Demon’s Souls Secrets Discovered 7 Years Later
The Souls games are known for being rich in lore told through discovery. Be it a snippet from an item description or by investigating the many interesting locales within the games. Many of which are discovered well over their life cycles. It makes a huge part of what fans enjoy in these games, and Demon’s Souls is ground zero.
Recently however, 7 years since the game’s release, fans have unearthed secrets from Demon’s Souls that shed’s light on the infamous 6th Archstone. There are 5 Archstones that leads to the game’s five main areas but a 6th can be found in the Nexus that apparently belongs to the Northern Giants, which had been broken to prevent it’s use for the land has been overrun and is beyond saving.
Through data mining, fans have found left over resources that gives an idea of what the level would’ve looked like.
For a while, it had been speculated that the 6th Archstone was reserved for a cancelled DLC. Now, it seems it was to be part of the core game all along. Though it is still unknown as to why the level never made the cut, we at least can have a look at what could have been.