An extended look at the foreboding locales and deadly enemies lurking in Boletaria.
Update: New information about the Digital Deluxe Edition of Demon’s Souls for PS5 has been added to the bottom of this post.
We have been working diligently for almost three years on the legend that is Demon’s Souls. Together with the masters of the remaster Bluepoint Games, we have lovingly crafted this thrilling experience to bring it to stunning new life on PlayStation 5.
In Demon’s Souls, we send you back to the fog-ridden kingdom of Boletaria like you’ve never seen it before. Here, death is not the end, and again the challenge seems insurmountable. But this dark world draws you in nonetheless, with its sumptuous sights and chilling sounds. Through the power of haptics, you feel every visceral blow, making even small victories all the sweeter.
It was essential to us that we recreated Demon’s Souls in such a way that longtime fans are transported back to the Boletaria they love. It’s the Boletaria that has been growing and maturing in their imaginations for over a decade. A place where every room, corner, and corridor has a story to tell. Here, the original characters, encounters and battles are brought to life in greater fidelity, making the story even richer and darker.
Even as we went back to the drawing board to build upon the original art, sound, music, and feel, our goal was always to remain true to the vision of the original classic – its story, gameplay and level design. With this in mind, we fine-tuned the title to ensure the game remains fresh and appeals to new users accustomed to modern controls and experiences.
Above all, this is to ensure the lands of Boletaria are living and breathing worlds, home to all manner of terrors, brimming with tension and challenge. In this way, we hope that Demon’s Souls is both parts new and familiar, welcoming to veterans and newcomers alike.
This time, we’re thrilled to bring you an extended look at gameplay, featuring the first challenge you’ll face on your arduous journey – the grotesque demon Vanguard.
The Demon’s Souls Digital Deluxe Edition, available to pre-order today at PlayStation Store for $89.99 / €99.99, includes the full game and additional in-game digital content to prepare you for the ultimate challenge, including:
- Original Soundtrack
- Legendary Hero Soul
- Renowned Warrior Soul
- Storied Warrior Soul
- Red-Eye Knight Armor
- Boletarian Royalty Armor
- Ritual Blade
- Hoplite Shield
- Ring of Longevity
- Preservation Grains
- Phosphorescent Grains
- Bearbug Grains
- Large Hardstone Shard
- Moonlightstone Shard
Pre-order any edition of Demon’s Souls from PlayStation Store to receive the Reaper Scythe weapon, once wielded by sorcerers who commanded the spirits of the dead. The Reaper Scythe is a pole weapon with a curved blade on one end that is so sharp that they say it can sever your soul from your body. It can mow down many targets in a single blow, but is difficult to handle and requires both strength and dexterity to use.
DAY ONE! Heck yes! Looking good, thanks for selling it to me again :D
Btw what’s up with that “other consoles”?
Sony: PS5 Exclusive*
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They’ve already retracted that
I personally am not impressed by the graphics for this game it still looks really similar to the dark souls 3 on the ps4 pro. I thought there would be a much larger upgrade from one gen to the next.
My most anticipated launch title.
Same feel, but modern visuals and animation work. Bosses look phenomenal.
This will look stunning in native 4K with Ray Tracing.
vegrial
it look nothing like Dark
Souls 3. I have just watch gameplay of Dark Souls 3 max setting on RTX 2080. Demon Souls on the PS5 is one of the most impressive showing of next gen graphical feudality.
@iownthisb That’s an unwarranted & unconvincing comparison. Dark Souls 3 was made with a far limiting hardware floor than this game being made exclusively w/ NVMe SSDs & 10 teraflops of performance at least via the PS5.
It being a next-gen game, you can’t simply compare it to an older game being rendered by more powerful or recent GPUs. That’s not how that works;
The graphics showcased are easily achievable on PC at far higher fidelity. There are GPUs releasing this Fall w/ 3 times the graphic fidelity of the PS5 & Xbox Series X. I can w/ my 3090 or my existing 2080TIs. At the I/O level my NVMe SSD combined w/ DirectStorage available on my GPUs will perform as fast and faster than PS5’s I/O.
All that said, I can’t wait to play this game on a PS5 this Fall! I’m hopeful when I don’t want to game in my living room (or can’t because of significant others wanting to watch Netflix or something), I can quickly pivot to playing this game on PC some day in the future.
That said, I’m very happy Bluepoint continues their solid reputation remaking games and rendering games well. It’ll be great to revisit this game to start the next generation of console gaming!
Happy gaming to you as well!
@vegrial You must be blind this is the most next gen looking game in existence right now. Graphically.
@mr-silk-sheets I think the PS5 and Xbox s x are probably on par with the 2080ti if not the 3060. Besides investing in a $2500 pc isn’t wise during a pandemic unless you’re a trust fund child or have a very nice job.
@vegrial
STFU, go home and clean your eye balls
this aint Xbox and Craig Infinite
@dark_paladian346 The PS5 & Xbox Series X are not on part with a 2080TI. A 2080TI has more teraflops + AI/deep-leanring tech to perform even faster at 4K+ RDNA2 GPUS used by both consoles have yet to show an equivalent to.
When it comes to PC gaming, you’re greatly exaggerating the price of a PC that can play AAA games + other things (most don’t have a PC solely for gaming which is the beauty of that platform; it also means you pay more because the demand for the same parts is higher and not produced at a scale of what consoles are sold for) at a high level.
That said, it doesn’t matter. The beauty of the PC platform in addition to consoles is versatility to work & play + play w/ keyboard & mouse or any other input device + achieve at a hardware level particular performance targets not available to consoles for a while at your own pace (i.e. 4K@144hz; 21:9 4K@120hz). Maybe today; maybe incrementally over time.
It’s awesome when a significant other or kids are watching something you don’t want to that you can play these kind of games on your PC instead, play it on an ultrawide at 60+FPS, or squeeze a play session while commuting for work on a laptop. So much more examples of course.