Dark Souls is a brand new action RPG set in a rich, dark fantasy universe. Tense dungeon crawling, fearsome enemy encounters and groundbreaking online features combine for a truly unique RPG experience.

Think games are too easy these days? Think again!

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.

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

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

I have been anticipating Dark Souls for quite some time now. It's the follow-up to my favourite game, the much lauded and notorious Demon's Souls, a game that took people by surprise for its uniqueness as much as its difficulty which interested people enough to make it a surprise success story.

Dark Souls flies in the face of recent videogame conventions. Where most games these days pride themselves on accessibility, Dark Souls goes to great lengths to make its complex systems impenetrable. Gone is the obligatory lengthy tutorial intrinsic to most action/RPGs.

Gorgeous world to explore; Stellar combat system; Many secrets to discover; Online integration for community generated hints; co-op; and competitive multiplayer

Framerate is inconsistent; Persnickety lock-on

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...

I have re-written this review so many times in my head and in so many different states of severe emotion. Elation, despair, frustration, pure exhilaration and exhaustion to name but a few, but I admit it; this game almost broke my spirit.

Intoxicating gameplay; Enormous open world environment.

The inability to play your online with friends

Players who live Demon's Souls and are hunting for another challenge then look no further than Dark Souls, because it is one of those games that player will appreciate after successfully defeating the BOSS.