Demon's Souls Remake - is it actually worth it?
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- The Demon's Souls remake is finally here, so I took it upon myself you give you all a little video of my impressions so far to help answer the big question: is this game worth buying a PS5 for?
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"I want to be super clear here" breaks illusionary wall
Not that it matters but on the wiki for this game, they call it illusory wall. So is it illusionary or illusory 🤔
@@bimmer8602 it's the same wdym
"let me be perfectly clear"
*fades from reality*
5:06
@@Guardiano91 thanks!
Patches with moving lips is terrifying.
I love it
As it should be, honestly.
I don't like it though to be honest
I love that the NPCs don't animate when they speak in the old games
It gives them this really otherworldly and bizarre feeling to them which adds to the whole atmosphere of the games
@@Lucrei. I mean most of them have helmets so you wouldn't even know. Either way this details isn't really important.
@@mohamedbelbaali659 I understand it won't bother some people, but it does me.
In terms of remakes and “definitive editions”, Demon’s Souls is a very high quality benchmark that other companies should look to when tackling their own remakes/remasters/definitive editions.
Oh, they know, but the issue is that Publishers are typically the ones commissioning remakes/"definitive editions". Not devs. Therefore, money is their ONLY concern, and they want to spend as little as possible. They know that bad reviews don't stop them from making cash.
other companies should just be concerned about making new and compelling IPs. We are arguably saturated with remakes and remasters with no new experiences. It's nostalgia bait at this point. Good to hear that Bluepoint seemingly made a quality remake.
Theres so many games to choose from, if you dont like the remakes, play something else. I love the nostalgia of playing old games with modern graphics.
In my opinion, while Demon's Souls is in all technicality a Remake, it looks to play too similarly to the original game, enough that it can qualify to be called a high quality 'Remaster', similar to Nier: Replicant ver.1.22474487139 which recreated the game on a completely new engine, but was otherwise mostly the same game.
A more poignant example of a remake to me would be the Final Fantasy VII Remake, which completely revamps the original game and adds in its own touches and additions to make it a distinct entity from the old game, both gameplay and story-wise.
I would hold the distinction of a "visual remake" here since it doesn't use the assets of the original. A remaster should be that most everything from the original game is there just polished up. Remakes as a term should kick in when significant portion of the existing assets are taken out and changed.
I always use the analogy of the music industry. A remastered album is where someone take the originally recorded tracks and adjusts the leveling of the master track to change how it sounds. A re-recorded album is new recordings on the tracks. Same should go for game remasters and remakes. Otherwise the distinction is too nebulous.
I would call FFVII a "full remake" in that it completely remade all assets including the gameplay mechanics and systems. Demon's Souls is just a "visual remake".
Many people can’t even get past the game’s first boss.
That boss battle is considered to be the hardest one in all of the souls games.
Even experienced players get chills down their spines when they hear of this boss.
And that boss is :-
“Getting The PS5”
Edit : I wrote this comment back when getting a PS5 was still hard. I do know that these days getting a PS5 is pretty easy.(Seems like a few people can’t understand that.)
It’s not considered the hardest not even close. Lmfao at you
@@saucemasterx911did you even read the full comment…
Some scalper selling his 50th ps5 for 1.000$ on ebay probably laughs his ass off somewhere
@@saucemasterx911 lmfao at you for lacking reading comprehension
@@saucemasterx911 I'd recommend deleting your comment as fast as possible homie. Unless you want to be clowned on more for missing possibly the most obvious fucking joke i've ever seen. Its like you didn't even press "read more" and just pushed up your glasses like the human incarnation of the nerd emoji then said "I can correct this guy!" to yourself.
Those unarmed fist animations during the parry and backstab... so powerful.... so good
Is it really the same frames from the original?
Hands of god is going to be godlike just because of how badass the animations are.
Harry Osborn *So good*
now THATS a knightly beatdown
I agree. Way cooler than original move set. I'd try to beat game with fists.
Not to lie, when I saw Patches with moving mouth I was more astonished than most of the people who raised that you can climb ledges in this game.
you can WHAT
You could in the og as well
@@epicaccount9036 how the heck nobody knew that this was a thing in this game. One of the "puzzles" literally wanted you to climb up a ledge to get out of a place with an item.
@@JacobTheCroc even meeting otz for the first time. I see people roll from the steps but you can just climb the wall
@@JacobTheCroc Indeed, the climbing ledge move is explained in the game's manual. Probably many people played DeS after DkS, didn't read the manual and thought that all controls were the same.
Bought the original ps3 version for five buck in a throw away rack, never heard of it. Played it and was amazed when I changed from a one handed straight sword to a slightly different one handed sword and got a slightly different move set. You just didn't get that level of detail in games back in the day. Have loved every souls game since, but not as much as my kids do, they've been learning Souls level perseverance since they where 8 years old.
Way of samurai did that too I was into that game as a kid as well
Oh come on, game is great but "that level of detail" ain't nothing really impressive.
@@tralphstreet See friend, if you were paying attention and *reading* the comment, this was a long time ago. There was a huge leap regarding "detail" in videogames in the mid-late 2010s.
If it's nothing really impressive, would you mind making a game that could compete with 2009 Demon's Souls? I don't think you could if I gave you even a couple years.
@@razztastic What kind of brain-dead take is this? Asking a random guy on the internet if he can by himself make a game that took a whole team tons of money and effort in order to prove that it has many details? Ok?
For the record, Final Fantasy 6 on the SNES also had different animations for different weapon types.
@@razztastic Final Fantasy PS2 era games had this, same with Final Fantasy 11 Online, also what kind of dog water logic is that? If you want to defend your point then make a game too then, sounds stupid doesn't it? Since when do you need dev experience to state a fact about varied animation?
