if (and if) i remember correctly famitsu reviewed it and said the story mode took about 40 hours or so

Single player story is about 25 hours according to Famitsu, but there will be paid DLC that expands the story, as well as free DLC that adds 10+ new bosses.

Famitsu also said that the multiplayer content is "several hundred hours". Final score was 37/40.

On a side note, has the demo been released outside Japan?

Sorry if its not the case, but it looks like its the case :P

listen to this guy pokoko^^

yeah i thought i wasnt correct when i remembered the length of the game, but damn, that game looks like its worth every damn penny! and i dont have a vita so sorry i dont know :/

Indeed :

" Soul Sacrifice Famitsu review: 10/9/9/9

-Over 300 types of magic with a deep crafting system.
-About 25 hours to complete story on single player, multiplayer content expands this to several hundred hours.
-Superb storytelling through the grimoire system and its journal entries.
-Story is quite moving and definitely worth the time to experience.
-Huge variation of spells makes for extremely deep tactical multiplayer experience.
-Team work and role assignment in multiplayer has immense potential.
-Dying and being sacrificed is still fun and does not affect rewards.
-Being able to continue fighting even when dead is extremely welcome feature.
-The dark fantasy theme is well portrayed and written, although it may be too dark for some people's taste.
-Difficulty level is very high, but the high speed action is extremely fun and rewarding to learn.
-Salvation and Sacrifice system adds surprisingly profound and meaningful choice to the game.
-It might be "another hunting game" but it is overflowing with originality.
-Single player is fun in its own right, but multiplayer is where the game really shines. The more the merrier! ""

No date for the demo, but im sure we will get it in March ( 2 month before the release, like Japan )

DieAppleDie : You should try it when the demo will be released. :)

Famitsu actually praised the story as well written and moving, and pretty creative how it plays out as reliving memories of the past from the book. The minus was that the setting was very dark and gruesome, so some people would be turned off.

I played the demo and it allows the first story chapter to be played (along with a few multiplayer oriented battles). It was pretty good, no masterpiece but then again it was only the first chapter out of several.

Why PS fans like to hype everything in a descomunal way?? Heck, you even hype your sentences.

Both internet and ad-hoc local multiplayer.

looks lame in my opinion

Blimey, that like Monster Hunter on magical crack...

Well, that's Sony's answer to MHTri. ;)