Demon's Souls

 PlayStation 5
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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3618 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 555 out of 3618
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  1. Frankdnb
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Amazing remake, it’s a slow game but that’s how it’s suppose to be. Difficult but rewarding all at the same time, give yourself to play this amazing game.
  2. andreslop4
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Este juego es simplemente ESPECTACULAR! El apartado técnico, gráfico, sonoro es una delicia para todos los amantes de los Souls.
  3. Bossman23
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Incredible remake of a beloved game. Looks amazing and plays just like the original
  4. Abovewater
    Nov 13, 2020
    9
    Among a sea of fanboys on both sides, this review is the safe haven you are looking for. So hello my friend, stay awhile and listen.

    Scrolling through the abyss of reviews on here, my eyes were being assaulted by demons. I looked to the left and see "SoNy SuCks, 0 out of 10" I then looked to my right and saw "SoNy iS ThE BeSt 10 out of 10". It was at this moment I realized I must    Among a sea of fanboys on both sides, this review is the safe haven you are looking for. So hello my friend, stay awhile and listen.

    Scrolling through the abyss of reviews on here, my eyes were being assaulted by demons. I looked to the left and see "SoNy SuCks, 0 out of 10" I then looked to my right and saw "SoNy iS ThE BeSt 10 out of 10". It was at this moment I realized I must undertake a quest and purge the Metacritic of these Demons.

    I see the Old one, the greatest demon of all, his fog has now reached the gates of our real world and is affecting poor souls in this world. Remember, a hunter is a hunter, even in a dream.

    Let us purge the dross away and begin with The Good.

    Visuals. Demon's Souls for PS5 is an absolute visual feast. The attention to detail is simply breathtaking. Every brick has character and life in it. The fire affects are the most realistic fire effects I have ever seen in a game. The actual character models look like real people and not horrid creatures. One example of great detail is dragon fire breath hitting a wall and starting a banner on fire, and you can watch the banner slowly burning away on the wall until it disappears. And that's just in the background, it wasn't pointed out to the player specifically by the game. It is something a lot of people could miss, but they put that kind of detail and effort into it anyway. The environments look stunning and make you believe this place really exists and truly pulls you into the world.

    The sounds, especially the 3d audio are just as good, if not better than the visuals. The sound effects are absolutely amazing. You can hear the bone crunching on deep hits such as backstabs and ripostes. The audio sounds very crisp and clean. Audio really hasn't sounded next gen until now, just a layer of depth that brings everything to life.

    The controls. The haptic feedback and rumble are great features. Every hit you can feel. But it's the depth of it that is amazing. Hitting a wall with your sword feels a lot more different than hitting metal armor, which again feels different from hitting flesh. You can even feel it when you are running on sand, the controller rumble gives a subtle feeling of running on sand (hard to believe and describe but its there). When enemies are about to throw fire at you, you can feel the rumbling of fire permeating through the controller. Actual controls are very responsive and intuitive as well.

    Performance. Playing this game in performance mode is silky smooth. This game runs at a locked 60 fps, with only very tiny occasional drops to the framerate which rarely ever happen and aren't very noticeable. This game feels like playing butter, if butter was a game in which one could experience. But very smooth gameplay and responsive gameplay.

    Okay now on to the bad. There are a couple things in which I want to address. I personally do not like how some of the menus, text and hud look. It's a personal opinion but I feel it is very generic and doesn't have much "soul". It especially stands out cause the rest of the game looks phenomenal. Some of the voice acting is a little bland. Especially compared to the original. Even when some of the original people were brought back to voice act, some of the iconic lines don't have the same feeling to them anymore. The other thing I want to address is having exclusive content locked behind buying a pre-ordered deluxe addition. One of the weapons especially received is extremely OP with almost no stat requirements and does a lot of damage and has crazy reach. I feel this is wrong to do to players and consumers.

    Other than those things, this game is truly an amazing game. Whether you are new to souls games, a veteran of souls but new to Demon's Souls, or an OG Demon's Souls player, this game is truly an amazing game and worth playing. If you are new to Souls, this game will be a challenge, just a warning. So that's it, I know this review is longer than 2 sentences like 95% of the reviews here. But if you are reading this, it means you have a brain and are choosing to read something a little different. Thank you for reading.

