I was a pretty big fan of DS1 and DS2. DS3 has turned the DS series from hack and slash dungeon romp into what appears to be a story driven single player experience like Dragon Age? Except.... the story is terrible, the voice acting is terrible, the dialogue is terrible, and the characters are completely flat. Yet despite all this there seems to be so much emphasis on the story, aka, dialog after every couple packs of mobs.
The combat system shows some potential, but with the extremely limited MP options where you're essentially forced to play someone else's NPC, you really have no vested interest in the toon you're playing.
Everyone's already touched on the poor implementation of PC controls so I won't go there. I can deal with the controls to be honest, my bigger complaint is the menu system, too many clicks to change one piece of gear.
All in all, I'm very disappointed, this was one of the few games I was looking forward to this summer and judging by the demo it's going to be a huge flop.
my 2c