I tried playing this game once several months ago and put it down because I wasn’t use to playing a soul’s game but i gave it a second chance this week and i have been loving it! I’m really glad i gave it another shot , I might even try Elden ring because of this and get into more souls games
Elden ring is an absolute masterpiece of video gaming.
Exactly my experience. Ran into a huge mental block when it came to world 4 and world 2-3, came back 4 months later and beat the game 4 times in a row cause of how much I liked it
Elden Ring is a must play. One of the Goat games in the last decade.
I did demons souls remake then Dark souls 3 then elden ring loved them all
Im on 300 hrs in elden ring. Only skyrim got that much time outta me. Highly recommend, its sooo good!
"get a ps5" ah, there's the catch
@Vandole Cause the PC is king baby!
@@someguy198 the remake is on PC?
@@whiteowI No...
everything good always gotta be a console exclusive.. so fucking stupid
@@kiiturii what about CS GO? Valorant? Arma 3? Minecraft Java Edition? VR in general (except for PS VR)?
HD Patches is the most terrifying entity in this game
I'm emulating the original and am surprised how well it still stands today, totally worth playing.
Hi there, I tried emulating it through RPCS3 and it kept saying it couldn’t find the game in the directory or something like that despite me being able to see the rom right in the folder. I know that the emulator does want you to install the PS3 OS onto your pc that’s all I really remember when I tried the emulator a couple years ago. Is there maybe something I can try that you can think of? Thanks
Only problem with the original is that you dont make any sounds when in soulsform. I know it's supposed to be Immersive mechanic when basicly playing as a ghost, but it hurts more then adds, considering how much time you're going to spend as in soulsform. It just annoys me that i cant hear my chatacters footsteps.
@@ikiwe9730Lol just don’t die
@@mister_milkmanYh, there is a guy who made a whole video about all the changes they made, and his points made sense lore wise, I'll just play the original.
@@mobarakjama5570 Don't care much about lore, but the remake devs didn't respect the orignal game. They thought they could "fix" the visual design choices, dialogue and they even changed some character's skincolour for tokenism purposes, which is racist.
I remember when I was just paroozing the store and it came out and I was trying to decide whether or not I wanted to get it. I just started college and was tight on my budget. At the time the guy compared it to Chaos Legion and Shadow of Colossus. I owned both of those so I took the dive and I was not dissapointed. Also, I appreciate your opinion over the many videos seen here! It's enjoyable to see how much you're enjoying what you're playing, creating and sharing. Stay passionate.
I just wish the DS1 remaster looked this good.
They'll probably remake it who knows
Ds1 is just a remaster and not remake so.....
@@y68on42 nailed it. Remaster vs remake, very different.
I want them to remake it but it has to be made by from software and they should add anor londo streets playable and the the cut content from the undead berg
@@qledei5874 yes, but expectations of a remaster are different than that of a remake... Different words, different meanings.
Okay but hear me out
Just don't buy from scalpers
Let them waste their money
Shut up
@@rmrjmr7543 Scalper alert
Oh lord😂
@@rmrjmr7543 scalper alert
Scalper are one of the more worse type of people. I'm just gonna wait, I will lose nothing except exactly what I pay for and still have fun.
I really appreciate both the nuanced review and recommendations. As someone who bought this for PS3 and never finished it, I may just go back to that version.
The consistent foggyness in the remake is so comforting and beautiful. Easily my favorite graphics in a game.
3:05 i never would have thought to see patches in H I G H D E F E N I T I O N
they successfully made him look even less trustworthy 10/10 would get kicked into a pit of undead again
His face gives me the most primal fear I have ever had
@Massive Legend no my man, he used to look trustworthy, but they ruined him in demons souls remake
Huge fan of the dark souls series here, but never got to play Demon Souls, so will be enjoying this one for the first time, really appreciate your honest view and opinion! great vid
Cant wait for some unfortunate gaming moments from demon souls pvp :)
Same, it was a little too early for me, I started with dark souls 1 in 2013
Yoooo Havok broooo
Just be aware that the new OST is completely wrong and way too different from the original. They pretty much ruined the unique atmosphere of Demon's Souls and made it sound like Bloodborne.
This will also be my first Demon's Souls experience after racking up ..maybe 1000+ hours collectively on ds1 and ds3? I literally only bought a ps5 for this remake... I'm beyond excited
This was the last game with souls in the title I hadn’t played and beaten yet. After a few run throughs, I can safely say that this is among my favorite of the titles. I wish the PC version of elden ring would hurry up and fix its frame issues
Finally got my PS5 a week ago and bought this game. Its amazing on the new system but I honestly think the controller is the biggest development. The general graphics are amazing but the controller on the PS5 is so much better than I ever expected possible.
I agree but too bad the controllers features are only completely used in this game and some ps5 exclusives like ratchet and clank
@@beangrower250 gotta give it some time for developers to integrate the changes the right way
@@beangrower250 I've actually played with a lot of games with it. All first party Sony uses it and some 3rd party games. Returnal was my favorite use of it. GT7 uses it amazing. Deathloop used it great. Ghost of Tsushima, HFW, and Death Stranding had some good features too.
@@scottd7222 exactly the first party games for the most part have used the adaptive triggers somehow someway
I bought a ps5 controller to play on PC. Hear me out guys, don’t do the same mistake I did lol, on PC it’s just a normal controller, no haptic feedback, no fancy features, nothing, just a regular controller, a good regular controller but still. So yeah, ps5 DualShock might be incredible on Ps5 but nowhere else
"get a ps5"
Me: looks at wallet
Wallet: tf you lookin at?!
Too true 😅
And than when you save up
empty store shelves: tf you want?!
