Why Demon Souls is my game of the year

I almost gave up Souls of monsters.

I need to know what I am getting. I bought it Souls of monsters Finally a remake of the PlayStation 5 as an opportunity to play a “Soulsporn” game. After hearing about this genre for over a decade, I knew that the game would be so hard and that I would die many times over and that the challenge was just part of the process of learning and enjoying the game.

But I don’t care too much – I like tough games. I loved the early morning Empty Knight. It was a thrill to see Celeste drop a tough DLC episode. Since I came from them, I found that I knew Souls of monsters Going inside can be a challenge and I can stick to it no matter what.

That resolution was immediately tested. I died about a dozen times in the first level by playing my sword shamelessly as a knight. Following the frustrated Cookling fit, I switched to the royalty class so I could use long-distance magic spells, which made it easier to pick up enemies. When it helped, I was still over my head, dying again and again.

An early stage, Prison of Hope almost broke me with its punitive shortcuts inhabited by magic-sling dentagil-headed monsters. After another death (I believe I fell into a hole 30 minutes later), I reduced the game and considered the $ 70 I paid for it as a sinking expense. I was ready to go.

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But two days later, I allowed one more attempt at the game. Instead of another hellish journey through prison, I went to the Fourth World, hoping that the landscape change would do me some good.

Right now, I was confronted with a new monstrosity: a blue-eyed skeleton using a giant sword, which started speeding towards me. I thought it was all over. But using the skills I had learned to pick up the tent-head beasts in prison, I pulled out some well-timed dodges and magical explosions that, before I knew it, had defeated the skeleton. Then I took the next one, the next one, the next one down.

That moment just came back Souls of monsters Around me. Looking back on it, I realized that the game was constantly teaching me how to progress better, even if I didn’t know it, and that I could deeply use the skills I had learned to play better. The challenge was really part of the process. Since then, I have been completely obsessed with the game.

The rest of the game is not easy. At one point, that first skeleton was joined by a terrifying red monster that might have defeated me on one side of its sword. I was provoked by a tough boss when I joined during an accurate clone fight. Fearing that I would miss almost an hour of progress on any major mistake, then the swamp-themed stage was filled with so much danger.

But thanks to that first lesson with Skeletons, I learned every challenge Souls of monsters, No matter how difficult it may seem, can eventually be overcome. I put it on. As it sounds, this is a beautiful lesson for real life.

I plan to try such games later Blood Or Dark souls The trilogy, but for now, I can rejoice in my success in seeing the credits roll Souls of monsters. I’m glad I didn’t give up because I enjoyed my favorite game of the year.