Summary
PlayStation 5gamers are praising the 2020 launch titleDemon’s Soulsas still being one of the best-looking games available on the console. Sony’sPlayStation 5came out swinging in 2020, with the console’s biggest launch title undoubtedly being Bluepoint Games' remake of FromSoftware’s classic action-RPGDemon’s Souls.
The originalDemon’s Soulskickstarted the Soulslike phenomenon and is quite easily one of the most important games of all time. Bluepoint Games was trusted with remakingDemon’s Soulsfor PS5, with the studio delivering a game with breathtaking visuals that took full advantage of the PS5’s hardware. Fast-forward to 2024, andDemon’s Soulsis still quite easily one of thebest-looking games available on PS5.
This was pointed out by Reddit user MrGamePadMan on the PlayStation subreddit. The user asked whyDemon’s Soulshad such impressive graphics despite releasing in 2020, while many newer games fail to match its image quality and performance. Other Reddit users chimed in and pointed out a big advantage thatDemon’s Soulshas over other games: it was madeexclusively for PS5. The developers did not have to worry about optimizing the game for other, potentially weaker, platforms.
Demon’s Souls Graphics Are Still Impressive 4 Years Later
SinceDemon’s Soulslaunched in 2020, there haven’t been all that many pure PS5 exclusives. In fact, some major Sony games have been released as cross-gen titles, withHorizon Forbidden WestandGod of War Ragnarokboth cross-gen games that were also released for PS4. It’s been just this last year or so that we’ve seen Sony release more first-party games exclusively for PS5, with 2023’sSpider-Man 2being one of the most notable examples.
One of the reasons why it’s still so puzzling to many gamers whyDemon’s Soulsremains one of the best-looking PS5 games is that launch titles for past console generations were typically only the tip of the iceberg when it came to graphics.Console generationswould start with games that, while still representing graphical leaps from their predecessors, were a far cry from taking full advantage of their console’s graphical capabilities. Games would look better later in the generation, whereas that hasn’t necessarily happened with the PS5.
In the meantime, those that fondly remember playing theDemon’s Soulsremake at the PS5’s launch may be wondering what developer Bluepoint Games is working on next. While the studio has not formally revealed its next project at the time of this writing, it has been confirmed thatBluepoint is working on an original gamefor Sony - its first title that’s not a remake or remaster since 2006’sBlast Factoron PS3.
Demon’s Souls
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Entirely rebuilt from the ground up, this remake invites you to experience the unsettling story and ruthless combat of Demon’s Souls.From PlayStation Studios and Bluepoint Games comes a remake of the PlayStation classic, Demon’s Souls. Entirely rebuilt from the ground up and masterfully enhanced, this remake introduces the horrors of a fog-laden, dark fantasy land to a whole new generation of gamers. Those who’ve faced its trials and tribulations before, can once again challenge the darkness in stunning visual quality with incredible performance.In his quest for power, the 12th King of Boletaria, King Allant channeled the ancient Soul Arts, awakening a demon from the dawn of time itself, The Old One. With the summoning of The Old One, a colorless fog swept across the land, unleashing nightmarish creatures that hungered for human souls. Those whose souls were stripped from them, lost their minds – left only with the desire to attack the sane that remained.Now, Boletaria is cut off from the outside world, and the knights who dare penetrate the deep fog to free the land from its plight, are never seen again. As a lone warrior who has braved the baneful fog, you must face the hardest of challenges to earn the title “Slayer of Demons” and send The Old One back to its slumber.
