- Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment , PlayStation Studios
- Release Date: Nov 11, 2020
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 3618 Ratings
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Positive: 2,856 out of 3618
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Mixed: 207 out of 3618
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Negative: 555 out of 3618
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Apr 3, 2021Its not a remake, its a remaster. Bluepoint doesn't know what is game design and can't do anything good. 10 years old gameplay is stupid, resources farm is boring, and developers made it even worse when made weight for herbs etc. Only good point in this remaster is graphics and sound
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Aug 23, 2021
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Dec 5, 2020Now that I've spent some time with it, I can truly say that this is a bad game. Dull and disrespectful of your time. It's only hard in that the controls were designed by a fool. It's like driving with your feet, and once your get the hang of that, it's the same boring grind over and over. Worst launch game I've bought since Orphen on PS2.. At least I can get some money for the trade in.
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Jan 5, 2021
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Nov 16, 2020
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Nov 20, 2020
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Jan 17, 2022
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Jan 30, 2021
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Nov 13, 2020Disgraceful remake. FromSoft's art direction is lost here thanks to western developers thinking they know better. The environments, the lighting, the NPCs, the bosses and enemies, the voice acting, the sound design, and the soundtrack all have very drastic and awful changes to them. Don't get this if you're a fan of the Souls games.
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Apr 24, 2021
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Aug 13, 2021
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Jun 26, 2023
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Jan 4, 2022Bad collision query, flying boses that disappeared mid boss fight, bosses that only use range attacks even if you are close, so that the boss is way to easy for a boss that shows up during endgame and so on. It's just a remake, so why are there still bugs that were known in the first place? If you really want to olay Demon's Souls, buy the old one
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Aug 5, 2022
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Oct 10, 2022Not my type of game. Watch gameplay ofbthe first few areas if you're not sure wether to buy.
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Jul 7, 2023This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 11, 2023Great remake, runs nice, and it's beautiful.
But the actual game is quite **** One spawn per map, meaning you always have to go through everything all the time. I'm a fan of fromsoft, but I just can't enjoy this game -
Aug 1, 2023Too hard and too easy? Demon's souls benefits from its unique art design and next generation graphics. However I found that playing the game was really hard if you were playing the "correct way" and was really easy when using an exploited strategy. The easy way make it less fun and the hard way is infuriating. Also I found the dodge mechanic to be very unresponsive/inconsistent.
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May 22, 2022Don't buy this just because you loved Elden Ring. I've played Ds3, bloodborne, and elden ring, and the best parts of those games is how much farther away from the design of Demons Souls they went with each iteration. absolute slog
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Nov 13, 2020To my knowledge, the appropriate term for something like this is "Reforged", not "Remake".
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Nov 14, 2020Game play is decent however the artistic changes made this remake too difficult to truly enjoy, especially coming from someone who considered the original a favorite.
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Jan 13, 2021The game is good. The price is not. 80€ (price in France, that's 97,50$) for a remake of an 11 years old game that mostly only get graphics ameliorations, that's completly overpriced. Definitly not worth it. Wait for a lower price or play the original game (which stay beautiful).
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Nov 15, 2020
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Nov 13, 2020Overall very "whatever" remake. Ironically it feels like there's absolutely no SOUL in this game that's supposed to be part of SOULS SERIES. I would say wait for sale, but i would rather more recommend original.
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Nov 22, 2020I'll make this review really short, because i don't have much to say about this one.
Graphics - 8 / 10
Story - 1 / 10
Gameplay - 6 / 10
New boss designs VS The Original - 4 / 10
Innovations that would justify this remake - 2 / 10
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Nov 28, 2020Really low quality,
Absolutely Hollow content.
Unbelievable price
And Dissappointing
Comparabale at mobile games class! -
Jan 3, 2021Literally one of the worst games I’ve ever played. Boring and horrible combat. Graphics however are very beautiful. Graphics are probably the only thing I can say positive about this game. Never felt so robbed of $70. Do yourself a favor and stay away
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Feb 2, 2021Can’t stand that after you die you have to restart from the very beginning of the stage.
