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

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

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.

Think games are too easy these days? Think again!

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.

Dark Souls should need little introduction. Even if you somehow managed to miss out on From Software's stellar spiritual predecessor, Demon's Souls , you probably did not escape having your gaming mettle questioned by Dark Souls' "Prepare to Die" marketing campaign over the past few months.

Pure gameplay without many frills; An extremely satisfying single player campaign augmented by the most unique use of coop and competitive multiplayer around

Excellent art and sound design marred by occasional but potentially game-breaking  frame rate and clipping issues

Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to From Software's surprise hit, Demon's Souls . Keeping the original game's dark tone, difficulty, and intense combat, Dark Souls manages to create a unique experience quite unlike anything on the market, even its predecessor.

Some slow-down may happen when there are some many things on the screen, but the animation, texture, frame-rate and the locations look really beautiful! The sound effects are pretty cool and they fit everyhting perfect. Simply put. The soundtrack is also pretty epic! Into gameplay.

The spiritual successor to Demon's Souls, Dark Souls provides extremely rewarding encounters and a devilishly difficult learning curve.

Difficulty; environments and encounters that completely engross the player; exciting combat; play time that runs to more than 50 hours

Difficulty; occasional bugs; camera can occasionally fail the player; occasional graphical problems in busy areas

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