    Remember that you have a heart of gold, don't let them take it from you. Praise the Sun and Umbassa.    … Expand
  5. onlygamer
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Great game, one of the best remakes ever, the graphics, the animation, the sound, all is perfect
  6. Kumasimc
    Nov 13, 2020
    9
    Once again I must point out that people posting Zero for their score have no business here. If you don’t like a game that’s fine, but a Zero just shows you’re a troll that no one can take seriously.

    Regardless, onward. Remaking a classic like Demon’s Souls is not an easy task. What do you change? What do you keep? Are there things that might not be great that are still essential to the    Once again I must point out that people posting Zero for their score have no business here. If you don’t like a game that’s fine, but a Zero just shows you’re a troll that no one can take seriously.

    Regardless, onward. Remaking a classic like Demon’s Souls is not an easy task. What do you change? What do you keep? Are there things that might not be great that are still essential to the experience? The devs have once again shown that they know how to modernize a classic while staying utterly faithful to its core. Much like Shadow of the Colossus, this will never replace the original, and I don’t think it aims to. One can easily still play the first, assuming you have a ps3. But not only is this an audiovisual treat for returning players, but a more streamlined entry point for newcomers. It’s still difficult, it’s still obtuse, it still has one of the most needlessly complex weapon upgrade systems ever, but it’s also the point where From took all of their knowledge from King’s Field and Shadow Tower and transmogrified it into what would become its own genre. Were it a brand new game, it would still be praised, as a remake it also deserves praise. It’s also going to be many people’s first time playing Demon’s Souls while the game is fresh and nobody has hacked it and duped their life away. The best time to experience the asynchronous multiplayer genius of Souls games, to me, is always towards the beginning, where we’re all in this together. So come, join, have fun, die a lot, call upon a stranger, leave a funny message, enjoy this masterpiece that went from swept under the rug PS3 game to Most Hyped Launch game for PS5 and see why it deserved a remake from Bluepoint in the first place.    … Expand
  7. biggame
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    I don't even know what to say... this game is amazing and the people who gave it a 0 are some salty people who don't have ps5 probably and I really feel bad for those that give the game a 0 without playing and I think this is a mental issue that they have. If you want my opinion I think that this game is amazing and you should definitely play it.
  8. DragonFighterMK
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Demon's Souls is a work of art! Bluepoint once again proved to be worthy of working on Remakes!
  9. Hanzooo
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    A masterpiece, the game manages to bring the essence of the original 2009 Demons Souls and manages to do it with mastery, you can feel the same feelings that you would feel playing the original Demons Souls, stunning graphics, but with some texture errors occurring sometimes, that do not affect gameplay much, but it is a mistake and has to be said, the combat is insane, perfect! you feelA masterpiece, the game manages to bring the essence of the original 2009 Demons Souls and manages to do it with mastery, you can feel the same feelings that you would feel playing the original Demons Souls, stunning graphics, but with some texture errors occurring sometimes, that do not affect gameplay much, but it is a mistake and has to be said, the combat is insane, perfect! you feel like you’re really playing a souls-like game, incredible story and very well portrayed, with some additions but staying the same, for me, it’s the best remake and one of the best games of 2020… Expand
  10. EfrainGH
    Nov 13, 2020
    9
    Captures the essence of the original game perfectly. As always Bluepoint doing a wonderful job.
  11. Clamper
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Whoa they really did a great job with this remake they finally got read of that yellow filter that looked like p1ss the art is much better now!
  12. Ballisticz
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    This game is the start of true next gen, it looks absolutely stunning. Like a piece of artwork. Massive upgrade on the original, amazing souls gameplay. This will go down probably as the best launch title ever. Congrats to bluepoint
  13. Mo3tez
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Amazing remake grafically, nostalgie and yeah i remember how challenging this one was.
  14. lapara
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Perfect remake!! This game is one of the best remakes of demons souls. The graphics are very good.
  15. Mekdrek1
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    One of the best games of 2020. Re-imagining of this cult classic was extremely well done.
  16. Jps71
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    All I can say wow! Stunning looking game. No matter how many times I die. I just keep going.back. Bluepoint king of remakes. Ignore the trollers giving 0 so sad!!!
  17. RomCa_99
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Que mejor manera de volver a boletaria!!! Con gráficos verdaderos next gen y a 60 fps, una verdadera delicia el modo rendimiento y mejor aun el modo resolución
  18. Squashan
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    This gives me a reason to finally play fromsofts first game and it is an absolute masterpiece :)
  19. javiteam24
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Sony best launch game ever,it plays amazing, and feels like a really next gen game
  20. FrostbiteSlash
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Best remake to date!
    Bluepoint Games are the masters of remasters/remakes.
    Sony needs to acquire this studio ASAP! The talent this studio has would go hand and hand exceptionally with SIE WWS!
  21. Jeabus
    Nov 13, 2020
    6
    Much to my dismay it's not a remake. As much as they try to say otherwise it's a remaster at best or insulting at worst. Some might say "Reforged" levels of terrible. But of course it's the easiest game in the "Official" Souls-Like catalogue and has good grafix... so the big critics and youtubers are going to endlessly love and praise it. Especially since most of them probably never playedMuch to my dismay it's not a remake. As much as they try to say otherwise it's a remaster at best or insulting at worst. Some might say "Reforged" levels of terrible. But of course it's the easiest game in the "Official" Souls-Like catalogue and has good grafix... so the big critics and youtubers are going to endlessly love and praise it. Especially since most of them probably never played the original.

