Is Demon Souls 2009 worth playing?

One of the best experiences on this generation, with the best online mode we've seen in ages. Beyond the initial threat of difficulty there waits a remarkable combination of accessibility and challenge, of risk and reward, punishment and empowerment.
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Is the original Demons Souls worth playing?

Extremely difficult enemies, intricate lore, and the loss of progress upon death are core parts of Demon's Souls' gameplay. Playing the original version of the game has its benefits, as fans who love FromSoftware games can see the origin of all the ideas that made future games so great.
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How long to beat Demon Souls 2009?

When focusing on the main objectives, Demon's Souls is about 28½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 75 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
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Is Dark Souls 1 better than Demon Souls?

Dark Souls has more replayability, much longer length, better variety, better NPCs, better boss and world design.
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Is Demon Souls remake worth it?

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This remake not only looks lovely on the PlayStation 5 but is also a joy to play with all the tweaks and improvements that have been introduced. Now if only people would look past its supposed difficulty and see its carefully crafted intricacy instead.
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Ranking Every Souls Game Easiest to Hardest (Including Elden Ring)

Is Demon Souls harder than Elden Ring?

For someone that has never played Demon's Souls and has no clue about the early weapons or all the ways to make the game easier (magic, glitches, etc…), the game is brutally difficult. Much harder than Elden Ring for a first play through.
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Is Elden Ring better than Demon Souls remake?

Elden Ring is overall the better game. But DeS is a stunning, focused and impeccably designed experience. You're not a serious gamer if you never game on a PC!! Both great games but Elden Ring is the ultimate souls game.
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Is Demons Souls grindy?

Demon's Souls is exceptionally grindy in often frustrating, time-wasting ways.
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Is Demons Soul harder than Dark Souls?

To say Demon's Souls is easier than Dark Souls is a mostly accurate statement, but only for players that have the proper knowledge. Since information about how to do anything in any game is readily available online now, developers can't rely on game knowledge to make a fight challenging.
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Is Dark Souls 1 or 3 easier?

If anything, DSIII is much harder, at least in the back half. The first game front-loads its difficulty, peaking with Ornstein & Smough at approximately the halfway point, and from there it's all downhill- none of the bosses in its latter half are anywhere near as challenging, at least once you figure out their tricks.
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Is Demon Souls too hard to play?

By no means is Demon's Souls easy—it's still hard as hell, like all Souls games are hard as hell. But there's more to it than that.
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What Souls game is the longest?

All data on game runtime comes from HowLongToBeat's Main Story metric.
  1. 1 Elden Ring (56 Hours)
  2. 2 Dark Souls 2 (44 Hours) ...
  3. 3 Dark Souls (42 Hours) ...
  4. 4 Bloodborne (33.5 Hours) ...
  5. 5 Dark Souls 3 (32 Hours) ...
  6. 6 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (29.5 Hours) ...
  7. 7 Demon's Souls (28.5 Hours) ...
  8. 8 King's Field: The Ancient City (23 Hours) ...
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What is the shortest Dark Souls game?

Dark Souls 3: The Fire Fades Edition

Dark Souls 3 features the shortest average playtime out of all the games in the series.
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Is demons souls a AAA game?

Had no idea it reached the AAA mark. And sold over a million copies, so that means it's AAA status. Linear levels, repetitive enemies that kill you in 3 hits, average graphics.
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Is Demons Souls easy?

That said, Demon Souls is by far the easiest game in the Souls continuum not to say there's no challenge the stages can be very trecherous but the game also has it's own tools to help you fight and taking advantage of them will help you out massively.
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Is Bloodborne or Demon Souls better?

Bloodborne has better lore and is ultimately the better game. Bloodborne, one of greatest games all time on my all time list. I'm literally, waiting for a remake before I play it again, but I'm starting to lose hope. Demon souls is also very good, but it is more bareboned, as it released before bloodborne.
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Why is demon soul so hard?

The Souls games are such challenging experiences not only because enemies do extreme amounts of damage, but because players are punished for their inevitable failures. Upon death, players lose their souls, which are used as currency for purchasing items as well as for leveling up.
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What is the easiest class to play in demon souls?

But to become the most powerful you must concentrate your efforts on your best skills. Trying to become a Jack of All Trades will be your downfall. Play to your strengths. The Royalty starter class is arguably the “easiest” choice for a new adventurer who would brave the lands of Demon's Souls.
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What is the best Souls game to start with?

Elden Ring is a great way to jump into the genre, because it is the most newcomer friendly among its siblings. It features a large open world that emphasizes tackling challenges at your own pace. Additionally, the viability of magic and helpful Spirit Ashes give you a lot of flexibility during fights.
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Did Demons Souls flop?

According to Miyazaki, initial sales for Demon's Souls were slow in Japan, which combined with negative reactions from trade shows made the team fearful that the game would be a failure. However, positive word of mouth eventually allowed the game to sell over 100,000 copies, which the team considered a success.
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How long is demon souls 1?

When focusing on the main objectives, Demon's Souls is about 23½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 58½ Hours to obtain 100% completion.
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Is Demon Souls easier than Bloodborne?

Demon's Souls is significantly easier than Bloodborne, but the slower combat might be a bit challenging at first.
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How do you make demon souls easy?

If you want 'easy mode,' pick the Royalty class

“Demon's Souls” places enemies that can be tough to dispatch with up-close-and-personal melee combat. But ranged attackers will be able to sail through some of the hardest areas in the game, and even the first area.
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Is Demon Souls linear or open-world?

As an open world design it's great. It embodies the Dark Souls trial-and-error philosophy of "if this direction is too hard, try a different one" but ingeniously makes it about horizon points rather than linear paths. Yet it does have the effect of both overwhelming the player and demystifying the world.
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Why does demon souls look so good?

Demon's Souls is pretty because it doesn't use ray tracing and the game is relatively small with not very large maps.
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