well, there are people who would tell you the same about dark souls, like me for example. ;)

That's not the point tho. There is no chance whatsoever that you'd be able to beat it in one try, because the game quite simply throws you into unwinnable situation that you can only get trough if you know that they're coming.
When you died in Metro, it was always your own damn fault. If you were careful and observative enough, you could finish the game with only dying a few times. That doesn't apply to Dark Souls - you won't get further if you don't know what's coming. You just won't.

Out of curiosity, SimonG, what parts of combat are sluggish for you? Because if it's with rolling, dodging, and running then it's your equip load. Having a lower equip load will make you move faster and more responsively. It's also partly dependent on what weapon you use. Halberds, for example, are very purposely sluggish compared to, say, a dagger.

That being said, it's definitely not for everyone, so I won't criminalize you for not liking it. ;P

Whats wrong with the concept of learning from your mistakes?

Oh god no, all other issues I have with it aside, it can only work with 3rd person, which is completely immersion shattering for TES games as far as I'm concerned. Let TES just remain with it's rather simplistic combat, after all that's not the focus of those games.

What you just described as your experience with Metro and what "fair hard" means, sounds a LOT like my experience with Demon's/Dark.

That learning from your mistakes should not murder you at every bloody step. I mean, I learned from my mistakes my entire life and yet I'm still quite functional.

Although I do think TES could use better combat, taking inspiration from Dark Souls probably wouldn't work that well, as you said. Better to take inspiration from Dark Messiah or somesuch.

Well it might be because Metro contained that new cool thing called 'difficulty modes' :-P
Oh god yes, Dark Messiah's got the best meele combat system that I've ever seen in a videogame.

There are only a handful of times in the game that you have "no chance" of winning on the first attempt. It's just a game about having to actually play and not just faceroll through just because you are using a +10 sword. Which means you don't just instantly attack everything the instant you come across it but observe, dodge, block, backstab, and parry/riposte.

If you don't learn the basics very early on or don't make an effort to master them you won't get very far in the game.

And what does that have to do with anything?

How about a MMORPG with Dark Souls Melee Combat and Mass Effect, Gears of War, etc third person shooter combat into a game like SWTOR?

There are a few cheap moments in DkS though, especially compared to Demon's (bridge dragon, I imagine, is the source of many rage quits). But yeah, mostly this. That being said, I also like the other kind of RPG where you end up totally kitted out and murdering everything, but only if there's a build-up where you start pathetically weak ala Might & Magic.

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Use block and be obliterated because you didn't know how much damage that attack does. Oh yeah.

Well, if you play Metro on normal, it definitely and totally is fair. You never run into a situation that you couldn't get out of with a bit of effort.