Yeah you're right, Xan is also always talking about how great that game is. Plus I couldn't sleep just now so I decided to play some me3 mp and found Kobo switching to DS again. It must be some hell of a game if everyone is playing it. I know my sister loves it too but I've also heard that it's a bit difficult and I don't like when a game is too difficult, I like to enjoy it without too many do overs.
Speaking as the resident dark souls fangirl, yes you should try it out. It's not that hard really, in fact very rarely will you die because of a fault other than your own i.e no banshee magnetic hands or crab butt lazers or so. It's actually got a huge load of depth to its combat and yet is very precise. Just look at that hit box!
The levels are also very well designed, in fact devilishly so, the bosses are amazing in design and back lore, the story is great but told in a rather subtle way, you have options for some truly great co-op with even better pvp and the art design is just mindblowing. Oh and soundtrack is very moving as well!
The community, for all the pvp madness is pretty great as well and I've met a lot of pretty awesome players there. There's also tons of salty sailors but that's kind of the package and it can be funny sometimes. But despite all this praise, there's no guarantee that you'll like it of course, but it's worth a try at least Imho.
I'll stop fangirling and show myself out..