Dark Souls 1.1 - A Subtle Difficulty Mod

Installation:

1. Go to 'Steam\steamapps\common\DARK SOULS REMASTERED' and backup your game files.

2. Extract the contents of the mod to that folder, overwriting everything

Uninstallation:

1. Restore your backup and overwrite everything, or verify integrity of game files via Steam.

Play offline or on an alternate account, I'm not responsible if you go online and get banned.

This is not compatible with any mod that edits the same files, including any gameplay mod at all. Texture mods should be fine.

This is a subtle gameplay mod aimed at increasing the game's challenge in a reasonable and conservative manner, by reverting some changes made by patches 1. 04 and 1. 05 back on the PS3/Xbox 360 versions of the game that made the game easier, or otherwise compensating for their inclusions with my own changes, as well as making certain mechanics and encounters more impactful and interesting by amplifying things that are already in the game and trusting the player more with the consequences of mistakes.

This is not a deep gameplay overhaul, or meant to be very challenging to veterans at all, it's simply bringing the game closer to the original launch version in some ways, while going further with my own changes to increase player accountability and bring the game's level of challenge more in line with later From Software games and with DS1's own reputation for being an extremely punishing game, which I feel isn't warranted in the vanilla game.

Mistakes will cost you more, power won't come as easily, and enemies are a bit less forgiving. I'm not joking about it being a subtle mod, this is just Dark Souls, but spicier. You might not even notice much changed at all depending on your playstyle, at least early on.

A good way to look at this mod is as an unofficial patch. It is very much still the same damn near-perfect game.

Since this is not an overhaul or a crazy challenge mod, it's perfectly usable even for a first playthrough, if you're the kind of player who likes to start any game on the hardest difficulty available. If you're a content creator looking for a playthrough, you might not find much here unless you really just wanted to stream/record more good old Dark Souls.

But if you are competent at games and gave Dark Souls a try and was baffled at its reputation of being a super challenging game, or you are a late-comer that played the series backwards and is used to more difficult From titles, or you are a veteran willing to re-live some of the more unforgiving aspects of the old 1. 0 version of the game, then you may enjoy this.

Just keep in mind that the main target audience of the mod is, in the end, myself. These are my personal tweaks to the game, so if you dislike something I encourage you to change it yourself, including editing this mod, no permissions are needed. Tools used are listed