Is Dark Souls hard to finish?

Dark Souls is extremely difficult, but in the best possible way. The short answer is unfamiliarity. It's hard until you get used to it. As a couple of answers have said already, the Souls series isn't hard.
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How long does it take to finish Dark Souls 1?

The first Dark Souls largely established the foundation that the following two games would go on to build from with an interlinked world, PvP invasions, and a world that managed to find beauty in desolation and despair. The game's 42 hours sees players exploring the map and defeating the required bosses.
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Is Dark Souls harder than Elden Ring?

Elden Ring bosses are typically harder than most of the offerings in Souls for a variety of reasons. Particularly in the late game they do a lot more damage than their Souls counterparts and have way more HP.
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Is Dark Souls the hardest game series?

For that matter, the entire Dark Souls series is bandied as some of the hardest games ever, but Bloodborne is often seen as particularly challenging thanks to its fast-paced combat. That said, it's not as if Bloodborne is the be-all and end-all of difficult video games.
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How long does it take to 100% Dark Souls?

When focusing on the main objectives, Dark Souls is about 41½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 105 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
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How Dark Souls Perfected Difficulty in Video Games

Which Dark Souls game is the longest?

All data on game runtime comes from HowLongToBeat's Main Story metric.
  • 8 King's Field: The Ancient City (23 Hours) ...
  • 7 Demon's Souls (28.5 Hours) ...
  • 6 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (29.5 Hours) ...
  • 5 Dark Souls 3 (32 Hours) ...
  • 4 Bloodborne (33.5 Hours) ...
  • 3 Dark Souls (42 Hours) ...
  • 2 Dark Souls 2 (44 Hours) ...
  • 1 Elden Ring (56 Hours)
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Is Elden Ring connected to Dark Souls?

There is no official connection between Dark Souls and Elden Ring. Dark Souls I – III occupy their own universe, and so do Elden Ring, Bloodborne, and Demon's Souls. That hasn't stopped fans from formulating their own theories, and if it's your headcanon that the two are connected, that's fine.
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Why is Dark Souls so hard?

The games can be hard if you are impatient. You need to accept that you will die while you're working out enemies move sets and weaknesses, especially bosses. Souls games also call for good decisions on builds and weapons early on.
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Is Dark Souls 1 or 3 harder?

If anything, DSIII is much harder, at least in the back half. The first game front-loads its difficulty, peaking with Ornstein & Smough at approximately the halfway point, and from there it's all downhill- none of the bosses in its latter half are anywhere near as challenging, at least once you figure out their tricks.
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What is the hardest video game of all time?

From a particularly infuriating tutorial level to the Souls games, these are our picks for 25 of the most challenging video games of all time.
  • 1 of 25. 'Bloodborne' ...
  • 2 of 25. 'Contra' ...
  • 3 of 25. 'Cuphead' ...
  • 4 of 25. 'Dark Souls' ...
  • 5 of 25. 'Demon's Souls' ...
  • 6 of 25. 'Dragon's Lair' ...
  • 7 of 25. 'Driver' tutorial. ...
  • 8 of 25. 'Dwarf Fortress'
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Which is harder Dark Souls or Bloodborne?

Id say Bloodborne is harder. But nevertheless they are pretty close. I've not played Bloodborne, but I found DS1-3 a lot easier. Often you could cheese bosses with unique builds, and you could spam roll to avoid attacks until you found an attack pattern.
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Is Sekiro easier than Souls?

Sekiro is harder than all Dark Souls games. Bloodborne is just different. There are a higher number of enemies, and they do hit harder, but the rally mechanic mitigates this difficulty.
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Is Demon Souls connected to Dark Souls?

Lore wise, no. Although many of the characters in Demon's Souls carried over to dark souls, it's a different world. No all the Souls games are in their own separate universes.
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What is the shortest Dark Souls game?

  • Dark Souls Prepared to Die Edition: 47–105 hours.
  • Dark Souls remastered: 26–63 hours.
  • Dark Souls II: 46–119 hours.
  • Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin: 36–105 hours.
  • Dark Souls III: 32–93 hours.
  • Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition: 35–93 hours.
  • Bloodborne: 34–76 hours.
  • Bloodborne: Game of the Year Edition: 28–77 hours.
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Can you still play Dark Souls 1 after you beat it?

After "beating" Dark Souls, more specifically the final boss Gwyn, the credits will roll and you will be brought back to the beginning of a new game. This is known as NG+ (or New Game Plus), with the + at the end increasing with each playthrough.
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How many endings are there in Dark Souls 1?

There are two; the normal ending and the “bad” ending. Link The Fire and Age Of Dark, respectively. The first one is just you playing the game normally; ring the bells,summon Frampt, get the Lordvessel and place it, collect the Lord Souls, put em in the Lordvessel, get to Gwyn, kill him, link the Fire.
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Which souls game is hardest?

  • 7 Dark Souls 2.
  • 6 Dark Souls 3.
  • 5 Elden Ring.
  • 4 Bloodborne.
  • 3 Dark Souls.
  • 2 Demon's Souls.
  • 1 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
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Is DS1 harder than demon souls?

Dark Souls keeps a bit of its challenge even for consecutive playthroughs, even if the game gets easier, it does not get trivial. In DeS, you could potentially get 99 of every healing and mana regaining item, unlike the Estus/Spell uses system of DS1, making the game easier.
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What is the hardest part of Dark Souls 1?

10 Hardest Dark Souls Areas, Ranked
  • 6 Irrithyl Dungeon Is Full Of Nightmarish Foes. ...
  • 5 Sen's Fortress Is A Deliberately Grueling Test. ...
  • 4 Iron Keep Has Hard Enemies And A Challenging Boss. ...
  • 3 Blighttown Has Everything Players Hate. ...
  • 2 Anor Londo Has Its Infamous Archers. ...
  • 1 The Ringed City Is One Final Challenge.
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Is Dark Souls really that easy?

Dark Souls is a classic, but notoriously difficult game. For gamers who want something more forgiving, these similar titles are great choices.
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What is the best class for Dark Souls?

There shouldn't be any doubt that Pyromancer is the best class to start with. It comes with a hand axe, round shield, and pyromancy flame that is very helpful. This is the class for people who want to play Dark Souls for the first time or want to experience a hybrid of strength and deadly pyromancy.
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Is Dark Souls doable?

It's definitely a hard series, but it's not impossible. Like others have said you learn how to take certain areas and beat certain bosses after dying a handful of times. Some bosses are jokes and you won't die to, and others will make you question if you'll ever kill them.
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Is Dark Souls better than Skyrim?

As someone that has played both (Skyrim first, Dark Souls last) I'd say that many people don't appreciate the mechanical excellence of Dark Souls w.r.t Skyrim haphazard combat system, and, most importantly, probably the lack of direction/obscurity in game mechanics and paths to progress in Dark Souls.
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Is Bloodborne Dark Souls?

But Bloodborne is a bit better. In its case, the studio took the best Dark Souls mechanics and improved them even further, creating something truly epic. The combat is faster, the world is darker, the bosses' graphics are better, and the multiplayer mechanics allow even more fun.
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Is Bloodborne linked to Dark Souls?

The games in the Dark Souls trilogy follow a definite timeline—convoluted though it may be—Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice seem to occupy entirely separate universes.
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