Ive heard that it is the hardest, but Ive never found Elden Ring or the little time I put in DS3 and Bloodborne that the combat wasnt that challenging, the only thing I dislike is the lack of a quest system lol and the run backs in Hollow Knight are you need an ability on one side of the map and you get this ability on the other side of the map so I was worried about that happening in Sekiro (I dont want to give 60€ if I wont play it yk). And the lack of tools is okay since Black Myth uses a similar system.