Demon's Souls Update

US PlayStation Blog wrote: "As you've no doubt read, Atlus is bringing Demon's Souls exclusively to the PLAYSTATION 3 this fall. But what changes are they making? How does online play work? And is the game really that difficult? At E3, Atlus's Aram Jabbari fielded questions…"

[ThatCanadianGuy]

I love this game ! I had to stop playing it for awhile tho
..damn thing was taking over my life..

Glad it's coming to the west, more people can enjoy this epic game

[pippoppow]

Yeah, a special game. Anyone looking to test their gaming skills should try it. Fun playing co-op and pvp. Tried to play solo most of the game but there will be boss characters you will need help with. Fun game. Hope for a sequel.

[Zedux]

this is a great game one of the kind very very very difficult! but the problem is the fact you can't save the game and there's no check point and I've got a life and after playing for 3 hours I died and had to redo everything sorry but the game is eating dust now! hopefully they include an option to save the game!

[pippoppow]

It is a brutal game. Definitely need to set aside 1-2 hrs per level. You can cheat though by quitting the game before the "You are Dead" sign appears. Or you can quit in a safe area and start off where you last started roughly if you want to take a break. Took me 50 hours to beat the game but if I didn't cheat forget it, it would have taken much longer. Another thing is once you beat the game the game increases in difficulty so it's almost like starting over for those sadists among us.

[callahan09]

Yeah it has taken over my life. How long ago did inFamous come out? I bought it day one and STILL haven't played it. Damned Demon's Souls, I just can't put the bastard down! Haha. I love this game. I hope to platinum it either next week or the week after. I FINALLY got my Pure Bladestone today. 15 hours and over 100 soul levels of farming, later. Holy crap!

[callahan09]

What are you talking about Zedux? The game auto-saves. Literally all the time. If you change the weapon you have equipped, if you kill something, if you do literally anything, it auto-saves. The game is pretty much always auto-saving, if you look in the upper right corner you can always see the little moving soul symbol indicating that it's accessing the hard drive.

If you played continuously and lost for good 3 consecutive hours worth of souls, that's your own thoughtlessness and carelessness to blame. You could have had ample time to spend those souls. And anytime you die, you ought to be extra careful when you go to pick up your souls so you don't die on the way. If you're in an area you're unskilled at or unfamiliar with, you shouldn't be traipsing around for 3 hours without returning to nexus and spending some of those souls on repairs, new equipment, extra arrows, some grasses and spices, some soul level upgrades, etc. You shouldn't be walking around with that many souls in an area where you're at risk. It's your own fault if you do.

I don't know what to tell you other than it seems to me you're making the game harder for yourself than it actually has to be. EVACUATE miracle, costs 20,000 souls, only have to buy it once. It will be your best friend.

[pippoppow]

Yep, you really should use those souls asap. A good place in the beginning to get souls I found was in 3-1 and later on 4-4. Just need to find a good grind spot, get souls run to nexus and upgrade your character a few levels. This site may help those in need- http://demonssouls.wikidot....

[ABizzel1]

It looks really good, and the online sounds pretty cool, leaving notes for people so they don't share your fate. Hopefully the co-op part will be through the game there's nothing worse than a game that makes you want to throw the controller, because it's too hard.

[ThanatosDMC]

There had been people that have done this and corrupted their save files. So it does work, but do it at your own risk.

Why do that when you can revive yourself with a Stone of Ephimeral Eyes or just invade someone for fun and kill them or help someone else fight a boss.

I've been playing the game everytime i turn on my PS3... it's taken over my social life.

Also, i wish there was a way to see our global stat. The pantheon just shows the top people that i cant even compare with... geez, those bastards are lv 712!!!

Best place to grab souls: 4-4 with Storm Ruler (the sword) with Ring of Avarice equipped.

[GameGambits]

I highly recommend this for just about any gamer who wants to prove to themselves they can accomplish something difficult in a game.

