Is dark souls 3 easy?

[Fit1NYC]

Been playing for a day and I’m already up to the boreal valley city
Game seems easy af
The hollowing not reducing health anymore seems to have ruined the game dynamic and dark souls feel
Increasing health with ember gives way too much health and I barely leveled it up
I’m at level 58 tearing through most stages
Barely leveled up weapons

Is it just me or is this game really easy?

Also the stages seem way too linear compared to dark souls 1
I still enjoy it MUCH more than ds 2 as the unrelated story was stupid. Ds3 feels more like a direct sequel, although I can’t tell if it happens before or after ds1. I feel like it might be right before ds1 and there are characters like Siegward and patches

[wampa]

Are you using a controller or kbm?

[bodybuilder127]

I think so - I didnt finish it yet, but I feel like I flew through most of the game so far. Bloodborne gave me a lot more trouble at some points.

[Clkflynn]

Once you've become experienced with the souls series, any souls game proceeding will be incredibly easy. I played a **** ton of DS3, beating all the bosses at Lvl 1 and can god damn breeze through the game, playing bloodborne was an absolute cakewalk for me because of that. I rarely ever died, if at all to most bosses. Kind of sad really because Souls games are only fun when it's challenging.

Whenever I play Souls games now, I intentionally make the game harder by not levelling vitality and rushing to the bosses so I'm under-levelled. Sure I die a ton on certain bosses but it makes it more fun.

[Fit1NYC]

idk which dark souls it was but I tried to play it once and couldn't get past the first boss even. Gotta go through this waterfall and there's some knight statue that comes to life and he must take over a 100 hits to kill him and he could kill me in just 1 hit..

Reminds me of ds1 with the stray demon in the tutorial stage
I was raging until I watched a video and learned to run past him

I might be getting better
Now Ina new area I’ll drop a summon sign and help other players and that helps me learn an area and avoid traps
I found dark souls 2 and blood born to be challenging

I will say that dark souls 3 is beautiful and I love that there are many more npc characters to add to the story and they made it easier to level up skills instead of having to run around to trainers

Playing as a pyro with around 20 int and 25 faith but tend to use sword shield for the most part
Strength and dex around 17
I probably won’t have to level up to 120 to beat the game

[tk217]

Just depends on the mechanics - not wearing armor is actually beneficial to you. People are so use to the concept of tanking = defense that Dark Souls got a "high challenge" rating.





Then there is this.

[MrBourbon]

Once you've become experienced with the souls series, any souls game proceeding will be incredibly easy. I played a **** ton of DS3, beating all the bosses at Lvl 1 and can god damn breeze through the game, playing bloodborne was an absolute cakewalk for me because of that. I rarely ever died, if at all to most bosses. Kind of sad really because Souls games are only fun when it's challenging.

Whenever I play Souls games now, I intentionally make the game harder by not levelling vitality and rushing to the bosses so I'm under-levelled. Sure I die a ton on certain bosses but it makes it more fun.

Seems accurate. BB was my first souls game and I platted that. Been playing ds remastered for the first time and killed Gwyn this morning. A few rough patches but overall nowhere near as challenging as BB was. I don't think BB is necessarily harder, I just know how to play souls games now.

[Fit1NYC]

I still can’t beat blood born

[bodybuilder127]

I still can’t beat blood born

Same - got stuck at the last boss and decided to take a break lol

[Fit1NYC]

Same - got stuck at the last boss and decided to take a break lol

I want to platinum but the chalice are such a hassle
Farming gems is so complicated

[Clkflynn]

I want to platinum but the chalice are such a hassle
Farming gems is so complicated

God chalice dungeons are so time-consuming and the bosses are complete aids aswell since most of them can one-shot you. I tried farming arcane gems and got burnt out because it took so god damn long lol.

It annoys me though since all the good gems are in dungeons, yet it's probably the worst part of the game. What weapon do you use? The kirkhammer is god-tier, I wrecked everyone on my first playthough using it. I don't even use it now since it's so OP lol.

[Lord_Lemon]

Only part I really had trouble was the Nameless King. People say the Soul's games are so hard, but I disagree. It's just about learning the mechanics. I haven't played BB, but I know two people who stopped playing because they couldn't get past Gascoigne.

[Rows4lyfe]

I found it pretty hard till i started fighting bosses naked. The maneuverability made it so much easier, no amount of armor could make up for how slow it makes you.

[MrBourbon]

I found it pretty hard till i started fighting bosses naked. The maneuverability made it so much easier, no amount of armor could make up for how slow it makes you.

I just started yesterday. Chose the weak level one class (Deprived) for the hardest start. Had a hard time with the first boss with 3 estus, naked with a club. Now that I have a few pieces of armor and a better weapon it's getting easier already.

[Deathstroke]

When I am naked I sport a club too. If you know what I mean.

If I have yet to play a DS game would part 1 remastered be a good start? No good at RPG's unless you count Kingdom Hearts, tho Dragon Age was good. Inquisition.

