Demon's Souls 2009

Is it still worth playing?

FromSoftware's 2009 action role playing game for the PlayStation 3, a spiritual successor to King's Field, remade by Bluepoint Games for the PlayStation 5 in 2020. In Boletaria, a kingdom consumed by a dark being called the Old One, a hero is brought in to kill the fallen king Allant and pacify the Old One. Five worlds are reached from a hub, the Nexus, and combat is timing based, with a stamina meter. Souls are both experience and currency, and when you die unused souls drop and can be recovered at a bloodstain. Bosses unlock Archstones as respawn points, and World and Character Tendency alter gameplay. Stages are large, with few checkpoints. It is often described as the first game of the Soulslike subgenre. Large, distinct and believably connected areas, and careful stamina based fights with gradual improvement as the core loop, are the reason to play it now.