such a Jim Sterling word to say

[@zapdragon23]

I swear to god he's said it before, he has to have.

[@rjc0234]

Chungus is probably the good "CH" word to go to for Jim

[@zilentis1835]

This is the Dark Souls of remasters

[@ChibiFlonne]

Blighttown is actually my favorite area :( I never played without DSFix so it worked fine for me. I really like the comfy feeling that I get from the sound of the torches burning and the hastily put-together wooden structures/houses, not to mention that I found the verticality was fun to explore. I also tryharded a little with the ninja set and spider shield on my first playthrough so I didn't have more trouble than other areas. The swamp part is just boring though.

[@jokerzwild00]

Lishe I agree. It's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. There are plenty of little hidden things (and big hidden things), so many branching paths and things you could miss after 10 playthroughs, and the ambiance is great. It's dirty, grimy and does a good job of feeling poisonous and rotten. The swamp does suck, they always do in these games. I think that's the point but it's still not very fun. I like this area better than Anor Londo. Once you get past the beautiful architecture and soft lighting (before tits are popped) it's pretty barren. The only hard part is the silver knight archers. It's a pretty picture with no substance, with only the boss fight and Painted World entrance to make it good.

[@sjakierulez]

It's a shit area, but it feels so good when you finally leave it again, that makies it worth it

[@sebastiansochanski]

hey yo How many playthroughs?I you don't mind me asking.

[@Gnurklesquimp]

I agree with this 100%, I would've loved the swamp if poison was lethal and movement from bit of land had to be calculated, due to things like interesting enemy aggro instead of THE CONSTANT MOSQUITOSFERUGRTHN

[@ActionPackedJack]

The rickety platform area was cool aesthetically and the weren't that difficult, but I got lost for hours because everything looked the same and I had trouble spotting the ladders down. That was much worse than any framerate issues I encountered.

[@MondoJohnny]

Damn... I'm just about to go there. I was hoping for some reason maybe they drained it out... put in a few potted plants... evicted the ravening poison slurping madmen... sigh.

[@justinhurowitz70]

Blighttown is one of the best levels in the game and it deserves to be actually functional tbqh also you can make the hud smaller in the settings menu. you should do that because the default hud size is kinda terrible

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

I actually think he should make it bigger, just to annoy people lol.

[@Ramit-110]

Praise Jim ‘Fucking’ Sterling son!

[@dannyboi5887]

More like Praise the Jim 'Fucking' Sterling SUN

[@MeatyJesus]

10:25 that host just saved you from the wrath of giant dad. You fortunate soul.

[@bdgaming3188]

the only time you get to call something "the Dark Souls or Remasters"

[@Terastas]

My favorite pronunciation of his name so far has been "Smoof."

[@kamurotetsu4860]

But what if Dark Souls 2 Re-remastered Remaked?

[@thegreatazal5021]

Kamuro Tetsu no one would complain about ds2 bachelors degree in the first sin.

[@zoltanz288]

Kamuro Tetsu what if they just made a new one?

[@OlegUstimenko]

yeah what if

[@BlindErephon]

I always felt like Blighttown was just one more hellhole to scour. Honestly theres things that made me whine "Noooooooo" in pretty much every area. Its what I kind of liked about that game, the feeling of a hostile atmosphere, delving into the dark, and carrying sweet purifying fire into all the dankest holes.

[@ahandsomefridge]

I love the shithole that is blighttown, but I'll blame no one for hating it. Never played it with godawful framerate though.

[@TheHandofAnimation]

I like blighttown too. New londo ruins on the other hand can go fuck itself lol

[@Zer0Hour17]

People would have bitched just as hard if they changed the content, especially since it's not From who did it. "This isn't the game I love!!! I wanted Dark Souls just on the PS4 at 60 fps."

[@gameroxi]

My problem is they re-broke a lot of stuff (chain backstabbing, modded DKS pc, etc)

[@mrgaudy1954]

If they removed Bed of Chaos and overhauled Lost Izalith and Demon Ruins I guarantee that barely anybody would have bitched.

[@Zer0Hour17]

Mr Gaudy then you don't know the internet. If From changed it there would be backlash. Being that From isn't the one who made the changes it would have been a fucking shitstorm.

[@Spaced92]

I personally don't even mind that they didn't change much, but if they won't then maybe don't charge $40 USD for it. That's a lot of money where I live. Of course people are going to bitch, that's not reasonable.

