died only twice in 2 hours?
You're either lying or you're using a strategy guide.
Or you're using royal.

No one is impressed or convinced by this bullshit.

i'm using a strategy guide. happy?

i'm using a hunter. spending a lot on arrows and bolts. very distant playing. the first time i died was against the red eyed knight. thought i could take him. second time a stupid firebomb from some guy exploded some crates i didn't know would kill me.

i'd appreciate it if you keep profanity out of this. you don't need to insult me just because you love the game. i'm expressing my opinion, and you have no right to tell me i'm full of shit.

after my second death, i ran back to my bloodstain and progressed pretty far into the thing, killed phalanx in one try, went through the long wall thing, and got killed by two blue eyed knights (the fire dragon thing didn't kill me, thanks to a message left on the floor). after that third death, i brought the game back to the shop.

so it's actually three deaths, but i counted only 2 because the third death made me sell the game back. but yeah, please don't act like i'm slapping you in the face.

I beat the game in 34 hours on my first play through.  I died 31 times total.  So a little less than once per hour.  And I didn't use a strategy guide.

after my second death, i ran back to my bloodstain and progressed pretty far into the thing, killed phalanx in one try, went through the long wall thing, and got killed by two blue eyed knights (the fire dragon thing didn't kill me, thanks to a message left on the floor). after that third death, i brought the game back to the shop.

so it's actually three deaths, but i counted only 2 because the third death made me sell the game back. but yeah, please don't act like i'm slapping you in the face.

strategy guide? On the first play? Cowards die in shame!

PS: You should find a better strategy guide. Anyone who has played the game would tell you not to attack the red knight on your first time.

i took up the strategy guide after losing to the red knight. and i realized i need the thing because there are tricks like that which sprout up out of nowhere and kill you. see, after the first time i died, i realized the cost of dying. "I have to repeat that all over again?" and i didn't want that to happen again ever. so i took the guide, but i don't look at it like every second. i only look at it when i'm feeling ominous about something or i don't know where to go next.

i took up the strategy guide after losing to the red knight. and i realized i need the thing because there are tricks like that which sprout up out of nowhere and kill you. see, after the first time i died, i realized the cost of dying. "I have to repeat that all over again?" and i didn't want that to happen again ever. so i took the guide, but i don't look at it like every second. i only look at it when i'm feeling ominous about something or i don't know where to go next.

my only problem with your whole argument is that you're using a strategy guide. By doing that, you have removed every single bit of tension and excitement and fear from the game. You know everything that is going to happen before it happens, and you are most likely reading the guide after every room or two to make sure you're not missing anything. You are injecting a strategy guide into the game. There is something wrong with your playing, man. It's a difficult concept to visualize, but you are taking yourself out of the game instead of experiencing it. At this point though, you've just about ruined the game for yourself. Basically you are reading a screenplay during a movie and pausing to read everyone's lines before they are spoken.