Game.....of......the.....year!!!

It's simply amazing. From the very first steps it had me hooked. I've now played around 30 hours, and I feel like I'm just getting started. The gameplay and the controls are fantastic, and the atmosphere is intense.

Thinking of braving the hallowed halls of Dark Souls? Then you best be ready for a fight. Dark Souls will easily dominate your gaming skill making you submissive to its will. It's a ritual in frustration, yet one that is worth the journey, if you are OK with a little pain.

Smart, challenging gameplay, Great A.I; - fight every fight like your last, Uncanny atmosphere built on despair, fear and anxiety, Massive creatures and memorable bosses, A complex system that is worth investing in

Respawning enemies!! Even after you save; Devilishly hard and frustrating!!!; A little more direction would have been welcomed; Online integration is sporadic

Those of you that are over 30 years of age might remember those games, back in the 90's where it took a lot of patience and an extra stack of coins to pay for the extra lives at the arcade.

When I played this through the first time I ignored the online aspects, as I had done with Demon Souls. I didn't want something that would make it any harder than it already was. I leveled up to over 100 before finishing, and some of it required a huge amount of repetition.

Loved it. Will recommend it to friends and I like the features and graphics.

Successfully making a sequel to a cult hit is no easy task but that's what confronted the team at From Software.

20th October 2011 - Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to the cult sleeper Demon Souls (read our review ) which arrived on Aussie shores last year. Demon Souls was lauded around the world as a PS3 exclusive that broke the current trend by delivering a game truly designed for hard core gamers.

Dark Souls is one of the most challenging games we've seen this generation, and thanks to its dark and twisted environments it stands up as something different for 2011. If you can handle the brutal difficulty and you are prepared to die a lot, then Dark Souls could very well be the title you are...

Dark Souls is one of the defining RPGs of this generation that goes above and beyond the genre to bring us something terrifying and unforgettable. An unmissable gem for the daring.