[@Gnurklesquimp]

I'm sure there would be some but this is a lazy argument against complaints regarding the lack of fixes. You can make bad changes and fail to make good ones.

[@Simte]

An expensive patch for PC users.

[@InvocareIgnis1]

indeed it is

[@09csr]

If you want a patch for DS, just get DSFix, ramp up the graphics, and unlock the FPS up until about 40-50 fps (anything above will often result in gamebreaking glitches). Its completely free, unless you wanna donate to Durante, and works about as well.

[@LimakPan]

That fog transition from the forest to the O&S fight. Very good editing right there.

[@TheFormidibleDan]

"unless something else absurd, ridiculous, or awful happens..." Oh, Jim sweetie...

[@connorschultz380]

What happened?

[@Sophistry0001]

If you already had the old Prepare to Die edition, does the online still work for that since they took it down off steam? I installed it last night, did the latest DSFix and a HD texture pack but I haven't seen the first message or summon sign. Did they shut down the multiplayer?

[@sitchreapotere1073]

This game is a $40 patch. What a ripoff...

[@elitismautumn8245]

Sitchrea Potere Never trust Patches.

[@cloudwaves1648]

Sitchrea Potere Meh, I don't really care. The only thing I care about is finally being able to play this game.

[@ThrottleKitty]

I keep seeing people saying this, but they must be high as shit. It's $20 to buy it if you own the game, so if it qualifies as "patch" to you, it's not $40. Everyone knows that. I get being upset it wasn't free (WAH OTHER PEOPLES HARD WORK ISN'T FREE FOR EVER) But at least don't flat out lie to make your point.

[@singed420snowinit9]

Throttle Kitty He's not lying and your logic is terrible, just because those that already own the game can get it for $20 does not mean it isn't a $40 patch, it is in fact a $40 patch, they're just giving a discount to this $40 patch if you own the game. Also you realise that you can get the non remaster version cheap as fuck right? If I can buy the non remaster for like $10 and then I get charged $20 to patch the game the game, well that's just fucked up. All they did was patch the game and then bump up the price to $40. This is a ripoff, this is then being greedy as fuck, this is a $40 patch, these are simple facts.

[@ThrottleKitty]

I'm sorry but you are a liar, and fucking idiot. If you are buying it to "patch" the game it's $20, end of story.

[@Bigfoot_in_a_ufo]

Okay as someone that's yet to play any of the soulsbourne series what's the extensive backstory behind wolf boss with an anime sword?

[@theallinonegamer8482]

100 percent worth the price of torrenting

[@kyotheman69]

confirm, why should i pay 40 dollars for this half ass job of HD/remaster

[@usoap141]

Such a waste of money.... Its not even optimised... They just remove the cap from 30fps to 60fps and the game move twice the speed than the original and its still bugged... Some shitty graphics upgrade and thats it... UI still shit.... Options is lacking... Just pirate it to be honest if you aredi have the Prepare to Die edition cause youre just paying $20 for a DSFIX which is free btw right now

[@sebastiansochanski]

The All in one gamer That cliffhanger.Well done.

[@name5748]

So, you're going to play it, but not pay for it? You feel big about that?

[@theallinonegamer8482]

name it is way better to torrent it because I already own prepare to die on pc and it should be free for all pc gamers that own the original

[@marshallelder2717]

What's with the arrow that keeps pointing at Jim's Stamina meter?

[@Flasyprawn]

I'm sure the devs spent TENS of minutes "developing" this remaster

[@AndreiTache]

They didn’t, it probably took a few months for them to do the networking, rework the textures and optimise it for 60fps. It’s still a lazy “remaster” but discrediting the work they actually put in isn’t going to change it...

[@devilmikey00]

Still a slap in the face to PC users. It's a patch plain and simple. A patch that should have been done in 2011. To have the gall to charge for it is insulting considering similar "bare minimum" remasters have been routinely given away from free to previous owners of the original versions on PC in other cases. Also "optimize" for 60 fps? You mean that thing that took one guy 20 minutes in 2011 to achieve (not an exaggeration)? I'm aware some jumping physics were kind of funky with that 60 fps solution but again took him the length of a hard shit to manage that. I'm sure an entire studio of devs could have manged something better in half days work if they had actually given two fucks to bother trying.

