Its a GREAT game, sadly some people just dont know how to play it and assume its a terribly flawed game cause they died one too many times, or they dont like rpgs in general. Dark Souls is indeed a hard game, but it mostly because you have to know stuff before diving in face first into hell, you have to do research, upgrade armor/weapons, and find weapons as well. the gameplay is good, story is there you just have to search a bit for it, boss fights are intense, and there are some pretty sad and heartwrenching aspects to the game, all in all i love it.