Demon's Souls

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3618 Ratings

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  1. Dem0nK
    Apr 3, 2021
    4
    Its 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
  2. herrmoekl
    Aug 23, 2021
    4
    I am a huge fan of Bloodborne and call it one of my favorite games of all time. Bloodborne was my introduction to From Software. After playing BB i played DS3 and then Sekiro. While Bloodborne was and forever will be my favorite of them i had a lot of appreciation for DS3 and Sekiro. Things i love about Bloodborne is it´s smart level Design, it´s extremely challenging but rewardingI am a huge fan of Bloodborne and call it one of my favorite games of all time. Bloodborne was my introduction to From Software. After playing BB i played DS3 and then Sekiro. While Bloodborne was and forever will be my favorite of them i had a lot of appreciation for DS3 and Sekiro. Things i love about Bloodborne is it´s smart level Design, it´s extremely challenging but rewarding Gameplay and it´s horrifying beauty. All these 3 things are lacking in this Game. I probably am part of a minority with thinking that this Game didn´t age well. In my opinion there is two types of difficult Games: a good one and a bad one. While i would classify BB, DS3 and Sekiro entirely as the former here it´s too much of the latter. Tight hallways that take your view while having extremely aggressive enemies in the way not being able to really see yourself or them well. Unbalanced Boss fights put in weird spaces that don´t seem nearly as thought out as later entries in From Softwares catalogue. Then there is the Level Design. This is where Bloodborne shines and delivers again and again with it´s clever and rewarding distribution of Lamps (checkpoints), something almost entirely missing from this Game. Whereas in Bloodborne and Post-BB Games i felt rewarded after fighting through a tough area arriving at a checkpoint or discovering a new area here i never have those experiences. There is no feeling of joy after finishing a Boss after studying their attack patterns because most Bosses lack ambitious mechanics. Moreover the Mechanics of Bosses don´t really feel integrated into the Gameplay. Again, with all the Post-BB Souls Games there was a coherence between the Boss Design and Gameplay mechanics. Whenever i died in those Games to a Boss or enemies i always felt like i wasn´t good enough, thinking about the enemy attack patterns and how i could improve. When i die here i find myself most of the time thinking about poor design choices such as the things mentioned. Another example of it´s unbalanced mechanics is farming for healing items. While BB did have the need to find healing items as well the distribution was way more balanced out and enemies would frequently drop them. In certain areas of Demons Souls you wont find any healing items at all which adds to the overall feeling of frustration this Game leaves me with.… Expand
  3. MedusaMadman77
    Dec 5, 2020
    4
    Now 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.
  4. troybilts
    Jan 5, 2021
    4
    I think you need to have some nostalgia to like this game. Coming into it never having played a Souls game it really was not very fun. Seems to be a giant grind fest. By the time you get anything good the game is over. So to use any of your powers/weapons etc, you just have to play it all over again. ugh.... Killing the dragons was laughably terrible, there were just giant fireI think you need to have some nostalgia to like this game. Coming into it never having played a Souls game it really was not very fun. Seems to be a giant grind fest. By the time you get anything good the game is over. So to use any of your powers/weapons etc, you just have to play it all over again. ugh.... Killing the dragons was laughably terrible, there were just giant fire breathing enemies that repeated their path like a scratched and skipping record. No skill or tactics needed, just fire-rinse-repeat. Graphics were great though.… Expand
  5. justishar
    Nov 16, 2020
    4
