I dont remembner exactly, as Im just coming back after a long time away from the game.
But, I dont remember the maps being overly large, and the game has a "save anywhere" feature. So either way, you'll be safe in that you wont lose a lot (if any) progress when you cant complete a map in one sitting

Be sure to get STR to 12 and DEX to 16 so you can use some of the better weapons later in the game. Everyone needs to melee sometimes, and a pure caster build will be difficult

**** SPOILERS BELOW ****

Run straight at it, into the water, but be careful not to fall off the underwater cliff.
If youre in the right spot, youll rarely get hit and can take the heads off one at a time. Aiming at the body is useless.

They arent identical, theres ALOT of differences between the two games. Demons is deeper, better story, better online, better NPC characters better ... everything.

World tendency is a huge difference (Demons has it, Dark doesnt) same as the Nexus ... Dark is a fun game, but in no way is it as good as Demons

ill give the beta a whirl whenever it comes to ps3.

finalfantasy94

Same here. Cant wait to try this out on the console