Sony’s gaming service harbors quite a few gems, some of which are known to a larger or smaller following. But it doesn’t always have to be the next hidden gem that inspires PlayStation Plus subscribers to sing its praises.
PlayStation Plus: Celebrated Role-Playing Game Highlight Impresses With Concentrated Graphics Power
A free game, which is already one of the stronger representatives of free games, is now – years after its release – praised for its graphical splendor. The visuals feel very “next-gen,” as its fans confirm. And this despite the fact that the popular title was released back in 2020 and has been part of the PS Plus offering for quite some time.
We don’t want to keep you in suspense any longer than necessary: The free game, which will still be among the highlights of the PlayStation Plus subscription in 2025, is none other than the remake of FromSoftware’s iconic milestone Demon’s Souls, which originally appeared in 2009. Its younger audience knows the developer primarily through releases such as the Dark Souls series, Sekiro, or the blockbuster Elden Ring.
But much earlier, the creative minds from Japan laid the foundation for their enduring success, which is primarily based on action role-playing games with a challenging difficulty level. Legend has it that Sony at the time wanted a game that could compete with the no less celebrated The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. FromSoft mastermind Hidetaka Miyazaki may have overshot the mark a bit, but the rest is no less an impressive story.
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Equally impressive is the concentrated graphics power with which the refreshed and, above all, enhanced version of Demon’s Souls was brought to the PlayStation 5 over a decade later. This is revealed, among other things, by the comments under a current Reddit post, in which user KantinkaObrempong asks about the “best free PlayStation games with next-gen graphics.” PlayStation Plus titles would also be considered here, as long as they fully utilize the visual potential of the PS5. The recommendations include some big names, such as Ratchet and Clank, Alan Wake 2, The Last of Us – or Demon’s Souls.
According to one comment, the latter is “still the most beautiful game” that you can enjoy on the console, especially as part of a PlayStation Plus subscription. The gameplay in the remake was largely untouched, while the graphics were given a high-gloss polish to showcase the PS5’s performance. However, if the challenging difficulty level of Demon’s Souls mentioned at the beginning deters you, you’re in luck: eight more free games await you on PS Plus in October.
Sources: Reddit
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