The reason that the Dark Souls series works so well is because it's elements are refined. Combat is responsive and weighty. When you mess up it's because you misstimed a block or parry or overextended yourself and ran out of stamina. Hellpoints combat is, right now, way too clunky (IMO) to justify the difficulty level it has. It's not fun to die and feel like I have no control over it b/c my swing just passed through the enemies hit box, did not damage, didn't stagger and now I'm dead over something I can't control. I'm going to wait for some updates and try this again later.
