It turns out there is a very good reason why the Souls games are as difficult and dark as they are. It's all because Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki is a huge masochist.
This all comes from an interview between the Japanese podcast Game no Shokutaku and Miyazaki that took place a few years ago. The interview is making the rounds again thanks to albi's tweet which cuts out the best part and explains "why the Soulsborne games are the way they are." Which, if you’ve never played a Soulsborne
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