I got hooked on Dark Souls not too long ago, and I immediately dropped everything else I was playing in order to grind on Dark Souls. I heard about Remastered not too long before the release, and I thought, "what's the point? we already have dsfix." But with dsfix, and a somewhat outdated system, it made it incredibly difficult to run at the higher settings. However with Remastered, I'm running at max settings and I have not dipped below 55 fps. The game runs incredibly smooth now, not to mention co-op and pvp have returned with a large community of Dark Souls players that the original copy lacked after all of these years. With all of the pvp players now, it creates a sort of dread whenever you use a humanity, because I have not done it once without getting invaded. That may seem like a nuisance, but it's rather exciting as well (especially whenever not every one of them is hardcore, giving me a moment to shine :D). They also made Blighttown run waaaay smoother. Just thought I should throw that out there.

Main point: I'd say it's worth the $20 upgrade, and if you don't own an original copy, it's worth the $40. BELIEVE ME, it is.

Praise the Sun.

I got hooked on Dark Souls not too long ago, and I immediately dropped everything else I was playing in order to grind on Dark Souls. I heard about Remastered not too long before the release, and I thought, "what's the point? we already have dsfix." But with dsfix, and a somewhat outdated system, it made it incredibly difficult to run at the higher settings. However with Remastered, I'm running at max settings and I have not dipped below 55 fps. The game runs incredibly smooth now, not to mention co-op and pvp have returned with a large community of Dark Souls players that the original copy lacked after all of these years. With all of the pvp players now, it creates a sort of dread whenever you use a humanity, because I have not done it once without getting invaded. That may seem like a nuisance, but it's rather exciting as well (especially whenever not every one of them is hardcore, giving me a moment to shine :D). They also made Blighttown run waaaay smoother. Just thought I should throw that out there. Main point: I'd say it's worth the $20 upgrade, and if you don't own an original copy, it's worth the $40. BELIEVE ME, it is. Praise the Sun.