Yeah, Demon Souls if you want to see most of everything you need a FAQ. Hell even if you don't want to end up frustrated as hell you're going to need to use a FAQ at least a bit. Dark Souls is a lot friendlier in that you don't need the FAQ as much, but Demon Souls has a ton of underlying systems (level Tendency... wheee) that are not at all explained.
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