Age of Sunlight - Gameplay Overhaul
⚪ Last updated 2022Preview

🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #12 of 257 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Age of Sunlight is a gameplay overhaul of Dark Souls: Remastered that changes combat, weapons, armour, items, spells, merchants, item placements, enemy placements, character controls, player behaviour/mechanics, enemy behaviour/mechanics, events, and more.
The mod includes over 12,000 changes to the original game, with the main goals being to improve the original game across the board, and to provide a unique experience.
• General combat improvements, everything from bad hitboxes being fixed, to backsteps having invincibility frames, reduced stunlocking, etc.
• Features a perfect guard mechanic, timing block similarly to timing rolls reduces the stamina cost and absorbs 100% of physical damage.
• The game has been made slightly harder, as healing is now much more punishable, parry timing has been made tighter, etc.
• Every weapon has been rebalanced, including adding new attacks/movesets, and buffing underwhelming weapons like Whips, making them viable.
• Every ring has been rebalanced, buffing weaker rings such as the Blue Tearstone Ring, Tiny Being's Ring, Ring of the Evil Eye, etc.
• Every spell has been rebalanced, most spells are quicker to cast, and several weaker spells are more useful.
• Spell casting speed is no longer tied to dexterity and casting now costs stamina.
• Items have been changed, copper/silver/gold coins increase souls dropped & item discovery, and humanity heals over time.
• Poison and bleed are viable, often killing weaker enemies in seconds, and come with new toxic and sharp weapon ascensions.
• Over 50 enemy types have improved hitboxes.
• Significant changes to animations, ranging from fixing broken attacks, changing tracking of enemies, quicker item pickups, and changed attack speeds.
• Enhanced player control, for example cancellable gestures, rotation while mid air for easier plunging attacks, and improved vertical aiming of attacks.
• Item and enemy locations have been reorganised. Enemies often patrol the area instead of simply waiting for the player to arrive.
• Bonfires have been added and reorganised focusing on less tedious runbacks.
• Bosses have new attacks and even second phases.
• Boss design has been generally improved, for example Stray Demon & Demon Firesage are now unique, Capra Demon's dogs have been removed, etc.
• Significant changes to Poise, many attacks that were guaranteed to stagger can be tanked with enough poise, but poise is not active when using items or sprinting.
• Every weapon except for shields can be ascended through any upgrade path, for example a Lightning Black Knight Greataxe.
• Streamlined process for upgrading weapons, now up to a maximum of +10.
• Streamlined process for making boss weapons, now requiring only a unique item, instead of a +10 weapon.
• Shops have been reorganised, with
Age of Sunlight is a comprehensive gameplay overhaul for Dark Souls: Remastered, aiming to refine nearly every aspect of the game for a unique and polished experience. With over 1,100 endorsements and 30,000 downloads, it's a popular choice for players seeking a fresh take on the classic.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 1,140 endorsements and 30k downloads.
- Touches nearly every part of the game, so you get a fresh experience.
- Still relevant for players wanting a different Dark Souls challenge.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2022, so it may not be compatible with the latest patches or mods.
- Overhauling 'nearly everything' can break other mods that tweak similar systems.
- No detailed feature list, so you're going in blind on what exactly changes.
For Dark Souls veterans who've beaten the game multiple times and want a new challenge. Also for players who enjoy total conversion mods that shake up the formula. Skip if you prefer the vanilla experience or want a mod that only tweaks specific aspects.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check the mod's forum posts for any known compatibility issues with other popular overhauls.
- Back up your save files before installing, as major overhauls can alter game balance and progression.
- If you use a mod manager, make sure to load Age of Sunlight after other gameplay mods to avoid conflicts.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Darksoulsremastered Mods
- Author
- JudgeImpact
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 30,214
- Endorsements
- 1,140
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 6/8/2021
- Updated
- 10/20/2022
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