@THATGUY
Well, as Crystalchild put it, there's actually no game that can prepare you for the hardships of Demon's Souls, as you can pretty much die from everything, including from other players should you play it online (I got rushed by three subsequent Black Phantom's yesterday, got me so damn frustrated).
The combat is like a slow-paced action game, with the inherent deepness of a RPG system behind the stats, inventory and the such, but if you're trying to find a point of comparison for the difficulty, imagine playing Ninja Gaiden on Master Ninja, that's as hard as it gets in some parts in this game.
Current PC Build
CPU - i7 8700K 3.7 GHz (4.7 GHz turbo) 6 cores OC'd to 5.2 GHz with Watercooling (Hydro Series H110i) | MB - Gigabyte Z370 HD3P ATX | Gigabyte GTX 1080ti Gaming OC BLACK 11G (1657 MHz Boost Core / 11010 MHz Memory) | RAM - Corsair DIMM 32GB DDR4, 2400 MHz | PSU - Corsair CX650M (80+ Bronze) 650W | Audio - Asus Essence STX II 7.1 | Monitor - Samsung U28E590D 4K UHD, Freesync, 1 ms, 60 Hz, 28"
