Gave up on Dark Souls after my third attempt

[EnricoPallazzo]

It is ok if you dont like it, especially playing it today so many years after it was released. It is a game that needs to be understood under the scenario of how games were 10 years ago. It was a revolutionary game at that time, it did a lot of things right and influenced a lot of games that came later. It even created it's own genre. A lot of things people complain about the game some other people considers its actually some of it's strengths.
It's alright to not like some games/genres that other people consider amazing. Personally I dont like Zelda games. My first one was a link to the past back in the early 90's and after that I tried a lot of different Zelda games but could never enjoy it.

Personally my take would be:
- Amazing combat at that time, nobody was doing that. So many different builds, all weapons had totally different move sets and different ways of playing it. It is a slow and tactical combat. Your character is slow, you feel the weight of the armor and the use of the shield is really great. On top of that the stamina bar makes everything more tactical, way different that a god of war hack and slash
- The story is great and very deep but in a very different way, it is not given away for free to you. You need effort to understand it if you want, mostly through the scenarios, paying attention to what is around you and reading the pieces of lore you capture through the item descriptions. If you dont like about the story then it is just like a zelda game, you need to beat the bad guy and save the princess (link the flame so humanity persists existing)
- Level design. Well what can be said about that? Nothing compares to it. It needs to be experienced to be understood. Except for the crystal cave and the lava levels at the end, that was pretty cheap and poor.
- Secrets, so many secrets and nothing was explained to you. In a very old fashioned way you could play the game and not discover any secret. You would know about them on the internet creating a great sense of community with everybody trying to uncover all the links between scenario, characters, story and items. Just like we would do in the old days talking about it with our friends.
- The online portion of the game was revolutionary, the option to summon people to help you, being invaded, the messages. Its a pretty amazing system. And you could turn it off if you wanted.
- And last but not least, the difficulty which is only ONE of the main aspects of the game that people like. The game is not even that difficult after you learn how to play it and it creates a sense of accomplishment. You think you never will be able to beat that enemy, that boss, that level, but it is just a matter of learning how your enemies behave.

Its a masterpiece. But again, it is not for everyone and that is ok.