So, Playstation Store just added this demo with the PS3 RPG game that some people were waiting for a long time. I admit I haven’t played the full game yet, but demo looks promising, even though I encountered quite a few bugs in it.

First, about the bugs in demo: Just after first 10 minutes in the game sound of the battle and dialogs were gone. I couldn’t even read the dialogs as it went “fast forward” every time I was choosing the conversation answer. Not sure why it happens, but it really ruined the joy of game.

EDIT: I didn’t have this problem on the second try.

The game itself is a really nice crafted RPG, the only grief is that it’s again, action – button mashing RPG. Why oh why they don’t release new turn based games?  Aside from that, you have all standard RPG elements – items (which you can craft later in the game), spells, skills, side quests and so on. Controls are somewhat similar to Dragon Age. I can’t tell you much about the story since I played only demo.. The only thing I know that you somehow were revived from the dead and now have to figure out what is happening

There are lot’s of things which remind me of World Of Warcraft Maybe creators of the game targeted the WOW audience, or maybe they just took the best stuff from there. First, you get quest from NPC which has Yellow exclamation mark above their head. Sounds familiar? Of course, it changes to Silver/Yellow question mark after you get the quest.. Also, all the regular items are white, better ones – green.. And really rare ones are purple. I didn’t see orange’s though but I’m pretty sure you could find some. (actually they would be Gold color – just saw that on the loading screen).

I really like that this RPG is colorful and not so much “dark” in it, at least on the first few areas which I have visited. I’m definitely getting a full version

Take a look at Video review from gametrailers, maybe it will be easier for you to make up your mind about the game:

At the end, as always, let’s see the prices of this game.
Amazon currently has it for 59.95$ and quite a few reviews (mostly 5+ stars)

Ebay has it for 58$, but again it’s an Asian version – you have to create asian ps3 account for all the updates and so on.

Or just to try you can simply head to the PSN store and get the demo Then you’ll make up your mind, and decide if you wanna try this game or not! I’ll be trying it in more depth.. After I finish damn Skyrim, heh

Oh man, that’s the most amazing game I ever played on PS3 !! It feels very “Oblivionish”, so if you played that game, you will enjoy and love Skyrim, for sure!

Good:

There are many things that creators have changed in Elder Scrolls V. Now you have hundreds of dungeons, which doesn’t look like Copy-paste one from another. You have wolves, who attack you when you’re low level, but run from you when you are higher level (that’s how a real life should be, right?). And there are many, many other improvements! Like, for example, now you can forge your own weapons, jewerly, armor. Everytime you find an weapon or armor, you know that you will be able to upgrade it by your own, simply using a few of ingredients. On top of that, you can enchant your items, so they make even more damage/increase skills/or whatever. Oh, and did I mention Dragons? Every time I conquer a dragon in Skyrim, I have shivering feeling on my back. Game knows when to switch the soundtrack to the right one.. And you can’t mistaken the music which you hear when fighting a dragon

Skyrim, of course, is open world RPG. You can go whenever you want, there are no borders or closed doors (provided you have good enough lockpicking skill, heh). Good thing about the game is that world levels with you – that means everywhere you go, you will have to put some effort to kill enemies – but you always know it’s manageable.

Quests – there are thousands of them. It looks like every single person in Skyrim has a story, and they need your help to deal with some of their problems. Quests are usually interesting, and only very few of them is WoW style – “Go kill 10 bears, bring back pelts”. “Go kill 10 stronger bears, bring back pelts”. Well, you know what I mean

Bad:

While inventory sorting is very convenient on the character, there is no such option for home storage. When you buy a house to put all the ingredients, books and other items you have found in the world, you are first very happy. But then later you find out that there is no sorting, so to find an, say, “Iron ore” in your shelf you have to scroll through tens of screens just to find it.. And they are not sorted alphabetically either.

Horses. I don’t even know why they have them. Since Skyrim has a “fast travel” system, where you can teleport to the places you were before.. Horses are unneeded there. Just waste of money, especially if you jump from the horse for a fight, you horse pretends he’s a warrior and goes to kill bad guys. Of course, usually fails and dies – and you just lost a thousand bucks I mean, gold

Money. You bring all kind of stuff for the vendors, they buy your items and give you gold. But they can’t sell you anything good, except some ingredients (which you could find in the open world anyway). It’s not like you gonna buy a super powerful sword at the vendor anyway.. So money has no really purpose there.

PROS:

CONS:

Overall, it’s amazing game. I give it 10/10, and I believe I will be spending endless hours to finish all the quest game has to offer. It’s already one month I’m playing this game, and I haven’t even begun the main storyline. Just imagine how much are there to do This is what I call the best PS3 RPG game. Definitely worth trying.

