Demon's Souls Remake on PlayStation 5: The Digital Foundry Tech Review

You've seen our interview with Bluepoint (and if you haven't the link is below) - but now it is time to take a deeper look into the game and to showcase how Demon's Souls looks and runs on PlayStation 5, and how it stacks up against the PlayStation 3 original. John Linneman is your guide.

[DigitalFoundry]

Rest assured, this is a 4K mastered video - but once again, we're waiting on YouTube's encoders to catch up. Check back later for improved 1080p quality and full 4K60 encoding. It's frustrating - this situation is entirely out of our control.

[griffgames]

The 3 second loading makes the "Souls' Challenge" of dying and learning and dying and repeating and dying and finally winning and progressing, so much more bearable. Over the course of an hour or two you'll save upwards of 30 minutes, where you would've been waiting and fuming. Now you're back in the game, ready to rock.

[jacksepticeye]

Great video! Shame there’s no mention on the audio front. The Storm King fight has some of the best audio i’ve ever heard in a game.

[reganmccarthy]

After playing and beating the game twice now on PS5 I can say for sure that this is in my opinion the best looking game I’ve ever played on console. It’s absolutely stunning, never in any other game have I just stopped to admire the surroundings and detail as much as I have in Demon’s Souls, it’s incredible. Now I want to see Bluepoint do the same for Bloodborne, I imagine it would be gorgeous.

[HanzouTheRazor]

For me this is easily the best launch game I've ever played and going by critics it's most likely theirs, too (92% Meta). Absolutely brilliant. I'm so thankful that Sony is supporting games that are solely made for said hardware. This is what a true exclusive first party game is all about!

[abauer]

It’s amazing how the ps5 captured video doesn’t come close to doing the game justice. Playing in 4k hdr (1440p upscaled 60fps) is a sight to behold.

[Nick]

Great work John! I saw that your original footage you captured corrupted on you, absolutely hate when that happens. But glad to see you still provide a fantastic in-depth analysis of this game. Looking forward to playing this remake myself, looks like it'll be fun!

[maltheman]

Really can't get over how good this game looks, never thought a souls game would look this incredible

[Souleaterfan]

I LOVE how the camera will pan back in big open spaces in the remake. The camera adds so much its truly a masterpiece of a remake.

[leonthesleepy]

2 years on and still one of the best looking and performing PS5 titles

[ibrokemykeyboard]

Those load times are amazing. Was doing some stone farming last night and zipping between areas was an absolute joy.

[ZipEmUpEnt]

Demon's Souls was chosen as the launch game for PS5 in the middle of a pandemic..so the world may be mended...so the world may be

[rafgp]

Digital Foundry: *uploads a 4K60 video with lots of particles*

YouTube's compression algorithm: "Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!"

[steveplayzytreal]

This game is an example of why we dont need ray tracing on every single game

[captaindave]

The greatest challenge is finding a PS5 to play Demon's Souls...

[ailalelo]

The distortion effect in the central area of the Nexus also exists in the PS3 version. It starts happening after defeating certain bosses.

[MrMooMoo]

I never noticed how clean the water animation looks while walking through a puddle until now.

[mikeydubs_tv]

This game is so good. Still holds up gameplay wise with a fresh can of paint.

[arn]

Played all the Dark Souls games, but never Demon's Souls. Started yesterday. It's pretty freaking awesome. And indeed pretty.

[enzog]

Literally the best looking game ever made, for now, for me