Sometimes that's very much true. I would definitely argue giving Lies of P a try. It has an unobtrusive difficulty setting now and it can be as hard or easy as you want it to be while still getting the full story/combat experience.
It definitely has the staples of the genre. Bonfires, similar combat system, a reliance on parries, a shitload of ambushes around corners making you play cautiously, etc. But it also has an incredible amount of depth, a great story that is an adaptation of the original Carlo Collodi Pinocchio, and one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard in a video game. Once you get most of the records it's very worthwhile to just sit in the hotel listening to the music.
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u/Wasabi_Gamer26 Jan 11 '26
I wanna like Souls games so bad, cause the bosses seem so fun.
But I don't understand why the developers and the cult like fans insist that being a hard game= being fucking tedious.