Though the original game was FromSoftware's first venture into the Souls-like subgenre, Bluepoint Games' Demon's Souls remake for the PlayStation 5 is a great modernized version. The game puts the players in the role of a customizable hero sent to the desolate kingdom of Boletaria to kill its corrupted king and defeat the ancient demonic entity known as the Old One to save the land from a suffocating Deep

One outlier hasn’t been fully explained, as her origin is still shrouded in mystery. Melina, the woman who acts as the player’s Finger Maiden and guide throughout the game, says that her purpose had been given to her by her mother inside the Erdtree. This is an apparent reference to Queen Marika, but further detail isn’t provided. Perhaps any future **Elden Ring ** DLC could clear up this myst

The Dark Souls , Bloodborne (and more) __ fan art kickstarter was fully funded in just one hour. The Irish small press, Tune & Fairweather, partnered with the kickstarter to Www.Eldeninfo.xyz create the physical deluxe-edition, large-format art book, Soul Arts . Tune & Fairweather previously published the acclaimed Dark Souls book You Died , a companion book to the Dark Souls video game. The final product of Soul Arts contains 256 pages of full-color illustrations, a foreword, and detailed descriptions of the game concepts and art. Within the Soul Arts book, the passion, adoration, and innovation of FromSoftware fans is on full disp

After defeating Godfrey, the First Elden Lord in his persona of Hoarah Loux, Elden Ring players will receive a Remembrance with the following description: " When Godfrey, first Elden Lord was robbed of his grace, becoming Tarnished, he took with him his kinfolk and left the Lands Between. After the Long March of the Tarnished came to an end, Godfrey divested himself of kingship, becoming a simple warrior once mor

Soul Arts , a kickstarter book project, features some of the best concept art for the most popular FromSoftware ** __ ** games, with art derived from the lore of the games and concepts that don’t quite exist yet. Michael "VaatiVidya" Samuels’ kickstarter project, Soul Arts, is a collaborative effort between various artists to design original artwork based off of games like Dark Souls and Elden Ring. After running a series of different art competitions, VaatiVidya featured a selection of artworks on his YouTube channel, with detailed discussions of each piece. Soul Arts , however, is a physical book featuring the overall most inspiring and exciting artworks from the competit

The open world of **Elden Ring ** is large - larger than the worlds of every other FromSoftware RPG to date. As players steer their Tarnished characters across the continent known as the Lands Between, they can visit beautiful forests, mist-veiled lakes, golden plateaus, ice-swept mountaintops, underground cities, and hell-scapes of fungal rot. The Lands Between, however, is just one continent upon a larger planet. This begs the question; what exactly are the Lands Between... betw

[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Elden Ring .] After the Night of the Black Knives, Queen Marika was driven to the brink and shattered the Elden Ring. The artifact's shards were taken by her children, in the form of Great Runes, and then began a brutal war known as The Shattering, from which no one emerged victorious. Marika's children, all of them demigods, fought for control over the Lands Between. However, Elden Ring ’s story emerged from seeds that were planted way before this conflict even be

It's been alleviated some in the PS5 remake, but the methods for healing in Demon's Souls is one difference that some fans are thankful has evolved in the games released since. It didn't feature the rechargeable healing flasks introduced as Estus in Dark Souls , rather, they were Moon Grass items that had to be found or bou

And in limited cases, NPCs will join the player in certain boss fights. This mechanic was fairly restricted in this game but was more emphasized by the time Elden Ring was __ released. In addition to summoning signs and online play, Elden Ring featured the Spirit Ash system to call upon NPC compani

These enemies are the Watchdogs, and they can be found in the Giant's Mountaintop Catacombs and Giant-Conquering Hero's Grave in **Elden Ring ** 's Mountaintops of the Giants region , and in the Consecrated Snowfield Catacombs in the Consecrated Snowfield region. The Watchdog's Greatsword can be infused with weapon arts, enchanted with magic and consumables, and requires upgrades to Smithing Sto

It comes with the territory of being an older and more tightly-scoped game, but something that players of both games will notice is that Demon's Souls is a noticeably shorter experience. It ultimately comes down to preference, but players looking for something concise will likely appreciate the fact that Demon's Souls can be beaten -- depending on the player's pacing -- in 20-30 ho