Poll: Demon's Souls - love or hate?

[Sam_Winchester]

I just purchased (almost a year after the fact) a copy of Demon'sssss Souls this last Wednesday, and, after beating several demon bosses, I was wondering what the rest of the community thought of it. Obviously, it's a hard game, but what has your personal experience with the game been like?

I started my character as a theif, just to see what I could do with it, and have died several times, (no surprise there) but I think it really is one of the most awesome, self-rewarding gaming experiences I have ever seen. The combat works really well, and you learn to get better quickly. Each death comes with a learning experience, and the experience is awesome. Once you get past the difficulty, I think the game really is quite engrossing and entertaining.

 

[Hazy]

I don't see it as a hard game - it's just not a game that holds the player's hand.

I love it. So far, I've played through with more and more handicaps (I'm down to a Hands of God brawler with no rings/armor now[footnote]Every boss fight turns into this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCNICT2en_U][/footnote]) and I still haven't had enough. That's a pretty big testament to a title when I can play through it time and time again and still not get my fill.

 

[DustyDrB]

It makes me wish I had a PS3. I only played up to the first demon (not even a good one - the big spiky blob), but the little I went through was amazing. Combat is like a complex dance, atmosphere that is foreboding, music (Oh, the music! I can watch that opening sequence over and over). Love it. Whenever I do get a PS3, this will be my first game for it.

 

[kouriichi]

Its one of the few hard games i enjoy.

There are games where its hard, but thats just because the designer is a d*ck.

But then there are games were its hard, but its because they want to challange you.

Case in point: Call of duty ((insert number here)) play it on the hardest difficulty, and your going to spend more time throwing grenades back then you are shooting. Because the designers are d*cks.

 

[Tanis]

It's kind of hard, compared to all the sissy games being released, but I love it because of that.

 

[Something Amyss]

Dislike, but not hate. I wouldn't mind it being punishingly hard if I felt there was some sort of point, but by the time I was done trying it, I still didn't see much of one.

 

[bismarck55]

My favourite game of this console generation by a long shot. Nothing even comes close.

 

[Dango]

Skip to 8 second mark.
That sums up my feelings.

 

[Tuken]

Once you get through all of the Valley of Defilement, then that's it. One of the greatest games around.

Spoilers ahead, but I'll just recount my experiences.

Spoiler

- I did the usual beating world 1 until the Tower Knight gate.
- Got lost in the 2-2 caves before finding Flamelurker.
- Got stuck on Flamelurker and decided to come back later.
- Got lost so many times in 3-1 and 3-2.
- Got stuck on Maneaters, didn't come back here for ages.
- 4-1 was way to hard for me at the start.

Then I got to 5-1 really felt what everyone had described about the game came through.
I've never felt scared playing any horror game in recent memory - Dead Space and Resisdent Evil being the latest I played before Demon's Souls. ( I know Demon's Souls isn't horror )
But in 5-1 I started to feel something, fighting the enemies on narrow bridges and running away from the giant guys just got my heart pumping.
When I fought the Leech Monger I was too scared to move from cover for so long but after I beat it, I thought
" Ok, that rush it over, they can't really get that twice "

Then I saw the swamp. I think I spent nearly 2 hours there before finding Selen Vinland and I actually began to feel bad about what I was doing here.
The same way I felt ( and so many others constantly restate ) as I killed the collossi in Shadow of the Collosus.
When I arrived at the last area of the world, I wanted to turn back, I didn't want to fight Garl or Astaea.
I fought so hard up until then to keep my body form all throughout the whole world and here I wanted to die so I could stop ( since it wouldn't let me "Leave the way I came" )

I was the bad guy here - Not the demon's of the Valley.
Sure the ulterior motive of the demon's was to consume the world and destroy all life but here I had the genuine feeling that this place should be left as the grey area for those who were cast aside here, they deserved better.

I know you can't be invaded in boss battles ( Didn't know that so early on ) but I waited there, hoping someone would invade and kill me so I wouldn't have to fight anything there anymore.

Eventually I had to continue and I hated myself every step of the way - It was the ultimate feel bad. Even worse so than SotC.

Before this game the only thing I felt emotion for was MGS3 and since then Amnesia.

I don't think these words do what I felt or anyone else who felt the same way in this situation felt but it's the most acurrate way I could try to express it here.

TL;DR : Amazing Game.

 

[Borntolose]

I absolutely love it. My favorite PS3 game ever. I've currently played more than 100 hours over 2 characters. Once I finish with the Platinum on my heavy warrior type character, I'll probably replay it a few times with different styles.

The only thing I hate about the game is the drop rate of Pure Bladestone.

 

[Grey_Focks]

Meh. I enjoy a challenge, but I just didn't have any fun with it. Trial and error based gameplay has never really appealed to me, but I can recognize it was a good game. I just personally did not enjoy it...at all.

 

[FriedRicer]

I bought the game BEFORE I BOUGHT MY PS3!NO JOKE!My first Ps3 game....restored my faith in JRPG's....saw a friend play FF13...I want those 4 hours back.

 

[Prolol]

Boring, hard game.
Say it's hardcore.
Say if someone doesn't like it they are bad.

 

[oSavior]

It's not that hard, just punishing. A lot like sexual fetishes, some gamers get off on losing several hours of progress to an unfair or unexpected death. I personally enjoyed the game, but once I put it down, the urge to pick it back up never came.

 

[chemicalfire]

I found it to be one of the most rewarding games I've played on the Ps3.

 

[icyneesan]

I dont love nor hate it, its just... meh. I can see why people would love it, its basically all you can ask for in a game. Difficult yet still beatable without controls/camera issues.

I just didn't have much fun with it :\

 

[Nosense]

This game was the reason I bought a PS3, no joke. It has to be one of the most engaging games I have played since Half-Life 2. This game is the new standard to which I judge any new game I play, and it deserves that position fully.

 

[The_Echo]

Demon's Souls and I have a love-hate relationship. I love the idea of the challenge, but it hates me.

 

[Juven Ignus]

OMG LIEK DEMONS SOULS IS SO G00D!!!

*ahem*

Yeah, the game is great. It's not a horror game, but I'm scared for my life every time I enter a new room. It''s just so deep, with the combat, exploration, and epic bosses.