and Playstation Eye support to capture gamer's fits of rage and frustration :)

Especially death by Black Phantom (other player)break in, if that makes it into the game

Kind of like Burnout: Paradise

what about when ever you die, you gona have to repeat the entire game

I don't think that you'll have to repeat the entire game if you die.

The interview in the other article referenced "come back points" like the nexus that players can find throughout the world.

That kind of leads me to believe it's almost like an MMORPG bind system, which the player can bind their souls to these designated safe points located near these dangers.

And one thing people forget about is Demon's Souls rarely made you run through the whole level once dead... that's if you've taken the time to explore or open up any short cuts back.

Flamelurker was frustrating until you learn a strategy to beat him. Being able to get back to that fight in about 4 minutes or less if you know the proper route made things a bit easier.

Same thing with Maneater boss-battle. It can be real tough, but it's more easy to swallow when you can just run back to it in under two or three minutes. The stages create short cuts as you go through them. Some are even already there right at the beginning of the stage, as with the Flamelurker example.

In World 4-1 after you fight the first few skeletons right at the beginning of the level, you can rolling flip off the top of the wall, land on top of an incredible ring of regeneration, which is right near a coveted crystal gecko killed to increase your weapons/gear, which is only a few steps to the end of the level and the boss-battle.

And this boss' soul can be used to create one of the best unique weapons in the game btw.

All of this from a game that some say is unreasonably hard or cheap or too punishing. This is why DS gamers say the game is very fair, not all that hard, and is very rewarding. It gives you the tools to succeed. But it's up to the gamer to exercise some patience and common sense. It's not a mindless hack and slash.

And one last DS myth to dispel... when you die, you DO NOT lose all of your hard work.

Yes, when you die you can lose all of the souls that you have accumulated before you get the chance to spend them. It will happen. Heck, it may happen often if you're not careful. But you get to keep all of the items you've found. Great for dragon death runs if you don't have Pure White Tendency to make them disappear :)

And the game will make up for those lost souls with convenient farm points early on. And will later give you the opportunity to access soul multiplier items and spells to farm ridiculous amounts of souls in a few minutes work, in relative safety, and on your terms.

And if you're into PVP, you'll want to stop leveling past a certain point anyways.

Then all you have to worry about is clearing the level. So screw those lost souls. You'll get them back easily.

And lastly, if you're worried about dying or are having trouble passing a certain point -- summon some buddies to help you out

Now this is all assuming that Dark Souls will work like Demon's Souls. I just don't want gamers to be intimidated by either game's difficulty.

I was nervous about DS before it released, because I heard of the notorious difficulty. And I almost passed on it.

Instead I got the collector's edition (LOL!!) and it's probably my favorite game this gen, battling with heavyweights MGS4, Uncharted, and Mass Effect for top honors