Despite being an iconic game which gave rise to the Soulslike phenomenon, the original Demon's Souls was never released from its PlayStation 3 prison, much like the remake developed by Bluepoint Games likely won't from its PlayStation 5 prison. However, thanks to the RPCS3 emulator, the game is fully playable on PC, and soon enough, fans will be able to enjoy the now-classic action RPG developed by FromSoftware with significant visual improvements from the PC Remaster mod.
Developed by fromsoftserve, the developer behind the stunning Bloodborne Remaster Project, this visual overhaul "modifies the game's models to now react to light sources like wall torches, campfires." It also "upgrades armor rendering to use cubemaps," adds "normal and specular for most surfaces," and "tweaks player and object shadows to blend properly with the baked shadows."
As development is still in its early phases, fromsoftserve only released a demo for the Demon's Souls PC Remaster overhaul on Nexus Mods featuring the two tutorial levels. Looking at the comparison images, however, it's clear how this overhaul, once complete, will become the best way to experience the game on PC (until the Demon's Souls remake is properly emulated by emulators like SharpEmu).
Demon's Souls remains one of the best games developed by FromSoftware, so if you plan to experience it for the first time with the Remaster overhaul, you're in for a very good time. Although the game lacks many of the improvements introduced in the Dark Souls games and isn't particularly challenging compared to the games that came after it, it remains unmatched in the design of some of its areas. The Tower of Latria and the Shrine of Storms, for example, are among the game's locations that get etched into memory in ways that locations from other Souls games don't.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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