They really said balls deep. LOL, hahahaha.

Too many of these games are coming out too late in the PS3 life cycle. I want to get it, but I'm hoping they rerelease it for the PS4; it seems like it would be much better as a PS4 launch title.

I also think this game has the potential to be a much bigger game than its predecessor. I'm not saying they should change the entire game design to accomodate different consumers; but I think anything that maintains the forumla but still enhances elements for broader appeal is warranted.

One the things that was amazing in Dark Souls was the story; the problem is that story is buried in layers and layers of obscure presentaion. Now I think thats one areas they've said will recieve more exposure. I'm sure it will be great if done properly, yet still true to From Software roots. And I'm pretty keen on knowing what else From Software have up their sleeve, since the creator of the series isn't working on this game, hes working on something else; hopefully a new RPG to rival FF.

When I first played Demon's and Dark Souls, I knew going in what the point of the series was; a punishing rewarding RPG experience. It was not going to play like any other game or series I had played before.

If they allow easy mode, then disable online play so these guys can love their easy mode.

After 450hrs between both games, I have not wished for pausing. Though its not a big issue.

IMO of course. And I'd go as far as saying the fanbase' as well.

^ Yeah I never cared for pausing either. 

I liked the Way to find the story. Its pretty much the polar opposite of Ni No Kuni. Instead of hours of cutscenes just from starting up the game or going to point a to point b, You have to work for the little details and come up with conclusions yourself and discuss among others. Basically fitting pieces into the puzzle and yeah they said they'll make it a little easier to find but still sticking to basically the same way of getting the story/lore.

If only.

Pfft, you just couldn't handle the heat.

The invading part didn't work at all for me and I hated it. Since I didn't know what I was doing at first I levelled up too fast which is quite pointless in Dark souls as I found out later. Thus the game constantly matched me with people with end game gear and weapons. I could stab them for 1% of their health, while they only needed to wave their fully upgraded magic weapon at me for 70% of my health.
So every time the msg popped up I simply logged off from psn, which saves the game and boots you to the start screen, logged back in and continued where I left off.

Do you think that is preferable to an option to turn invasions off?

PS Co-op didn't work either because of the dumb match making. I summon help and mr. ng++ comes to slay my first run bell tower monster before I could even get on the roof. That was good game design, not. It was a great game with horrible match making.

The game tricked me one time though, invader alert, I log off, invader is still there. It was a scripted one, and one I could actually fight and stand a chance against. Great moment.

Fix the matchmaking, make it work with difficulty levels and actual capabilities of characters.

+1. Well said. I love the atmosphere and would like to play but i don't have the time and patience for it. 

B-but you're not allowed to love the game for its atmosphere, story, ect.! It's completely and utterly defined by brutal difficulty. [/sarcasm]

Perfect comment. i'd probably insist on the hard but waht's the difference if others can adjust difficulty? and a system like tales of symphonia, where you can change difficulty anytime would be nice. if a part of the game is really infuriating you could lower the challenge on that part alone and them keep going on hard after that.

without the brutal difficulty that atmosphere wouldn't exsist. 

Lol who said Not pausing is apart of the challenege? I never even needed to pause and didn't even notice it.

Sure I can see why people would like to pause in offline mode but it isn't a deal breaker..not for me atleast