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[brenobnfm]

Amazing video dissecting the abomination that is Demon's Souls Remake, a total butchering of one of the best and most influential games of all time. One day Bluepoint and Sony are going to pay for their crimes.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Don't we get this thread once every 6 months?

 

[Thief1987]

Another fromsoftware fanboy's drivel. Original is an ugly garbage artistic-wise there is nothing to butcher there

 

[Nickolaidas]

I read Demon's Souls Remake and I was certain it's a Steam version announcement.

Go fuck yourself, OP. You got my hopes up for nothing.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Don't we get this thread once every 6 months?

GAF does like the Souls games. You know how it be.

 

[Musilla]

 

[MagnesD3]

Since Demons Souls Ps3 is in my top 20 games of all time; yes.

 

[Senua]

Another fromsoftware fanboy's drivel. Original is an ugly garbage artistic-wise there is nothing to butcher there

 

[PanzerCute]

It's not.

 

[rofif]

That’s true. But the graphics are amazing so it’s ok

 

[HRK69]

The remake butchers the original by making it more playable and visually stunning? Oh no, the horror! How dare they give enemies more detail and environments more atmosphere! Truly a crime against gaming history. Bluepoint and Sony should pay for their unforgivable sin of making a great game even better

 

[Cyborg]

 

[DenchDeckard]

Skimming through this and the guy is actually making some really great points around art and intent of the original.

 

[brenobnfm]

I read Demon's Souls Remake and I was certain it's a Steam version announcement.

Go fuck yourself, OP. You got my hopes up for nothing.

My guy got wet just thinking about playing this high definition turd. Cuck.

 

[Punished Miku]

I'll definitely check it out later. I think it's a gorgeous game. There's a few artistic missteps. The biggest crime is literally rewriting the OST.

For years I thought it was one of the best looking console games released this gen and literally one of the only things I bought on PS5 I really enjoyed, so I didn't think it was a disaster.

 

[Bartski]

 

[Skifi28]

I liked the art more than the original.

 

[Gaiff]

This ain't it. I like the more moody and atmospheric style of the original, but the remake is still beautiful.

 

[Saber]

They trade art direction for visual fetish. Of course people obssessive with visuals gonna think its great, no wonder From didn't like it.

 

[N0S]

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Good thing there is the option of not buying the Remake.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Don't we get this thread once every 6 months?

This. Plus it's some random YouTuber complaining about something only ~5% of the hardcore gaming community cares about.

 

[GHG]

Hmm... Let's see what the OP has to say about other souls games... :

Dark Souls 3 is a piece of shit made to fulfill a Bamco contract, games is straight up a patchwork of Souls tropes with retardaded combat, just comparing Dark Souls 1 to 2 and 3 is an insult to the original game.

 

[Madflavor]

Well personally I loved it. I’ve played all these games, I’m glad the remake exists and people who missed out on DeS finally get to play it.

Loved the visuals btw.

 

[nowhat]

The remake butchers the original by making it more playable and visually stunning? Oh no, the horror!

 

[RedC]

This could all be resolved if Sony just did a minimal 4k/60fps port/remaster of the original for PS5/PC.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

This could all be resolved if Sony just did a minimal 4k/60fps port/remaster of the original for PS5.

Fixed

 

[Arsic]

PCP is a dangerous drug to combine with posting drivel on the internet.

The remake is the best version of the game.

 

[HRK69]

It's so accurate

Souls Fans Bash Demon's Souls Remake As Playable And Visually Improved

 

[brenobnfm]

Well personally I loved it. I’ve played all these games, I’m glad the remake exists and people who missed out on DeS finally get to play it.

They're certainly not playing Demon's Souls with the remake.

This could all be resolved if Sony just did a minimal 4k/60fps port/remaster of the original for PS5/PC.

