Despite the game being awful in many areas I would like to mention what I found here is well made even compared to the following iterations (Dark Souls/Bloodborne/Sekiro).
- Levels and bosses are more puzzles than fighting challenges. I feel every next game focuses more on fights and action challenges since this is what the audience wants. Demon Souls is more about finding required items and using them. The worst thing about it is some items are almost impossible to find without guides so the game feels unfair and annoying sometimes.
- Art design is great, and I found it much more appealing than in the following games.
- The story and events happen in a much smaller scope, and I like that story is simple and understandable. Still some characters look completely underdeveloped.
- Levels and bosses are more puzzles than fighting challenges. I feel every next game focuses more on fights and action challenges since this is what the audience wants. Demon Souls is more about finding required items and using them. The worst thing about it is some items are almost impossible to find without guides so the game feels unfair and annoying sometimes.
- Art design is great, and I found it much more appealing than in the following games.
- The story and events happen in a much smaller scope, and I like that story is simple and understandable. Still some characters look completely underdeveloped.