Demon's Souls looks fun

[crux]

So how does this differ from other games of its ilk? I find games like God of War or Infamous to be completely humdrum. The videos for this seem similar, in that it's a lot of close range, third-person combat. Do the difficulty and other elements really set it apart? My PS3 is busted at the moment anyway, but if I can fix it I'm curious whether I should give this a try or whether it's yet another game where my expectations will be set too high by the hype.

[brycester]

This game has been absolutely fabulous so far. It is difficult (considered old school in it's difficulty). However with that comes a sense of satisfaction with accomplishing anything. The graphics are very well done. As far as hack and slash RPG fare goes this game is an easy 8/10. Definitely worth checking out for any RPG fan. As far as being compared to any other games of it's kind...it is closer to Oblivion than God of War. It is a nice feather in the cap for Sony as far as exclusives go.

[lost_within]

Its like oblivion but WAY faster...and WAY harder. I love it...I just wanted to know if anyone was even close to beating the beast

[dlmvii]

I'm stuck on the false king...the fact that he can de-level you is COMPLETE BULLSHIT.

[Bootaaay]

The false king is indeed a bitch, but personally I found the best way to beat him was to remove all my armor and dodge like a madman - he telegraphs all his moves, so after a few goes you should be able to see exactly what he's planning and dodge past him, just make sure you don't get stuck with your back against a wall.

[the7k]

I'm stuck on the false king...the fact that he can de-level you is COMPLETE BULLSHIT.

There are sploits to had with it, however. Reminds me of the Mind Flayers in Final Fantasy Tactics, and how a lot of people worked out de-leveling sploits with them.

Also, I've been playing this game since it came to America. Thus far, I haven't played any other games with the exception of a small round of Audio Surf and Critter Crunch. (Also gotta test out this copy of Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari I just got today.) Thus far, Demon's Souls has made this gen worth it.

[MrPopo]

The false king is indeed a bitch, but personally I found the best way to beat him was to remove all my armor and dodge like a madman - he telegraphs all his moves, so after a few goes you should be able to see exactly what he's planning and dodge past him, just make sure you don't get stuck with your back against a wall.

Yeah, since False King hits like a truck and telegraphs like crazy you definately want to get your equip weight down to 50% of the max for the fast dodge speed. Also make sure you're running a good shield. He's pretty susceptable to the thief ring, so you can use that to get in some backstabs as well.

[Bradtemple87]

unique experience out there at the moment, i enjoyed what i played