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# Yes, you need to play both Souls games. Now it’s easier than ever to play Demon’s.
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/yes-you-need-play-both-souls-games-now-its-easier-ever-play-demons/
- Published: 2013-01-04T15:39:02.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:43:37.000Z
- Description: Dark Souls was such a massive achievement that I think it actually led to the unfortunate consquence of rendering its predecessor, Demon’s Souls, obsolete in the eyes of many gamers who haven’t played it. It’s not uncommon for me to hear that someone has played and adored Dark Souls but does not see
- Author: Joseph Bernstein
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

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*Dark Souls* was such a massive achievement that I think it actually led to the unfortunate consquence of rendering its predecessor, *Demon’s Souls*, obsolete in the eyes of many gamers who haven’t played it. It’s not uncommon for me to hear that someone has played and adored *Dark Souls* but does not see the point in buying a game that they assume is simply less refined and less interesting.

That’s a shame. For as opaque and weird as *Dark Souls* feels, to me, *Demon’s Souls* is an even cloudier and weirder and *eviler* experience. That hazy nightmare-feeling that *Dark Souls* gets is somehow stronger and more frightening in the first game. It’s a slighter experience, to be sure – if one can call a fifty-hour game “slight” – but so is Alien a “slighter” experience than its sequel and I think you’d agree that it’s worthwhile to see both.

Next Tuesday, [you can download *Demon’s Souls* for twenty dollars over PSN](http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/03/atlusdemons-souls-on-psn-next-week/?ref=killscreen.com). If you haven’t played it yet, please do.