    Unfortunately they did some things to the "remake" that can't be justified. I had a list but it became a 3000 word essay so I cut it. Suffice to say they completely botched this "remake" by doing tons of things literally because they felt like it or because it aligned with their political viewpoint.

    This is what happens when you give a Western non-developer the keys to a classic game in "Current Year". This is what happens when Sony moves their headquarters to California.

    It's sad. Playable, but it's depressing to see what happened to my childhood.    … Expand
  22. R1ck8r00ke
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Incredible gameplay with stunning visuals - a truly awesome launch title for the PS5! If this is how PlayStation begins this generation we are in for some mind blowing games in the future.
  23. ando3000
    Nov 13, 2020
    0
    £70 is a total rip off. Greedy Sony trying to rob their early adopters. Rubbish. Don't waste your money.
  24. Tasman1andevil
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    I think Demon Souls best game , highly recommended it to everyone . Blue point studio is the best game developers. This game is so amazing a dont have words, just play guys.
  25. Chanunnaki
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Amazing remake. Everything I could have asked for an more. It being the best launch game of any console in PlayStation history is just the cherry on top. I am in love with this game.
  26. OldSilentHill
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    A spectacular game with high standard graphics. The level of detail is oustanding. What a way to start the generation.
  27. Lyanmatta12
    Nov 13, 2020
    9
    Ya termine el juego y me parece bastante realista a cuanto a su juego original y bastante leal hay algunos jefes que se sienten distinto a lo que eran en su anterior entrega
  28. knightarturo
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bluepoint has done a great job making the first souls game shine, including tasteful use of the new PS5 features such as haptic feedback. You'll be convinced in world 3-2 when you can feel the giant brain creature pulsating through haptics as you get close. Many more instances where just the right amount of feedback is given. Hope to see more of this kind of use and less of what we got in Astro's Playroom. Overall it's the most incredible remake of a game many already loved. Um, Bloodborne next, please?… Expand
  29. Triloszn
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Okay first off this game is so good. The graphics are amazing. I really didn’t except the character models to look so good but they did a really good job. The gameplay is paced out nicely and leaves you wondering what’s around the next corner, it’s fairly challenging, most people will probably struggle with this. The bosses in this game compared to ps3 demon souls look so freaking cool,Okay first off this game is so good. The graphics are amazing. I really didn’t except the character models to look so good but they did a really good job. The gameplay is paced out nicely and leaves you wondering what’s around the next corner, it’s fairly challenging, most people will probably struggle with this. The bosses in this game compared to ps3 demon souls look so freaking cool, felt like I was actually fighting them. I highly recommend picking up this game with your ps5. … Expand
  30. lgqr17
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Extremadamente bello y le hace honor al original hasta lo supera, simplemente una obra maestra para empezar la generacion
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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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