Demon’s Souls’ Visceral Riposte Attack Animations are Unmatched
Demon’s Souls was a wonderful visual treat for the PS5’s launch and continues to depict how terrific games can look on the current-gen Sony console. However, the technical feature that stood out the most, at least in its initial trailers and gameplay reveals, was the fact that different weapons offered different animations for when players performed a riposte.
These parry follow-ups or backstabs allow for riposte attacks, otherwise called visceral attacks, that give players a free and devastating strike on an enemy who has been staggered or whose back has been compromised. Demon’s Souls’ remake gave a masterclass in character motion-capture here as well, where the character might plunge their sword into the back of a strafed enemy before kicking their body off the blade and balancing themselves realistically afterward.
This is also the case with a weapon that players two-hand and so forth. It might be a relatively small feature overall and many fans might not even see a great number of these animations throughout a playthrough if they don’t care to experiment with new weapons, but it’s still an attention to detail that should be appreciated on current-gen technology and would help to make weapon animations in future Soulslikes more distinct as a result.
Demon’s Souls is available now for PS5.
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