Demon’s Souls “Best RPG of 2009”

lol so much butthurt in this article it's priceless.

Demon's Souls beating Dragon Age: Origins for best RPG: Just fine.

Beating Uncharted 2 for best PS3 game: Unforgivable.

I said earlier that I like Demon's Soul. However, I did not like it as much as the critics and some others here. I rate it 8-8.5. Best RPG, I do not think so. Demon's Soul's is what I would call an Action game rather an rpg. I know one could call it an Action RPG but I can't agree with that. The game is lauded for its difficulty, which I agree is difficult by contemporary standards. However, in reality as long as your careful it is not that difficult. Most of my deaths in the game were due to intentional suicides for black world tendency. In fact the only section I would describe as difficult is the poison swamp, due to the inability to roll or step back and the constant life drain. Most of the boss battles were easy. If you come into the game knowing what you're playing its a cakewalk. It seems to pray on modern action gamers, who think charging in is the best solution. It features is a great amount weapons and the various weapon classes are unique which is good. I thought the combat system with its emphasis on positioning, strategy, and tactics was excellent. I do have to fault the lack of a straight pause feature, it should just be disabled for online play. Although many will disagree I never saw any replay value in the game. Maxing out weapons and level hold no interest. I admit I only went as far as completing new game+. The story is non existent. I wish they gave the merchants more lines. Having to hear same lines over and over is obnoxious. None of the npcs have any personality. The motto of the game is "me go kill now". The multiplayer aspect is okay. It is largely dependent on who you're playing with or against. Do I recommend the game yes. It's good for a single shot or two. Beyond that I recommend picking up something else. Do I think its the best game of this year no, it is one of the better ones.

WRPG neckbeards coming out in FULL FORCE like always.

So even Artefact reads good ole' IGN. Dunno how I missed this one. Just ordering a copy for myself so thanks. ;)

After watching my bro play this, and playing a bit myself, I'm not surprised. It's an awesome game, as is Dragon age.

Played the game, didn't really like it and people at the convention center didn't seem that psyched about it either :\

Don't forget -- GameSpot just announced its GAME OF THE YEAR, which was Demon's Souls!

Why would Demon's Souls be notorious for its quality? It's generally thought to be a high-quality game.

Really happy that Demon's Souls is doing well. One of those games that rides on smart people loving it and not mass media halo/oblivion morons.

Ha! Serves you right, Dragon Age. I seriously don't understand what people see in it. It sucks from top to bottom (well, maybe except dialogues with party members). But I'm surprised that western portals have chosen DS over DA.

....Demon souls was good?

Demon's Souls is a masterpiece

Dragon Age wins, we already know games sites are questionable after certain incidents.

lol I Wanna Be The Knight is more appropriate title.

Really now? How many fucking Medieval based RPG are there, seriously. Fucking ARPG and their medieval shit. Elves, dragon, ogre...same bull shit everytime.

Demons Souls was base on western rpg's thats why it did so well compare to a regular jrpg

Makes me wonder how many people here actually beat Demon Soul

>Famitsu’s worthless review gave the game 72.5%, perhaps indicating the publisher wasn’t generous enough in its advertising expenditure.

How can Famitsu give the game 72.5% if their perfect score is 40/40?

That is a true asshole move and to be commended.

Reviews are good for judging games but you should also account for sales figures too. I know it might be too early to see a good representation of figures but you should not forget about sales.

This game sucks, and Dragon Age also sucks. Just completed it (Dragon Age), played for fricking 54 hours, and what did I got in the end? The ending sucked! (I have seen one, and have no desire to see another or play this game for another minute). The battles sucked, characters sucked (save for Morrigan, thou she sucked too, quite literally). The story had potential but in the end sucked too.

Sorry, got carried away. I wont play another w-rpg ever. they suck.

Demon's Souls is a game for real gamer.pussy gamer shouldn't try this game since they will give up in 10 mins.This game is for real hardcore ppl who own a ps3.

Seems Demon's Souls won Game of the Year on Gamespot.

a worthy choice. i thought uncharted 2 was gonna win though.

Coming from PC gaming (HD 1080p 'pretty stuff') I also have two consoles a Wii and a PS3. I had a 360 but took it back immediately after playing Halo 3 and getting the biggest disappointment in my gaming life (played Halo nearly 100 times on the original xbox console and Halo 3 was sad, in terms of graphics AND story). I had taken back the PS3 BC that I got instead of that 360, as the games looked terrible on a 1080p monitor, because in all honesty consoles standard size is 720p(in some cases less *shakes head*), and most games I played did NOT upscale well, plus Shadows of the Colossus looked terrible on the PS3 as well, and would've been better just getting a PS2 solely for it.

Now with that backstory out of the way, I got a PS3 slim recently after hearing that The Last Guardian was part of the ICO/SOTC franchise, but also for Demon's Souls.

This game turned out to be the best 60$ I have ever spent on a game, and thats really saying something considering I usually torrent THEN buy.

The Soundtrack is amazing, each boss gets its own theme, and it paints a vivid picture. The gameplay is extremely challenging, immersive, and unique. The graphics upscale EXTREMELY well for anyone out there coming from the Crysis side of the woods, after a while you don't even notice the lack of AA.

In all, even people who do no enjoy this sort of game cannot deny, that in fact, in hard fact, the amount of detail in this game excels in ALL aspects, and should be the equal attention every game's aspects deserve.

I was thrilled with Fallout 3 as the best game I played it's release year. And for once I feel that my PS3 will get much use, if only for Demon's Souls.

Demon's Souls gets too easy once you pass the first world and learn to abuse the shield and spear.

...until you hit NG+.

I will never trust famitsu's score ever again.

Demon's Souls is to gaming like a mouth is to a gay man, you know it sucks a ton of dick.

great game, finished it last night. Dragon age was good but demon's soul was more unique and innovative and probably more fun. But both are addictive.

HELL YEAH !!
Best game of 2009 - gamespot
Holy shit I thought something mainstream like uncharted 2 was going to win.. that's awesome..

Famitsu scored it low? No surprise, japs have bad taste in gaming.

I hate demon souls... Yet I can't stop playing ><...
It's too addicting X3