Gamervision's Coop says: "There was a massive amount of potential in Demon's Souls, but it's an experience that most people will not appreciate. It's simply uninviting, and made for such a small niche that it's impossible to know whether or not it's an experience you might enjoy without giving it a try. Comparisons to the King's Field series have been made by a few, with some going as far as to say that Demon's Souls is a spiritual successor to the series. Those comparisons aren't unfounded; both focus on immersion and realism, both have punishing difficulty and a harsh learning curve, and both are ruthless, and don't take kindly to casual gamers by any means.
Games like this are like the Finnegans Wake of gaming, so overly convoluted and wrapped up in their own complexity that they miss out on grabbing anyone who isn't already completely enamored of it before beginning. Sadly, this target audience is remarkably small, and there's no doubt that many of the people highly anticipating Demon's Souls will be more than a little disappointed once they start the game and see what they've gotten themselves into. "
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Looks like this guy thought it was too hard.
LOSER.
Insane difficulty
EDIT: I knew it.
your xbox should be a really boring console with lame games since you spend all this time bashing on the ps3, why don't you go back to your forza 3 demo or odst or something?
now in topic i don't understand how this site can give a low score based on the difficulty of a game? they should focus on the gameplay, graphics , sound, presentation etc ? and leave the difficulty just as warning for the readers? crappy site!
On topic though this reviewer spent almost the entire review complaining about the difficulty. Can this even be considered a review? It's more like biatching and moaning to me.
then don't review it. This guy should play Viva instead.
Note to the author:
All the fancy phrasing in the world will not make you a better gamer. Just practice more. Yes I know the game is unforgiving and difficult but if you buck up and put forth a bit of effort you may experience some success. After all, console gaming can be about more than just twitch shooters and turn-based rpgs. There's plenty of room out there for offbeat games like Demon's Soul.
You're probably right. I keep forgetting that the Wii's success has brought in a whole new "casual" audience into the gaming fold. In which case Demon's Soul definitely not a game for them. No doubt the fella who wrote this review probably falls into that group.
Demon's Souls is a perfect example of love it or hate it type of game.
Those who love it will defend it to death, but inevitably there will be people like that reviewer who just don't "click" with the game.
But I think even casual people should at least give it a rent.
It's hard but all you need is patience and smart thinking.
Totally agree, only "low score" that I have seen. We all know it's hard and it wont click with some people but a six come on..regardless this is a rare gem and I will be picking it up day one.
if you have punishing difficulty for a barbie horse adventure game than it's just right to deduct point for that.
but this is demon's souls. it's meant to be hard. if it's a good game for its target audience, then why give it a bad score?
If xbots hate PS3 games so much, than why do they keep playing PS3 games on PS3?
Answer: cos they dont have any games to play on the betabox.
This guy needs to learn how to review a game. he complains its too hard, then get better. If you die then learn from what you did wrong, not complain and cry like a little girl. Even Edge gave it a 9 out of 10. This review is stupid. Go play wii sports or is that too hard for you too? haha
Who is this schmuk?
No name wanna be reviewing non gaming, mothasucka.
After seeing 21 other great reviews it's really hard to take this one serious... RPG fans have been waiting for a really hard online rpg to come around and this seems to be it. If it's not your thing that's fine but it doesn't mean the game should get a 6.