    I'm someone who played and loved DS3 and Bloodborne and was excited to give Demon's Souls a try, never having played it before. It turns out that this game is extremely faithful to the original game, which means that the mechanics of the game are quite dated. I've put about ten hours into it at this point and I don't think I'm going to go any further, because it's just so tedious. The gameI'm someone who played and loved DS3 and Bloodborne and was excited to give Demon's Souls a try, never having played it before. It turns out that this game is extremely faithful to the original game, which means that the mechanics of the game are quite dated. I've put about ten hours into it at this point and I don't think I'm going to go any further, because it's just so tedious. The game is pretty easy for the most part, including the regular enemies and bosses. This, unfortunately, leaves the challenging parts to be the things which aren't fun at all, including the maze like levels and distance between the save points and the end of the level. If you make a mistake, or if the game throws in something like an invisible enemy that inflicts a new status effect that kills you in seconds towards the end of the level, then you get to retrace quite a long trail to get back where you were. Maybe ten years ago, this would have been less of a tough pill to swallow, but in today's day and age, and after having played (and mastered) DS3 and Bloodborne, this type of gameplay just feels tedious to be moreso than fun. I guess I'm back to waiting for Elden Ring.… Expand
  6. Sundowner1
    Nov 20, 2020
    4
    Caught up in the hype train I purchased this one, but I've never played a "souls" games before. After spending a few hours on this one I'd say its a hard pass. The difficulty isnt that bad, much like old generation games like Ninja Gaiden or Castlevania. You just need to learn how to play and what the patterns are. Honestly its not fun though, like at all. Generic character, no story, PVPCaught up in the hype train I purchased this one, but I've never played a "souls" games before. After spending a few hours on this one I'd say its a hard pass. The difficulty isnt that bad, much like old generation games like Ninja Gaiden or Castlevania. You just need to learn how to play and what the patterns are. Honestly its not fun though, like at all. Generic character, no story, PVP is ridiculously frustrating while learning the game, and its just boring dying over and over on stupid stuff. Save your money for a sale if you must, but this is the most overrated game I've seen in a long time. It is a glorified tech demo, absolutely beautiful but not worth the time.… Expand
  7. M19Xisrupt
    Jan 17, 2022
    4
    Combat is intentionally made slow so you feel like the game is "Difficult" but I get it, "If you're good at playing souls games then you will have fun" but these mechanics feel so outdated. I had fun learning/playing Bloodborne a lot but this game just feels like torture. Games are suppose to be fun and I barely had any fun playing this. The game tries it's best to punish you by making youCombat is intentionally made slow so you feel like the game is "Difficult" but I get it, "If you're good at playing souls games then you will have fun" but these mechanics feel so outdated. I had fun learning/playing Bloodborne a lot but this game just feels like torture. Games are suppose to be fun and I barely had any fun playing this. The game tries it's best to punish you by making you start over every time you die. The movement feels extremely slow, unresponsive at times and even if you dodge you still somehow get hit. Bosses can hit you from miles away while you rely on your little dodge roll that doesn't even "dodge" half the time. Enemies are glitching and attacking non-stop. Graphics are beautiful yeah but that doesn't change anything considering that it's a PS5 game. They could've improved on so many things but they decided to just copy and paste the old game with its outdated combat system. You're expected to fight a single Boss for days just to be able to beat him and feel some accomplishment but that doesn't work when the developers use cheap old game tactics to stop people from progressing, learning and ultimately having fun. eSports of single player games.… Expand
  8. Myp00
    Jan 30, 2021
    4
    Not a good first "souls" experience. I'd preface by saying I like challenging games. I usually crank the difficulty up to the max. Grounded mode, Give me God of War, nightmare, survival, whatever. So, I was looking forward to a challenging game.

