Atlus to Publish Demon's Souls in America
You have no idea. Really.
Published: May 20, 2009
Demon's Souls is an amazing, soul-crushing experience that importers have been praising since its release earlier this year. It features a fully English voice track, with certain regional releases containing full English text. In short, the game is very import friendly. That's pretty much where its friendliness ends though, as this is one tough piece of software.
Developed by From Software, Demon's Souls places you, the ever curious adventurer, in a world overrun by evil. Fantastic. You'd like to help but, alas, you die. Yes, that's right, the game kills you within the first few minutes of play, and it's something you better get used to. You will die to dragons, cliffs, boulders, slugs, random demonic minions and oh so many more critters and environmental dangers. And you know what? You'll love ever moment of it. When you die you turn into a phantom, complete with 50 percent health and silent footsteps. You'll stay that way until you defeat a boss, aid another player or, best of all, ditch the helping hand route and decide to beat the tar out of another player.
From Software is known for the Armored Core and King's Field series, the latter of which is the inspiration for Demon's Souls. The shift to third person isn't the only big change, as now you'll be able to play with and compete against others online. Using soul stones, you can place markers on the ground indicating your desire to either join a living player's game or invade it to make their life miserable.
If you'd like to warn players of upcoming traps, drop a glowing note on the ground with a message indicating such. Want to trick someone into jumping off a cliff? Just leave a note saying hey, it may look dangerous but I assure you that bottomless pit isn't all that bottomless. Fool. Beyond using random messages, there are various bloodstains scattered about automatically left by fallen players that allow you to watch their final moments, giving you the heads up on the dangers lurking around that poorly lit corner. The game can be played and enjoyed offline as well, but these innovative online features really a lot to the experience.
The game is set for release this fall and will be shown at E3. If you haven't imported it already, you're going to keep an eye on this one.
Thank you Atlus.
Developed by From Software, Demon's Souls places you, the ever curious adventurer, in a world overrun by evil. Fantastic. You'd like to help but, alas, you die. Yes, that's right, the game kills you within the first few minutes of play, and it's something you better get used to. You will die to dragons, cliffs, boulders, slugs, random demonic minions and oh so many more critters and environmental dangers. And you know what? You'll love ever moment of it. When you die you turn into a phantom, complete with 50 percent health and silent footsteps. You'll stay that way until you defeat a boss, aid another player or, best of all, ditch the helping hand route and decide to beat the tar out of another player.
From Software is known for the Armored Core and King's Field series, the latter of which is the inspiration for Demon's Souls. The shift to third person isn't the only big change, as now you'll be able to play with and compete against others online. Using soul stones, you can place markers on the ground indicating your desire to either join a living player's game or invade it to make their life miserable.
If you'd like to warn players of upcoming traps, drop a glowing note on the ground with a message indicating such. Want to trick someone into jumping off a cliff? Just leave a note saying hey, it may look dangerous but I assure you that bottomless pit isn't all that bottomless. Fool. Beyond using random messages, there are various bloodstains scattered about automatically left by fallen players that allow you to watch their final moments, giving you the heads up on the dangers lurking around that poorly lit corner. The game can be played and enjoyed offline as well, but these innovative online features really a lot to the experience.
The game is set for release this fall and will be shown at E3. If you haven't imported it already, you're going to keep an eye on this one.
Thank you Atlus.
