Jonathan said:

Vulture said:

I've been playing mostly Demon Souls and Uncharted 2 lately. It took me about a month to get into Demon Souls from the time I bought it, and when I got hooked I got really hooked. I've got around 175 hours invested into it now.

Uncharted 2 I've just been going through my long overdue second playthrough. It's a thoroughly enjoyable single player experience; the multiplayer is good too, but I've barely given it a chance, I'm picky with multiplayer– I barely take advantage of it in most games (Demon Souls being one of the few).

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Is the multiplayer like head-to-head or is it cooperative?

Sorry I didn't see that you asked this until now.

That's a great question– and the answer is BOTH!

The way it works is– the single player campaign is the multiplayer– there are no separate modes. As long as your system is hooked up to the internet you are always one step away from having your single player game turned into a multiplayer orgy.

Lets say you're on level 1-2 (and you are in "body form"– which you can get into at any time if you either beat a boss or use a stone of ephemeral eye), and you see some glowing blue graffiti- that's a "soul sign" — a message left by another player who is seeking to help you beat your level 1-2. If you summon him, he will come into your world (as a "blue phantom") and help you on a co-op basis, only leaving after either the boss has been killed or if he gets killed (or if he decides to leave).

Let's say you already beat 1-2, or you didn't, either way, you don't want to beat the level just yet and would rather help someone else beat it (and you are in "soul form"– which you can get into at any time by simply dying and coming back as a soul). You go to 1-2, then select your "blue eye stone" (press start, go to inventory, and select it and go to "use"), you will then drop that same blue graffiti soul sign wherever you are standing. If someone sees that and selects you, you will be warped into their world to help them.

Now the "head to head" part– at any time, a player who is in soul form can drop a "black eye" stone, which allows them to invade your world.

Let's say you and two friendly blue phantoms are marching along trying to beat level 1-2– when you are invaded. You will see a message telling you that you have been invaded. The invader will come in to your world as a "black phantom" and try to team up with your enemies to kill you and your buddies.

It's a really unique and awesome online set up. There's just something about someone being able to randomly invade the sanctity and privacy of your otherwise normal gaming experience that just takes everything up a notch.