yeah man that game took balls of steel to work your way though, it's just like the NES days when games were hard as fuck and unforgiving to the max.
just wait till bomber has to deal with some of the shit ahead. the bosses are mental enough like flamelurker and old hero, but even the levels...like 4-2 with the wights and shades who shoot lazers at at you or those flying things that throw massive spears....i mean fucking hell.
or those skeletons i think in 4-1? where they have the massive swords and just charge/roll at you super fast. fuck the first time I saw that i shit myself and ran outta there.
kinda wish i didn't sell it, i'd play it again, but dark souls will fill that void soon enough.