Me: nothing
Its not expensive you are poor
@@sebastianandersen207 As a 16 year old yh it is
"If there are any differences"- Limit Breakers will find them
I look forward to the useless data he'll be mining for a while
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There's Barbarian armor now. And a full Fat official armor set.
There are more women, more blacks, sex selection was renamed to body type selection. Can't expect any less from a Western studio.
@@dreamhaze9123 You can mix male and female body types, animation styles, and voices. It's cool as hell, and they did a good job about being inclusive in a smart manner. I don't understand how this is framed as a negative lol
I never played the original, but i completely love the remake. There's many things that dont work right, but at the end of the day the immersion i get from the sounds and graphics and vibrations is so worth it.
About a year and a half later, now that PS5s are more much more common, I feel like this got so much more worth it. I played a little of this during the Elden Ring hype, and I feel this remastered 10 year old experience is a masterpiece worthy of Elden Ring itself.
Such a shame this was a launch title, though
Summary:
If you need to buy a ps5 just for this game, it is not worth it.
But if you have a ps5, then buy this game! That totally worth it
Not even. Can just get the PS3 version for a quarter of the price. It's just as worth it, too, given the only thing that changed in the remaster is graphics. And technically the Penetrator Armour set was added, but most players are not going to get that.
@@Lansolot no you can’t
@@Lansolot no you can’t lmao
@Source Dasher I misunderstood, I thought he was talking about the remade demon souls game not the OG
@Robert Paulson you can, but it doesn't look no where near as good as the remake from Bluepoint
Im gonna save you 9 minutes of your time here:
No, they changed the cat ring.
And the rat ring.
So when's the PC release?
@@1Orderchaos 2080
@@1Orderchaos It will come with elden ring,ooooooooooooooooo.
@@bernardopratademelo6571 when ps7 will cost a house
After Dark Souls 3 and 1, I tried the original Demon's Souls and afterwards I instantly knew it was my favorite amongst the entire series. Something about it just hit all the right spots in terms of difficulty, level design, characterization, and world building. It also has a strange primitive feeling to it which hearkens to my old dungeon crawler feels back in the 1980s-90s. Course, that's not without flaws, my only major gripe was some boss patterns were a little weird due to their hitbox size If you rolled. If I ever get a PS5, this is probably the only game I would get. But that is for another day.
DS remastered and DS3 fire fades are awesome games . I have never played Demon Souls but the youtube videos all look good .
The original PS3 version on the first level has this eerie wind noise and creepy crows squawking constantly with the clink of your Armour rattling, thinking it was someone chasing you . The remake said F that, lets get rid of all the subtle ambient noises that gave it a creepy feeling.
Holy shit a souls game wher the mouths move. Weird seeing patches talk
Fr it threw me off
this sort of thing and the delux money gated content, kinda renders the "keeping original spirit" argument moot.
Sekiro has mouth animations for talking characters.
@@globalistgamer6418 but does Sekiro have Patches?
@@cristian-bull Actually, yes, it does. He's known as "Anayama the Peddler" this time around but, yeah, he's basically Sekiro's Patches, a fact alluded to by way of the robe he's wearing: It's entirely made out of patches.
Psychiatrist: expressive patches doesnt exist, he can't hurt you
Expressive patches: 3:05
the expressions are cool, and all, i would like to see his mouth moving when he laughs, but did they change the design? or is the demon souls version different from ds3 one?
other than the clothes, what i mean is, the face not the clothes
I actually kind of love him
@@3bodYking99 well seeing as patches comes from demons souls and not dark souls 3, you should be asking what ds3 changed
@@tellyheadlol4258 what i mean is, does he look like this in the first demon souls too, or did they changed him in all three versions (ds3,demon souls, and ds remake) you see, a big point here in this video was that they changed a lot of the character designs, not just modernist them, they changed stuff that ruined their original looks and aura(as in how you feels when you meet them), the thing is, even if they didn't ruin them, and even added things that complements their original personalities, if you add too much people are gonna hate it, so what i am asking is, was patches change from the original demon souls to ds3, and was he changed again in the remake? i kinda liked the ds3 version, and wanted to see that with facial expressions
at first i thought (this channel is weirdly dark souls centric)
then i realized you're just a reviewer who knows what he likes, keep up the good work.
This is now one of my top 10 games ever played, even if you need to go out and specifically by a PS5 for totally worth it if you are a souls fan it's a must!
I'm glad they didn't change anything for this EXTREMELY important reason: they're not From Software.
Better playing it safe than messing it up epicly.
Yeah, without Fromsoft involvement, i wasn't holding my breath for new gameplay content in the remake.
Yeah, bluepoint have great tech leads but I don't think they ever designed their own game or have the know how to do so.
They were wise in playing it safe, and it was probably what was asked of them
Yeah that’s what I was thinking. Definitely would have been great if they did it well, but absolutely awful if they screwed it up.It’s a huge amount of responsibility and maybe not worth the risk if they’ve never done a souls like before.
The original ds isn't perfect. At least I hope they can make dragon god, leemonger, dirty collosus better. If not, they should not sell 70$ for 1 new coat of paint
@@bluebaby30 Looking at this vid Id totally agree with you.
Some things were just visually improved (and look great so), but as Pineapple pointed out with the character: It doesnt seem like their designer really got the idea and feeling of the game. He tried to improve, but changed the soul of the character by doing so.
There is one gameplay difference that does actually have some significance: 8 directional rolling while locked on. In the original you had to unlock in order to roll diagonally.
Fuck yes that's an improvement
What does that mean?
in the original u can only roll forward ,back,left or right but now u can roll in any direction
People are salt its the same, and if it were different even more people would be mad. Idk why people be so dumb about it.
