Not entirely surprising considering this is basically Demons Souls II but without the Sony-owned name, but as far as artstyle and general design goes it looks nearly identical to Demons Souls. First screenshots came out - would've added them to the gallery, but they're watermarked.

Interesting. I don't have a lot else to say until I get my copy of Demon's Souls in the mail. 
 
The Dragon looks pretty mean though.

yes! Screenshots! Today is a good day! It's nice to see that old Fluted Helm back. It looks identical to Demon's Souls but with more color.

That has to be the second biggest rat I've ever seen.

This is a gooood thing :)

Wait so this is basically Demon's Souls for the 360? Fuck yes. 

So now the blue phantoms are white. Maybe, this time around the black phantoms will actually be black.  =]

Nothing strange about it.

Is it made by Capcom?

" Is it made by Capcom? "

" That has to be the second biggest rat I've ever seen. "

" @RobotHamster said:

" Is it made by Capcom? "

From Software, foolish! "

Someone cut off the watermarks.

Man, this looks amazingly Demon's Soulish to not realise it! I can't wait for it!

I don't have a problem with that, imo Demon's Souls wasn't a crysis, but it looked pretty enough.

I dont get the comparison screens, which ones are demon souls and which are not?

I thought this was a Demon's Soul spin-off.

Great monster designs. Demon's Souls made my top ten last year -- if this follow-up is as good as it looks and sounds, it'll probably have a decent shot at making this year's top five.

@floodiastus said: 

" I dont get the comparison screens, which ones are demon souls and which are not? "

I don't get how From can get away with this though. Can't they be stopped from making this multiplatform just by the freaking art assets? I mean the armor and weapons like like they're literally out of Demon's Souls. Unless Sony owns absolutely nothing but the name, couldn't From be treading on thin ice?

These look great. I'm very much looking forward to seeing more of the forest.
 
Here's some monster and location artwork.

" I don't get how From can get away with this though. Can't they be stopped from making this multiplatform just by the freaking art assets? I mean the armor and weapons like like they're literally out of Demon's Souls. Unless Sony owns absolutely nothing but the name, couldn't From be treading on thin ice? "

" I don't get how From can get away with this though. Can't they be stopped from making this multiplatform just by the freaking art assets? I mean the armor and weapons like like they're literally out of Demon's Souls. Unless Sony owns absolutely nothing but the name, couldn't From be treading on thin ice? "

" @xyzygy said:

" I don't get how From can get away with this though. Can't they be stopped from making this multiplatform just by the freaking art assets? I mean the armor and weapons like like they're literally out of Demon's Souls. Unless Sony owns absolutely nothing but the name, couldn't From be treading on thin ice? "

Most of the armor and weapons in DS are historical.  Sony doesn't have copyright on fluted armor, chain mail or generic medieval weapons. "

"Unless Sony owns absolutely nothing but the name, couldn't From be treading on thin ice? "

" @teh_pwnzorer said:

" @xyzygy said:

" I don't get how From can get away with this though. Can't they be stopped from making this multiplatform just by the freaking art assets? I mean the armor and weapons like like they're literally out of Demon's Souls. Unless Sony owns absolutely nothing but the name, couldn't From be treading on thin ice? "

Most of the armor and weapons in DS are historical.  Sony doesn't have copyright on fluted armor, chain mail or generic medieval weapons. "

Yeah I never thought of it like that I guess. You can't really copyright an Uchigatana :P "

Nice - here's me hoping for splatter and gore. Would elevate the game sooo much.
 
Perfect contender for strategic dismemberment Dead Space style... just with melee weapons instead of future mining tools.

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They're taking out Soul Tendency.
 
This is already a much, much better game.

I really hope they keep it as hard as the last game was. That was the main part of the game that I found fun, also they need to fix some of the storage stuff just make it more user friendly. OH or even some sort of monster hunt mode that you can go on with your friends.

" @xyzygy said:

" @teh_pwnzorer said:

" @xyzygy said:

" I don't get how From can get away with this though. Can't they be stopped from making this multiplatform just by the freaking art assets? I mean the armor and weapons like like they're literally out of Demon's Souls. Unless Sony owns absolutely nothing but the name, couldn't From be treading on thin ice? "

Most of the armor and weapons in DS are historical.  Sony doesn't have copyright on fluted armor, chain mail or generic medieval weapons. "

Yeah I never thought of it like that I guess. You can't really copyright an Uchigatana :P "

The fluted armor on the DS box is from the early Renaissance.  Check this out: 
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_armour

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Looks like a more colourful Demon's Souls. Sweet.

Wow, from what I'd heard they were making it sound like a different type of game but those screenshots look like straight up Demon's Souls II.

" @teh_pwnzorer said:

" @xyzygy said:

" @teh_pwnzorer said:

" @xyzygy said:

" I don't get how From can get away with this though. Can't they be stopped from making this multiplatform just by the freaking art assets? I mean the armor and weapons like like they're literally out of Demon's Souls. Unless Sony owns absolutely nothing but the name, couldn't From be treading on thin ice? "

Most of the armor and weapons in DS are historical.  Sony doesn't have copyright on fluted armor, chain mail or generic medieval weapons. "

Yeah I never thought of it like that I guess. You can't really copyright an Uchigatana :P "

The fluted armor on the DS box is from the early Renaissance.  Check this out: 
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_armour

"

Whoa that is epic. They literally just took all that old armor and modeled it. Awesome. Do you know if the Gloom and Brushwood armor is based off history? "

A more open worldy DS is exactly what I wanted. Great it's going multiplat too, more exposure.

I can't think of any other game that can get me as hyped as I am right now after just one video!

Those screenies are pretty awesome. One of my most wanted games this year!

So what are the screen shots of Im confused.

I still haven't played the first game but the sequel does look interesting and it's on the 360 which is cool.

thats pretty cool

Thanks for the heads up on the trailer. Can't wait for the full game!

" @xyzygy said:

" @RobotHamster said:

" Is it made by Capcom? "

From Software, foolish! "

Opps didn't realize that, I thought it was just a Demon Souls clone.   And I was just using Capcom since they've done that sort of thing recently.   "

Looks cool. I Should really finish Demon's souls.

I am so glad this will be out this year.  So glad.

I hope it's harder than Demon's Souls.

" I don't get how From can get away with this though. Can't they be stopped from making this multiplatform just by the freaking art assets? I mean the armor and weapons like like they're literally out of Demon's Souls. Unless Sony owns absolutely nothing but the name, couldn't From be treading on thin ice? "

He said Sony only owns the Demon's Souls name but not the IP. Seems odd. What a miss Sony. THen agin no one really expect this game to be received the way it did. Sony missed the boat on this one.

Nice Rodent of unusual size.
 
I'm very excited about Dark Souls and I'll definitely buy it day one. Demon's Souls has a very nice look and feel and Dark Souls looks awesome.