Solid remake. Environments look great and the revamped animations feel very good. I am really not a fan of the design changes made to a lot of the NPCs and enemies but aside from the very obvious ones like Old Hero looking like a total loser and the larger bosses unnecessarily made to look a lot more gross, the rest aren't that apparent when actually playing the game and not just looking at a side-by-side comparison. Also what they did to Allant's voice acting after you beat false king is painfully hilarious.

I appreciate the purist approach they took by not changing the actual programming of the game much but even as someone who has a deep love of demons souls, I can admit they could've patched up a few things like the janky AI on the maneaters or some streamlining of the weapon upgrades. I guess they do at least let you have an increased drop rate ring which is a welcome addition.