Little did we know that system limitations forced the developers to shelve several ambitious concepts, all of which will now re-emerge due to the greater processing powers of the new consoles.

- Each spider in the Freya bossfight will now actually be a smaller (but not much smaller) Freya, sweeping laser included.
- The Pursuer will actually pursue you until you've killed him, even up to and beyond bonfires.
- Throne Watcher and Throne Defender are joined by Throne Polisher and Throne Warmer.
- Aava is backed up by up to two invaders, only they're permanently invisible.
- Sinh's corrosive aura now also breaks everything you haven't equipped.
- You can now be drawn into up to six different Rat Covenant worlds at the same time, controlling yourself in each screen at the same time.
- The new lighting engine actually fills the screen with blinding light whenever someone is praising the sun.
- Mirror Knight now summons another Mirror Knight who is mere seconds away from summoning as well, creating a massive homing chain of summoned Mirror Knights. You can only win by killing him before summoning. Get gud scrub.
- The Velstadt and Raime fights are now expanded by an affection system, determining if one will join you in the fight against the other. At max affection, they will remove their helmets and will have been beautiful all along.
- The Gutter expanded to four times its size. Literally, scaled up by four. Including the gaps in the floor.
- Black Gulch statues now shoot Mirror Knights mere seconds away from summoning.
- Additional feature of respec'ing other players.
- The remaining four pets of the Ivory King turn out to be four invisible Smelter Demons in a blizzard.
- Soul Memory replaced by Roll Memory and Well What Is It Memory.
- Rotten fight is now actually good.
- The Emerald Herald's dialogue will be slowed down by 400%, to help people understand the lore better.
- King Vendrick will now be explicitly referred to by various NPCs as "he who linked the flames", "The Chosen Undead", "Father of the Abyss", "Frampt" and "Crestfallen Warrior", occasionally in the same sentence.
- Old Dragonslayer now backed up by his long-missing companion, Very Old Dragonslayer.