Dark Souls - Demon's Souls Spiritual Successor

I picked this up on the PS4 with the intent of finally finishing it, but I find it soooo intensely frustrating–despite having beaten DS2, DS3, and Bloodborne. This is still leaps and bounds more difficult for me than any of those. I’m really considering putting it down again despite not having even made it back to the Gaping Dragon yet, but I feel like I need to spend a little bit more time with it as I dropped $40 on the remaster.