I love souls games but deep is giving it too much credit. You can beat most enemies by putting up your shield and walking around them.
Most bosses are cheeseable and the game has more than a few NPCs that can straight-up kill bosses for you. Even the "hard" bosses can be locked into parry traps. There's like a handful of souls bosses that you have to play straight up.
Most games are cheeseable, though, even the deep ones.