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Mar 30, 2021
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Jan 9, 2022Лично для меня это тупой непонятный кусок дерьма, слишком уныло, тупо. Просто шлак
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Dec 12, 2021By no means a lazy remake, but a completely misunderstood one in the art style and music department. Things range from not making sense to be a straight up downgrade, and the mood for some of the most emotional bosses is completely gone. Play the PS3 version instead.
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Mar 30, 2022I was optimistic about this one but I just can’t seem to get into it. There’s nothing special or particularly fun about it.
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May 3, 2023It started like a solid game I really enjoyed bit as the game went on I don't know what it was but it felt repetitive and I found myself not wanting to continue playing. It's good I guess but way overatted.
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Sep 3, 2023Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ds
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May 28, 2023
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Mar 9, 2021Remake and Outsourced works but expensive.
The heroine will not respond to the player's actions.
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Nov 13, 2020Extremely weak entry into souls franchise. Other than graphics and fps boost, it has nothing special to offer.
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Nov 13, 2020This must be most overhyped remake of all time. I bet people hype it up because it's console exclusive. I played it 2 hours and i'm already bored.
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Nov 13, 2020In my honest opinion it's not worth it. There's so many other games that actually need remake. This one is perfectly playable on ps3. PS5 starts out super weak, spiderman dlc and remake of not that old game? Come on. I have killed two bosses so far and it's just same. I have original as well and i rather play that.
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Nov 13, 2020I would recommend original so much more than this "remake". They took absolute classic and are trying to make quick cash with it. I still have original on ps3, you can get it cheap anywhere. This weak excuse for a remake shouldn't be a reason to get ps5. I'm very disappointed.
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Nov 22, 2020
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Nov 22, 2020Strong doubt that any real souls fan will like this, personally i feel empty after playing this.
Nothing stood out, yeah some bosses were okay, but overall it's just meh. I would give it way higher score if it was like 30 dollars, but 70 is just too much for this. Overall i didn't like it.
I don't regret buying PS5, because i have so many other games to play, but i regret buying this game. -
Nov 22, 2020Not what i expected! I was ready for some masterful remake, but what i got was average game. Hopefully Resident Evil 4 remake will be good!
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Nov 30, 2020
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Nov 30, 2020Extremely meh and 70 dollars for this? How about 40? That would be more fair. I have nothing against souls games, but this one is just awful.
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Dec 30, 2020When you die, which is a lot, you must repeat the entire level. This is hugely frustrating to the point where after spending an entire day being killed at the same point I gave up on the game and will be trading it in. no difficulty settings either. hugely disappointing I could get past this point and see the rest of the game.
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Mar 31, 2021
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Jul 10, 20222 points only for the Graphics. The gameplay is **** and the maps are designed to be frustrating not challenging.
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Jun 11, 2021Wish I could actually enjoy the story but the constant dying and resetting makes it a tough go. New to the souls games and I knew what I was getting into but this was just staring running the same route over and over. You finally get to a boss and get excited but alas you die and reset AGAIN. Beautiful to look at ugly to play.
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May 25, 2023
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Aug 17, 2023
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Nov 4, 2021Comprei PS5 pra jogar jogo do PS3?
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Jun 14, 2021This is a terrible game that's way too hard. I hate that these games are being made because the resources could've been used to make something that everyone can enjoy. I honestly believe that anyone that gives a positive review to this game is a shill because no one likes getting lost and dying all the time.
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Jan 3, 2021Cada vez que juego, la pley se me crashea, la pantalla se me llena de puntos y fuegos artificiales y se hace injugable. ¿Alguna solución aparte de tirar la consola o mandarla de vuelta al sat? 70 euros pagué por el juego, decepcionante.
