Demon's Souls

Demon's Souls

Atlus
Release date: 2009-02-05 | Platforms: PLAYSTATION3.

Demon’s Souls is an action RPG, the first installment in the Souls series, known mostly because of the Dark Souls trilogy. Demon’s Souls is also set in a grey-colored dark medieval-themed world that is attacked by the demon fog. You take on the role of a knight that entered the fog trying to save the kingdom from demons. He was eventually killed and reborn, and now needs to travel the entire kingdom to gain power and set the world free.

Your character is fully customizable and can be upgraded with souls you get through battles. Demon’s Souls combat system is quite complicated as you can’t gain experience killing ordinary enemies to defeat the boss later. Here you need to work out unique tactics for every monster type. As a result, the gameplay is quite challenging with frequent deaths.

However, there’s a way to simplify the game a little. Some of your actions, for example, killing or helping NPCs, affect the gameplay. This parameter is called tendency; when it’s white, the enemies are easier and the rewards are fewer. When it’s black, it produces the opposite effect.

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DEVELOPERS

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video game producer

video game producer

producer

video game producer is a games producer. producer has been working with FromSoftware and Atlus U.S.A. producer's first published game was Demon's Souls released in 2009.

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Shunsuke Kida

Shunsuke Kida

composer

Shunsuke Kida is a games composer. Kida has been working with FromSoftware, Atlus U.S.A, Bluepoint Games and Japan Studio. Kida's first game was Demon's Souls published by Atlus for PlayStation 3 in 2009. Next, Shunsuke Kida worked on Demon's Souls (2020) taking on the role of composer.

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Hisao Yamada

Hisao Yamada

artist

Hisao Yamada is a games artist. Yamada has been working with FromSoftware, Atlus U.S.A, Bluepoint Games and Japan Studio. Yamada started in 2009 as the artist of Demon's Souls. Then, Hisao Yamada went on to work on Chromehounds as the artist. Most recently, Hisao Yamada was involved in the development of Demon's Souls (2020).

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Takeshi Kajii

Takeshi Kajii

producer

Takeshi Kajii is a games artist and producer. Kajii has been working with FromSoftware, Atlus U.S.A, Bluepoint Games and Japan Studio. Kajii's first published game was Demon's Souls released in 2009. Next, Takeshi Kajii worked on Demon's Souls (2020) taking on the role of producer. Currently, Kajii is developing Twinkle Tale. The release date is yet to be announced.

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Makoto Satoh

Makoto Satoh

artist

Makoto Satoh is a games artist. Satoh has been working with FromSoftware, Atlus U.S.A, Bluepoint Games and Japan Studio. Satoh's first published game was Armored Core: Last Raven released in 2005. Then, Makoto Satoh went on to work on Armored Core 4 as the artist. Afterwards, Makoto Satoh worked on Demon's Souls developed by FromSoftware in 2009. Most lately, Makoto Satoh worked on Demon's Souls (2020).

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Masato Miyazaki

Masato Miyazaki

artist

Masato Miyazaki is a games director, artist and designer. Miyazaki has been working with Devolver Digital, FromSoftware, Atlus U.S.A and General Arcade. Miyazaki's first game was Metal Wolf Chaos for Xbox in 2004. After that, Masato Miyazaki took part as the director of Enchanted Arms. Miyazaki also worked on Demon's Souls developed by FromSoftware for PlayStation 3. Most recently, Masato Miyazaki was involved in the development of Demon's Souls (2020).

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Jun Ito

Jun Ito

programmer

Jun Ito is a games programmer. Ito has been working with Sony Interactive Entertainment, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America, FromSoftware and QLOC. Ito started in 2009 as the programmer of Demon's Souls. Then, Jun Ito went on to work on Dark Souls as the programmer. Ito also worked on Déraciné developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4. Most lately, Jun Ito worked on Demon's Souls (2020).

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Hidetaka Miyazaki

Hidetaka Miyazaki

director,producer,designer

Hidetaka Miyazaki is a games writer, director, producer and designer. Miyazaki has been working with Sony Interactive Entertainment, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America, FromSoftware and QLOC. Miyazaki's first published game was Armored Core: Last Raven released in 2006. Next, Hidetaka Miyazaki worked on Armored Core 4 taking on the role of director. Miyazaki also worked on Armored Core: Last Raven Portable developed by FromSoftware for PSP. Most recently, Hidetaka Miyazaki was involved in the development of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

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Masanori Takeuchi

Masanori Takeuchi

producer

Masanori Takeuchi is a games writer, director, composer and producer. Takeuchi has been working with Devolver Digital, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America, FromSoftware and Inc.. Takeuchi started in 2001 as the producer of Forever Kingdom. Next, Masanori Takeuchi worked on Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors taking on the role of producer. Later, Takeuchi also was part of the team who developed Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The latest work of Masanori Takeuchi was Demon's Souls (2020), published in 2020.