Anyone following the news about Dark Souls?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsB-8IKjVgk
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/02/01/dark_souls/

Knowing that Bandai is involved already makes me fear the worst for multiplayer (Scraping soul sucking baby's nail only $4.99 BUY NOW)