Atlus looking to do some bug fixing in Demon's Souls

Nick @ PS3Center writes

"Apart from tidying up punctuation and any spelling errors, Atlus will also be doing some pretty extensive bug hunting. They'll be looking at player feedback, and sending a list of discovered bugs and glitches to From Software to be fixed before the release."

[shadowfox]

sounds good, i've heard a bit about bugs in the game.

[WildArmed]

its like playing mercs 2 i heard.
(mercs 2 is possibly the buggiest game ever?)

[callahan09]

I dunno what you guys are talking about. I've got about 20 hours into this game already and haven't encountered a single bug. That's not to say that there aren't any, but it certainly can't be considered all that buggy if I can play it this much and not encounter a single bug.

[labaronx]

Is the game a 20 hours long campaign or filled with side quest?

[callahan09]

That's kind of hard to explain. There's just a whole lot to do. There really is no main quest except to kill all of the bosses. It's split into 5 worlds and you're free to explore them in any order you want. Also, I haven't beaten the game yet. If I'm not mistaken there are 20 main bosses in the game, and I've only vanquished 2 of them so far. Although I'm all set and ready to kill 2 others, I'm holding off because there's something in this game called Tendency and if you do things properly (or sufficiently improperly) you can achieve Pure White or Pure Black tendencies, and you "open up" new options and events in each world if you get one of those pure tendencies. It's an insanely deep and big game, and the only way to get, do, and see everything is to play through it multiple times. Each time you beat it opens up a New Game+, NG++, NG+++, into infinity, and due to Tendencies and assassination quests and other things that are "irreversible" or one-shot only you can't possibly get it all done without continuing through multiple NG+'s. I'm 20 hours in and I've barely scratched the surface. Let me tell you: it's one hell of an addictive game.

[arvfab]

I'm 40 hours in the game (75% on the second playthrough) and haven't encountered any bugs or glitches. The only thing they could do, is to improve the world and character tendency shifting, as it can be a major pain in the a$$.

@laboronx:

There aren't really any side quests. There are other things to do, but I wouldn't call them side quests. The main story requires about 20hrs, but only if you know how to fight the bosses or it would be much longer.

[gauntletpython]

I don't know if it's a bug or not, but hopefully they fix the 3 player/4 player thing. Sometimes the game can support 3 player co-op, other times it supports 4 players. It's really random.

[WildArmed]

Sounds good
I haven't played it, waiting 4 a NA version.
Can't wait!

[labaronx]

the game sounds deep and engaging and i look forward to getting it this fall

[TheTwelve]

Nooooooooo....the only glitches and bugs in Demon's Souls has to do with perhaps a few spelling errors.

Perhaps they can also improve some of the physics in the game (like falling) but the game is very polished considering it's massive scope.

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[Toenado]

I only had a problem once when I got stuck in a wall. Ended up having to use evacuation to return to the nexus. No other problems since.

[SixTwoTwo]

I put about 200 hours into the game (still no platinum =I) and I have yet to encounter any major bugs. The only bug I can think of is with the dark moon grass not restoring your mp.

[Dir_en_grey]

One thing I can recall right now is something that might be arguable.
With an updated patch, whenever you quit the game in the Nexus, it'll reset all your world tendencies, where as before the update it would not. World tendencies affect the areas which you will or will not gain access to, so after all your hard work of making a world go black or white, you might accidentally reset the tendency by quitting the game in the Nexus.

To not reset your world tendency you have to now quit the game while your character is in one of the worlds, or quit/start your game off-line.
Maybe FromSoftware was just giving people a way to reset their world tendencies, but it sux having accidentally quit the game in the Nexus while you are online. And there is barely any point in resetting the tendency anyway.

Not a big deal but I've done it once and I was not able to unlock an area until the next game because I've already beaten the boss/black phantoms etc. Personally I think not resetting is perfectly fine because it's more frustrating when you accidentally erase all your efforts, plus the noobs would not know anything about this and could never get to black or white in any area because it is just normal to save the game in a spot where there will be no possible enemies.

The above won't make sense to people that didn't play the game, but either way it will not break the game, just gotta tackle things different ways I guess. It's a great game and you will want to play it more than once after you beat it. Even if Altus didn't fix anything I would still recommend this game to anyone!!

[Homicide]

I love Atlus. Thank you for bringing this game here.

[Xandet]

I was wondering why Atlus was waiting to release it until Fall when the HK/Korean versions already have full English voices and in-game text.. all the more time to polish!

[ThanatosDMC]

I really hope i can just invite people on my friend's list like a Monster Hunter game... oh well, let's see what happens.

[gauntletpython]

So glad Atlus is bringing this over. I was very close to getting it, but if they are fixing it up, I'll hold off for the Western release.

