Dark Souls is amazing - there's some walking around, but it's tempered by never knowing when some ghoul's gonna come charging after you, and you open lots of shortcuts as you progress. One of the most immersive games I've ever played. Reminds me I've got to get the DLC.
cheaper.
I heard that game was immensely difficult and often frustrating. Although, maybe you are just better at video games than the person that told me that.
It is, but that's part of the fun
It might've helped that I was raised on the NES, because Dark Souls is as close to "Nintendo hard" as it gets these days. But it's extremely fair - you're supposed to die, a lot, and learn from your mistakes how to succeed in the very consistent system. It's really satisfying when you start ripping through enemies that used to take you apart, based solely on playing the game more intelligently.