Speaking of gameplay differences, am I alone in thinking that the riposte animations are too long?
Everyone seem excited about them while I can only think how tedious they will become the 100th time you will perform them.
i honestly (as a new souls fan) love how similar and familiar the layuouts of these games are although ive only played elden ring i hope the rest of the series is like this
If you loved the legacy dungeons in Elden Ring, you definitely won’t be disappointed with the rest of the series. There might not be a jump button, but the way From designs its amazing levels hasn’t really changed much since Demon’s Souls - although I can’t speak for Dark Souls 2 as it is the one I haven’t played and my understanding is that it had the shortest development time & a different internal team so the level design in that one wasn’t *quite* up to the other games.
I still have warm memories of plugging in my ps5 on launch day and starting this, what a remake
I never truly knew the impact sound could have on your immersion until this game, absolutely incredible, also the fact that when a large weapon hits a wall and you feel the weapon vibrate is amazing
It's actually the exact opposite. Just about everything in this remake is artistically inferior
@@sone2920 nooo muh muddy PS3 textures
@@sone2920 Lmao fucking gaming hipsters are the worst. Its ltieraly the same game in pretty. What did you expect the remake to be like? The same game in ugly but still up for modern standards?
@@sone2920 bro og game literally used royalty free sound effects
@@sone2920 Rofl what are you on about?
Feel like this is lose lose for bluepoint, if you improve the game, people will be angry about it not being faithful to the original, if they keep it the same, then people are annoyed that improvements werent made. Hard situation to be in
@Danny Keep it in the middle and you piss both those people off.
With the popularity of the Souls series after DS1, it makes all the sense in the world to remaster DeS. "Souls-Like" is literally a genre now. There's even a Steam tag for it. Considering how many fans of the series never got a chance to play DeS I think BluePoint did everything right. They didn't turn DeS into Dark Souls 4. It's DeS through and through. I'm very excited to play it.
I honestly think they should go with the differences. The idiots who play a *remake* of a game and get mad when it's different than the original can be left behind to play the original.
The game industry can't be stagnated because people can't take off their nostalgia glasses.
@@BdaB164 just about anything can get a steam tag these days.
Honestly anything they could have done would also have been met with backlash. I'm assuming he was talking about dragon god in the video so if they did change that into a a actual fight there would still be people pissed that its changed. There's people who want 1:1 remake and there is people who wants actual improvements but you can't please both. Imo I'm blown away by what they accomplished here the game is stunning.
I think it's also worth mentioning that, if you're an achievement hunter, the platinum for the remake is HUGELY improved. Instead of having a large portion of the platinum be grinding for upgrade materials until the end of time, the remake's trophies are more dedicated to experiences what the game actually has to offer, like going through a more difficult path in a zone or beating bosses while fulfilling specific criteria.
Moonlight sword in this is honestly the most gorgeous fuckin sword ever. No joke.
I prefer the one in bloodborne. I prefer when swords covered in energy or that are energy themselves are stable, and the moonlight sword simply having an ethereal glow is much better IMO.
@@connoc5078
Yes, but you cant beat the way you get the mlgs in this remake, he literally pulls the sword out of the ground after knocking down a giant slugs nest from above!
Especially the Ignore armor and shield XD
@@inthebeginning4751 i mean getting it after beating Ludwig was pretty hype as well but i get what you mean
@@ismailabed8451
Yep, ludwig was bada$$ too
3:05 Never knew Patches looked like Jeff Bezos
Spot on...
Holy crap you killed him dude
I mean they're basically the same person anyways
Kill it with fire!
He showing too much teeth😬
this is my first souls game! i’m actually on the last level on my first playthrough at the time of writing this. It kinda upsets me that some youtubers (*cough* ratatoskr *cough*) hate this game, but I’m glad that you accept the perspective that remasters can be equally useful for giving new people an opportunity to have a similar experience that you had at some point. Love your content man, I’ll be sure to subscribe!
Something that no one never mention and is very important to understand the success of the first soul game.
Demon's Soul was ONLY published in JP and NA, I was lucky enough to get a copy here in EU back in the days ;)
Can't wait for May to come and get my PS5 so I can play at first GoT and after Demon's Soul again :)
Huge respect for calling out the “predatory FOMO” nonsense. Not enough folk do.
Absolutely this ^
This
I bought it digital on day one and still got the dlc items anyways. What a non issue
@@ObsidianMiner32 That's great! Happy for you. However, we're talking about the industry as a whole here, and not your specific anecdotes.
@@ObsidianMiner32
You not caring matters because?
3:05
Dear god... they actually use their mouths to talk now.
disturbing right
@@geroschorch1365 It doesn't even look bad. Just... wrong.
@@Links741 Yes, is very strange and disconcerning seeing Patches moving his mouth
Is scarring me
@@Gas-maske You mean "scaring", because "scarring" is a present participle for "scar".
This was my first souls game and I love it. Can’t wait to play the rest of the games. I was surprised on what the game used to look compared to what they looked like when I first saw them. Pretty cool
original is literally better
W
I decided to start collecting for the ps3 a few months ago, and I decided to pick up the original demon souls, and man is it fun, coming off of dark souls 1 and other souls games, I felt right at home, but the game does have little things I don't like, that were fixed later on in souls games.
Yes
Lobos! I saw you posted your stream VOD, I look forward to watching the gameplay.
Lobos !!!!!
Honestly i don't think it's worth buying a PS5 for this, it's has good and bad points but i think i will wait for Elden Ring
In Genshin money 600$ is just a drop in the bucket :P
Rip Astrea theme though ;(
"if you follow me, I assume you truts me"
*flashback to the for honour edge scumming*
OOF
Context?