[@giggz1667]

"slap in the face" please care about something important

[@AndreiTache]

+giggz Says the guy caring about someone who doesn't care about _'something important'..._

[@giggz1667]

how smart did you feel typing that? did you come up with it on your own?

[@XfaroreforelornX]

When can I expect Jimquisition: Remastered?

[@unlurkingsentinel6872]

This is the Dark Souls of whiny comment sections.

[@Gnurklesquimp]

Thanks for your contribution

[@FakeHeroFang]

What was that red shit around the host in the sif fight? Power within or something?

[@Mohammed-yt7iz]

'Welcome idiots' I feel attacked Jim :c

[@CornishCreamtea07]

You are a truly magnificent at climbing ladders Jim, you and your iconic ladder climbing ability.

[@oooo-mx5th]

Rhymes with 'snow'

[@shardinhand1243]

also my only character is level 320 how long before its over leveled for pvp?

[@TheAverageAmazingMe]

Woo! Welcome to the wide world of chode. Dark Chode, Chode Souls, or Dark Souls: Rechoded?

[@Pete-vz5uj]

I only beat 2 & 3, so I'll buy this. I tried to yesterday but both stores I went to were sold out. Now I'm wondering about holding off for the Switch version...

[@Dialgadude]

Dark Souls, or: The Desolation of "Smough" Pronunciations

[@cakeisamadeupdrug6134]

Does this game's settings menu feature an FOV slider?

[@Evilgenius122]

60FPS is the bare minimum for a remaster. *Nervously eyes the Delayed Switch Version and begins to Sweat*

[@namillus9754]

That's more like a Dark Souls Portable than a Remaster, to be honest.

[@Evilgenius122]

And that's just fine by me.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

Biscuit Productions as long as blightown isnt a total slideshow in handheld mode, im getting the switch version for sure.

[@Evilgenius122]

Plasma Octopus I have faith that when they say 30 Fps, they're going to lock it their as much as possible.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

Yeah, same!

[@BewareofTarps]

All these years later, and I'm still amused that one of the bosses is just a wolf with a giant sword in its mouth.

[@Rivers256]

I quite enjoy the remaster. I've played on ps3 and pc, including the dsfix. Playing on the couch on ps4 is nice, instead of hacker central on the pc version. I'd have loved a full remake like shadow of the colossus or something, but wasn't expecting one.

[@zoltanz288]

Rivers256 just because they are better players doesnt make them hackers.

[@alexlindstrom9971]

The failure to actually do anything with the Demon Ruins and the subsequent area is an insult. Seriously, what bullshit that they'd even re-release this game without doing *something* with those transparently unfinished areas. In fact, they are *so* unfinished that they hugely blemish what is otherwise one of gaming's masterpieces. I don't really blame From here since I think they probably had little to nothing to do with this remaster, but the publisher who just threw some tech guys onto this and didn't give it a second thought.

[@sharkofjoy]

You barely talked about the game. You said this was the bare minimum for a remaster, but then didn't talk about what they did (and only quickly mentioned one or two things they didnt do). Is that all going to be in the jimquisition? I have no idea why I watched this XD

[@GigglingStoners]

romeinprogress It was a surprisingly useless video

[@monkeyking9863]

do you think the delay will hurt the switch version much?

[@johnjninja8969]

I will never buy a game twice, not even DS..

[@thelaughingrouge]

One step up from Bethesda just means you possess a QA department.

[@Diamond1234548]

The more you know about the hidden files and missing content found in the original game, the more disappointed you are of this remaster I'm not just talking Bear armor and viking helmet, I'm talking Queelag's dialogue and the Anor Londo river shit

[@7stringSkyline]

Draven A. Its not the Resident Evil Remake (keyword there) its like a remastered album. There aren't any added songs, just the original songs "cleaned" up and maybe a couple radio edits of said songs added for extra oompf. Rarely are there re-recordings and the like. Can't clog up a remaster with a bunch of unreleased b sides just stuffed in there, the album won't flow the same way.

[@Gnurklesquimp]

I think they took out the dialogue because they felt it to be inappropriate, just like with Artorias.

[@ChadSlampiece]

Does the game really not hold a steady 60fps? Or is that just KZbin?

