Demon's Souls Remake (PS5) - Confirmed for launch

Captain Kinopio wrote:The load times often lose their value when you have to run for a minute to get back to where you were.

It's baffling Bluepoint didn't fix this as it's so obviously a brain dead piece of design.

Soul's games only have certain spawn points (in Demon's Souls its the start of each area and after every boss. You should be able to open up quicker routes but the whole point of dying is getting back to your souls alive. To change this would have angered fans and it really isn't what the game is about.

The idea that you have to get back to your souls and having most of the enemies respawn will make you a better player. Many of us have died trying to reclaim our lost souls and have fallen to your easy enemy or fallen off a ledge and thus losing everything we have worked for. It's just part of the game.

I don't think anyone will say that the game cheats you though, every death has been completely my fault (or that of an invader)

Victor Mildew wrote:Sounds like someone needs to git gud.

Yea I know how Souls games work but later ones are far more accommodating to the player, it’s not a case of needing to git gud, it’s a case of not needlessly making you run for a minute just to get another chance at a boss.

Anyway, I just finished it. Predictably enjoyed it a lot, but definitely the worst Souls game I’ve played. It looks gorgeous, the combat is really satisfying, the way the mechanics all interplay to allow you to get through the game no matter the path you take is great design. Enjoyed coming back to the Nexus and collecting NPCs, the tendency stuff is a bit dumb as it’s so easy to cheese. That said the Shrine of Storms I didn’t end up with pure white, I’m not sure why. Liked some of the quests but obviously not as in depth as later games so not as good generally.

Main criticisms are the aforementioned outdated design of forcing you to repeat stuff when there’s really no need or benefit to doing so. Also the world design is great as ever by From Software but I’d be lying if I said I really enjoyed exploring most of the worlds. Boletaria is obviously the highlight and navigating every corner of that is sublime. Defiled valley is pretty boring and tedious from start to finish, even if the lore behind it is cool. The others are generally pretty meh but half interesting segments.

Think I might give it a crack as a Magic build.

So does the post game for this just put you back to the start?

Yeah, straight into NG+.

Just did the boss with the bird on his head. That boss is a nightmare to get back to with those Skellys on that small path with the flying ray shooting at you all the time

Not that it helps now, but maybe if you run a new file or NG+: there's an originally unintended shortcut to the boss that the remake kept in. If you make it to the castle gates and climb up to where the archers are, you can roll off a plank of wood on the right side tower (as you approach) and skip right to the boss door.

Met wrote:Not that it helps now, but maybe if you run a new file or NG+: there's an originally unintended shortcut to the boss that the remake kept in. If you make it to the castle gates and climb up to where the archers are, you can roll off a plank of wood on the right side tower (as you approach) and skip right to the boss door.

I know where you mean, I used to use that to get the ring however, in the remake I can’t seem to make it over the wall.

Completed my first play through tonight and whilst I didn’t enjoy it as much as Bloodborne or Dark Souls, it was a fantastic journey.

I’m going to try and platinum the game now, does anyone have any tips on how to get pure white tendency in a world? I’ve been playing offline, not sure if that has an impact or not ...

Billbones84 wrote:Completed my first play through tonight and whilst I didn’t enjoy it as much as Bloodborne or Dark Souls, it was a fantastic journey.

I’m going to try and platinum the game now, does anyone have any tips on how to get pure white tendency in a world? I’ve been playing offline, not sure if that has an impact or not ...

Stay in soul form. Whenever you regain human form after beating a boss warp back to the Nexus then suicide by going high up the stairs and jumping off (you lose white tendency when dying in human form in a level). As long as you do that you should get pure white in every world. You can all so set a password in your game, go into human form and get someone to invade you and beat them to get more white tendency (this even works if you've beaten the boss in a level)

I want the trophy for invasion but I just keep getting my ass handed to me. I did beat one person but the trophy didn’t pop. Another disconnected when i was on the verge of getting him.

I don’t usually like invading people but theres a trophy so has to be done

I've got a new game plus started to try and platinum this. I also don't like invading but it's going to have to be done at some point. Co-op will be cool for a boss as I didn't summon at all this play through.

Victor Mildew wrote:I've got a new game plus started to try and platinum this. I also don't like invading but it's going to have to be done at some point. Co-op will be cool for a boss as I didn't summon at all this play through.

I don’t like help on my first playthrough either. I did help someone else just to get the trophy though.

I never invade anyone so I'm just accepting that, by the time it's the only trophy I need, there'll be no one around to invade anyway.

I was only one trophy from Bloodborne's platinum as well

Started a new game this morning and just beat Tower Knight. My character looks like a mix between Cristina Scabbia and Brody Dalle and she looks like a complete bad ass wielding her halberd :wub:

Do I need to get PlayStation Plus to get the platinum trophy on this?

I’m at the end of my first NG+ run and I have all the trophies apart from the two online ones, the ring one, the miracle one and one of the ending ones.

I have every ring, apart from the one you get for pure white character tendency. Am I going to have to get online and defeat invaders to get it back to pure white, as it’s currently pure black, as I just got the foe’s ring?

Just going to drop this here. I don't think I'll ever be able to pull off a move so slick again :datass:

twitter.com/TZilnad/status/1393547765205159939

Damn.

Slick af.

Hey folks. I'm playing through Demon's Souls at the moment, and trying to get all the trophies. Could anyone help me get my white character tendency (by invading me a few times, and letting me kill you)? Happy to return the favour!

I can be online any evening, or even though the day if it's more convenient.

Demon's Souls Remake (PS5) - Confirmed for launch

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