Originally played this with my brother. Loved it. Still love it. Yes it's hard. Yes you will get better at it until it's easy.
I don't know why this is being compared to Dark Souls so much. There are not many similarities between the games. This is a hack n slay game with rather linear level structure like others of it's time (like Knights of the Temple, Rune, Die by the Sword, Enclave). The combat has the same formula: different attacks, blocking, evading. Compared to the others your movement in this game is a bit more restricted in combat and thus it feels a bit slower and i guess others would say more tactical. And yes, also compared to Dark Souls. Honestly i would compare the combat more to Gothic than anything else (i'm talking about the first Gothic when you had to ready your sword with Ctrl and then use the arrow key to swing it). Anyway, if you like any of those games i mentioned you will likely like this one as well. It's a good game.