Sony rather pretend the original doesn't even exist, why bring that up when you have a cutting edge version with 4k models and oRcHeStRaL sOuNdTrAcK

 

[Onironauta]

They also butchered the Shadow of the Colossus remake. Bluepoint shouldn't be allowed to remake games.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

Ya'll can piss off. The PS3 bloom generation was terrible. It makes the majority of games that gen borderline unplayable. Demon Souls very much included

 

[april6e]

The Demons Souls remake was incredible. It has the best implementation of the controller in any game that not named Astrobot or Returnal. Any small artistic choices that it messed up was more than made up by the fact that the game is still to this day the best looking Soulslike game even including non-Fromsoft games. It also has the best feeling gameplay in the franchise even over Sekiro due to all the gameplay improvements they made.

It singlehandedly made Bluepoint one of the best rising developers overnight.

 

[Josemayuste]

 

[bitbydeath]

They're certainly not playing Demon's Souls with the remake.

True, it’s Demon’s Souls+
Better in every way.

 

[brenobnfm]

True, it’s Demon’s Souls+
Better in every way.

Yes, who would rather play Miyazaki's vision instead of what a bunch of uncultured fat americans came up with

 

[Sintoid]

Waiting for the Console gen when well'complain about how good Demon's Souls Remake by Bluepoint was awesome, please give us other remakes like that

 

[Gonzito]

Gafapastas

 

[Exoil]

Remake>>>Original

Platinumed both and didn't enjoy the games because of the visuals or art style but because of the gameplay. And remake wins that hands down too

 

[bitbydeath]

Yes, who would rather play Miyazaki's vision instead of what a bunch of uncultured fat americans came up with

As long as it’s a huge improvement I don’t care who made it.

 

[Nickolaidas]

My guy got wet just thinking about playing this high definition turd. Cuck.

Only a donkey arse licking peanut butter window licker would not have an instant erection at the perfect glory that is DS remake.

 

[PauloRoberto]

Pushing the same opinion every X months don't make it a truth... just a annoyance . I won't say DS Remake is more beautiful, but it was a DAMM GOOD decision to make the world on the verge of... melting (which is true, given the narrative).

 

[Orbital2060]

Only From should make From games.

 

[bitbydeath]

Only From should make From games.

Sony made OG Demon’s Souls, the remaster and Bloodborne.

 

[SHA]

Stop turning against Miyazaki, I'm still trying to like his games.

 

[Ceadeus]

It's not as bad as when Ubifuckingsoft release a Mario.

 

[Generic]

Ruined forever.

 

[Orbital2060]

The remake is too clean-looking, they completely failed to understand how simple tricks of light and shadows are what creates that OG demons souls atmosphere. And every Dark Souls game. Its not about fidelity, but a particular aesthetic that From wanted to create.

What this Wired arricle is trying to say, buts been put behind a paywall since I last read it.

The New 'Demon's Souls' Remake Tries Too Hard to Be Realistic

The PlayStation 5 reboot, like Shadow of the Colossus before it, loses the visual language of the original, undoing its magic.

www.wired.com

And this thread from 2020

Opinion - The art style of the Demon's Souls remake looks terrible

Assuming the trailer and screenshots are in-engine footage, which they seem to be, and not CGI. I feel like I'm completely alone on this, so I'm probably either gonna get a lot of flak or be completely ignored, possibly deservedly so, but since I love Demon's Souls so much I feel the need to...

www.neogaf.com

 

[Orbital2060]

Sony made OG Demon’s Souls, the remaster and Bloodborne.

Sony admits "dropping the ball" with Demon's Souls

Sony has admitted it made a big mistake deciding not to publish cult RPG hit Demon's Souls in the US and Europe.

www.eurogamer.net

"For my personal experience with Demon's Souls, when it was close to final I spent close to two hours playing it and after two hours I was still standing at the beginning at the game. I said, 'This is crap. This is an unbelievably bad game.' So I put it aside.

When Japan Studio got to play the near final version, they didnt get it and said it was crap. Literally.

From got no help from Sony with anything, they did it all themselves.

 

[Arachnid]

I actually agree with you OP. I played through it for the first time a few months ago. I've never played the original due to lack of access, but I have seen some streams/playthroughs of it since just to make my own opinion on this topic.

IMO it's pretty obvious it missed the mark with art direction. It has nothing to do with fanboyism in my case since I have no attachment to the original. Sure, the remake is technically better, but that only blinds graphic whores. Everything else was too clean and cartoony in comparison.