Demon's Souls Remake (PS5)

Ive been toying with the idea of getting it for a little while. I think the problem i’m going to have with any Fromsoft game is that i never played one in my life til earlier this year when i got Sekiro on sale. I platinumed it in 2 months and i think the fighting/traversal mechanics are so different from the other Fromsoft games that I dont know if I’d be able to get past the clunky fight/dodge traditional style of their other games. Maybe i shouldnt have started with Sekiro…

It’s a beautiful game and the first I played on PS5

Demon’s Souls remake is dope. Having never played the original, I enjoyed it a lot. That being said, frick the Maneaters

this game just isnt fun to me. I tried to like it, i would even put it down after failing and would come back just to fail over and over and over again.

So these are the only fromsoft games I haven't played since they are PS only. Should I play the remastered first or is there a way to get the OG still if I get a PS5?

Finished.

Gotta say, while it's beautiful (Blue Point did an AMAZING job on the visuals here...looks astounding), it's probably bottom of the rung on the FromSoft ladder for me.

It just didn't FEEL like a Souls game. That could be down to something last in translation from OG to remake, but this one just never hooked me. I finished it because I felt like I needed to IOT make a fair assessment, not because I just HAD to.

That comes down to the Bosses for me. I don't think I should have gone magic. It made this game a joke. I didn't even go full magic, though. I went Magic/Luck and used the Blueblood Blade, so my stat distro was all over the place and I still felt OP. I also didn't powerlevel, so I just leveled as I progressed naturally and it felt like I overpowered everything very early.

Anyone have any suggestions for a more challenging build for a 2nd playthrough? I'm thinking I may push through NG+ with a sword/shield combo using Northern Regalia as my MH.

All in all, I'm glad I played it for completion's sake and to see where it all began, but I've obviously been spoiled by DS3, BB, Sekiro, and ER boss designs.

I don't regret getting a PS5 for this game at all. I'm gonna go through Ghost of Tsushima next and keep my fingers crossed that Sony eventually gives us a fugging Bloodborne Remaster.

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Anyone have any suggestions for a more challenging build for a 2nd playthrough? I'm thinking I may push through NG+ with a sword/shield combo using Northern Regalia as my MH.

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Did you end up doing an NG+ playthrough?

I just did a replay (played it for the first time back in January 2022 before Elden Ring came out) with a new build and settled on strength. Once I got the dragon bone crusher it's been my primary weapon...which sucks when you are in tight spaces but I've managed ok.

NG+ has been so much more challenging than NG. The bosses haven't been terrible or anything (Flamelurker has been the toughest so far) but getting through each zone has really challenged me.

I'm trying to get platinum and am short a few rings, spells, and miracles. Also, I didn't give the magic sword to the samurai guy in 4-1 while in pure white tendency on my NG run, so I need to do so this time, however I made the mistake of dying in body form. For some reason, I thought beating all 3 bosses would be enough to negate that and still be in pure white but the guy isn't showing up for me.

I still need to do all of zone 5, and then do 1-3 and 1-4. I'll probably need to start a NG++ and beat a few bosses to get the necessary souls for the last spells and miracles. I'm not a big fan of using save files to manipulate trophies so I'll simply grind through it again to finish up.