>>715447118
As a Souls veteran who never played Demon's Souls before I was surprised by the challenging areas. Lots of traps, lots of ambushes, very few bonfires. A lot of the bosses I was able to kill on my first or second attempt but the areas were quite a bit more challenging than the usual Dark Souls experience. Mostly because of a lack of checkpoints. You could die by some ambush you failed to see coming or fall off a ledge somewhere and realize you've been chucked back quite a ways.