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It’s hard not to be distracted by the sights of this glorious remake of FromSoftware’s original masterpiece.
If there’s a demo game for next-gen consoles right now, it’s definitely Souls of the demon on PS5. This was expected given that it looked stunning in the pre-release footage and is one of the very few games available only on PS5. Having now played, I can confirm that he is indeed extremely pretty. It’s so impressive, in fact, that I often stop in my footsteps to admire the view. In a game like this, of course, that’s the recipe for disaster. Death is easy in Demon’s Souls, but it’s not even easier when you’re distracted by a nice piece of woodwork.
Okay so I’m also dying a lot because the game is tough and I haven’t played a soul in a long time, but since I’m in ‘new consoles are super exciting’ mode at the moment and that i just want to see what they offer, i watch a lot. Whether it’s wandering near a wall to check the texture of the masonry or positioning the camera to get a nice shot, I’m not as alert to danger as I should be.
It is so pretty!
As you can see from the photos I took, I’m not really proficient in this area, but it’s irrelevant. I was a bit blown away by the ray tracing featured in Spider-Man’s PS5 releases and the next-gen revamp of Devil May Cry 5, but Demon’s Souls is technically stunning and artistically on another level than these titles ( although some people think the remake has lost the atmosphere of the original). I’m not even that far into the game yet (see the title of this article for the reason), but there is still something to admire. I even watched the character’s screen for a while to inspect the armor.
This beauty makes Demon’s Souls, in my opinion, a rather cruel launch title for the PS5. Yes, it’s great, but these visuals will make early adopters hand over the cash to see the wonders that lie ahead, and they might wait and see what awaits them for a while.
Moody and wonderful.
It’s easy to assume that anyone who buys a PS5 has now completed the original game a few times and could write their own guide to the ins and outs of each Souls game, but I’d bet most are more or less complete newbies. with the game and genre. Demon’s Souls as a PS5 launch title, it’s a bit like being offered a fancy meal but being told you have to eat it with cutlery held by your feet. Of course, some people can, but it is very complicated.
I’m not going to claim that the game should have easy mode (although, really, what a pity would it have done?), But I would just have preferred Sony’s large and impressive PS5 showcase to be more easily impressed. As such, while the redesign of Bluepoint is absolutely one of the best launch titles to ever come out on a console, for me it wasn’t the game I wanted at launch. Now back to looking at this arch.
For more on Sony’s new console, check out our PS5 review, our Spider-Man: Miles Morales review, and our Sackboy: A Big Adventure review. What a great launch lineup.