The game is fun, well woven, voiced, difficult, and at no point a snooze fest. You just feel the atmosphere ooze out at every single place you go to it's so damn impressive it blows my mind. Other game developers need to take a note from this one, because it does an incredible job of keeping the player feel their senses heightened when playing.

BUY THIS! This is not a game you can rent and bust through. This is a game you have to own to survive your way through and you will enjoy every second of it. :D

[BYE]

I was thinking about importing this, now hearing this guy from Atlus talk about how hard and challenging it is, I think it's a must buy.

[dustgavin]

Agreed. My buddy and I want to import it to enjoy the co-op features.

[ThanatosDMC]

Just so that you're warned. It's hard to play co-op with your friend if you're not close to each other's level. It's also random for his Blue Soul Sign to appear at your own game.

[UltimateIdiot911]

I hope I can scrap up money for this.

[Raoh]

cant wait.. the graphics look sweet and battles look even sweeter...

[deshon09]

cant wate for it this fall

[iHEARTboobs]

I'm excited. I'm not a hardcore RPG guy. I just started in the genre so i'm still pretty wet behind the ears but I want this game. It looks really epic and bad@ss. I'm buying it!

[ThanatosDMC]

You'll be excited before you get the game... but hopefully you have the patience to play it. You'll be pissed off when you get killed by a boss with one hit or so after taking an hour carefully trying to get to him. Yes, it happens... especially in New Game+.

[ArsArcanum]

imo, if you can beat the first boss which gives you your body back, so you can level up and stuff, then you will love this game.

If u cant, then u will most likely give up

[Tidus11]

I have to be honest I wasn't very interested in this game until this interview... It looks like one of the premeire rpgs coming out for the Ps3.

[zoneofenders]

best RPG this gen........if you can handle the difficulty

[Uzesgelen_Goo]

agree it's best!

[cmrbe]

does it take forever to localise games? I still don't get it.

[SprSynJn]

Seeing as the Asian version already has full English support, supposedly. Must be because of the change in publishers.

[callahan09]

The game is in full English, but there is some pretty poor translation in the game. A lot of typoes and mistakes. Atlus is a busy company and they're not even very large, so they have to literally go through every piece of text in this game and make sure the translation is acceptable, the punctuation and spelling errors corrected, etc. It's got to be slow, gruelling work. Might even be more annoying and time-consuming than just doing a direct translation from Japanese, because while it is in English, it can be tough to have to read everything so carefully to spot all those little mistakes. Plus, they're supposedly trying to work out some of the little bugs and glitches here and there. There's nothing game-breaking in there, but they could fix some stuff, for sure. For instance, right now your world tendencies (you may not know what that means, but you will once you play the game, and they're important) get reset after you sign off if you're playing online. That bug simply MUST be corrected. I love this game online, but I'm trying to complete the world tendency special events, so I can't play online until I've done that. Also, I hope they improve the camera in tight spaces. There's really only one super-tight area in the whole game where the camera becomes a jittery bastard, in world 5-2 on all the planks above the swamp. It's not a big deal, but it's something they could improve.

[menoyou]

amazing

[Aclay]

This game, in addition to Dragon Age Origins will be the RPG's I'll be getting this Fall.

I've heard great things from Demon Souls and hope that games of this quality become the norm from From Software instead of the sub-par average games that have plagued them for quite sometime until now.

[Baka-akaB]

Well their harcore rpg departement have always been good .
The rest not so much , dont forget the crappy ninja blade after they released demon souls , though at least that one was already far ahead in dev and alongside DS .

One can only hope for a great demon souls 2 or king field games . Or maybe Otogi 3

[nycredude]

Demon's Soul is their spiritual successor to King's Field.

For anyone interested in this game. I have been playing it non-stop until I picked up infamous (another addictive game) and it really is an amazing experience. There is a HUGE learning curve and you WILL die ALOT but it's worth it.

It takes like 10 to 15 hours before you get comfortable with the game and understand how to play it and yet you still are afraid to make a mistake and die. the whole time playing there is a sense of dread and the setpieces, atmosphere is second to none.