@@yoshoesraggedy200 Iron Pineapple kept using scum tactics in his for honor videos such as pushing people off ledges
@@farcried8279 as if that's not how everyone plays that game.
lmfao cry about it those vids are hilarious
As a die hard souls fan, playing demons souls for the first time is incredible. I’m glad I didn’t have to play the PS5 version on my first playthrough, but i’d be willing to try it out after I finish the remake
That first parry & riposte is all I need to know. On the hunt for a ps5 now
yo thanks for including me at the end dude! that was awesome to invade you.
pog
You got rekt
can you do the running firestorm?
@@StabStabStabStabby actually I got...SHREK'D!
Too few polygons went into F E E T.
0/10. Literally unplayable.
RUINING MIYAZAKI'S FETI- I MEAN VISION
What about the poly-cock?
You fuckin made me spit my drink out you fuckin madlad
My Maiden in Black needs BETTER FEET BLUEPOINT!!!!!!!
The F E E T Should be Cleanse!!!
The only 2 things I hate about the remake were some of the bosses's themes that got totally changed (WHY?!? and they were the best, too... both Flamelurker and Maiden Astraea...), and the limit to the grass that you can bring on yourself. In the original game, at really high game cycles (NG+ and over), I used to stop caring about anything below full moon grass and also about all 3 lotuses, since I used full/new/dark moon grass in my playthroughs. Now in the remake, I can't really do that anymore, since you can't have a max of 99 grass of each kind with yourself anymore (not that I remember ever having 99 dark ones at once), that means a way more chock-full filled inventory (since now even in NG+ and beyond I'm forced to use those low-level grass and the lotuses), meaning way more time spent looking at useless stuff when I go through my inventory, and actually way more travelling to Thomas than before, because I way much often end up with 0 useful grass than before, way, way faster, especially with pure black world tendencies. I can't stress enough how much all of this bothers me, but I repeat, it's only in later game cycles, NG+ and beyond, so I know pretty well that a good 90% of players don't really care about this stuff, but what about the remaning 10% of us hardcore players? Why add all those good QoL and then give us this HUGE downgrade of QoL?
Edit: I also didn't really like the new versions of the fat officials, the fool's idol, and the maiden in black herself. But they were still minor things to me, compared to the inventory change, since these ones didn't impact my gameplay in any way.
If you could use 99 of each grass the game would be easy because you can heal all the damage away in mere press of the button. Limiting the amount of grass encourages the player to be more careful and aware of their surroundings. If the estrus flask in Dark Souls could be used an infinite number of times then the game would be extremely easy because any damage taken would be made meaningless because the unlimited use of flask. This critic of the limited health item just seems to be a nostalgia and skill issue that will be used to try and glorify the OG Demon Souls and downplay the remake, seriously the remake is just Demon Souls with RTX on and maybe some creative liberties that either improve the gameplay (limited healing items), or ruin the atmosphere (fools idol looking like a dollar store Hindu god), and that’s all.
@@SMarie-zk9oj Well, that's the thing. For me it's not just "some" creative liberties, it's "A LOT". Also, it's not "improve the gameplay", it's ruining my NG+ (and beyond) gameplay, as I already explained above.
Two days into my first Demon’s Souls run. It’s crazy seeing the connections to every Dark Souls game and Blood Borne- it really feels like a predecessor in so many ways.
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This was my first souls game. As in the remake. Now I’ve gone on to beat it, Sekiro, Dark Souls 1, and lost my save data at the very end of the game (like I could’ve gone to fight the final boss but I wanted to do the optional stuff and go through the dlc too) for Bloodborne. This happened fairly recently, and I’ve tried many methods but I don’t think there’s a way I can get it back. I just booted up the game a week ago and it said it couldn’t find my save data. But in that time Bloodborne became my favorite game of all time, so being able to play it all over again won’t be too bad
As someone who has been a fan of the series since demon souls way back, bloodborne is also my favorite. and good choice for wanting to do the old hunters DLC, it's, in my opinion, the best DLC that From has put out. Hope you enjoyed.
@@reyalskrad1 i'm in the minority that rather play Dark Souls or Demon's Souls over Bloodborne. Of course Bloodborne is also a great game but it's faster more aggressive play style and lack of variety compared to souls makes Souls the clear winner to me. FromSoftware games have become more and more action focused and less enjoyable to me.
It's possible you can re download the save file from the online storage, give it a look. You can also use this to save scum by uploading and downloading the save file to get multiple endings in 1 run. It might not be there for you though depending on your settings
Maybe you already replayed since then
If you're interested in a similar but slightly different flavored soulsy game I suggest Nioh/Nioh 2. They're a great deal of fun, if a bit more gamey and easy to break. It's not a giant interconnected world, but instead it's got amusing historical fiction subplots kind of like 'National Treasure' or 'Abraham Lincoln Zombie Hunter' turned japanese. Where Japanese historical figures like Oda Nobunaga become spirit-energy empowered boss characters to help/hinder the protagonist on his journey and historical battles become fronts for power struggles between demons etc etc. The tone takes itself seriously, but the gameplay/plot doesn't... if that makes sense. I found it a pretty refreshing twist after having played and enjoyed a bunch of soulsy stuff.
Yeah I first played through Demon Soul's during the summer of 2010 and I also have to say Bloodborne is my favorite soulsborne game. Its the only one where I loved it so much I went for the platinum. WIth that said though, I do dig all of them a lot. I also love the Nioh games.
