Demon’s Souls is exceptionally grindy in often frustrating, time-wasting ways. Not all of the ways Demon’s Souls differentiates itself from the rest of the Souls series are positive ones. Sam Bishop, OctoScore: 9.4 Read our full original Demon's Souls reviewĪll of this is true for Bluepoint’s remake, which largely stays true to the spirit of the original Demon’s Souls, both for better and for worse.

It's utterly unique among the offerings on any console right now, and absolutely, positively should not be missed. Every single person that owns a PS3 should at the very least rent this game to see what all the fuss is about, and those that can remember the good ol' days when games taught through the highly effective use of intense punishment and a heavy price for not playing it carefully should scoop this up instantly. Actually, I take that back it's most definitely something everyone should try, but the look, seemingly unforgiving nature and themes might be a bit off-putting. What We Said About the Original Demon's Souls Verdict: Demon's Souls is not a game for everyone. But others, like the emotional and story-driven battle against Maiden Astrea, or the epic fight against the Storm King that has you picking up a special weapon to shoot giant slicing wind attacks at the godforsaken manta rays that had been making your life a living hell for the last three hours, are absolute classics. The Dragon God was a disappointingly gimmicky boss fight in 2009, and annoyingly it’s just as bad in the PS5 remake. Many feel like experiments to really push the limit of what a boss could be of course, not all are successful. “Demon’s Souls also features some of the most memorable bosses of any of FromSoftware’s games, and certainly some of most mechanically interesting ones.

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