So I picked up Dark Souls on 360 last week. I started playing it on Saturday. All I have to say is I've never, ever, seen a game over screen so many times in my entire life. Now I'm not a prodigy or anything even close, but I'm good at playing games. This is a super brutal RPG for sure. I own Demon's Souls but I never really played it. I just don't really like playing games on the PS3 for some reason.
Is it fun? Yes.
Does it look great? Yes.
Will I beat it? Probably.
Should you pick it up? Definitely (if you're an RPG fan that's not afraid of a real challenge).