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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:44PM Nytemare said

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Can you even play this offline?

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:46PM mywhitenoise said

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@Nytemare Are you serious? This isn't Call of Duty, or Battlefied, haha.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:55PM SpiderPrime said

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@Nytemare

yup it's offline, you really don't need to use the online stuff in the game but it makes the game a lot more fun. But it is totally playable offline. But if you want all the trophies for it, it makes it easier if it is online, like when they do these events for example.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 9:13PM Ballistic H said

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@Nytemare

It's a singleplayer game with online features.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:45PM mywhitenoise said

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THIS is how you do unique online play. I cannot stand most online components, but it is so much fun to invade someones game, or feel terrified when someone invades your game. Feels awesome to have 2 people helping you out, and then taking down the asshole who invaded you! :)

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:45PM IUP said

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Pure Awesome Tendency!

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:48PM Cavall said

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I friggan love this game. White tendancy? I may stand a chance!

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:48PM Onathanatos said

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Anybody who hasn't played Demon's Souls, do so before October. The online component really enriches the experience!

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 11:17PM phinn said

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@Onathanatos yea, one of the best games i've ever played. I platinumed it too.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:48PM Ventus said

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I think I'm with everyone who owns this game in saying:


YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Dec 18th 2010 9:48PM NoirR said

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@Ventus not really, i was more like "YAY" than "YES" lol
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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:48PM copa said

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I was super interested in this game, but I didn't end up having the time to invest to get comfortable with it.

I can't wait for Project Dark to be released next year. With a better English localization, and a little more polish, it should be a lot easier for me to dive in.

Posted: Dec 18th 2010 10:25AM Levi said

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@copa why the hell did he get downvoted? Demon's Souls takes a long time to get into. It took me like 6 hours to beat the first level, and I definitely didn't start loving the game until at least after that.

It's one of those games that gets better and better with the time you spend with it. And if he didn't have a ton of time to sink into it, I think that's an acceptable excuse.

Although... you are missing out brother!!
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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:56PM SpiderPrime said

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Time to invade some more of people's games! muHAHAHA!

Nothing beats doing it in 4-2 with all the cliffs and using the dozer axe/firestorm! muHAHAHAHA!

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:56PM copa said

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@fsdfdsjlkfjl

You know, Joystiq, you already have a filter that cause certain phrases in comments, such as the F word, to automatically be rejected, or to go to a moderation queue.

After at least three weeks of spamming from the same source, has it occurred to you that you might want to add "popbuynow" to that filter list?

If you have time to post 30 stories a day, you probably have time to add this one phrase to your filter list.

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 7:05PM Hivetyrant said

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Sweet, I'll have to check this game out..

OH WAIT, My government banned it's sale here.

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 7:36PM Simstim said

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@Hivetyrant

Almost every PS3 game is region free, and Demon's Souls is region free, so playing an imported copy wont be a problem for you. Whether you'll be albe to connect to one of the servers is another question. I don't know if EU players can connect to the US servers back before the EU copy launched or if US players could connect to Asian servers back before the US copy launched.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 11:03PM LockeDaemonfire said

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The server goes by the game you buy. So if you buy the EU version, you'll play on the EU servers no matter where you are, same for NA/Asian. EU's the newest server, but I'm not sure which is most active.
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Posted: Dec 18th 2010 4:43AM Breakdown said

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@LockeDaemonfire

I don't think so, isn't it based off the region you select yourself for your home region?
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Posted: Dec 18th 2010 10:28AM Levi said

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@Breakdown
It's defintely based on the version you buy. A friend of mine imported the JA version a year before it came out here. He loved it so much that he bought the US version when it finally came out over here, so he could connect to the US servers. The versions are identical, other than new voice acting, or something. Which is odd, because the JA version already had fine English voice acting.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 7:06PM Zepinephrine said

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This makes me so happy/terrified. this game has been on my must buy list but for many reasons I haven't gotten it yet; the idea of the servers expiring has been there gnawing away at the back of my mind. Now with this reprieve i'm almost ensured i'll get to experiance the full greatness of demon's souls.

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 8:52PM DustbinK said

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@Zepinephrine Play it before the servers expire. It's not essential to play it online, it just enhances an already great game. So pick it up ASAP so you can experience both offline and online.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 7:14PM Courtney said

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Okay, this has been sitting on my shelf for almost two months, I have got to get started on it.

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 7:36PM akmdpc said

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This game is worth every second I've spent playing. The only thing better would be an announcement for DS 2.

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 8:26PM ShadowXIII said

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This is one of the select few games I made a *point* to do and find absolutely everything.

Whoever owns a PS3 and hasn't played this yet...please do.

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 8:54PM jsx92 said

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Can't be bothered... GT5 is still sitting untouched next to my dusty PS3. They should just port this to Xbox already.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 8:50PM DustbinK said

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Yessss, I missed out on some PWWT last time so I need this. I just wish they would follow this up with a PBWT after the new year or something... I hate having to use my stones of ephemeral eyes to darken a world.

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 10:59PM Kanirin said

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You know, I was kinda hoping for a PBWT event. No offense to those waiting the White one, but I need to kill some Black Phantom NPCs that only show up in PBWT to change my Character Tendency and hopefully get the Friend's Ring.

I got the Enemy one first, so I'm kinda screwed as I need to redo the game 2 times now (and go to all worlds at least once in PBWT) in order to get the last ring.

Seriously, It's funny how you can go from Pure White Character Tendency to Pure Black in 10 minutes, but it takes ages to go the other way around.

Posted: Dec 17th 2010 11:05PM LockeDaemonfire said

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@Kanirin

If you're within a good pvp range, you should be able to get to white character tendency pretty quickly. Just play as host and fight invaders, I think it's like 5 or maybe 10 to get from PBCT to PWCT.
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Posted: Dec 18th 2010 12:18AM JimmyBoy said

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Man just got this, I'm excited to play it

Posted: Dec 18th 2010 8:42AM def PD said

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Sweet. I got this game at launch for both the US (and EU) regions but only got maybe 30 mins. in before I got totally jacked by some huge knight, as well as other players and put this game down and moved on to other games in my backlog.

I've been meaning to get back into this when I have time.

Posted: Dec 20th 2010 9:40AM Triskelion said

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Awesome, awesome, awesome game. It is brutal, tough and unforgiving - 10 out of 10.

Posted: Dec 20th 2010 10:07PM 30yearGamer said

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@Triskelion All of From Softwares King's Field universe games are awesome and immensely challenging. I would recommend trying one of those as well

Posted: Dec 21st 2010 12:29AM Kaloni said

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This game was amazing and deserved every award it got. I had spent tons of time on Demon's Souls in both PvE and PvP. It's great that even at higher levels you can be in the middle of fighting something and feel a small shot of adrenaline when you get those red letters on your screen telling you that your world is being invaded by a black phantom.

I know it was said that there are no plans for a sequel but I do see a few clones coming out in the near future. I just hope they can live up to the standards that Demon's Souls laid out for them.

Posted: Jan 8th 2011 11:46PM Ajboz said

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Okay, im sure ill get a lot of crap for saying this but im definitely a ps3 fanboy. it is my absolute favorite system and i think that you are wayyyy off bye saying that we always take bad game reviews personal. there are plenty of ps3 games that i bought, then returned the next day.

But lets get to the game. i bought this game a few days ago, mostly because i wanted the challenge. i personally am getting tired of games that are too easy. if you can beat it in one day its not worth buying. i think this game is the hardest one i own for my ps3, but its fun, and for some reason i cant explain it keeps kicking my butt and keeps me coming back for more.

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