I agree, it's refreshing to have a game that's actually challenging - and that encourages you to go back and be better / try harder, rather than drop the difficulty and coast through.

"Dark Souls is awesome because it allows a person to learn from his/her mistakes."

One thing I've always found amusing about the Souls series is how often people say it does this and that, when it really does something else. Like its never been a hard series, just a very specific series built around trial and error. You don't need an absurd amount of skill, mastery of all the mechanics or even a deep understanding of the game to beat it, you just need to constantly fix your problems.

Find a chest, open it, learn its a mimic, die. Find the chest again, attack it because you know its a mimic, move into the swap, die because its poison. Find the chest again, attack it because you know its a mimic, move into the swap, equip poison gear/stay on land, make it to the next section, repeat.

The reason I bring this up is because a lot of games let you learn from your mistakes. You learn when to dodge or what to use in Enter the Gungeon, figure out when to parry enemies in Rising, how to go about a fight in Destiny (namely the raids), where to stand or skills to use in The Division and so forth.

All the Souls series does is force you to learn from your mistakes and they make your blunders pretty obvious. In so many ways Souls is the epitome of overrated difficulty, because it's set up to be, shockingly, easy if you play by its rules. Move forward, die, know what to expect, beat it the second time.

This is why I don't understand why people want an easy mode. The game itself is quite doable, it's just hidden under layers of puzzles designed around tripping you up. This is also why the series is so beloved, because, at its core, it's a very doable game that makes you work towards very obtainable goals.

Shame many people don't seem to grasp this and instead put on their "git good" beanie, shirt and sweats as they think they're the greatest thing since sliced bread because they're good at this game.

I guess that depends on who you summon. I've summoned people who are total idiots or weren't up to par for the area we were in so they were killed really quick or would for some reason just stop fighting when an NPC invader came in and would watch me fight. Then I've also had the clearly veterans of the series who would do awesome damage and know where they were doing. One of those times it was me and my summoner and we got invaded by two trolls plus an NPC invader and we wrecked them both....I typically hate people who invade but that was one of the best battles I've had since Demon's Souls.

Also this game is on par with Demon's Souls being a very close battle for #1. All they clear calls and takes from Demon's did wonders for this title.

or if you have it on pc download a trainer and cheat(game enhance) or make cheats (game enhancing) yourself using cheat engine or art money lol. action replay used to say it was a game enhancer back in the day (action replay was like game genie and game shark)

It does have a story with very unique characters. You have to do exploring to figure things out.

You would need strength scaling weapons in order to take full advantage of that. Even then, dodging is way more effective than armor. You forgot mentioning endurance to actually attack and block.

Those builds tend to fail because of a straight limited scope. Many enemies go down faster from other weapon builds.

Timing is key.

Souls I didn’t thankfully but Sekiro I did.

I beat them all with my fists and no hits were taken. What do you mean you don't believe me? I used a guitar hero controller!!!

All the bosses are only from Dark Souls. No Bloodborne, Sekiro, Elden Ring, or Demon Souls