How FromSoftware Has Expanded the Formula It Established in Demon's Souls

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Demon’sSouls was the first FromSoftware game helmed by creative director, Hidetaka Miyazaki. Up until his involvement in Demon’s Souls’ development, the game was internally considered a lost cause by FromSoftware, but Miyazaki’s control of the project breathed new life into the game and helped make it one of the most influential titles in history. Demon’s Souls had a relatively simplistic design on the surface, but the longer the game was out the more players learned about its mechanics and the more popular it became.

After the success of Demon’s Souls, FromSoftware went on to create multiple successors to the action RPG, most of which were just as successful as Demon’s Souls mainly because of their adaptation of the formula the first game developed. Each new game in the Soulsborne series either slightly tweaked the original formula to better improve gameplay, or completely changed certain elements but kept other stand-out features in order to create a unique game that still felt like a spiritual successor to the Demon’s Souls formula.

In Defense of Demon's Souls' World Tendency Feature

Demon’s Souls' main gameplay loop is rather simple. Players must navigate different locations with extremely limited checkpoints, defeating the area’s enemies along the mostly linear path until reaching the area boss. Players were given different attributes that could be leveled up, with the main focus on health and stamina management. There are various weapons, armor sets, and spells that players can utilize whose usability is determined by the player's skill levels. On the surface, Demon’s Souls looked like any other dark-fantasy RPG, but it is the game’s intricacies that make it stand out.

The main draw to Demon’s Souls is its complicated