Atlus

Atlus jumped the gun on everyone and announced on July 4th that the PS3 exclusive action RPG, Demon Souls will officially launch on October 6th. Dubbed as the "ultimate hardcore RPG challenge," Demon Souls will pit up to three players against a horde of demons online, while offering cooperative, player versus player and single-player modes.

The game will retail for $59.99, but for $10 more you can get the deluxe edition, which comes with a 150-page strategy guide (not available anywhere else), along with a special cover to house the game / guide combo. Additionally, if you preorder either version, you will get a Demon Souls art book. Sweet! Atlus does it again with their Spoils program!

Demon's Souls, an action RPG, was released a few months ago in Japan. It sold very well, thus, Atlus is bringing it stateside. This game's biggest draw is its online functionality. Demon's Souls offers cooperative, player versus player and single-player modes as users will be pitted against hordes of demons.

This game is open-ended, so you can choose your own path and do whatever you want. From building and customizing your character to developing your stats and equipment, Demon's Souls offers an immense amount of replayability. Demon's Souls also uses a "World Tendency" system, which changes the aggressiveness of monsters, the rewards for killing them, and the triggering of events based on players' actions.

For the full press release and more information on the background of Demon's Souls' story, venture here.

From Atlus comes the second installment of the Shim Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner series, Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon. The game picks up not too long after The Soulless Army ends.

Graphics

Remember, this is a PS2 game, so don't expect anything epic but, it does hold up very well. The Tokyo that you explore is very expanse and fun to experience. Kazuma Kaneko has created a very flashy, amine-like game that oozes with style.

- 18/20

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