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Dark Souls: Remastered

Dark Souls: Remastered is the 2018 re-release of FromSoftware's 2011 action RPG Dark Souls, directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Set in the dying kingdom of Lordran, the player is an Undead pilgrim who rings the two Bells of Awakening and then gathers the Lord Souls to rekindle the First Flame, crossing paths with gods, serpents and the last knights of a fallen age. Combat is stamina-driven and deliberately heavy, built on poise, shield work and committed attacks, and the world is a single interconnected map where shortcuts open backwards into Firelink Shrine. The release bundles the Artorias of the Abyss expansion and raises the PC version to 60 frames per second with dedicated servers for summoning and invasions.

• Bonfires, Estus and Kindle - Bonfires are the only checkpoints: resting refills the Estus Flask, respawns every non-boss enemy and resets the area. Spending Humanity to Kindle a bonfire raises the flask from five charges to ten, and with the Rite of Kindling from Pinwheel it can be pushed to twenty, which turns Humanity into both a survival currency and a difficulty dial.
• Humanity and Hollowing - Dying turns the player Hollow, which blocks online play (summoning and invasions) and changes the character's appearance until Humanity is restored at a bonfire. Humanity is also spent to Kindle bonfires and to open covenant access, so the risk of dying is tied directly into the game's economy.
• An Interconnected World of Shortcuts - Lordran is one continuous map rather than a level select. Doors, lifts, ladders and gates open one-way shortcuts back to Firelink Shrine, so progress is measured in routes the player no longer has to walk rather than in unlocked chapters.
• Stamina, Poise and Committed Combat - Every attack, block, roll and sprint spends stamina, and heavy armour grants poise that lets the player trade hits without being staggered. Attacks cannot be cancelled once thrown, so the fight is about spacing, shield pressure and knowing which swings can be punished.
• Souls Economy and Bloodstains - Souls are earned from every kill and are both currency and experience, spent at bonfires to level or at merchants to buy gear. On death all carried souls drop as a bloodstain at the death spot, and dying again before recovering them destroys them permanently.
• Weapon Reinforcement and Upgrade Paths - Weapons upgrade with Titanite at Andre of Astora and then branch into elemental and status paths through embers: Raw, Divine, Occult, Fire, Chaos, Lightning, Magic, Enchanted and Crystal. Boss soul weapons are forged by the Giant Blacksmith in Anor Londo.
• Online Summoning and Invasions - Co-op arrives through white and gold summon signs placed by other players, while red phantoms invade uninvited. The Remastered release uses dedicated servers and password matching, and a dried finger or the Way of White covenant reshapes who can reach the host.
• Nine Covenants - Covenants rewrite the online rules and pay out their own tokens: Warriors of Sunlight earn Sunlight Medals in co-op, Blade of the Darkmoon punishes invaders, Darkwraiths invade with the Red Eye Orb, Forest Hunters defend Darkroot Garden, Chaos Servants farm Humanity for the Fair Lady, and the Path of the Dragon, Gravelord Servant, Princess's Guard and Way of White each hold a different reward ladder.
• Artorias of the Abyss Included - The expansion is part of the package: Oolacile Township, the Royal Wood, the Chasm of the Abyss and the boss fights against the Sanctuary Guardian, Artorias, Black Dragon Kalameet and Manus are reached through a portal in Darkroot Basin after freeing Dusk of Oolacile.