Comments on: PlayStation Eye Chat: Demon’s Souls

By: Toye77

Toye77 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:07:03 +0000

I have to repeat what some Demon’s souls player had said so far. It’s actually more of a solo experience. Its not like phantasy star and you won’t team up for very long anyway.
Even if it’s online you should think about it as a single player game. DS uses the online functions in a rather new way that impressess me. Sometimes less is more.
I read the most in this thread and I have seen a lot of DS owners, but not one of them (as far as I can see) has complained about missing voice or invite features. So all you complainers, think about it, there may be reason ;)
There is a great mood in the game that is found in games as ICO or shadow of the colossus. Voice chat would ruin it for me.

Too bad with seperate servers. We asian importers in EU would like to challenge our friends in US, but not so much that I would import in once again.

By: spacebrain

spacebrain — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:54:59 +0000

for me its a very bad decision that voice chat is not avaliable.
would be great to speak with my friends while fighting against a monster.

i hope it will be a feature in the us-version.
otherwise i have to think of buying the game.

By: Brythefry

Brythefry — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:27:49 +0000

Man oh man! The more I read/hear about this game, the higher it is climbing on my wishlist :) Looks great! I can’t wait to try it out at release!

By: Mr_Donut

Mr_Donut — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:47:31 +0000

I was really sad to hear that data transfer was not going to be available, but I was really happy to hear that it was finally being brought over…

Finally my friends would be able to enjoy the game I’ve been enjoying since April.

By: MrTalKaLot03

MrTalKaLot03 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:10:15 +0000

This Game look great IDK about been the game so hard and to bad u can’t play wiht Friend’s

By: CosmycMyndFuhk

CosmycMyndFuhk — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:48:55 +0000

also, the “Eye to Eye” thing someone mentioned earlier is a really great idea, in fact I am using that term to mention this interview.

By: CosmycMyndFuhk

CosmycMyndFuhk — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:46:48 +0000

A couple quick questions: Is possible to trade items with people if they join to do a m ission. If so, will there a cap on items, as in, will there be anything stopping me getting or giving a lower level high level items/weapons?

By: zombie_56

zombie_56 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:04:42 +0000

man this game is a must buy i’m still playing killzone2 will this take me away for kz2 only time will tell!

By: PhantomMenace84

PhantomMenace84 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:42:32 +0000

This game really is great but after this interview I have a new question, I imported a copy and have put about 130 hours into a charactor (on third playthrough now) and what I want to know is whether I will be moved over to the US servers when they open or will I be stuck on the Asian servers? I was planning on buying a LE copy anyway and would I still be able to use my current saves or would there be a region issue?
Thanks in advanced, this is a great game and I have really enjoyed the challenge.

By: Ragnar

Ragnar — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:34:27 +0000

For the folks whining about co-op not having voice chat, and not having an invite system…. this isn’t an online centric game. The co-op stuff is in there to help people beat boss characters and such. You will maybe have someone helping you out for a maximum of 15 minutes if you played through an entire section up to the boss, and once you beat that boss, the person you’ve summoned goes back to their world. Most of the time the person you summon is with you for maybe 2-5 minutes if you just summon them before the boss fight.

The co-op is a crutch to be used to get past sections of the game that you can’t beat. Having no voice chat preserves the sense of isolation in this game. It isn’t meant to be a social experience. Missing out on this game because you think someone ‘half-assed’ the online component is to miss one of the most unique games I’ve ever played.

To me the game is better experience playing solo. You feel like you’ve really accomplished something when you beat a boss by yourself.