Currently, Skyrim sells for 49.99$ on Amazon ( they reduced price by 10$ already! weee!)

For video review from Gametrailers, just check previous post – I have a video there!

And you probably know why everyone was waiting for this date.. Because of the “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” release, of course. Just watching the video trailer from gametrailers I pee a little.. I’ve just ordered it, and you should get it too If you are true fan of Elder Scrolls, and if you enjoyed Oblivion, check out this review:

Order this game for 59.99$ from Amazon.

Open world concept, endless possibilities in skills and abilities.. fights with dragons and so on. I’ll be spending many hours playing this game! Please share your experience with this game in comment area..

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For those who already know this game – it’s no brainer and everyone should get it, if still not decided. But for all the other ps3 rpg lovers who are still not sure, I’ll be ordering this game soon and will give you a quick preview, so you can decide. But in the mean time, if you enjoyed Demon Souls – you will love Dark Souls, at least that’s what creators of the game said. And by the way, they said their goal is to make the game so hard, that players would be unable to finish it.. How’s that, lol ?:)

So this time games goes to Carl Schmidt, congrats buddy! I will be contacting you over the email in the next few days

All the other ones, who didn’t win.. Thanks for participating, I wish you best luck in the next contests for free games! (If I will have any, …. you never know!)

So I’m playing Demons Souls again. Last time when I did that, I quit after playing two levels – the game was simply too hard and too unforgiving for the mistakes. But now I came to the conclusion, it would be much less interesting to play if the game had some kind of “Save” before each corner or just before the boss. But let’s talk about the game itself first.
This game is hard. Sometimes to the point that it makes you cry (hypothetically, of course!). If you are used to save before every fight in Dragon Age or Oblivion, forget it. You are automatically saved only before or after “dungeon”. Yep, that means you have to finish level without a single save. Also, to make it worse, every time you die, you loose all your souls (for which you can buy armor, guns, and gain stats). If you are happy enough to find your dead body next time you play the level, congrats, you just restored all the “souls”. But remember, all the enemies are resurrected.. So if you died at the end of the level, your journey will be long. And depending on the souls amount dropped, sometimes very stressful!
This ps3 rpg game is dark, the atmosphere is incredibly sad and gloomy. The story … errr, I don’t really remember the intro, that means story isn’t strong side of this game. But who cares? You just need to know that Boletaria Kingdom is a lost kingdom, which are now controlled by demons. And yes, you gonna be the one who will save it.. Game looks just like a real dark fantasy game should look like. Music and sounds are great, they give a lot of influence to this dark theme.
This game intended to be a hardcore, but if you play online, it get’s a lot easier. In your adventures you will see lot’s of messages posted by other players, just before traps, hidden enemies and so on. It really helps when you don’t have any saves available. Also, you will find these blood swamps, which will show you a few last seconds of other players just before their death. Funny part is that your world can be invaded by other players, who are hunting you. That doesn’t happen much, especially since your are playing in “death” mode most frequently. Oh, didn’t I mention? When you die, you don’t just “resurrect”. You become a walking death, no stats are changed from your live form, except that you loose 50% of your health (or 75% with a special ring). To become alive and have full health, you need to either kill a boss or invade other people worlds.. Personally I’m playing with 75% of my life almost always. Well, after I kill boss I’m happy to have a full health bar, but it’s gone in the next level after meeting the first enemy, lol. I know, I suck

PROS:

• Dark atmosphere. I like it!
• Interesting online game integration with the game
• Game is interesting. I really want to see how other levels and bosses will look like
• “Soul” currency. For the same souls you can buy or repair items, increase your stats, upgrade weapons, or even buy spells.

CONS:

• Real time fight. (and takes some practice, that’s for sure!!!)
• You can’t sell loot. But you can use it to upgrade your weapons
• No saves in the levels (you can save between). Think of it like you couldn’t save in the “instance” of Wow

Video review from gametrailers:

Where to get it?
Amazon currently has a copy of Greatest Hits – Demon’s souls for 19.99$ only. I believe that’s a steal for this kind of game. Especially when I paid 59.99$ for it when it just came out!!!

For the current fans of Demon’s Souls

Hey, if you really loved this game, do you know that the sequel is already being made? Yep, the name is “Dark Souls“, and creators of the game say that it’s gonna be even harder than the Demon Souls. It’s already available for preorder for 59.99$. Expensive, but you’ll have to wait at least a year for the price start to drop. So it’s up to you if you wanna play it right now (after it’s released, of course), or you can wait?