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Nov 15, 2020I would recommend original so much more than this "remake". They took absolute classic and are trying to make quick cash with it. I still have original on ps3, you can get it cheap anywhere. This weak excuse for a remake shouldn't be a reason to get ps5. I'm very disappointed.
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Nov 17, 2020The best thing of Demon's Souls were it's design and artstyle and Bluepoint has successfully ruined it, by editing characters, colors and architecture. On the other hand the bad thing about Demon's Souls were it's unbalanced gameplay and mechanics (you still need to grind items and can abuse some weapons in pvp) and Bluepoint didn't even touched it. Bad, very bad.
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Nov 16, 2020While the graphics is indeed awesome, the most iconic aspect of this game was its soundtrack. They "remastered" wrongly, removing all the iconic bits that made it so special, and now it sounds extremely generic fantasy music. The soundtrack of the Tower Knight boss fight? Gone. That's really a shame.
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Jun 17, 2021**** game without checkpoint go fak yourslef...m
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Nov 22, 2020É a mesma coisa no ps3 e ainda custa 300 reais mais 5 mil do ps5 não vale a pena
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Jan 19, 2022
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Jun 12, 2023El peor y más mal diseñado juego que he probado en mi vida. Si queréis sufrir y pasarlo mal es vuestra decisión
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Nov 14, 2020Completely ruins the aesthetic and the atmosphere and the soundtrack of the original game, which is the very thing that made the original a timeless classic. It reminds me of the WarCraft3 remake; a cheap cninese knock-off (no offence to the chinese)
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Apr 2, 2021
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Nov 18, 2020Fun but with mechanics from a game from years ago, the graphics do not save it
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Nov 14, 2020No tiene Ray tracing, no tiene 4k nativos, anda perfectamente los 60 fps y gráficamente no se ve tan como lo esperábamos, es lamentable que se utilizará para abrir una nueva generación, al contrario de la competencia que no tenía nada pero no la kgaron como lo hicimos aquí.
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Nov 13, 2020Worst boss simulator of 2020. Can't believe people pay 60 dollars to die 100 times on one boss, just to move on to next boss and then next, over and over again. Sekiro at least tried to add some story. This is just meh.
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Nov 13, 2020I'm so done with these endless remakes already, but the way they are marketing this is just awful. They took classic souls entry and painted it over, added hd textures, 60fps and now that's what console launch titles are going to be?? Not recommending this.
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Nov 13, 2020Resident Evil 2 team actually tried when making remake of classic. This one just feels soulless cash crab. Wouldn't recommend to anyone.
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Nov 13, 2020Weak remake with awful fake marketing. Disgusting. I would absolutely never recommend this game to anyone.
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Nov 22, 2020I didn't enjoy Demon's Souls Remake at all. Something felt off with it. Almost like there was no passion behind this project. Some boss re-designs looked worse than original and overall it didn't do enough new things to justify this remake. PS: I have played original multiple times.
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Nov 22, 2020Hopeless attempt to remake something that never needed a remake. Any other game would have been better choice, specially something older, pre 2007. I actually got really sad while playing it, because i was really hoping that it's something special, but it wasn't, it really wasn't. 60fps made everything smoother and that's about it. Not recommending.
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Nov 22, 2020Where this deep, almost scary atmosphere from the first game? If you gonna remake a classic, you have to either make it better or at least same level. This on looks way too clean. I could mistake it for any indie game honestly. 70 dollars for 60fps. Welcome to 2020.
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Nov 22, 2020
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Nov 22, 2020I'll be completely honest, i'm not impressed. As a longtime souls fan i was actually confused why even remake it? Original is perfectly fine, but i was like "fine, i will try it". Even tho it's 60fps, it doesn't feel "extremely smooth". It just doesn't add enough to justify this remake compared to other high quality remakes.
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Nov 26, 2020Набридли рімейки, ремастери та спінофи, почніть робити нові ігри, Соні.
