I didn't find that aspect of Dark Souls too tense or stressful, maybe because I'd played salt and sanctuary and Hollow Knight first and was used to it. Dark So

I didn't find that aspect of Dark Souls too tense or stressful, maybe because I'd played salt and sanctuary and Hollow Knight first and was used to it. Dark Souls did have some good creepy moments though. The first time entering the catacombs with the giant skeletons, the first time you face the ghosts of anor londo especially if you stumble in there early, seeing the guardian at the top of sen's fortress and knowing you're going to have to face him after you get by the archers and giants after getting through that hellish trap filled nightmare. Going back to the undead asylum and falling through the floor to face that demon. The giant rat before blight town. There's more, Dark Souls had a lot of those that worked well on the first playthrough. The did lose some of their impact on subsequent ones though.