Free Demo for Brand-New PS5 Exclusive RPG Is Backfiring

Sony dropped a free demo for its brand-new PS5 exclusive RPG on the PS Store, and it didn’t go down well at all. Lost Soul Aside‘s demo, which surprisingly isn’t locked behind a PS Plus subscription, has received an overwhelmingly negative response, resulting in some players canceling plans to purchase the game.

Free demo for PS5 RPG Lost Soul Aside has players saving their money

The demo introduces players to Lost Soul Aside’s world, and includes boss fights, but save data doesn’t carry over to the full game. As soon as the freebie went live, players flocked to the PS Store, only to come away unimpressed.

Complaints revolve around Lost Soul Aside’s performance and generic gameplay, which isn’t a good look for a game that’s been in development for nearly a decade with full support from Sony.

Developer UltiZero was forced to address the reception on Twitter, but going by the chatter I’m seeing, it seems that players have already made up their minds. While some say that they’ll await a price drop and performance improvement patches, others say that Lost Soul Aside’s demo has killed any interest they had in the game.

“We have received your feedback regarding the performance of certain cutscenes in the prologue of Lost Soul Aside,” UltiZero said in response to feedback regarding performance. “Currently, some of these cutscenes are pre-rendered 4K/30fps videos, which may cause occasional stuttering during playback.”

UltiZero went on to apologize, and promised to work on optimization and performance improvement updates.

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