After playing through a good bit of Elden Ring as my first Souls game and finding it a lot easier than a lot of people make it out to be, I've come to a realization.
Souls games are only hard if you're a turbo brainlet who can't into rpgs or rhythm games.
You don't even have to get that good because at the end of the day the numbers are doing most of the heavy lifting.

tldr, Dark Souls isn't hard you just have a smooth game.

>>713299419 (OP)

>>713299419 (OP)
Elden Ring is the hardest souls game. I came to Souls for slow methodical gameplay, wher your shield and armor actually matter, not to roll every other second like some schizophrenic ninja.

>>713300886
I wouldn't know, the only other Souls game I've put time into is 3 and the farthest I've gotten is the Dragon in the area after Gundyr

just beating elden ring isnt bad but some of the optional bosses are insane (malenia, radahn if you count DLC as optional)
demons souls (hardest levels) and sekiro (hardest bosses) are probably the hardest ones

>>713301159
I'd rather have actual level design over 20 different flavors of Artorias.

>>713299419 (OP)
I feel like everyone misses why it was considered hard in the first place, in dark souls 1 (the pre patch version I played) you could very easily fuck yourself over so hard that you would have to restart the whole game, I remember getting to ash lake without the lord vessel and couldn't escape due to curse stacking at the time, the patches and the future games basically made it a lot more easier

>>713299419 (OP)
Kill yourself.

>>713301000
>dragon
???
its a large wyvern not a dragon. only one dragon exists in ds3 and its in the 2nd DLC

>>713301341
I'm gonna poop in your mouth.

>>713300580
too far

>>713301159
DS2's levels are way harder than Demon's Souls. Especially Scholar's version of the levels.

>>713301496
5-2 is fucking CBT
Scholar Iron Keep is better than that shit

>>713301579
The Valley of Defilement actually meant something. Unlike Radahn and his DLC buddies.

>>713299419 (OP)
>After playing through a good bit of Elden Ring
Define "good bit"

>>713301767
59 hours

>>713300580
say that to my face fucker not online and see what happens

>>713299419 (OP)
elden ring is a much more accessible game than the previous souls games. in DaS 1 in particular there were many things you could unintentionally do that would make your life very difficult. elden ring trivialized exploration and the 'adventure' aspect of the game while making bosses more action-heavy

>>713300886
They literally give you lance, brass shield and a parry ash in the first area.

>>713301862
Which is up to where?

>>713302237
and that makes it harder. i didn't come to Dark Souls for bosses that make you roll every other second. That's not how Demon's Souls did it, and it's not how Dark Souls did it.

>>713299419 (OP)
Yeah pretty much, why do you think "git gud" was the standard advice? You just need to not be retarded and get some experience.
Older games are so easy compared to ER, going back feels like playing on game journalist mode.

>>713304379
I've killed Godrick, Rennala, Radahn, a ton of other bosses, and I just beat the twin Tree Sentinels in Leyendell.

>>713299419 (OP)
number barely even matter, but at the same time numbers make everything a joke

>>713308358

>>713308358
You're smacking bosses in the face with math, you just gotta know how to swing it.

feet

>>713308358
buff stacking is dumb

>>713299419 (OP)
feet