[@adamcrawford1390]

I spent many an hour in blight town back in the day (I hate saying that...) "Git'n Gud" as it were. I was never bothered by the framerate so much because I'm used to playing N64 and PS1 games just as much as anything modern. I was more or less just amazed at how much detail was in Blight town. No wonder it ran so shitty! the game is rendering so much at once!

[@korup7ion951]

i used to like to hang around in blight town and invade people so they had to do the area over again and then i would get all upset when someone would do it to me lol

[@pswaw]

is it any good if i never played it before? or should i go for DS3 and forget this archeology piece?

[@sf90001]

Need get back and give Demon Souls a go

[@panzersnapdragon3087]

Oh man, Jim your spacing game was on point against that giantdad player outside Ornstein and Smough's room at the end of the video! It was a delight to watch!

[@XxBUMGODxX]

It’s pronounced Smougishboard

[@warriorcrab1319]

Smoughlingrad

[@Jamal_Tyrone]

What about Smoff like Coff?

[@nathane5287]

Slightly better particle effects, swaying bushes, worse lighting and shadering on certain surfaces, all in all a *3-4x jump in system requirements*, oh and you got ambient occlusion and other graphical choices in the Prepare to Die Edition with DSfix, and then add mods, for almost no impact on performance. Some bugs gone, others remain and are introduced again though were fixed apparently in Prepare to Die Edition.

[@dannyboi5887]

Thank you sir. The amount of people defending this shit just depresses me. They keep on spouting the same bollocks of "IZ JUST A REMASTER, IZ NOT MEANT TO FIX ANYTHING" But even then, graphically it doesn't even do the fucking REMASTERING right. Just a pure cash grabbing hack job from Bandai Namco and QLOC

[@ryanwilliams8512]

Bitter pc boy I guess lol. Even more salt.

[@nathane5287]

Because of comparisons, you can look up a video on youtube that will make things really clear for you, with footage side by side from each PC version, if you don't already have both version on your steam account to jump back and forth between. Also, let's say the Remaster would look even a tiny bit better than the Prepare to Die Edition with DSfix + mods, does that justify a 3x jump in system demands? Lazy optimization is a mark of incompetent devs, but this is bordering on anti optimization, taking a game, barely making any changes to it visually, and then making it run worse.

[@Lillu700]

@Nathan E You're being dishonest. The game does not run worse; it indeed runs better. I have a fairly powerful system and can run the original more or less at 60, but there are some areas where the framerate dips. The new one runs butter smooth. The system requirements for prepare to die edition were for running it at 30fps.

[@nathane5287]

Compare their system requirements on the steam store pages, then compare footage, the old one was poorly optimized, but it still had lower requirements, meaning both are bad ports, but the original with some tinkering ran better on a wider range of hardware and looked at least equal in quality. Few dips here and there does not simply compare even closely to a 3x jump in system requirements. I ran Prepare to Die Edition on a 4 year old laptop in 720p60fps most of the time back in the day. Could I start up that laptop today, install the Remastered version, and expect on 720p to get 60fps constantly? If so, then I'll concede the argument, though still wonder why they falsely advertise on their storefront the system demands.

[@MrTombombodil]

This Remaster is only barely more than DS-Fix to be frank. It should have cost 5-10 bucks for people who already owned the Prepare to Die edition. I honestly would have preferred a "Remaster" to Bloodborne to fix the frame-rate drops and let it run at 60fps on my PS4 Pro.

[@benclarke8014]

Why's there a yellow arrow always pointing at the stamina bar?

[@KreuzDrache]

I fairly certain it's supposed to represent a buff your character has. Not sure which buff though.

[@FlyingFauxPas]

Ben Clarke he's using the Ring Of Favor you get from Lautrec. Thats just the symbol it uses.

[@lividsphincter4098]

Its so you don't forget where it is.

[@eddieserrano1319]

Ring of Favor... I see someone hasn't played Dark souls 1. 😏

[@hairylipshits2582]

FlyingFauxPas FaP ring

[@armornick]

I tried it and it ran great on my laptop but I still couldn't get past the Asylum Guardian (or whatever the big dragon demon thing is called) and I have enough games on my backlog that I don't feel like gitting gud.

[@hellsong23]

Can't wait to play this on Switch. Never ever played a Dark Souls game.

[@caseysimonsen3244]

A really bad idea to play Dark Souls on a console small enough to throw

[@hellsong23]

LOL!

