What is it about Dark Souls that makes it so hard?

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The Dark Souls series is easy. Since the first game, it's been a marketing trick. Dark Souls is one of the easiest games I have ever seen. You don't get punished for dying in the Dark Souls series.

Hagrid P Hazard · Accepted Answer

The Dark Souls series is easy. Since the first game, it's been a marketing trick. Dark Souls is one of the easiest games I have ever seen. You don't get punished for dying in the Dark Souls series.

What is it about Dark Souls that makes it so hard?

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