It's still one of my favorite Souls games ever. Only being topped by the first Dark Souls. I'm sure nostalgia plays a big factor into it, since this was my introduction to the series in the day, but even replaying it today I still really appreciate the Nexus, the distinct level design and creative bosses.

Demon's Souls is definitely the most broken in terms of difficulty due to the grass system and spells like Firestorm, but I can't say it bothers me personally. Souls, to me, was never about combat, which is why I don't like the later games as much. I like the weirdness, the exploration and experimentation. Demon's Souls has it all. Of course it's flawed and unbalanced, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

As for the Remake ... I don't have strong feelings about it, if I'm being honest. I quickly turned on the "classic" filter and thought it looked really good. I would be lying if I said it didn't look better than the OG. Even if I'm huge on that game's artstyle. There are some little changes they made, but overall it's pretty much the same game. Based on my memory they really just added some rings and gave the option to respec your character and change it's appearance, which is pretty awesome. Also liked the idea of the mirrored levels, even if I did not end up using it. Maybe in a replay! Being able to send items to the storage is also a godsend, great addition.

So this is probably the go-to version for me, even if I do think they could've done more with it. I was really hoping they'd include the sixth world. It's a shame that this tease was in the original and even after a remake over a decade later there's still this reminder that we're missing out on potential content.