2:43 "There clearly was so much love and attention to detail" while the enemy clips out of the sword XD
Deliberate jank left in from the original version. That will be the answer to everything from now on. 😂
Classic
Bluepoint realized their engine was so good, they had to spend hours implementing a way so your hitbox will somehow be in the way even though their sword is miles apart
I remember watching a friend play demon soul when i was just a kid he was a bit older then me. I tested the remake on ps5 and wow
I really like the particle effect in this game
I can't believe it, a souls game where you can make your character look good, what a time to be alive huh 🧐
Finally! A good face models! Man i hated this before the remake. Bloodborne faces.....YUCK! EWW...
@@Motivation_snack6668 I miss being able to make a twisted abomination :( most of my characters looked like dehydrated monkeys
@@user-ud5uo8fm4x i mean... u can still do it, it's not like original demons souls is gone, or dark souls, bloodborne. All of this games.
hes basically saying: "Yesn't"
Yesn't, but actually noyes.
Yes but not worth if it's the only reason you're getting the PS5. But i feel like It's easy to confuse with "demons souls is the selling point". So if ur gonna play other games, i'd say still get it.
@@MrSkme yesn't
Or Defimaybe?
Just subscribed buddy, ime getting my ps5 next month in May, and this game is a defo...😊
oh nah he was heavy rolling when talking about haptic feed back
Patch's nose is too small. We need a bigger nose patch.
I have to agree, my big nose was handsome wasn't it?
I see what you did there
Shalom
@@Euclid1 ok bro
@@user-gd6ly3lk9t that was the joke idiot
I remember the first time I played Demon Souls. Didn’t even know the game existed until a Doctor who at the time was looking at my broken foot told me about it. Never did get the chance to tell him thank you. From Demon Souls all the way to Dark Souls 3 and that little thing of BloodBorn. Man what a ride it’s been.
That's pretty in line with how it went for me...I got diagnosed with H1N1 and had to go home from work. While leaving the hospital, I went into the little shop just before the exit as they sold drinks and such and grabbed some Gatorade and just some snacks for my soon to be suckfest whilst wearing my mask and hating life at that moment because of how I felt. I happened to look at the movies and games they had (a very small section) and saw this cool looking knight slumped on the cover of this game I had never heard of that Atlus published. I said eff it, and bought it and just like you...I have been hooked on each iteration. Damn it if I did not get wrecked for a while when I first played DS...but once you start to get the hang of this game it becomes an obsession to dominate the next boss or invader until you become that guy. Great game, can't wait to play it again.. if I ever find a dang PS5 that isn't marked up all to hell.
“That little thing of BloodBorne”?
Also what about Sekiro??
Now that's a cool doctor, not only medical service but a solid game recommendation too.
I remember being shown it by a friend that had a PS3 and playing a bit, then later I saw Dark Souls come out on xbox 360, thought it looked cool then as I played it, I started to get similar feelings to the game I was shown a while back, so I looked it up and there I saw "Demon's souls" made by the same company and it all clicked. I later got to play through Demon's souls after my brother got a PS3. Honestly a great series.
Doctor Who introduced you to Demons Souls!?! Wow, I missed that episode
It's on sale right now. I've been wanting it for so long. Buying it!
So far my only souls games played have been Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring, all of which I’ve loved. Now that I’ve done 1 and a half full play throughs of elden ring, I’m eventually gonna get this so I can go back and experience the game that started it all
Then play DS1, 2 and 3
Fun fact: The reason why demon souls loads so fast is because they turn off collision when first loading into an area.
Aaannndd sounds like a speed runners dream
That's pretty cool
Tell us more
O great Kanye
Wtf does that even mean? Ok i guess.
Why does collision off makes loading faster? Is it even a thing that collision is on while loading?
"500 dollars" boy I can't find it under 700
Just wait a few weeks for restocks, don't give money to those people
ah yes...scalpers fuck them
@@TheRealVaanmaster legit
@@TheRealVaanmaster actually fuck those people, just jumped on the preorder train so they could sell it off for 3 times the price. Fucking despicable, and i dont use that word often. Just like hand sanitiser guy.
@Depraved Wolf 2000?.....try over 6000
I think they went with the ‘’It’s not broken don’t fix it’’ Approach
Actually Bluepoint Games reverse engineers every project as a way to avoid incomplete code or beta versions to ensure people play an improved version of what they already experienced they do not add or remove content that was not in the original
I actually wish that some companies went with that mentality like Capcom with their Resident Evil 2 remake and Resident Evil 3 and even 4
The fact that the convention reveal and the full game look EXACTLY THE SAME is insane
Aww, that Fat Official redesign is just depressing.
Why do so many seem to think that HD means 'No personality.' I've never even played the game and that grinning bastard is still iconic to me.
That's always been the weakness with bluepoint games on a technical level they look amazing but they tend to replace what made the original games great artisticly
@@kirbles2035 because they make the remakes of games from Scratch
@@mmesh6438 The original Demon's Souls was made from scratch, too. Clearly it's possible to retain the iconic imagery.
To me I feel like the redesigns actually kinda fits the atmosphere of demon souls because of how depressing and hopeless the story feels
The redesign didn't bother me as much. What really bothered me is that they changed the voice acting for the Fat Officials. They went from crazy psychopath clown voice to generic evil laugh. That kind of pissed me off a bit.
No worries, people can’t PS5’s anyway.
Edit: Thank you all, for blowing up my phone on a consistent basis.
What?
@@lucaroden2377 people can't ps5's
can't ps5's though
This happened to my buddy Eric
SPEAK ENGLISH!!!
That Intro Parry Animation really sold me already, it's worth it.
After 200 times you’ll never want to parry again. Really loud and slow.
The game looks amazing. I’ve tried it few months ago, but i had others to play so i put it on pause. As soon i’ll finish my 3 dark souls games, i’ll get to this one for sure.
