The first time I played Dark Souls I played all the way to Undead Burg not realizing that I had picked up a better weapon than the one you start with. The whole time I thought to myself that people were right, this is the hardest game of all time. I had to very carefully lure enemies away from groups to take them out one on one and I made made trips to the bonfire to build up my strength and other attributes.
Without knowing it I had a better weapon right there and I didn't notice. The level boss took me forever to beat and I felt like I had just done the impossible and wasn't sure if I really wanted to keep playing if the game was just going to get harder.
After the bird dropped me off and I made my way to Undead Burg I died on the bridge and was so frustrated I started looking at the menu to see if I could make my character stronger and that's when I noticed the sword. I equipped it and suddenly the game was easy and I felt like an idiot.
I must have died hundreds of times with that damn sword in my pocket.
