I haven't played a Dark Souls game so I can't speak on it. I have played and beaten some of the most challenging games from the NES era to the 7th gen, though. I've ever played a few " broken" games. What the developer intended and what we get aren't always one in the same.
I can appreciate a hard game like Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Ori, or Super Meat Boy if the controls are so tight, every death is my fault. I despise games that are just poorly made and death are the result of unfair AI, sloppy design, or broken gameplay. Sometimes, in a game I love, I replay them on harder difficulties. I even bought Dragon's Dogma DA for the harder content. I'm personally not looking for an easy way out. I just want to enjoy my $60 purchase.
Nothing worse than buying a game and only seeing 5% of it.