[@jokerzwild00]

Yeah me too. I bought the PC version because it was only 20 bucks and invasions are jumping right now, but I was pretty pissed when they pushed my Switch preorder back. I was most interested in seeing that version out of all of them because fuck man, it's a handheld Souls. Also it's being remastered by a different developer, it will be interesting to see if there are any differences. From the little we've seen of the Switch version it looks closer to the original than the others.

[@gro-tesqba4220]

Enjoy.

[@OrangeyChocolate]

I was planning on getting it on Switch too. Something about being able to play Dark Souls in my living room or on the go without being hunched over my PC or fiddling about with mods really speaks to me.

[@tenjenk]

does dark souls and the remaster have different servers? I would assume so

[@accelerator8558]

I love SoulsBorne series i finish all at 100% but i still not sure about this remaster

[@kyotheman69]

if you played original there is no reason to play this, there is nothing new here its just crappy HD version and it actually runs at 60 fps, but it looks like ass in lighting and environment, remaster my ass

[@playcebovision5319]

Lmao the lighting is good, you can actually see shit 😂😂😂

[@Tearonex]

the Gravelord Covenant works now on the first play through at least...

[@dustygearhead]

I just bought the 360 version for $5 in a pawn shop. Im perfectly fine playing the original.

[@Knights_of_the_Nine]

Accelerator I never beat those fucking ice tiger twins.

[@jussified]

Jim on the podcast: talking about Dark Souls for years. - Jim on Dark Souls videos: talking about everything else but Dark Souls. :)

[@CabezasDePescado]

I recently started for the first time Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition with DSFix, not interested in just pretty graphics at all.

[@yonokhanman654]

4:29 I'm gonna try this following shortcut the next time I visit Blighttown, thanks for sharing!

[@ooombasa5080]

Praise the umbasa

[@DominionWolf]

0:40 'and were ganging up on an invader here cuz fuck em' As an invader myself, you are absolutely correct. Our job is to make your life hell, and you have every right to use every tool at your disposal to be rid of us. I actually get sick of all the honor policemen.

[@SheezyBites]

The fast travel is the worst part of the later games, and for that matter the latter part of this game. The exciting interconnectedness of the world, and cool shortcuts become practically a moot point (unless finding it and killing some bugs in there part of a character quest of course, but that's a pretty cheap way of making a shortcut valuable after you can just warp anywhere). I'll still be interested in your other points of course, but when one third of the quality of life improvements you've mentioned is ruining the game environment I am a little trepid.

[@jokerzwild00]

SheezyBites it does make the first part of the game unique, and the first time you play through it there are so many cool moments of "oh shit I'm here??" But on later playthroughs it does get annoying when you are in one of the areas that does require a good run to get somewhere else you need to be, and after playing Bloodborne and DS3 you get spoiled by that shit. Being able to instantly go upgrade your weapon to whatever level you want, or decide to go to your favorite farming/invasion location for a bit before getting back to advancing the game. I just wish they had been able to pull off the interconnectedness the whole way through.

[@PhyreI3ird]

I don't agree that its a moot point at all. It might be slightly less cool (and I personally may have enjoyed it not being a thing til later) but it still lends really well to giving the world a cohesive realistic feel and makes it like you're actually working your way through a real world, which was a massive failing of the 2nd game which used warping as a crutch for their world layout imo, cuz they clearly just took the "Let's stitch these random things together with little to no reason behind their layout" approach to it.

[@setsunahei00]

You can choose not to teleport. Come on bruh.

[@Tresskzilla]

Wes W you shouldnt have the option to begin with. Learn the layout of the world and this is a non issue. What you are suggesting would take away from the interconnectivity of the world and would dumb it down as a result. Tldr; stop being a casual

[@SheezyBites]

Tressk I would like to distance myself from that response. I don't think it is casialisation, nor so I think that would be bad. It's a different design philosophy is all. That said I still feel it makes the game less interesting, especially in repeat playthroughs as it makes routing less exciting. Deciding to do things in a different order shows you a different path through the game (at least in the early stages), whereas with fast travel it completely negates that novelty. I've admittedly only replayed DS1, but that's because I've had little inclination to do so for 2 and 3, whereas I had plenty for DS1.

[@BLRtactics]

Is the switch version out yet?

