Maiden Astrea music changed! Terrible news.

Just watching a Barb stream and while the music was quiet it was different. Music then came back for the Penetrator fight so I don't think he is playing generic music just at boss times.

There's too much grunting and heavy breathing in this remaster. From would not approve.

That'll explain where there are so many design clunkers left and right in all the footage i've seen. It such a weird decision to take, to be handed all the concept art for the game that's mostly known for its very unique vision and atmostpher, and to just throw it out and go "nah, we'll change how everything looks  - Asylum Demon is from Doom now. Flamelurker is a generic WoW monster, no weird glasses to tie in with Blacksmith Ed - next gen gwaffix lol!".

They already revised those two bosses after fan feedback, but loads of other stuff just seems weird. They changed the Fat Officials, now their shirts don't fit their big tummies, despite the fact they're not freshly corrupted things bursting out of too small clothes, they're Demonic Nobles! It just seems like a pointless exercise in trying to enhance a design that was already solid and consistent.

Yeah, I'm not a Souls guy. The games do fascinate me, but I've never played one, because ultimately they're not my cup of tea to actually play. Anyhoo, I watched a stream of the first hour or so of the remake last night, and it to my eyes, it looked very impressive, and a lot of fun...but also I didn't really think it looked like much the source material. Just didn't look like a From game to me.
And therein lies the rub I s'pose. Much like the SotC re-make, many will think this new version is the absolute mutts nuts, but I suspect that again like the SotC remake, there will be a hefty subset of players who grew up with, and loved the original, and for them it's just not going to be Demon's Souls.

I'm glad I finished Demon's Souls various times on the ps3. I have no desire at all to play this on any next gen console. I guess if I was playing for the first time ever then I would want it to look the part and not be a half arsed remaster like Dark Souls on the ps4, but I'm happy I don't have to.

That's totally fine too, but I think it's worth thinking about these things. It's like the endless parade of Star Wars remasters. It's very sad that it's very difficult to get a hold of the originals, and the same is slowly happening to games.

Completely agree, you would think the original would find it’s way onto PS Now at some point, and perhaps, eventually, it’s services like that, that will hold these old games. It’s certainly not going to be disc, except for a few who have the space and money to keep their own game collection.

LivDiv wrote:

I watched some of a lets play last night. It looks stunning but I am almost certain it will play slightly differently, not necessarily worse but Spuls aficionados may find it feels odd. Could be wrong mind but there were aspect that looked like they played differently.

I guess there will be QOL stuff, and the devs did say the first thing they did was get the original up and running on the PS5, so that version obviously exists somewhere, maybe it’s an Easter egg?

I thought I heard the devs mention in that DF video I posted that there was a legacy mode they were toggling between, but I don't know if it's actually part of the package or just something they had running in the studio.

Ah, might just have been that they were referencing. It's a really interesting watch tho that video.

The character models looks great BTW.
There is actual kip syncing and everything, they now longer look like people in a FIFA crowd.

I've not had a PS since the PS1, so I missed this first time around. Can definitely see how this doesn't quite look like a 'Souls' game, but it looks incredible imo. It's quite an odd scenario for the first 'Souls' game next-gen, to be made by someone else though. Will be interesting to see what From come up with in comparison.

Tempy wrote:

I would put good money on Elden Ring not looking as good as Demon's Souls in the technical department, but artistically it'll be much more its own thing. Bluepoint are technical artists.

Presumably this has gone quiet because they're bumping it up for next-gen? There's certainly no rush now, with Demons filling the void I guess.

Dark Soldier wrote:

Streamers I've watched playing it (mainly Souls speedrunners) are chatting like its the second coming. Looks fucking amazing imo. I never bought into the crude charm some see with the first, its always looked like absolute shit.

Omg DS, anti-Umbasa: