Seen everyone of them and they are great also check out EpicNameBro's playthroughs and lore vids he goes into an extreme amount of detail on the lore...
That's the greatest part of the game IMO it really keeps you playing and makes be a completionist in it, I do however hope that they are still quite secretive in the sequel but help to clear much of the speculation, because there is still so much that is unclear from the lore of the game.
I think its gonna be like in DS. Should definitely pick up Demon SOuls, its much harder and just like DS will keep playing for like ever.
It might be I never really got the chance to delve too deep into it, I know I always have issues getting through that game.
Also magic is really strong in that game.
That explains things I never use magic in Demon Souls, but my first NG++ Character in DS was an odd crossbreed of melee and Magic, I damn sorceress that wielded a freaking claymore, miss that character, now I just started a deprived and trying to do the game without starting with the master key,
Well a build that properly utilized Power Within and the Magic Weapon could make a absolute badass, but in DS I'de say the best way to go is upgrading your weapon to where it builds of of your magic or faith stat, so you can better utilize multiple magic, faith. or pyro spells.
we kind of already have a thread for the souls games but i guess one of us could make another one just for builds
Only time I ever used thief's ring was against the storm beasts, that ring is definitely easy mode. PVP is a 100 times better on Demon's, it's far more balanced than Dark, and the dedicated servers make invading a cinch. Also, DeS has tighter backstabs, you have to be directly behind your foe for a fair amount of frames before you can backstab them. None of that Raiden teleport into lagstab crap that was notorious in dark.
Regardless ive seen all of these and theyre awesome