Gave up on Dark Souls after my third attempt

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freebs2 said:

Beforhand I think Demon't Souls and Dark Souls are excellent games, but at the same time I don't like very much From Software later games.

As for first playthrough impressions. My first souls game was Demons Souls, so when I started Dark Souls I already knew the basics...but still I had a lot of difficult times.
Firstly yes, the game can be overwhelming...the thing is DS rewards caution and carefull exploration. Also to be played properly it requires you to understand how the rpg elements in the game work and that can be a challange at fist. I would say DS is one of the few games I recommend playing with a guide for the first time, not much for walkthoughs but to understand how character progression and equipment power ups work.
That said, I would recommend to approach Demon,DS,DS2 not much as action games but more as survival games. The key to beat the game is to utilise your resources at best and to minimize risks. As for boss fights it's very important to understand thier moveset, the environment, their weak points, if it gets to difficult it can be very usefull to experiment with different approaches.
Contrary to what 'purists' say it's not always fair and it has a lot of rough edges, but It's still my favourite single player game of last generation, regardless.

And there is where i question myself just how great its a game if it requires a guide or a walkthrough, so you can truly play it as it is supposed to be played, i don't question the enormous effort and amazing qualities those games have, but having someone told you that you can't initiate or procced in the game in a certain way or another because you will hamper yourself your experience its kinda strange; i mean most of the time i didn't need a guide to 100% a game, most games you just needed to pick them up and play starting since the Atari era you didn't need a special way to play pac-man,space invaders, centipede etc., and the best NES and SNES games certainly didn't need them. The only time i remember i completely needed a guide was for Silent Hill and that damn piano puzzle near the beginning of the game, and another time for knowing how to get the best ending since one or two required items were easily missable, and not a walkthrough but kinda some tips i needed for original Fallout since giving yourself balanced stats at the beginning of the game were just lost of time, and it would become kinda trial and error since you could just roam aimlesly without truly achieving nothing in the game.