FilmGamesEtc - "Dark Souls 2: Scholar of The First Sin is a re-imagining of Dark Souls 2 which was released on March 11, 2014. The game contains the contents of Dark Souls 2 plus the inclusion of all of its downloadable contents such as Crown of the Sunken Kings, Crown of the Old Iron King and Crown of the Ivory King."
VGChartz's Issa Maki: "I want to appreciate Dark Souls II on the same level as its predecessor, Demon's Souls, or Bloodborne. Yet every time I open myself up to the possibility, my hopes are dashed by small design quirks that eventually add up to a sum of infuriating disappointment. How can a game that improves on the past in so many intriguing ways be held back by issues that never previously existed? Why does Dark Souls II seem to sabotage any sense of enjoyment it creates, just out of sheer spite against the player? Was this conduct on behalf of the developers justifiable in some way – and possibly even necessary? Prepare to quaff some Estus and burn an effigy or two in our likenesses, for we journey once again to the land of Drangleic."
Dark Souls tweets: "PvP servers for Dark Souls 3, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls: Remastered have been temporarily deactivated to allow the team to investigate recent reports of an issue with online services.
Servers for Dark Souls: PtDE will join them shortly.
We apologize for this inconvenience."
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Those are some big changes I did not expect. Perhaps my brother will still consider getting this after all.
Dark Souls 2 was my introduction to the series, so I'm not that big of a fan (to go back and play the remastered version) as my brother who has been playing since Demon Souls.
Hmm...thinking it over I might go back and play it if there is ever a game drought on the PS4.
the game is apparently smoother now as well.
I am playing the DX11 version on Steam and it's great! Looks better, runs better, lighting is nice (super dark in areas now), coop with 3 others, and the enemy placements are tweaked. I hadn't finished the first release, but so far this was worth the $20 imho. This is the definitive edition of the game and it's awesome.