>Dark Souls is just plain better. Nope. It has a worse frame rate, just for a start. All the qualities you list are laudable, but they don't even come close to

>Dark Souls is just plain better. Nope. It has a worse frame rate, just for a start. All the qualities you list are laudable, but they don't even come close to addressing "every other respect". For example, Dark Souls requires you to pick up way more items than Demon's Souls. More items is good - but not if it turns into a tiresome exercise in collection.