    This was the absolute wrong kind of challenge. I can't believe there's no tutorials. I know it sucks to jump into a familiar game and    Not a good first "souls" experience. I'd preface by saying I like challenging games. I usually crank the difficulty up to the max. Grounded mode, Give me God of War, nightmare, survival, whatever. So, I was looking forward to a challenging game.

    This was the absolute wrong kind of challenge. I can't believe there's no tutorials. I know it sucks to jump into a familiar game and have your hand held for 2 hours but not everyone is familiar. What are these holograms running around? What's with these messages? Why doesn't it pause? Just a brief sampling: I got stuck in the first zone. I see the huge door. Can't go right, only left. So I go left. It circles me around back to the door. A message says "try fire." On this door?? Ok... so I use a firebox by going into my inventory and selecting use and it automatically lobs it in the direction I was facing. That will be even more useless in combat than it was on this door. So, like a desperate fool, I light my sword on fire and try hitting the door. The message said try fire, I'm trying... I do back through the left path and find the lever. Had to work up the nerve to pull it because 2 messages said to pull it so there was a solid chance it was a trap. I get through and kill the pokey shield blob easily. So, I go back to the nexus. New girl says the monumental will explain. I ran around for 15 minutes till I lucked into noticing the talk notification as I ran by the kid. Why wouldn't that trigger automatically or be more out in the open? Whatever, let's press on. I continue through the zone and make it to the tower knight. Die instantly of course and now I have to run the gauntlet again. I get back and last longer. Kill the archers on the stairs, even got some hits in. Noticed his leg is shooting out blue or something but died without doing much else. Gotta run the gauntlet again. Died on the way so I just went to bed not in the least bit wanting to play more. But I gave it another go this morning. Tried some other zones. I hate all the tight corridors. I just kind of hate the game. Different strokes and all that I guess. But this is just not for me.    … Expand
  9. devilofumes
    Nov 13, 2020
    4
    Disgraceful 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.
  10. ariangoodarzi
    Apr 24, 2021
    4
    personally i think demon's soul is the worst souls game after dark souls 2

    graphicly it looks amazing. the gameplay is pretty good but my god the balance is really really bad. the magic builds are just op. the pvp sucks. the melee builds are not nearly as good as the magic ones it is unbalanced as heck. the story is alright nothing really that special tho. the bosses have borken    personally i think demon's soul is the worst souls game after dark souls 2

    graphicly it looks amazing. the gameplay is pretty good but my god the balance is really really bad. the magic builds are just op. the pvp sucks. the melee builds are not nearly as good as the magic ones it is unbalanced as heck. the story is alright nothing really that special tho. the bosses have borken hitboxes however they are really damn fun to fight against. the map design is really damn linear. not even close to dark souls 1. the actuall pve is really fun and the enemys are really cool.
    so yeah 4.5 score from me    … Expand
  11. blankcheck
    Aug 13, 2021
    4
    This is a good tech demo for the system, but the gameplay is weak. I've played and highly enjoyed every other FromSoftware game from Dark Souls through Sekiro, so I was looking forward to this. It looks really pretty, but playing it is seriously tedious. It's more of a super-remaster than an updated remake - crappy gameplay elements from 2009 didn't need to make it into a 2021 release.This is a good tech demo for the system, but the gameplay is weak. I've played and highly enjoyed every other FromSoftware game from Dark Souls through Sekiro, so I was looking forward to this. It looks really pretty, but playing it is seriously tedious. It's more of a super-remaster than an updated remake - crappy gameplay elements from 2009 didn't need to make it into a 2021 release. Clunky & slow, needlessly grindy (like getting herbs), bad online gameplay, and some odd remake-specific decisions...if you've played any of Demon's Souls successors, you've gotten used to playing with the improvements made to these original elements, and it's likely this game will feel pretty poor in comparison. But it looks great.… Expand
  12. Frankyrivers
    Jun 26, 2023
    4
    Este juego hasta el dia de hoy no lo han arreglado con ese problema con el cierre forzado que ha aparecido en el momento menos esperado cuando uni esta jugando, arruinando la experiencia de los jugadores desde su fecha de lanzamiento 2020, es lamentable que jamás hayan arreglado ese problema del crasheo ya que ha sucedido en varias consolas de esta generación y hasta el dia de hoy lo sigueEste juego hasta el dia de hoy no lo han arreglado con ese problema con el cierre forzado que ha aparecido en el momento menos esperado cuando uni esta jugando, arruinando la experiencia de los jugadores desde su fecha de lanzamiento 2020, es lamentable que jamás hayan arreglado ese problema del crasheo ya que ha sucedido en varias consolas de esta generación y hasta el dia de hoy lo sigue habiendo, claramente este intento de remake era solo un tester para la aclamadisima consola ps5, porque aun esta mal optimizado y creo que se quedara asi incluso cuando salga la ps5 pro.… Expand
  13. N1Swift
    Jan 4, 2022
    4
    Bad 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
  14. Kabokabo1
    Aug 5, 2022
    4
    Get torched by dragon : half hp gone. Fine.