Demon's souls remake was my first souls game, I've fell into the hell hole of souls games and love it! Currently going through ds3 at the moment
That ones my favorite because of the very last boss. Not the "Final Boss" but the actual final boss of all of Dark Souls. I wont spoil it if you havent finished it yet but its something else.
And then SEKIRO RIGHT AFTER and soon Elden Ring. Honestly the quality is just going up and up
@@rainer9931 I've beat all the bosses in ds3, are you talking about SoC?
@@MaybeOrangeJuice no Gael. That boss fight is just something else
@@rainer9931 I summoned 2 people the second time, didn't really know much about garlic but ended out being a pushover sadly
Then, when you play Bloodborne you favorite become conflicted. Happen to all souls fan.
I feel special for having played the original at the time, being young. I also remember how it traumatised me. Trying the same levels over and over. Even reaching a boss felt special. It felt like I wasnt even expected to make it through the level. Somehow ending up in the man eater area, feeling not only under equipped but mostly under skilled. Around every corner was dread. I love it for all that it was and will definitely pick it up and finish it one day.
im also glad, i was there for the first ever “souls-like game” being demon souls, and ive played all of them! except sekiro.., but yeah,i knew this series would be PHENOMENAL ever since demon souls
Those backstabs looks way better than what i see now on ER
You earned yourself a subscriber
In regards to the comment about missing out on a functioning online, there's an online server for the original demon's souls that's actually very well populated and easy to access and can be accessed both with a modded ps3 or with the RPCS3 emulator.
What is it called? I’m emulating rn and I’d love to have access to online!
@@McNibbler It's called the archstones
You don't need to have a modded ps3, just need to change the dns
Came here just to boost this comment up, online is still up thanks to the wonderful community!
Bumperino, came here to say this as well. I need more people to invade!
If you never played the original like me, I would say yes, give it a try. Its worth at least one playthrough, its really good.
So far the amount of bs of the game is unbearable. No heals, and 4 dogs all put in one area. I can't do anything but get beaten. Even fighting is worthless because of hoe much damage i take. Safe points are really far from each other so taking time to explore is non existent. Even the original ds or ds3 had not this lvl of bs
@@harbyandrefrancofernandez3310 damn that’s crazy
You just suck get good lol
So basically this is only a visual remake. To be honest I didn't expect them to change anything else. Wasnt that the case with the Shadow of the Colossus remake?
yes, bluepoints aim is to faithfully recreate the game as it were in much higher detail, with very minor changes, (those changes being QoL updates) in SotC, the new thing they added was the 79 steps to enlightenment, 79 coins scattered throughout the land to unlock dormins blade that was the only new content in SotC
Pretty outstanding they made the exact same game in an entirely different engine, and without any of FromSoftware's designers to help with anything. That must have taken some serious effort to do.
@@addictedtoRS the new engine is sitting in top of the old one, that’s why enemies act the same exact way etc, they changed the weapon animations but keep the timings of the attacks. So they didn’t really remake it from scratch.
@@0ssifraga Hmm. That's not really how it works. I imagine they used some of the original coding and translated it to work with their engine, which would still take quite a lot of work. You can't just stack one engine on top of another lol.
@@addictedtoRS most of the code I imagine can simply be copy and pasted over. Depending on how big the differences are between the APIs of the engines it could be harder or easier.
Just picked up Elden Ring for my first SoulsBorne, going back for this after!
A large part of my play through was running across the bridge to the tower knight 2:22
I like that they didn't change any of the bosses. As a new player, I got to face the same challenge as someone that picked up the game in 2009.
Even though we both played different versions, we can both discuss the same strategies and failures, knowing that the experience was the same.
The thing is that dragon boss was absolute shit design. Thats why majority wants to change it
The thing is, most of the bosses in the original game sucked and were very, very clunky. They had good ideas; but mixed executions
And the remake simply changed nothing of that
@@Mattroid99 tbh if Bluepoint came up with boss attack patterns and completely changed Dragon God the game would’ve taken longer
Bloodborne is the bes, 2nd goes to Nioh 1&2, = p
@@bettergetdave 2nd is clearly ds1
Side note: DeS on the RPCS3 emulator has functioning online. Yes, it' doesn't have many players but it's still a vastly different experience than playing offline. So if you're thinking of getting the remake just for the sake of playing online you could just emulate the original version since it has online, 60FPS and improved visuals(not at all to the same extent as the remake though) as long as you have a decent PC.
@@dokidokiduckie I agree. Aside from "litteraly everyone should go play it", because if people want to be fooled who are we to stop them? And people can chose what they want. I know what remakes are, playing the original is almost always better, In two or more years remake will look outdated again, like every "cool new game that is so better than old games because of GRAPHICS", so what's the point?
How good is decent?
Someone pin this please
@@dokidokiduckie its the fucking controller alone. No mouse and keyboard/pc controller will let me feel every step i take/ arrow that flies past my face/ every spell i cast, hell the adaptive triggers alone are enough of a sell. Its one of those things you have to try out to understand man. Also the experience of playing a souls game online is kind of redundant and boring once you do it enough. And yeah in two years the graphics will probably look not as good but who the fuck waits two years for anything?
Thanks for mentioning this. I would have never known about this if I hadn't read your comment. You just saved me $700 dollars 😀
"you can't believe how much I took time to appreciate the visuals"
>destroys the chairs
Yes it 1000% is, I've never played the original and I loved every second of the remake, need to go back and platinum it for sure but i loved the uphill journey
A bit sad Patches doesn’t have a super long nose and eyebrows covering his actual eyes.
Feel you bro, and that facial animation on him is dopey as hell 🤣
Ok but they nailed his facial expressions, he just screams sly, coy and obnoxious in a well.... patches sort of way
@@dylanschmeichel2008 But his nose isn’t the same, his eyes aren’t the same. Completely breaks the immersion for me.....