[@ThrottleKitty]

Pretty sure it actually pronounced sm-O! Smaug is the dragon from The Hobbit, silly.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

I thought that was Dr Smaug with his infinity stone.

[@ThrottleKitty]

Is there a density stone? That's the one Smough should have.

[@RippoZer0]

I'm not getting this one unless they give it to me for free. no way in hell im paying the full price for the game again to get it in the playable condition it should have been to begin with.

[@kravor5341]

The word is precedence :) pronounced pres-E-dence, aka this video takes precedence over anything Logan Paul can produce for the rest of his youtube "career"

[@Dragoderian]

Kravor pre-see-dance, here, and we're closer to Jim's homeland in terms of pronunciation. Because it's from the word precede, which should inform how you say it.

[@bigshrekhorner]

It is actually pronounced pree*ssee*dense

[@kevadu]

I'm American and I have always pronounced it preh-seh-dense. I didn't even realize there were other ways...

[@dentistguba]

Precedent is the noun though which he was using.

[@SDREHXC]

I don't know what jims homeland is but its pronounced pre "seh" dence in both American and British English so I'm not sure where you guys are getting the "see" from. Even though the word might be derived from precede the way you say it is altered because of the suffix that is added. The suffixes also have Es so you drop the e from the word precede prior to adding them or the word would be precedeent. Dropping the E from precede makes "preced" then you add "ent" or "ence". Maybe in some accents or dialects people say it a different way but it is definitely not the "proper" way, if the proper way even really matters as long as the point is conveyed.

[@BradHann]

Is there still a floating door in the sky above Duke's Archives?

[@haich_9085]

So a framerate patch is being sold as a new game. Fantastic.

[@DeMomcalypseLive]

Haich _ yeah, that's par for the course for lots of remasters. Hell, some remastered don't even have the Frame Rate patch

[@GigglingStoners]

Haich _ Why not? Sheep are buying it.

[@acojo8205]

noobishmacgaming you do realise dsfix was released a month after the original game came out right? They must have done so much work since it took them 6 years to find out how to fix the framerate and change the lighting.

[@shaunmagnano3597]

you say Honder (Honda) as well dont you.

[@Icebolt854]

This is 100% not a remaster. It's normal dark souls with a visual enhancement mod

[@DeMomcalypseLive]

John Smith That's what a lot of remasters basically are, man..Some don't even have 60 FPS

[@Ultracity6060]

From all the footage of Dark Souls Remastered I've seen, I wouldn't know it's remastered if people didn't tell me.

[@itsagabe]

And now that Dark Souls got away with an overpriced update, cue more remasters being released in this fashion. I didn't even know Dishonored got an update but in Bethesda's defense (and I don't even like them to begin with), they did give the Skyrim remaster for free to anyone who already had the game. Meanwhile, I have a 50% discount on this thing that never sounded worth the hassle to begin with. For the same price, I can get a brand new game that I've never played before. It's sad that Jim Fucking Sterling Son, one of the most critical... critics... is letting this thing get away just because it's Dark Souls, so why not eh? Arguments like that are why EA has been getting away with their shit show for so many years (and I actually personally know people who say "it's EA and they're awful but OH MY GOD WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS FLASHY BRAND AND HOW AWESOME THIS GAME LOOKS so of course I'm gonna give them a pass"). That this took precedence over the whole discussion about this remaster and that Jim is basically gushing over it dissipated the string of hope I had in the gaming community. Good night, folks. Get ready for more business practices no one likes and yet, no one has the psychological strength to fight against by not supporting such practices. You better brace yourselves cuz if the industry goes full on the MMO business model, we're all fucked big time. Just have a look at Nexon and what Pearl Abyss + Kakao Games all do with their games.

[@miserableoutcast]

So I started a new play through and it just felt like returning home after a long time but now when you walk around the house everything looks slightly more crisp. I was running to the first Taurus Demon in the Undead Burg, was invaded by someone with a drake sword + mask of the father, and rubber band back stabbed twice. Yup, this is Dark Souls.

