

As opposed to the original game, where you only needed the hat to fool the Official into lowering the bridge.ĭid you know the original Demon’s Souls only had four directions in which the player could roll? It’s one of those things we take for granted now, especially in light of the Dark Souls trilogy and Bloodborne. See, unlike the original game, in order to rescue Yuria in 1-3, you have to wear the whole outfit. You can even wear the Fat Official’s set, which has a neat little twist-tied to the garb.

When it comes to armor, Bluepoint has added the Blue-eye knight set. Which, is a decent trade-off, but this still means you can’t technically obtain every weapon and armor in the game unless you pre-ordered. They accomplished this by making the weapons, initially powerful, yet players cannot reinforce them. Although this didn’t 100% remedy the problem, Bluepoint’s solution was to make the items viable only in the early game. Initially, this brought about warranted concern from fans since these were included in pre-orders for the game. Weapon-wise, the most notable being, the Reaper Scythe, and Ritual Blade as well as the Hoplite Shield. In the Demon’s Souls Remake, Bluepoint has added a handful of new armor sets and weapons. So, despite many of the original game’s flaws and quirky charms remaining unchanged, we still have 10 big changes to sort through. Although Bluepoint Games has kept most of the game intact, there are a few drastic changes when compared to the original. FromSoftware’s classic, Demon’s Souls received a shot in the arm in way of a modern remake.