@@Stryfe52
Compared to what iteration? He looks different in each one. In the original Demon's souls-version he doesn't even look like a human. They obviously tried to make him look realistic rather than the ridiculous thing that From Software made.
@@Bollibompa Any, specifically Dark Souls 3 has the best one... now it’s just not the same
Here's my story with the Demon's Souls Remake.:
I never played any of the main Dark Souls games. I played 10 minutes of the original Demon's Souls but couldn't get into it because of the frame rate and bugs when it launched. I played Bloodborne when it released and thought, "cool" and that's it. I then played Nioh and loved it but thought "why do this to myself. The stress isn't worth the fun." I then played Sekiro and got halfway through and haven't gone back.
I bought Demons Souls Remastered on a whim. I couldn't put it down! I fell in love instantly. After beating it twice, I craved more. So I bought all the Dark Souls for PS4. I beat DS1, DS2 and now I'm at the end of DS3 and I have loved the journey. Because of this remake; I'm a fan of the series. I will get back to Sekiro when I'm done with DS3.
That's exactly my story 😂 I tryed soul games before but I left them at the beginning. I bought Demon Souls remake and I finished 2 times and I want more. I just bought the dark souls trilogy and I'm loving them now!
@@takrayz the thing thats putting me off buying demon's souls is that it costs £70 which is like 90$ in my country xD
@@byrospyro4432 really? It's 49€ in my country now! 90 is really overpriced! I got mine for 48€ and dark souls 3 for 4,99 xD
@@byrospyro4432 it was on sale in the PS store. I think I got it for $35 a couple weeks ago
Sekiro is my favourite from game! I just love the blistering fast super presise combat! It's like a souls game on speed 😄
You were so right. Played this game, fell in love with more challenging RPG’s and now i get to partake in the hype of ER which would not have been nearly as approachable if i hadn’t touched Demons Souls previously.
That observation with the fat ministers was spot on
It’s certainly lost some of that unique style but it’s still a remake well worth playing. The "game journalist" edition that comes with the busted ring and armor is complete bullshit however
The armour is just a reskin of the blue knight armour lol same with the weapons in the deluxe edition only thing that's busted is the ring because of a unintentional bug
You have no business reminding me what your profile pic is from so early in the morning.
The bolterian royalty is legit worse then the wizard set for the ROYALTY STARTING class. And the red knight isn’t much better then the same starting set.
The ring is only because of a bug.
It’s definitely worth playing but it’s not worth its price and a new ps5. I just felt Sony’s greedy
Unique style: *bloc*
Looking forward to playing this when Sony makes enough consoles to drown the scalpers and let players get one.
Then those scalpers will start losing money on there sales. It will be a glorious day
@@TheDapperSaint they won’t lose money the worst that will happen is breaking even
@@spenny2cents they'll definitely lose money. When Sony starts making enough consoles. There would be hardly any reason to buy a technically 2nd hand ps5 from a scalper for market value without any warranty.
@@blindtreeman8052 Then they return it to the store. As much as I dislike scalping, thinking they're going to lose any money is silly.
@@Retro6502 im sure theres a return policy for each store. Theyll def lose money. Bunch of low lifes
Finally watching this a year later my ps5 is on the way and this is the first game I'm getting for sure
thanks bro !
Well this game isn’t the “soul” reason I’m getting a PS5 but I will get it.
who even buys a console for a *single* game?
I would definitely buy a ps5 just for this game but all my savings will go to a new amd gpu
Unironically funny
@@artonio5887 people with more money than there are english words
@@artonio5887 Well, they can be exclusive to the specific console, along with many other games.
That is why Microsoft bought Zenimax Media so that their future games can be exclude to the XBox.
this Demons Souls remake was probably the most amazing experience I've ever had while gaming. People say buying a ps5 for it isnt worth it, and if youre struggling as is then it probably isnt, but imo it was worth have dam penny. The graphics on the ps5 looked amazing but what got me was the controller. being able to sofly hear my footsteps and the way the controller vibrates can you get you really immersed.
Man thanks for this .....
I'm getting a ps5 for FF16 (if it ever releases )and also this very game . I was such a huge fan of the original and its great to see a classic get a touch up .
But now after listening to your review I totally understand what your saying.
My friend has completed it a few times since its release and he said
THE EXACT SAME AS YOU ,
so thank you man ,
You’re buying a ps5 for a final fantasy game? What is this? 1999? Hasn’t been a great final fantasy in over 20 years, let alone a final fantasy worth buying a console for
don't even say "if you buy from a scalper" just dont buy from scalpers. dont even mention those scumbags. + for those who concider buying from scalpers. know that you wil have no gaurentee over it if you do. no insurance. no safety net. and you pay more. just wait til new batches come out
What are scalpers?
@@FemkjeMW They are people who hoard supplies and take advantage of low stock items purely to sell back to people who actually do want it at ridiculous prices. Because of the online environment, scalpers are abusing bots and online tools to buy 10s of consoles and instead of their standard price of $500 they are trying to scam people for at least $1000. EACH.
@@FemkjeMW people who use bots to buy up all online pre orders/regular orders. of a wanted new item/tickets and sell it at a greatly inflated price. thats why ebay etc is floaded with 1,1k-1,3k ps5 sale offers.
@@FemkjeMW ofc buying from scumbags like that also comes with great risks. you pay more and if the console bricks you have no insurance to get it fixed for free. so you basically can go find a completely new console.
also what they do is currently illigal because price gauging during a crisis "pandemic is a crisis" is illigal. and most of them do not have a import export trading liscence for this either
Those people sound insane wtf