Demon's Souls

- Take your time. Its a very methodical game. Its a hard game.

- Don't try to play straight melee.

- For a first time player, ranged attacks are the way to go. Enemies gang up on you and weapons clash off walls so pure melee characters have a rough time starting out. I suggest the mage or royal.

- The answer to "I wonder what happens if I jump down here" is always "you will die".

- Just hold down the shield block button all the time.