And then utilizing the incredible power of the PlayStation 5 and how much we could really go wild on this title, we started to build everything back.” With Demon’s Souls, that’s the gameplay, the logic, and the AI, and then everything else is stripped away. “Our approach to this is we try and keep the core of the game untouched. It wasn’t until we redefined what a remake was with Shadow of the Colossus on PlayStation 4 that we felt that we could take on the challenge of Demon’s Souls and do it justice. But I was always a little afraid of tackling it because it’s so beloved. It’s the most requested title for a remake that we’ve ever had.

“It’s one of the most beloved games in the PlayStation catalog. “We’ve been thinking about doing a remake of Demon’s Souls for years,” Moore said during a video call.

Moore said that the PS5 remake of Demon’s Souls will retain what players love about the PS3 version, while improving aspects of the original - and making a few small, but surprising changes along the way. Polygon recently spoke with the game’s creative director, Gavin Moore, who is overseeing the project at Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios. It’s a glossier, more refined version of the PS3 classic, but one that stays true to the original’s gameplay and level of difficulty. Developer Bluepoint Games, which created 2017’s Shadow of the Colossus remake, is rebuilding Demon’s Souls from the ground up. More than a decade after Demon’s Souls was released on PlayStation 3, where it delighted, perplexed, and infuriated players, a new take on the game is coming to PlayStation 5.

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