You're in for some great times then. The original game really was something special. Some areas and bosses are true classics.
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[Polygon] Demon's Souls on PS5, here's what changing
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"but whatever the artistic low res textures and cinematic jaggies used by miyazaki-san as an artistic choice for OG Demon's souls?" - some purist probably
Sekiro is the only game you cant summon in, so it is legitimately the hardest.
Yeah it looks fantastic. I think I'll play Bloodborne after that. Much more excited by this launch lineup compared to PS4.
True, but at the same time, summons don't always guarantee success on the other Souls since they double the boss HP if I'm recalling it correctly
Please do, Bloodborne is absolutely incredible and you should play it eventually even if you end up not liking Souls that much imo.
This is really fucked up and also...
That's not what 'not missing out' means.
I agree wholeheartedly. Bloodborne and DeS have a basic common core but they play and unfold very differently. And Bloodborne boasts some of the best bosses and most fun and intricate level designs ever created in an action RPG. Plus the art direction is mindblowing.
Disappointed that they kept the weight system from the original. Thought that would have been on the chopping block.
Why go out of your way to say how all the core stuff is in but then make it so the grass weighs more, that was a good part of the original where if you were having a tough time you could farm grass and get through stuff. Sucks about the broken archstone as well.
So you are annoyed that that they made chances and annoyed that they didn't makes changes?
Yeah weight systems are never good to be honest, but it's not a big deal.
I mean, that's kind of how opinions work right, of course you can want one thing changed and not want another thing changed. You can not like tomatoes but still like ketchup, differentiation and nuance exists.
So much good stuff. Being able to see world tendency on the HUD is great. They also managed to get most of the original cast to record their lines again. This game has my favorite NPCs in the series and they are one of the reasons why Demon's is my favorite game in the series.
Same, but maybe they were playing it safe to not anger the fans
They don't double it. Just increase armor. Varies game to game iirc.
There's a difference between adding a new area to explore and changing a core mechanic that will permeate the rest of the game, come on now.
Okay, I do not like the idea of limited grass. Non-refreshing recovery items kinda sucked, but at least you always had enough that you rarely had to grind them. With a limited supply I'm worried this'll go the route of Bloodborne where you just have to stop progressing at multiple points to farm recovery items. It was easily the worst part of the game, and I'm not sure it's worth the change in DeS just to better balance PVP.
Oh my bad then, I remembered it increased something but not sure what. Thanks for correcting me
It uses Omnidirectional Rolls(8 directions) now
It's an easy assumption to make. I made it too. I mean, less of the boss's health bar goes down per swing when you summon.
Worth noting that this combined with the lack of accessibility options (such as any settings to slow down the game, or change health / damage and overall difficulty), this makes the game less accessible than the original. In the original, holding a large amount of healing items provided a means in which players could brute-force their way through encounters, so that players who maybe were less able could taylor the experience to be more forgiving, for them.
I don't have a problem with the Estus system that's featured in the later Souls games, but I think Demon's Souls' grass system wasn't without it's merits too, and I think it's a little disappointing to see that happen.
It's like how people say that summoning is an 'accessibility option' in Souls games. It's an indirect means in which you can reduce the difficulty level, and effectively brute force your way through an encounter that was for whatever reason, too challenging for you. It's the same with the grass system in DS, it was a means in which the player could adapt the difficulty manually, and while I can see the merits of its removal (especially for balancing out PVP), it hits players that benefited from that accessibility feature much harder than others.
Well, from a pure graphical standpoint I'm a little disappointed to be honest. Deep Down demo from 2013 still looks better in my opinion (if you exclude the resolution difference).
There's an option to change to the old camera style, fortunately
Welp...I guess I will wait for a sale of the Digital Deluxe version
