It's a great series. The difficulty is refreshing and you'll feel accomplished when you win a fight. You will also fall the farthest you have in a while when you die before spending your souls to level up. It really shoes what sort of gamer you are when push comes to shove. For instance, do you have to eat the bosses by yourself (no summons), or do you summon all the help you can get (like me)? Do you invade other players because you're a jerk, or do you join to help struggling players? Do you fight in front of the boss and expert roll, hug the back of the boss' leg for dear life, or try to find a safe area to cheese (sound familiar)? DO YOU HAVE TO FIND EVERY WEAPON AND SAVE EVERY NPC?!