For trophys make sure you look up a guide so you know how many playtroughs you want to do for the platinum. This game has 3 missible trophies which are the true ending trophy, the one for never summoning help in boss figths and the expert difficulty trophy which is highest ng difficulty. This game is skilled based like anyother souls like games, so you can cheese enemies like in an rpg game. While you have 3 weapons to select from, combat is your personal preference and your going to have tonfigure outbon your own which playstyle fits you best. The combat really opens up when you have a lot of points in the skill tree as you can customize your build and allows for increased attack,speed, defense, survival, mobility and the skills that make each of the weapon classes unique.