    Get hit one (1) time by one (1) dog in a half a frame animation : half hp gone. Not fine. There's difficulty, and there's unbalanced mess. Demon's souls is an unbalanced difficulty mess from A to Z, from mob one shotting the player no matter what his vitality stat is at, to the player literally one shotting bosses sometimes. This game    Get torched by dragon : half hp gone. Fine.

    Get hit one (1) time by one (1) dog in a half a frame animation : half hp gone. Not fine.

    There's difficulty, and there's unbalanced mess. Demon's souls is an unbalanced difficulty mess from A to Z, from mob one shotting the player no matter what his vitality stat is at, to the player literally one shotting bosses sometimes.

    This game need serious balance    … Expand
  15. Peanuts_dx
    Oct 10, 2022
    4
    Not my type of game. Watch gameplay ofbthe first few areas if you're not sure wether to buy.
  16. Fission_Mailed
    Jul 7, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A "Graphical improvement" that falls flat in so many aspects. The gameplay first of all is the same as the original, no improvements, the backstabs and counterattacks after a parry are changed with some over the top animations which feels awkward. The "graphical improvements" of the game are ironically what ruined the game. The artistic direction of the original was used as tool for the narrative of the story by showing the desolation and the fog that was shrouding Boletaria, while in the remake everything Is gaudy and the fog that was the main aspect of the narrative of Boletaria was replaced by a clear sky in order to show the graphics and the potential of the ps5. As for the rest of the other areas, Latria followed the same mistake by giving it a gothic look which reminded me of another game instead of and improvement of the original. Another bad aspect is the music for the bosses as "the music of the remake Is inspired by Bloodborne" which Is why the OST falls flat since there is no rhythm during the boss fights because they maintened the same mechanics of the original and putting a Grandiose and an Epic orchestra for a giant manta ray fish that slowly approaches you is more laughable than epic. lets not talk about the Nexus ost that was destroyed by a ridicolous church chant instead of putting and improving the simple and a mysterious tones of the original, no comment for the false king ost...
    In conclusion this remake was made without the direction of the original developers but this was aspected since From software is hated by the Ps5 higher-ups but nevertheless a shame that this was used as tech demo for the ps5 because It had a lot of potential but It was sadly wasted.    … Expand
  17. Lanthalord
    Jun 11, 2023
    4
    Great 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
  18. JBreed
    Aug 1, 2023
    4
    Too 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.
  19. ultrastoat
    May 22, 2022
    3
    Don'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
  20. snakemuho
    Nov 13, 2020
    3
    To my knowledge, the appropriate term for something like this is "Reforged", not "Remake".
  21. Buhan
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    Game 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.
  22. PadFou
    Jan 13, 2021
    3
    The 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).
  23. princessfurios
    Nov 15, 2020
    3
    80€.
    Именно столько они просят за ремейк игры. 80, черт подери, евро.
    Давайте разберем по полочкам все, почему эта игра - ни стоит таких денег и уж тем более не стоит зваться наследником оригинала. Здесь, по классике нового ориентирования рынка Sony на запад, завезли BLM и SJW-мусор и прочие вещи, которым ним место ни в одной игре. Сеты персонажей выглядят прямиком как треш-фрики из    80€.
    Именно столько они просят за ремейк игры. 80, черт подери, евро.
