
Rom PlayStation Studios and Bluepoint Games comes a remake of the PlayStation classic, Demon’s Souls.

Or play cooperatively by summoning allies to aid in your fight against the demons. The character creation feature has also been updated, with more options for customization.įace the world’s greatest warriors in ferocious PvP combat – with online 1 invasions adding to the danger of your quest. Although the Souls series is notorious for its difficulty, Bluepoint stated that the remake would not introduce different difficulty levels. Filters from the photo mode can also be used during gameplay, including a “classic mode” filter intended to evoke the look of the original PlayStation 3 game. The game also includes a photo mode, whereupon using it the game will pause, something not possible in the original. One new feature, called “Fractured World”, is a mirror mode which reverses the layout of environments. For example, in the original game, healing grasses have no weight, so players could potentially carry hundreds of them in the remake, these healing items now have a weight associated with them so that the amount players can carry is significantly lessened, and more potent grasses weigh more than less effective ones. As with the original, players are limited in how much they can carry before their character becomes encumbered, although some aspects of this encumbrance system have been adjusted. When a player dies, a bloodstain can be left in other players’ game world that when activated can show a ghost playing out their final moments, indicating how that person died and potentially helping the player avoid the same fate.The game features new weapons, armor, rings and items called “Grains” which give players a temporary resistance to effects like poison, fire, and bleeding. During gameplay, players briefly see the actions of other players as ghosts in the same area that may show hidden passages or switches. The game is referred to as a spiritual successor to FromSoftware’s King’s Field series.ĭemon’s Souls incorporates multiplayer elements into its single-player campaign. It was published in Japan by Sony Computer Entertainment in February 2009, in North America by Atlus USA in October 2009, and in PAL territories by Namco Bandai Games in June 2010. Demon’s Souls is an action role-playing game developed by Bluepoint Games.
