<s>
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
FromSoftware	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
and	O
features	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
genre	O
and	O
mechanical	O
elements	O
that	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
Demon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
and	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
22	O
August	O
2001	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
23	O
October	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
is	O
played	O
entirely	O
from	O
the	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
and	O
requires	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
navigate	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
catacombs	O
,	O
caverns	O
and	O
open-air	O
walkways	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
ascend	O
the	O
tower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
,	O
the	O
sequel	O
does	O
not	O
feature	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typical	O
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
games	O
within	O
the	O
role-playing	O
genre	O
,	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
features	O
a	O
statistics-orientated	O
character	O
development	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
within	O
the	O
citadel	O
first	O
featured	O
in	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
,	O
and	O
sees	O
the	O
return	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
familiar	O
non-player	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
From	O
Software	O
announced	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
and	O
unveiled	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
website	O
on	O
13	O
December	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
was	O
the	O
only	O
role-playing	O
game	O
in	O
From	O
Software	O
's	O
stall	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
other	O
ventures	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
included	O
Otogi	B-Application
:	I-Application
Myth	I-Application
of	I-Application
Demons	I-Application
,	O
Kuon	B-Application
,	O
Armored	B-Application
Core	I-Application
:	I-Application
Nexus	I-Application
and	O
Echo	B-Application
Night	I-Application
:	I-Application
Beyond	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Japanese	O
release	O
of	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
continued	O
as	O
planned	O
,	O
the	O
English	O
version	O
was	O
cancelled	O
during	O
the	O
localisation	O
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
was	O
ranked	O
14th	O
overall	O
and	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
mid-week	O
,	O
only	O
12,908	O
units	O
were	O
sold	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
the	O
period	O
from	O
20	O
to	O
26	O
October	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
Agetec	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
publish	O
one	O
of	O
From	O
Software	O
's	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
Echo	B-Application
Night	I-Application
:	I-Application
Beyond	I-Application
,	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
From	O
Software	O
revisited	O
the	O
dark	O
fantasy	O
role-playing	O
genre	O
with	O
the	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
Demon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
(	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
,	O
Demon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
centres	O
on	O
the	O
collection	O
of	O
the	O
souls	O
of	O
the	O
dead	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
of	O
developing	O
the	O
statistics	O
and	O
equipment	O
of	O
one	O
's	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
like	O
Abyss	O
,	O
Sony	O
once	O
again	O
declined	O
to	O
publish	O
Demon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
overseas	O
,	O
and	O
instead	O
publishing	O
rights	O
for	O
the	O
American	O
release	O
were	O
obtained	O
by	O
Atlus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
its	O
overseas	O
performance	O
,	O
Yeonkyung	O
Kim	O
,	O
a	O
Sony	O
employee	O
responsible	O
for	O
localisation	O
,	O
remarked	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
decision	O
not	O
to	O
publish	O
world-wide	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
mistake	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Demon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
should	O
have	O
"	O
come	O
out	O
as	O
a	O
first-party	O
title	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
and	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
multiple	O
accolades	O
,	O
obtaining	O
a	O
Metacritic	O
score	O
of	O
89	O
.	O
</s>
