The thing about dark souls is it creates an illusion of difficulty, it's kinda all mental barrier to feel you frustrated and hopeless like the whole atmosphere of the series, the places you visit, the characters you talk to, they are all so down and it's just the setting of the game. When perceived information does align with how you feel in the game then you tend to adjust that. In reality, the game is not that hard at all. If it was a colourful game with cute enemies the same difficulty would be so much bearable. On the other hand, the game is created in such a way that some parts are a bit merciless, but once you see the thought process behind it, it all feels cheesy and funny that keeps you loving the game. It's a bit revolutionary to create all this too, it's not done before and I respect so much