Demon's Souls PS5: Fractured Mode, Respec, World Tendency Details

Creative director Gavin Moore talks about how the beloved From Software classic is being reborn for PS5.

[Si-Fly]

Demon Souls + DualSense = 👊🏻💦

[Pretentious]

I can't wait to finally get my hands on a PS5 when they become available to the general public... sometime next year.

[Einhander1971]

Has to be one troll on here, ps5 is more than capable of raytracing. Obviously this game looks so good it doesn't need it.

[Rambokind]

Demon's Souls is the game we're all waiting for, not Cyberdunk, etc. Yes, I spelled it that way on purpose.

[ecchiless]

no no no, is cybercrunch.

[P_Bomb]

Cybercrunch...ok I admit I lol’d!

[TitaniumExposed_VIP]

Its not a competition between those two, dimwit

Also there is no "We" speak for yourself

[nickanasty206]

Dude don't get me wrong, Demon's Souls looks incredible, but Cyberpunk is a brand new game not just a remake. After everything we have seen from Cyberpunk, not really sure how you could hate on it before you've even played it. Demon's Souls is going to be awesome, but isn't a brand new experience like Cyberpunk will be.

[SmokinAces]

I mean I'm waiting for both but whatever floats your goat I guess, lol.

[nickanasty206]

Agreed, must have both for sure. We sort of know what to expect from Demon Souls already though since BluePoint have said they really just stuck on building the game ground up to feel like the original experience. In general FromSoft games tend to be fairly niche as well, as most, including myself will get it just because it is new, but probably will get frustrated and not go forward with finishing the game because of its designed punishing nature (i've never been good or got past the learning curve of a FromSoft game). In no way am i saying i dislike Demon's Souls, I am just saying the game and way it is designed is meant for its core audience. Cyberpunk will be more story driven and likely encompass a wider variety of the gaming audience not solely based on the purpose it is a multi-platform release.

[Pretentious]

Why not both?

[nickanasty206]

Absolutely both in my eyes. Don't miss out on a good gaming experience, but mainly don't write off CyberPunk. I think CyberPunk is going to be a revelation in gaming like reviewers think the Dual Sense is a revelation in the controller world. I try to not get my hopes up too much, but just from what i have seen with CyberPunk, it makes me think more and more that this is going to be like Half-Life 2 was for PC back in the day.

[whitbyfox]

Platinumed it on ps3, Then platinumed all other souls games after. will do it again on ps5. I am the souls lord.

[ziggurcat]

I wish I had taken the time to platinum the game on PS3. I think I still could, but I'm unsure since the servers are no longer active. If it's still possible, I guess it'd be less annoying not having to deal with invaders?

[whitbyfox]

It’s actually much easier now to platinum it because you can manipulate world tendency and you can exploit the pre-patch glitches.

[ziggurcat]

I never got the hang of world tendency, so I don’t quite know how to correctly manipulate that :(

[P_Bomb]

@zig
At Christmas for example, it would automatically go to pure white. As long as you played offline after that, you could keep it pure white indefinitely. Years. Same with pure black at Halloween. We’ll see if it still works that way on PS5.

[Sunny12345]

When I platinumed it, it was a pain. It will be much easier now though.

[Smclaren1985]

Hahaha Man how many controllers did you break?!🥵lolI never played the original. The dark souls games are just beyond the point of difficulty that I don’t enjoy if I’m honest but I I’m definitely going to get this and give it a go as it looks stunning

[whitbyfox]

No controllers broke, but my mental state did a few times 🤣 Hope you enjoy, and can always summon people to help which is all part of the fun.

[Pretentious]

I feel you man. Once you get hooked on these games, it's hard to stop. I need mooore.

[whitbyfox]

Absolutely! Not long now.

[Firebird360]

I so badly want to play this game but I tried it on ps3 and it was too hard and was a huge turn off for me.
Really wish there was an easy mode. Even if it did something like excluded you from unlocking any trophies.

[Magatsuhi]

The game is about overcoming adversity and learning from your mistakes. If you want a walk in the park game where it holds your hand all the way through then this game is not for you.

[PLAYWATCH76]

It's easier when you play in COOP. I have a friend who would never play Souls game because they are too difficulty, but he was able to finish Bloodborne because of COOP.

[thornh]

I'm going to tether the dualsense to my wrist. The temptation will be there to throw it but I'm not ready to break a new controller. Maybe I'll keep one of my old PS4 controllers handy to chuck if the mood strikes me.

[Mister_G]

I suppose they include respec to help people who are new to the genre. Not been able to respec was something I liked though, your decisions have consequences so choose wisely :)

[RomanPSX]

I want a PS5 just for this game.

[nickanasty206]

For me its going to be hard to figure out which game to pop in my PS5 first after Astro's Playroom. Want to be fully used to the Dual Sense experience and its features before popping in a fully fleshed out game.