Remastered is just nice because you can fire it up on PS4 or Xbox One, or on PC without having to mod it. I say play the Remastered Dark Souls, but the original version is just fine, too. From start to finish there's something raw and demented and experimental about Demon's Souls that makes it fascinating and unique even for a FromSoftware game.ĭark Souls Remastered Credit: From Software
But it's the intensely creepy Prison of Hope that left the most lasting impression on me. The Boletarian Palace is one of the most astonishing examples of 3D level design in gaming period. No, it's not as fast and it doesn't share all the same systems, but it has some incredibly satisfying boss fights, and probably the most demanding checkpoint system of any of the 'SoulsBorne' series.ĭemon's Souls still has many of my favorite areas from any of these games. In fact, I suspect the two take place in the same world just at very different time periods.
And it's rich with the same kind of lore and horror that makes Bloodborne so effective. It's still stuck on PS3, but it holds up both in terms of gameplay and graphics. Start with Demon's Souls, a game with many rough edges that remains one of the most unexpectedly brilliant games ever made.
