So for anyone looking to do end game pvp/coop/finish covenants/grinding/farming/whatever, do not go into kiln and fight Lord Gwyn, its a point of no return once you beat him.
Thoughts on Dark Souls, guys?
I'd say its better in almost every way than Demon Souls. The only thing I'd really concede to Demon Souls is the main plot (Dark has better lore surrounding it) and the "open world" is more of a hindrance before you get the ability to warp: something they really had no reason to hold out on considering you're limited on which bonfires you can travel to (which is a good thing). I actually liked Demon Souls more at first but Dark won me over once I got past the first area.
If you haven't played Demon Souls I'd recommend this game to anyone who doesn't mind a challenge and enjoys RPGs, action-adventure or hack and slash (as long as you don't assume this is Ninja Gaiden or DMC).
Time for some copy paste:
Just beat the game (SL 77 I think)...
Ending sucked, didn't realize it automatically took you to new game + (complete with auto save going off every second in case you want to hit that power button) so I can't go back and finish my covenant and dick around with pvp. Pretty irritating, really bad note to finish the game on. Buuuuuuuuuuuuut at least the last boss was fun and had some good atmosphere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhDsSxLU0I8PS anyone who has 360 version better watch out because when the next patch drops cus I'm rolling a strength character next with the dragon bone fist and will be uppercutting the shit outta people