Demon's Souls
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AG Score: [ 9.1 ] Automated Gamer calculated average score | |
| Genre: | Console Role-playing Game |
| Release date: | 10/06/09 |
| Available on: | PlayStation 3 |
| Created by: | Atlus |
| Buy: | $29.99 @ Amazon |
| Rent: | Rent today @ Gamefly |
Key Sites
- Demon's Souls - Wikipedia
- Official Japanese Website at SCEJ
- Official American Website at Atlus
- Official Forum at Atlus
- Official North American Wiki at Atlus
- Demon's Souls at GameRankings
Reviews
[ A ] 1UP says "It's been a stressful week at work. First I had to get suited up. Then I had to go to the watchtower and get re-acquainted with the tedium of plugging about 150 piddly arrows into a dragon. Finally I slayed the SOB, knocked off for a late lunch, and got back to business, running up the bridge and trying not to get stabbed by the black knights up ahead. I made the mistake of taking a detour to kill the bowmen, but accidentally slipped and fell off the stairs, which killed me for the eight millionth time. Long story short, I wasn't even close to clocking out, but I got up within inches of the giant silver boss' ankles -- its weak point -- only to be summarily smashed into a pile of inanimate ghostly nothingness for the... I don't even know how many-th time. It's enough to make you want to scream. "[ 9.4 ] IGN PS3 says "Guys like me that have been into gaming since before there were even graphics to bitch about have often hopped on our high horse and proclaimed today's games to be so coddling and hand-holding that one can't possibly get the same sense of accomplishment as the experiences in the days of yore. It's a bunch of old man chest thumping (for the most part), of course, but games going back even to the days of the NES often lacked the ability to save progress or even continue if you burned through all your lives. Demon's Souls isn't quite that hardcore, but it is a wonderfully unique experience that delivers a risk/reward setup that most games couldn't even dream of trying to match. "
[ Buy it ] Crispy Gamer says "Demon's Souls is a new kind of MMO -- the minutely multiplayer online game. Rather than toss thousands of players a world so big that most will choose to ignore each other, this inventive reimagining of the classic dungeon crawler lets players haunt each others' nightmares. Adventurers here don't populate the same realm. It's more like their purgatories intersect."
[ 9 ] GamesRadar - Reviews says "Everybody has trials in their life, from simply getting up in the morning to giving birth to your first child. You’ll agree with us, readers – life can be hard. Which is something that From Software has realised, grabbed hold of and run with."
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Latest News
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The first question I ask when I sit down to have a look at MindJack is whether it has more in common with Ghost in the Shell or Inception. In MindJack's universe, a special headset has made it possible to hack into a person's brain, bringing to mind a number of possibilities. "... - 08/03 Demon's Souls' brand of punishment proves potent in the UK @ Joystiq
Namco Bandai previously announced its intentions to publish From Software's punishing dungeon crawler, Demon's Souls abroad and the verdict is in: it's apparently been a big hit. The publisher told Eurogamer the initial run -- a "Black Phantom Edition" priced at £44.99 (€42), which includes the game, soundtrack, art book and strategy gu... - 08/03 Demon's Souls gets bargain UK price @ CVG
Standard edition to cost just £34.99. Namco Bandai Partners has confirmed that the standard version of Demon's Souls will be available on UK shop shelves from Friday - with a bargain price.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesKinect 'won't kill controllers' - MolyneuxVirgin Gaming signs Ghost ReconNext PlayStation Plus content det... - 07/22 Atlus Extends Online Support for Demon's Souls Through March 2011 @ IGN PS3
Demon's Souls (PS3)World Tendency shifts to Pure White in celebration. - 07/21 Atlus to maintain Demon's Souls servers until 2011 @ Joystiq
This is your lucky day, masochists! Atlus has announced that it will extend support for Demon's Souls' online servers until "at least" March 2011. When the game shipped in April 2009, the Demon's Souls user agreement made it clear that online functionality would be sponsored for "no less than six months". Now it would appear that the game's surpri... - 07/21 Demon's Souls servers guaranteed 'at least' to March 2011 @ CVG
Online modes for cult RPG given guaranteed, but short, lifespan. The online modes in From Software's cult PS3 RPG Demon's Souls could be coming to an end sooner than you might normally expect.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesSony joins iffy motion controller comparison chart trendNintendo wins huge piracy caseThe Sly Collection rel...