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Nov 30, 2020
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Nov 30, 2020
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Nov 30, 2020
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Nov 30, 2020It makes no sense to make Demon's Souls as launch title and then basically that's it for like 2 months? Really Sony? U serious? Well i didn't like it and now i'm like, time to play Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077 i guess.
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Dec 1, 2020Very boring remake, if i'm completely honest. Actually regretting buying it, not worth it.
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Dec 1, 2020Some people actually think this is good? Bloodborne is my favorite game of all time and i sold Demon's Souls after finishing it. How can anyone even recommend this? I'm so confused.
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Dec 13, 2020The game is boring. In addition, it irritates. If you want to sleep then this will be the perfect game for you.
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Dec 15, 2020
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Mar 26, 2021Lixo, dificuldade desbalanceada para esconder a falta de conteúdo, não se deram o trabalho de rever. Não acredita? Bom jogo!
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Dec 23, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Feb 28, 2022Diseño de niveles horrible, controles rotos, todo mal que era ese juego en su versión original se mantuvo aqui, muy mal!
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May 17, 2022
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Jun 22, 2022Amazing game i would absolutely enjoy, but for the love of god port this to PC already.
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Jul 31, 2021Game is too difficult for me, of course i won´t enjoy it. Not sure if i will play elden ring to be honest.
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Jan 11, 2022
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Nov 26, 2020
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Jan 1, 2021The only problem I have with this game is the price, you don’t remake a game, give it better graphics and sell it for $70.00, the same with Devil may cry 5.
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May 4, 2021Almost no effort has been made for gameplay. It's nothing more than a simple remake.
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Nov 23, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Dec 12, 2020why is there only 10 as a score ??
for me no game is worth 10.
70 euros for this game is stealing, removed the graphics (VERY BEAUTIFUL) it remains a very old game -
Mar 19, 2022I tried to like this game but the souls formula in this game is pretty bad...very slow fight and long distance to run for next boss battle is boring, they could at least change the formula for better...
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Jan 6, 2021if you want to see how the remastered version should be, just check Demon's souls.
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Nov 14, 2020Well, most people prefer Lil Pump over Beethoven, so that explains the 10/10 reviews. Ruined the OST.
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Aug 26, 2021Imagine spending $500 on a new console and the only "new" game is a $70 port of a game that is over 10 years old. The doesn't do anything new or have anything added. Just play the copy you already own.
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Dec 16, 2020Non ha una grafica next gen. Graficamente carino l, ma si vede che le texture non sono state fatte come dio comanda. Avevano già la base del gioco e doveva o semplocenre applicare un engine attuale ad un codice sorgente trito e ritrito. Peccato.
Awards & Rankings
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CD-ActionJun 9, 2021It’s a perfect remake and I think the only people who might be disappointed with it are… the die-hard FromSoftware fans. You see, the new Demon’s Souls shows clearly how much Miyazaki’s games have evolved throughout the years. The Dark Souls series simply does everything better. The remake looks like a prototype in comparison, while still being way ahead of other developers’ achievements in this genre. [01/2021, p.46]
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Mar 29, 2021Overall, Demon’s Souls is still the most interesting and varied game in the Souls series. This remake not only looks lovely on the PlayStation 5 but is also a joy to play with all the tweaks and improvements that have been introduced. Now if only people would look past its supposed difficulty and see its carefully crafted intricacy instead.
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Feb 10, 2021I went in expecting the world out of the Demon’s Souls remake and it delivered me the galaxy. I don’t normally speak this highly of games, but this is the one exception. Absolutely every facet of the original has been enhanced and it has stood the test of time. Bluepoint has done an incredible job at not only reinvigorating an underappreciated gem, but also leveraging the new technologies afforded to them with Sony’s new system. While there are a couple of minor technical blemishes, they don’t take away from how good of an experience this game is and Bluepoint’s diligence as a developer will surely see these kinks ironed out. This game is a system seller.