It seemed like it took forever, but I finally got my deluxe last night. Thankfully my gf was home studying for a mid-term so she was able to get the final delivery attempt of it. I was happy to see I had all the pre-order bonuses too; the sound track and art book. I wasn't expecting those as I didn't pre-order it; I was stuck buying it post-release because my local store let me down. The strategy guide that comes with the deluxe is also really well done. For $10 extra, anyone serious about this game should go with the Deluxe for sure. I also got my Baroque game at the same time (PS2 RPG). Two Atlus published titles in one day :) I fired it up to test it and it's going to be an awesome game. I love that you can play it in 1st person! I've always wanted a 1st person / 3D roguelike and this looks to be it.

As for Demon's Souls, last night I had time to start out my new character on the new servers (all my savegame data from Asian version is inaccessible and this makes sense). Started as a royal obviously, as I wanted to blast through 1-1 ASAP. I did so, and then proceeded to 4-1 to get my favorite starting weapon, the crescent falchion. Those black skeletons that used to intimidate me aren't that tough now that I've figured out their patterns. Managed to get the falchion, the adjudicator's shield, a kilij, utchigatana, long compound bow, and also freed patches from his cell (so I can use him in 4-2 obviously). I think 4-1 is probably the best place to go after 1-1 due to all the goodies that are accessible. You just have to be able to handle the rolling silver skeletons :) I'm happy to report that I haven't died yet, but I've had some close calls!

I'll kill Adjudicator next so I'll most likely die once. I usually end up screwing up once against that boss.

Anyone have any strategy ideals for him?