    Давайте разберем по полочкам все, почему эта игра - ни стоит таких денег и уж тем более не стоит зваться наследником оригинала. Здесь, по классике нового ориентирования рынка Sony на запад, завезли BLM и SJW-мусор и прочие вещи, которым ним место ни в одной игре. Сеты персонажей выглядят прямиком как треш-фрики из Тамблера. Дизайн игры в целом и персонажей в частности был изменен на западный манер, потеряв былую оригинальность и самобытность. Персонажей сделали более "репрезентативными", как модно нынче говорить. И вы понимаете, о чем я сейчас. Про то, что герой априори небинарен и вместо пол здесь есть выбор между "типом тела А" и "типом тела Б", я думаю не стоит и заикаться.
    Обещания и реальность. Все мы не должны забывать громкие слова о трассировке лучей в игре на презентации PS5. А что в итоге? Это был обман, лишь ради громкого маркетингового словца. Про то что игра выйдет на PC и "других платформах" мы тоже помним прекрасно. Но ведь тогда не вышло бы просить за эту поделку 80€, верно, Sony? Конечно же, верно.
    Игра спокойно бы запустилась и на PS4, лишь с добавлением загрузок и в качестве ниже. Все мы видели The Last of Us Part II и то, что она прекрасно работала на прошлом поколении. И вы хотите сказать, что ремейк Demons Souls бы не пошел? Не смешите свою же аудиторию.
    Это глупость и жадность. Вопиющая. Ценник этой игре должен быть 40$, как у ремейка первой части Mafia. Не больше. А за 80€ и спрашивать с игры нужно, как с того, что стоит 80€. И это не цена данной "поделки". Ни в коем разе.
    Но, судя по оценкам, люди съели и это. И попросят еще. Тогда, впрочем, не жалуйтесь позже на то, какие сюрпризы вам приготовит Бобби Котик, поняв, как легко доить из такого стада как вы, ставящего 10/10 подобной "игре", деньги.
    Пожалуй, тут больше нечего сказать.    … Expand
  24. firefades
    Nov 13, 2020
    3
    Overall 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.
  25. SoundoftheSun
    Nov 22, 2020
    3
    I'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
    Conclusion: 3 / 10
  26. Nostradamous
    Nov 28, 2020
    3
    Really low quality,
    Absolutely Hollow content.
    Unbelievable price
    And Dissappointing
    Comparabale at mobile games class!
  27. BryLo420
    Jan 3, 2021
    3
    Literally 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
  28. Mattrivas
    Feb 2, 2021
    3
    Can’t stand that after you die you have to restart from the very beginning of the stage.
  29. Hiyaky
    Mar 30, 2021
    3
    The game exists simply to lead you to enemies, with shallow content and mechanics, there is nothing great in this game. Being unnecessary hard, Demon’s Souls have nothing to motivate you to continue fighting against whoever wants to kill you. You usually know you will die in any game, so it is necessary to create reasons to keep you playing it. In this game, it’s much easier to die, and noThe game exists simply to lead you to enemies, with shallow content and mechanics, there is nothing great in this game. Being unnecessary hard, Demon’s Souls have nothing to motivate you to continue fighting against whoever wants to kill you. You usually know you will die in any game, so it is necessary to create reasons to keep you playing it. In this game, it’s much easier to die, and no actual cause to make you continue, not even the combats are worth it.
    Another thing are the points your character have, with many, many options that don’t really change anything in your gameplay, only making the game more complicated.
    And, well, it is horrible to die for a boss and having to walk thorough kilometers and fight so many enemies just to fight the boss again, which turns out to desmotivate the player to even try again.
    If the game were updated with a new system of checkpoints, and try to make some narrative, it would value something, but the actual price is crazy. If you really want to play it, wait to buy it.    … Expand
  30. Sain4k
    Jan 9, 2022
    3
    Лично для меня это тупой непонятный кусок дерьма, слишком уныло, тупо. Просто шлак
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  1. CD-Action
    Jun 9, 2021
    90
    It’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]
  2. Forbes
    Mar 29, 2021
    90
    Overall, 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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  3. WellPlayed
    Feb 10, 2021
    99
    I 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.
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