DS1 remastered did 2 things right.
1. They included a couple quality of life improvements from DS2 into the game.
2. They made the controls far more PC friendly which allows you to actually play it on PC without having to buy a controller.

#2 is what did it for me. If they literally hadn't changed anything else I still would have bought it for that as I am a PC exclusive no controller player. I just don't enjoy the feel of controllers in my hands.


As for my comment about DS2 my point is fairly simple. Is DS2 a fantastic game worthy of DS1? No, of course not. There is plenty about it to dislike. But is it still a fantastic and fun game? Yes it is. And the sheer amount of hate it got is unwarranted as most of it came from people who were disappointed that it wasn't another masterpiece like DS1 and than massively overreacted. Same thing happened with DS3.

Evaluated on their own merit without comparing them to DS1 both are quite enjoyable and good games. DS2 even more so than DS3.