[eagle21]

Eurogamer already gave it 9/10 so you know it's awesome. :)

[zoneofenders]

well the same guy give gundam musou 2 a 8........
so i still think Eurogamer IS FULL OF SH!T

however Demon's soul deserve a 9 in my book.

[CaitSith]

=[

[MelaDarkwood]

Import it. I'm playing it right now. =) Though it's very difficult, it's also pissing me off.... But still fun! Try ebay, that's where I bought two copies. Chinese/English version. The handbook is in Chinese, but the quick guide is in English, and everything starts in English, the voices, the subtitles, the menus. It's worth the price, especially if you can find someone who's not selling it overpriced. I paid $65 each, which is what I would pay if it were selling here in America. =)

[DEADEND]

I might ask my girlfriend to get me this game for Christmas, it sounds very interesting and promising.

[Old_Boss]

gotta a question in online do you fight other pepole or monster ??
thanks in advance

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Both ! Only, when you fight other people it's only if you use the "Black stone" to turn into a "Black phantom" and you can break into other peoples games and kill them (Sometimes there's 2-3 people).Which, grants you a human soul and in turn, returns your body.

[ThanatosDMC]

Fighting a Human Body (host/summoner) with two Blue Phantom bodyguard (two other players) is such a pain when you invade.

They usually keep a tight guard on the Host player and if they spot you all hell breaks loose and they wont let you retaliate. Gotta love being a Black Phantom, it sure scares the crap out of the other player!

One time i fought someone that used the Spiked Shield as a weapon. We fought for 30+ minutes. Neither of us could kill each other. I wish i had that Acid spell...

[Darrius Cole]

Sounds like a pre-order, first-day purchase.

[thereapersson]

PS3 gamers are hardcore gamers, despite what sales or anything else says otherwise. The system itself needs a great quality RPG like this. I'd rather have one or two GREAT RPG's that have a LOT of gameplay and extended playtime, than 10 mediocre or average RPG's that seem like an afterthought on the developer's part *coughSQUAREENIXcough*

Can't wait to play the localized, ultimate version this fall!

[DEADEND]

I totally agree with you bro.

[Uzesgelen_Goo]

agree +bubbles dude.
can't wait to play!

[Old_Boss]

leaste there are still pepole who like to help in this fanboysfilled site
very few indeed thanks again

PS;no need to repley

[Sarcasm]

It's amazing that this title was overlooked by many since it's reveal at TGS. The choppy frame rate, the weird looking controls, and the bland looking gameplay (in the old video).

Now it's polished, with many features, plays well, looks great, has co-op, and an insane difficulty as well as getting great reviews everywhere.

This goes to show that people shouldn't judge a game by pre-alpha footage. You never know what's good until the product is finished.

I cant wait to try this game out when it comes out.

[Jihaad_cpt]

I'm a little ill informed but what genre is this game? I might pick it up. Have heard good things. Thanks in advance

[Freak of Nature]

It's an Action/RPG....

It has gotten great reviews,well deserved,and has not sold well,because they have not gotten the right backing for whatever crazy reason.But this fall It looks like it will get the proper backing...

A sleeper hit,and well worth any true gamers time...

[E_Dawgg]

It is a traditional dungeon RPG. The gameplay is action sword fighting and blocking with your shield and pretty cool spell casting. It is a very fun game. It has sold well in fact in asia because a lot of people have imported it. yesasia.com and play.com are always backordered for a game that does not sell.

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

This game looks absolutely incredible. I was almost going to import it, but now I'm glad I didn't seeing as it will probably get extra content and whatnot for its western release.

By the way Callahan, I read your review for this game and it was very imformative and helpful, thank you.

[E_Dawgg]

I bought this game and ended up playing it more than KZ2. I have over a hundred hours logged into the game. This game can be so engaging. Just remember to kill the knight in the cage before he f_c_ks your game all up. lol