Demon's Souls PS5 Will Be Even Harder Than Before | Screen Rant
Demon's Souls is the game that started a phenomenon, setting the foundation for the Dark Souls series. Bluepoint Games is giving Demon's Souls a massive update for PS5, remastering the game with the power of Sony's new system.
While Demon's Souls on PS5 is mostly a visual upgrade, Bluepoint is making a handful of changes to make for a smoother experience. Everything included in the original game will be present in the remake, however, the game also adds new items like Grains, which temporarily boost your resistance to effects like poison or fire.
Bluepoint is keeping the core of Demon's Souls intact, but some of the changes can help bump the difficulty up even more. Demon's Souls was, of course, already renowned for its difficulty.
Souls-like games, by nature, restrict the number of healing players can do, like how Dark Souls gives players a limited number of Estus Flasks. However, that idea wasn't in play with Demon's Souls, as players could carry literally hundreds of healing grass items at one time. The items would have to be collected first, of course, but it could seriously affect the overall difficulty of Demon's Souls. For those unfamiliar, Demon's Souls uses an Item Burden system where each item has a specific weight, including basic items. Everything in Demon's Souls has a weight, unlike Dark Souls which doesn't make basic items contribute to equip weight.
Gavin Moore, creative director at Bluepoint, recently spoke to Polygon about the item changes being made to Demon's Souls on PS5. Healing grass will be far more limited than in the original game, and more potent healing grass will take up more weight. This will make the PS5 version of Demon's Souls significantly more difficult, as players won't be able to just heal over and over. This will be especially important with player-vs-player combat, making it more balanced and fair. This should put Demon's Souls more in line with what fans expect from a Dark Souls game, in terms of difficulty.
Demon's Souls releases on November 12 for PS5.