I also didnt enjoyed Dark Souls 2...the only soul game that I've played, although I've been told that its not the best entry out there and that I should try the first one instead since its a better Soul game.
The game itself is not bad, the controls are kinda clunky but easy to get used to, the enemies if you go one at a time are manageable, the problem comes when you are facing 2 or more of these bastards, they will gang up on you, sure you can lure them and kill each one separately but at lower levels the fights are long and they can get boring, as well I was told that this only happens on this entry of the game so I dont know about the rest. But having multiple enemies is not the worst of it , that doesnt bother me the most, my problem comes with the cryptic traps, you never know if something will kill around the corner, there is no way to know if there is a trap unless you activate it, sometimes I could be doing a really good job only to be killed by a weird placed trap. Other than that I dont have a problem with the game, everything else is as well difficult but I could consider them "fair". Still I dont think I'm going to get another Soul games except maybe for Sekiro.