It needs a remake tbh. If they let From Software have another go at it but put Miyazaki and the rest of the DS1/3 crew on the job this time, we could get a genuinely great experience in Drangleic.
Honestly the only motivation I still have for playing DS2 is so I can credibly refute the contrarians I constantly find in Dark Souls communities after that Hbomberguy vid dropped.
I'm a very big fan.