[@Xearrik]

FromSoftware is on my watch list. I have no idea how they could be so bold as to charge for this patch to "fix" Dark Souls on PC, and then pull the original Dark Souls so people have to buy this... Dark Souls Re"mastered" on PC is a scam. *EDIT: I don't care who "fixed" it... I care about the original being pulled from Steam. I care about who is making the business decisions. Who's making the money? Are you people saying FromSoftware had nothing to do with the publishing or distribution of this game? They also weren't the ones who pulled down the original? They also aren't making any money off of this? If that's all true, please let me know. That would be awesome if FromSoftware has 0 say in this garbage.*

[@lividsphincter4098]

Xearrik Gaming From had nothing to do with this. It was Bamco, they hired a 3rd party to do it.

[@dr6559]

Xearrik Gaming From had no say in this.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Agreed. This game is a bit on the pricey side as well for what it is. And don't get me started on how expensive the DLC continues to be for all of the souls games.

[@YadonTheCat]

And it makes the lighting WORSE!

[@TheAssirra]

The only thing they fixed was the broken fps. Rmember the hacks you could use years ago to fuck someone else's save up? They still work.

[@infinityappears]

Can be "smo" or "smoff" imo. The Japanese name is "スモウ" (sumou) and the design obviously comes from sumo wrestlers (even his squatting stance), though Hawkeye Gough pronounces his name as "goff" in the English version despite it being spelled "ゴー" (gou) in the Japanese version. I feel like the sumo stuff makes it pretty obviously that Smough is "smo" tho.

[@FreedomHero4]

The Dark Souls of remastered Dark Souls

[@kyotheman69]

is that another way to say half ass and lazy?

[@zoltanz288]

FreedomHero4 these jokes were never funny.

[@Blacknight8850]

Was that an honest-to-god GiantDad at the end there? Wow, that takes me back...

[@khoabui4157]

Legends had it that if you comment fast enough, Jim will reply.

[@wesleyfravel5149]

Dang Khoa Bui that legend is false

[@JimSterling]

Sounds like bullshit.

[@ahandsomefridge]

Ofcourse he will. I wonder on which comment.

[@ouroldhouse3674]

The prophecy has been fulfilled!

[@khoabui4157]

Haha you just made my day Jim. I really love your videos :-)

[@DAPower98]

Will you eventually get it for Switch Jim?

[@Highstar25]

It was a challenge, but from software have managed to claim the title of 'worst PC port ever' and 'worst HD remaster ever' with the same game on the same platform. Amazing.

[@ryanwilliams8512]

Oh fuck off you bitter pc scumbag. More salt?

[@NaskaRudd]

Aerius Astrum This isn't the worst remaster ive ever seen. I agree it isn't great, but compared to Dishonoured and Prototype remastered, its leagues ahead

[@Highstar25]

oh dear Ryan, it sounds like someone's upset about wasting $40 on an inferior copy of a game they already had.

[@Highstar25]

dishonoured and prototype updated some textures and fixed some bugs. This has all the same textures and all the same bugs, the only difference is some of those bugs are slightly harder to do at 60fps. Others are even worse than before which has resulted in hackers being able to ruin hundreds of players save files and get them banned from online by altering their stats on day 1, using the exact same exploits that worked in the original.

[@ryanwilliams8512]

Er not really to be honest. Didn't pay nowt for my copy.

[@michaelphelps7603]

you going to get the switch version Jim?

[@Ceece20]

Just waiting for Dark Souls on Switch. Because I own a PC and I don’t need to buy old hardware to run the original Dark Souls like console owners need to.

[@TheHandofAnimation]

You sir, are a chode.

[@HoursFreeAOLsp]

I never played dark souls is it any good?

[@nopenroll]

hi

[@trontosaurusrex9532]

Alex Nope hello

[@Grav3staR]

Had a crap night tonight in gaming, just strings of losses left and right. I was in a foul mood. Then I read this video title. Thank god for you Jimmy boy :)

[@LiveLNXgaming]

ah yes, the remaster where they did nothing and called it a day.

[@PalmDesertRock]

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Watch the Digital Foundry analysis ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGWyhqiVbt-ngrM ). Or just keep talking out of your ass and make yourself look like an idiot.

[@LiveLNXgaming]

PalmDesertRock I'll rephrase that. The remaster where I hope they did nothing because if they spent anything other than the minimum about of time on it it would be truly sad.

[@Gnurklesquimp]

That last one I think I can get behind.. Seems like blatant franchise milking to me

[@EthanGone]

Blighttown ain’t shit, wait until you get to tomb of the giants. That’s the real shit hole.