I agree with those knocking the linear aspect. I felt very herded, and gave up after an hour. It actually put me back in the mood to play Diablo II, which I hadn't touched in months. Then I deleted DSII.
You can add me to the list of people who didnt care for it. It is very linear and the graphics haven't seen a significant update from those of DS1, which looked very nice back when it came out. The magic items arent quite as uninspired as DS1, but still not as memorable as the nifty system in Diablo II. I played for a couple of hours before utter boredom set in.