[TheDuke77]

I hope they allow pausing (which I heard you cant do in this game), I'm super pumped for this game, but with kids and all, sometimes its necessary to pause games.

[scheme_a]

I doubt they will allow you to pause.
Especially considering the fact that they meshed together the online aspect with single player so closely.

[labaronx]

despite the reported number of bugs in the title worldwide reviews and N4G "Gamers" who own the title have been giving it nothing but praise, it is own my fall gaming list for sure.

[gauntletpython]

Definitely on my 'must buy' list. I've been wanting to get medieval on some monsters lately, and since Elder Scrolls V is a bit off, Demon's Souls can hopefully hold me over.

[menoyou]

very nice! buying this one

[poeo]

ahh, seems like it will be the wise thing to do to wait and import the US version.

gonna play this game a lot during those dark autumn/winter evenings and nights here in Finland.

[Fulensenca]

and not a single bug ... where are those mysterius bugs?

Ps: you can' t put the game in pause, even if you open the Cross Media Bar. But this is good, because it adds more tension and atmosphere IHMO.

EDIT: btw it' s good to see support from Atlus, they made a great work.

[TheDuke77]

I can see the no pause thing adding tension, But damn that sucks if you have kids. To think of having to restart an entire level and loose all your souls because your kid woke up and you had to go check it out would suck. I really hope they add a pause feature.

[SaiyanFury]

They didn't add a pause function in case you were playing online. If you pause your game, then I can't predict how it would affect the other people you were playing with. That's pretty much the reason for the lack of a real pause function.

[scheme_a]

There are some serious bugs, but it seems pretty rare to encounter.
One is that some NPCs gone missing.

Many people don't know about Yurt assassinating NPCs, so they misunderstand the disappearance as bug, but in rare cases some NPCs who are not supposed to be his target can disappear like Ed in Stonefang.

[TheDuke77]

Ahhh, that actually makes sense, I kind of figured it was just to make it tougher.

[chisox100]

i hope they make this easier. It was impossible to get far in it.

[TheBand1t]

Making it easier defeats the purpose of the game.

[scheme_a]

Do you have enough soul level?
Is your equipment suitable for the enemy?
Do you have enough healing items?
Remember to learn enemy attack patterns
Study the surrounding environment. Can you lure them and kill one by one?
Maybe you should summon blue phantoms to help you

Remember it's not hack'n'slash game. Trying to muscle the way out and you will get stuck.
But even if you are not good at action game, thinking about the tactics well and you should be able to get through it.
Bow and arrows are especially useful in many occasions.

[Tidus11]

there is going to be alot of people happy about this game being relesed over here.... I have to say i was pleasantly surprised by this game's succes

[Fulensenca]

You perfectly explained how to approach this game with few words.

@ TheDuke77: if you need a break just make sure to clean an area ( you don' t need a big area since enemies usually don' t attack you if not close to them, at least most of them won' t. With the Thief Ring equipped it' s easier, though ), then you can leave the game and nothing will happen.

[debuchan]

suicide glitch atlus please remove it.

[Dir_en_grey]

You are talking about not being able to shift tendencies by suiciding right? It's a fix IMO cuz they don't want people to do it the easy way.
They want you to be a black phantom and earn your way to black tendency. =)

[debuchan]

I mean the unlimited soul suicide glitch

[Dir_en_grey]

I totally forgot about it.
Yes you are right, they do need to remove the suicide cheat and I stand corrected.

[Baka-akaB]

I was hoping for some more important additions that could justify re-buying the game .
But oh well , for the awesome feat of bringing this game in USA alone , i'll buy a second copy of the game .

[zoneofenders]

thank you sir! the chance of a sequel has been increased!!

[debuchan]

I have 3 copies lol
At first I'm not sure about the R3 ver having English after confirming and ready to import it was already out of stock.
So I ordered at NCS, playasia and yesasia, I figure which ever comes first then cancel it in the others, but when they restocked they restocked at the same time and shipped right away lol

[ArsArcanum]

wait...

if they fix the bugs and spelling errors of the game,
dosent that mean the game will have a patch? so that the owners of the asia and jap version will be able to patch their game?

I don't think they can release 2 different version of the same game

[Da One]

You can no longer shift world tendency online.

[Dir_en_grey]

it resets when you quit your game in Nexus, that's the thing most people didn't know about. Just quit while you are in one of the worlds.

Glitch or not might be arguable cuz it might be a way given by Fromsoftware to reset the tendencies (weird way though), but personally I think Atlus will fix this back to the old way (this happened after the patch) cuz there's no point in resetting (all of your worlds too x_x)

[Da One]

but it didn't act like this until patch 1.02

[interrergator]

wats weird at the beginning wen that monumental said i shall guide u and cut off to the nexus lol