[InstantLoser]

I finally beat the 1st boss in DS3 on Saturday. I had previously tried the game on 2-3 separate occasions and lost to him countless times. Not sure why I won so easily this weekend.. I played it roughly the same way I usually do. The furthest I've gotten into any DS game is in DS2: SOTFS.. got about 3/4 through that, but some was with help.

[Fit1NYC]

First boss was hard af for me what a pain
Anyway anyone want to play together? I can help and also need help

[TitusVI]

Hm dark souls 3 was or is my first dark souls game. Played it few weeks ago and I did not find it that hard either. I mean sure I did a lot but I always kept leveling so I was able to beat the bosses. But it still was a good game.

Also the game gets far too easy with the help of others. I made all bosses solo.

[LugosiNineOne]

I found bloodborne easy but dark souls 3 kicked my ass. Maybe my strategy was wrong or I'm a filthy casual. Too bad because I generally love the art design of the Souls games.

[MrBourbon]

First boss was hard af for me what a pain
Anyway anyone want to play together? I can help and also need help

Add me brah I just downed the first boss MrWhiskey247

[Criollo]

Add me brah I just downed the first boss MrWhiskey247

I asked u to play and you said no but you will play with him? whatever dude

[GM54]

I found bloodborne easy but dark souls 3 kicked my ass. Maybe my strategy was wrong or I'm a filthy casual. Too bad because I generally love the art design of the Souls games.

wat... NG+4 i think and Orphan of Kos is near unbeatable...I'm blood level like 250 as well. All stats are maxxed to the point anymore are worthless. (Health, strength, 50 etc)

[MrBourbon]

I asked u to play and you said no but you will play with him? whatever dude

That's right m8 get fukked.

Not srs. Did you send an invite? I must not have seen it. Hit me up man

[Tunabolt]

I just started yesterday. Chose the weak level one class (Deprived) for the hardest start. Had a hard time with the first boss with 3 estus, naked with a club. Now that I have a few pieces of armor and a better weapon it's getting easier already.

Deprived actually starts at level 6, the highest of all the classes. You need to pick the pyromancer class, the only class that starts at level one.

I had made a pyro long ago and stripped it naked. Just rolled with a reinforced club I bought from the undead merchant guy. I think doing this is called the "caveman" run. Managed to beat a bunch of bosses, but I eventually got stuck at Ornstein and Smough. Would like to overcome that fight someday, but haven't had the itch to play the game yet.

Here's me doing Gaping Dragon (with Channeler), no heals. Butthole was clenched near the end.

[AndyKerrison]

Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne are by far the hardest in the series. Dark Souls 3 is a cakewalk in comparison. I beat it doing a SL1 run, there's no chance I'd put myself through that on DS1 or BB.

You are also correct in your assessment about the linearity. DS3 may be mechanically excellent, but the level design and difficulty are lacking.

[Lord_Lemon]

When I am naked I sport a club too. If you know what I mean.

If I have yet to play a DS game would part 1 remastered be a good start? No good at RPG's unless you count Kingdom Hearts, tho Dragon Age was good. Inquisition.

DS1 is still the best in the series and has the most heart. I played it for the first time a few years ago after not understanding all the hype, and it's definitely in my top 10 games of all time. There's an optional dragon boss called Kalameet. Probably the hardest boss in any game I've ever played but so rewarding when he's defeated.

Spoiler!

[Fit1NYC]

Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne are by far the hardest in the series. Dark Souls 3 is a cakewalk in comparison. I beat it doing a SL1 run, there's no chance I'd put myself through that on DS1 or BB.

You are also correct in your assessment about the linearity. DS3 may be mechanically excellent, but the level design and difficulty are lacking.

They tried to add half ass short cuts after the fact in ds3 but it’s nothing like the design of dark souls 1
Dark souls 2 was just trash and lol at that part where you need 100k souls to pass but really there’s just some rocks that you could climb over in real life

Ds1 was a master piece
Still I’m enjohinf ds3 a lot bette than 2 as it feels directly related to ds1 which I loved
Just finished pontiff soulvein

[MrBourbon]

Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne are by far the hardest in the series. Dark Souls 3 is a cakewalk in comparison. I beat it doing a SL1 run, there's no chance I'd put myself through that on DS1 or BB.

You are also correct in your assessment about the linearity. DS3 may be mechanically excellent, but the level design and difficulty are lacking.

Bloodborne definitely felt harder since blocking was not an option, my build in DS1 was pretty straightforward Strength/End so I imagine if a did a Dex type build I'd feel differently.



Got my Vordt kill last night, finally feel like I'm starting to get traction vs the game. I've got a few levels into my useful stats and decent gear in all my slots (except rings). Starting from the weakest origin story is my favorite part about Souls games - you fight for every inch at the beginning but once you finally turn that corner it feels amazing.

[cncman]

Dragon rider is really bad your first time or two. One of the absolute worst bosses in souls to get used to. It rivals the first time you see ornstein and smough or capra demon.

[MrBourbon]

This game is EXTREMELY linear compared to 1, eh? I have never once had the slightest doubt where I was supposed to be going and what I was supposed to be doing.