It's darker (thematically and literally) than games I typically play. It reminds me a ton of Avowed but with a clearly smaller budget and better writing. I went full mage build and am level 37 playing on hard. The difficulty curve from zone one to zone two was shocking. I went from one shoting nearly everything to really struggling to stay alive. Its getting more manageable now though after I started specing into summoning on top of combat magic. I've never been a Fromsoft games guy partially because I dont like the idea of it being so hard but also because the world's are all so dreary looking. I've been surprised by how much I enjoy these dreary zones. I know there is a third zone at least and I'm hoping its a bit different.