Demon's Souls Multiplayer Walkthrough: We Ain't 'Fraid of No Ghosts

I've been playing this game. And it's so unforgiving that I don't even bother getting angry at the game. The pace is so ploddingly slow that you keep playing, but you're constantly wondering why you're not playing something else with a much more engaging and brisk pace. This game is hard, you've heard that plenty. But it also tries your patience, and that's the worst part about it. You WILL play the same spots over and over again, and considering how big this game apparently is, it's frustrating as hell. That it's designed in such a way where you really have to struggle to see it all just seems... wrong. Of course, it doesn't help that I find the settings to be pretty bland too.

Yet I keep playing. There is some sense of reward there when you overcome a spot.

Think of old side scrollers like Ninja Gaiden, and how you basically had to memorize everything that was going to come at you to reach the boss with enough juice to take him on reasonably. Now imagine the pace of that game slowed down dramatically to the point where progress is never apparent, and that short level will take you 30 minutes to pass effectively because you DO have to be THAT methodical.

This game is NOT for everyone, and I'm pretty sure I'm not one of the ones it is for. But it's clear that anyone who, in a few months' time, can claim via YouTube or whatever that they kicked this game's ass, is a person who is both very good at video games, and very patient.

I've put in around 80hrs and am around soul level 97. The difficulty of this game is way over-hyped. This game is challenging early on, but once you get the hang of it you start to kick ass with ease. People who think this game is hard are nothing but a bunch of babies that need their hands held by their mommy while playing a game. This isn't Fallout 3 or Fable 2 where a 5 year old can play the game through and beat it. It is a bad-ass old-school hard-core game-the-way-they-used-to-be game.

Beautiful, difficult and complicated.

That's how I like my RPGs :D

Is the American version censored in any way?

If you are interested in this game do yourself a favor and read the following Gamasutra article: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25238

so its not an mmo?

I hate being frustrated by games, but this one looks to have ways around that. Even when you die unfairly. It's a must purchase for me and I hope you all do the same because I hear it's epic.

Less than two weeks!

I just barely pre-ordered the deluxe edition yesterday, and, from the various bits of info I have read based on the Japanese version, I fear that this game will be the first to push my game rage into full gear.

There are some *awesome* gameplay ideas here, despite the fact it's supposedly not very forgiving.