[General Discussion] Modern classics?

I just thought of the Demon's Souls/Dark Souls series of games, and I feel it could very well be cited as an example of a gamer's game years after Nintendo Hard was out of style. I've only played the second one and it was a pretty big test of patience at times, accompanied by a sense of accomplishment that I haven't felt too much with gaming in the last few years. It wasn't just hard though, I felt it was well made and especially fun as well.

Just like Face though I don't play nearly as many of the newer games as most people here, so maybe it wasn't all that innovative and I just happened to not play other games of its ilk that were made around the same time or before it.

Edit: I think I love this game so much because when I played it I felt like Castlevania was finally relevant again, if only in the game's spirit. Sure, it isn't the same game by any stretch of the imagination. But it did make me relive my childhood fascination with that series and its ambiance. It gave me a glimpse of how awesome the games could be now, instead of a bunch of rehashes of SOTN and bad knockoffs of Legacy of Kain/Prince of Persia/God of War/what have you.

Jam it back in, in the dark.