Demon´s Souls.

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Who\'s interested in this one ?

hard to say from a batch of low-rez screenshots. Look like a new oblivion.. could be interested

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Demon\'s Souls is absolutely compelling; dark, detailed, unforgiving, creatively cruel. It gets under your skin and becomes a personal obsession, daring you to probe further into its worlds, fall for more of its traps and overcome more of its impossible challenges; it slaps you in the face with your own incompetence and dares you to overcome it.

It\'s stoic, uncompromising, difficult to get to know, but also deep, intriguingly disturbed and perversely rewarding. You can learn to love Demon\'s Souls like few other games in the world. But only if you\'re prepared to give yourself over to it.

9/10

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/demons-souls-review?page=3

I have heard good things about this game, cannot wait!

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As I said before, Demon\'s Souls is not a game for everybody. First of all, it\'s not even available on US store shelves, only currently found on import gaming websites like Play-Asia and NCSX despite being completely in English. Completing the game requires copious amounts of time, patience, and ambition; you have to want to win in order to finish the game, From and Sony aren\'t holding your hand along the way. While the brutal difficulty and lack of direction might put off some fans of more traditional JRPGs, patient gamers who\'re willing to try something new (and get eaten by a few dragons along the way) will find plenty of things to love about the game; the brutal boss fights, the sprawling selection of weapons and armor, using the souls of previously-defeated bosses to forge new, more powerful weapons and armor; the list goes on and on. The story may not be the deepest or most elegantly told out there, but compared to the seemingly endless onslaught of asinine anime cliches being spewed out of games like Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Eternal Sonata, and Blue Dragon, the minimalist approach in Demon\'s Souls is a welcome change of pace. And believe it or not, there are gameplay elements I haven\'t even touched on in this review; it\'s just that deep! My first playthrough of the game clocked in at roughly 58 hours; the only single-player games this generation that even approach the amount of time I\'ve put into Demon\'s Souls are the XBOX 360\'s Lost Odyssey and the PSP\'s Dissidia: Final Fantasy.

In the end, while it might not have the production values or graphical "WOW" factor of a mainline Final Fantasy title, Demon\'s Souls has easily usurped the PS3\'s "best RPG" throne...but with FFXIII slowly approaching, we\'ll see how long it holds onto the crown. Now, if you\'ll excuse me, I have a New Game + to finish.

Pluses
 
+ Dark, gothic atmosphere with solid graphics and excellent level design
+ Surprisingly competent localization, with few glaring translation errors
+ Breathtaking, challenging boss battles
+ Numerous online options for multiplayer fans
+ Vast array of items and equipment pieces to find, mix and match
+ New Game + feature allows for infinite replayability with increasing challenges

Minuses

- Punishing difficulty may take players by surprise
- Online functions are not particularly well-explained
- Frame rate can chug in certain isolated areas
- Not officially released in US/Europe

http://ezinearticles.com/?Review---Demons-Souls---PLAYSTATION-3&id=2185681

yep, a lot of nice words spent for this game.

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[size=+2]Demon\'s Souls Review[/size]

Although From Software hasn’t exactly provided the industry with the latest and greatest in terms of cutting-edge visuals, Demon’s Souls impresses in a variety of ways. It’s the attention paid to every last detail that makes the game breathtaking; each enemy is beautifully drawn and designed, and the vast majority of the environments are meticulously crafted. It’s too bad that so much of the game is so very dark, but it is required to present the player with the appropriate atmosphere. And it’s not like your adventure will be marred by repetitive features; no, there’s a wealth of pretty landscapes that gives the title an appreciated amount of visual diversity. You may be seeing the same environment many times over (simply due to the inherent difficulty), but that’s not a graphical drawback. Animations are always fluid, there’s very little in the way of frame rate hitches, and so many of your foes are wonderfully intimidating. This really is one of the better-looking games of the generation.

The sound is equally impressive, as the voice acting ranges from solid to excellent and the sound effects are both crisp and satisfying. I was even happier with the sound balancing; for some reason, there has been a significant lack of balancing in even high-profile titles this generation. But the music, effects and voice acting all blend together very well in Demon’s Souls, although I still wish more effort could’ve been put into the soundtrack. The good news is that each set of tracks seems to match the mood and attitude at all times, but perhaps we could’ve used more variety; a larger sampling that would’ve added another level of immersive intensity to our adventure. But besides that, the professionally implemented sound really does a great job of enhancing our enjoyment of the game. When a particularly dangerous enemy charges and leaps, and you desperately block and attempt to move and counter, the sound doesn’t betray you. It’s right there with the action; the cries and grunts of effort clash nicely with the weapon strikes and parries. The magic effects are quite nice, too.

But of course, the gameplay sits above and beyond all the technical achievements. Without it, we’re left with a pretty game that sounds great…but plays like hell. And who wants that? Well, despite the stiff challenge – which I will get to in just a moment – the developers have given us a reliable movement and action mechanic that won’t take long to learn, but a good deal longer to master. I do have a few problems with some of the limitations in combat, though; this game strives to combine aspects of straightforward third-person action titles with hardcore RPG assets, and it’s no easy task. On the one hand, you’re wondering why your character isn’t quite as capable as a hero in a standard third-person shooter would be. On the other hand, you have to recognize that with the added depth of something like Oblivion, it’s tough to have the best of both worlds. And the biggest problem I had is with the collecting of Souls and how they are used, but for now, let’s just tackle the basics.

http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-reviews/279.html







[size=+3]Release date October 6[/size]

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[size=+1]Demon\'s Souls Walkthrough Part 2[/size]


http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/demons-souls-walkthrough-part/328949


It\'s getting very good reviews.  Who\'s interested ?

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[size=+1]IGN Demon\'s Souls Review[/size]

[size=+1]Closing Comments :[/size]
Demon\'s Souls is not a game for everyone. Actually, I take that back; it\'s most definitely something everyone should try, but the look, seemingly unforgiving nature and themes might be a bit off-putting. Don\'t let them be. Every single person that owns a PS3 should at the very least rent this game to see what all the fuss is about, and those that can remember the good ol\' days when games taught through the highly effective use of negative reinforcement and a heavy price for not playing it carefully should scoop this up instantly. It\'s utterly unique among the offerings on any console right now, and absolutely, positively should not be missed.


9.5 Presentation
Though the CG sequences and storyline bits are a bit thin, when they\'re there, they\'re great, and the game\'s mood and setting are at once beautiful and terrifying.

9.0 Graphics
The sometimes inconsistent framerate and slightly wonky ragdolls and collision detection are the only thing detracting from what is an otherwise gorgeously depressing, incredibly imaginative world.

9.0 Sound
Hilariously bad voice performances aside, the atmospheric ambience and great sound effects will give your surround system a workout.

9.5 Gameplay
Hands-down one of the most unique and rewarding games you\'ll ever play, Demon\'s Souls demands absolute concentration and is completely unflinching in punishing a lack of it. Yes, in a good way.

9.5 Lasting Appeal
Quite honestly one of the deepest games on the PS3, one could rightly say Demon\'s Souls doesn\'t even start until your second time through.

9.4
Outstanding OVERALL

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/103/1033437p4.html#


Who\'s getting Demon\'s Souls ?

Every review on the net rate it 9+

This look like a really cool game with nice online feature (other player can leave message and the ground, you can see other players death mark and view how they died)

It\'s labeled HARD like old 2d sidescroller.

I\'ll end up getting this game but it\'s clearly not in 2009. Uncharted2, Brutal Legend, Torchlight (PC) so many good games to play!