Demon's Souls Review

[Frozencry]

Demon's Souls Review by Denny

PS3 Review: Import: It will devour your soul.

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[Death Angel]

Is this 100% coming to aus as i have not heard anything about it being released in aus yet?
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[ManeKast]

"Though it may not ever be out in Australia, Demon's Souls is an astonishing title that begs to be played, as it's one of the best RPGs to be released in recent years."

Highly doubtful. Great review. Import! Completely worth it.
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[redemption]

I'm very tempted to import it, though i don't know if its because i want to play the game or i want to say its in my collection.
It sounds fantastic though, i might have to talk someone into getting it for me.
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[Phreakuency]

You guys should get a HD capture card so you can show your own screens in your reviews and not just the officially released ones. Adds authenticity and will attract readers looking for never seen before shots/clips too.
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[unlachs]

got a question for ya denny (or anyone who's played it really):

i've been reading a few reveiws, and they all seem to say pretty much the same thing, how ridiculously hard the game is, and how awesome it is to finally beat this boss or complete that area or whatever. what's bugging me is whether or not the game has any value outside of that sense of achievement? if the game was a lot easier, would it still be great?

i'm asking because i just know i won't have the patience for this game, and it sounds like you really have to actually work to get any enjoyment out of it.
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[Frozencry]

To put it bluntly, the game from the get-go pretty much forces you into the situation of "You think on your feet, learn things your own way, we're not helping you.". It won't even go into detail at all as to what kind of weaponry you should be using against certain enemies, what a bosses weakpoint is, etc. It's nasty, and honestly it's not fun.

But that's kind of the appeal of the game, it has this unusual grip on you that forces you into learning everything your own way and developing an entirely unique style of play. Much of the value comes in its requirement to dedicate. And that's when the game gets really fun.

That being said though, the core gameplay and its equipment system is awesome even without the difficulty. It's responsive and insanely deep - I've spent countless hours in the game just hunting for certain valuable weapons and such just to see how cool they are.

There's also this world tendency system in it, which can dictate how the game pans out entirely throughout the course of it, depending on how much you die in physical form, what you do in certain events, etc. It's like a good and evil system, and it also goes down to character tendency too, which is seperate to world tendency.

I just woke up so I'm probably blabbering on but yeah the game has a ton of value outside just the difficulty and satisfaction. It's deep, there's lots of things to do and see and the game world changes around you depending on how you perform and what actions you take. It's easily the best $100 I've spent in a while and dare I say it, my personal GOTY (sorry Uncharted 2 ).

Oh and if anyone's wondering, this reviewer did finish the game. On my second playthrough at the moment, just taking it slow.
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[skrob73]

Completely agree with your review and comments above Denny. To 'unlachs' the game is difficult and exremely frustrating to begin with and during my 1st few hours of playing there were a number of times I seriously considered putting it up on eBay where I had got it from, but something kept drawing me back, can't put my finger on what, best explanation I can give is the whole uniqueness of the game, you know theres nothing else like it and to give up would mean your gonna miss out on a very special experince, same as I felt with MGS back on Psone(all the sneaking about was so new).
Few games bring this feeling, Ico comes to mind. If you are willing to put up with the steep learning curve you will probably never find a more rewarding game, once you cotton on to the game mechanics and it's something that has to be learnt though a online guide may help(cheating to me!) but once you master the mechanics a few hours in the game is not has hard as at first it seemed. You have a certain degree of freedom as to how and when you approach different 'areas' and this freedom means you can go elsewhere if one area is causing to much of a head ache. My GOTY and best PS3 title so far !!! 9.5/10
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[DUC5]

Have you guys though about doing video reviews? I always go to youtube to check out the "gameplay"..
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[robtion]

I live in Australia and imported the US version of this game via ebay. Anyone on the fence or considering doing the same should not hesitate. This is a must play (for anyone with patience that is)!

Demon's souls is an awesome game. REALLY difficult and often frustrating but somehow so addictive. You will just keep coming back to it despite the fact that it will continually slaughter you.

Basically the more time you spend playing, the better it gets, as previously difficult levels suddenly become relatively easy as your character becomes more and more powerful and your own skills develop. Do yourself a favour and play this game. You won't regret it (most of the time).

[arbok]

thanks for the review Denny. That was a great review - i could feel ur enthusiasm!

Some questions

1. Which version (asian or US) did u get and which would u recommend?

2. How often can u co-op with other players - that would make it much easier wouldnt it?

3. How do u save - u mention there aren't any checkpoints - are the save points really far apart? or is this a level system where it saves after each level?

Ive been interested in this game for soooo long - but i know i just dont have the time to play it... how long did u take to finish it Denny?
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[Frozencry]

1) US version, and I recommend that one. More players online and it has a lot of the issues from the Asian version fixed.

2) Fairly often, it depends on player struggles. On the tougher bosses there were plenty of blue eye stones to grab, so there was plenty of co-operative opportunities. It makes thing easier but also buffs the health of a boss etc, so it kind of evens out. One boss I had massive struggles with at an early stage and ended up summoning two guys to help me take him down. That was so awesome and intense. If I was a magic user, and not stubborn about grinding my magic up, I would've never have had that much of an issue though

3) Saves occur really, really often. And they are fast. If you die and lose your souls, it's already saved, don't even bother trying to reset the game or something to stop it from happening. It's an unusual save system that you'll never have an issue with. If you quit the game halfway through an area though and then come back, you start back at the start of the area. Tough love.

Took me about 20-30 hours, though I have a tendency of smashing through games very fast (God of War on God mode in 4.5 hours). But I'd say the first run can easily be a 40-60 hour romp.
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[robtion]

Yeah I'm over 30 hours in so far and I'm probably a third of the way through my first playthrough (about 8-10 demons killed so far). I have died A LOT though. I think the second playthrough would be much quicker.

Co-op is awesome for defeating tough bosses. Also invading other peoples worlds is great fun, as is fighting off other invaders (I'm undefeated so far from about 5 or 6 duels).

It's just a great game. A real shame that PAL regions aren't getting a release.

[DEJA VU]

denny great review mate! you.ve almost convince to get demon's soul (almost because i don't have much patients and time )

oh and quick question why didn't they release this in PAL territory?
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[grim-one]

There is a tutorial albeit brief and the basic enemies are not trivial, but otherwise spot on review Denny.

Stupidest thing I can't believe I've done in this game so far? Walking towards a red dragon that is awake and facing me... I'll let you guess what happened there.
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[AlaCarcuss]

Oh...My...God - What a game!

I received my copy of Demon's Souls about a week ago and have been playing it non-stop ever since. I'll just reitterate what Denny and other's have said, this game is incredible.

This is not just game of the year for me (and I game on all platforms including PC) it's also the best game on the PS3 so far (yes I've played and beaten Uncharted 2). You definately have to love a challange though.

It's one of those games you'll still be talking about in years to come, they just don't make'em like this anymore - highly recommended!