So this is the FREEBIE for Xbox live this month. I started playing it, and starting to hate it badly! I 'want' to like a challenge, but the Sword/Board starting cycle is just destroying me. I've moved past the first intro boss, and about 2 campfires past the start. But I find myself just wanting to kill lots of guys close by, go back get more souls, level up, repeat. Is farming souls part of the mechanic? I'm finding melee to be destroying and such. I think I'm getting 1/2 of it, but something is eluding me.
Is there a good build I should be going for, anything that seems a little overpowered (I heard ranged was almost exploitable), etc.