It's the best Souls game and if you're "bad" at souls you should start here because it's the most forgiving. That being said like all From Soft games the fucking level and dungeon design is so obtuse and artificially hard it makes my head spin. Poorly designed dungeons and a lack of instruction on where to go don't make the game hard, they make it boring. I sure do love wandering around this dungeon in between bonfires begging for anything to show me where to go lol.

The actual thing that should make the game hard is fighting enemies. If you can stay engaged enough traversing the world to get to the boss fights, you'll have fun just don't let people tell you this is the best game ever because it's not.

Takes two steps forward and one step back in a lot of ways. I understand narratively why trainer battles are not a big part of this game but that doesn't mean it's not wanted. This is still a really good and fun open world game and to me, this is as "true" of a pokemon experience there has ever been. Unlike the other games where you have an overarching story with an evil team (Rocket, Magma, etc) your only story and really only stated goal is to complete the Pokedex. Yes, you still have main story quests that lead you towards a "cinematic" ending but if you want to go catch pokemon until the miltanks come home, you can and no one will stop you.

Other pros:
Shiny Hunting is easy
Teams don't matter as much so you can experiment
Genuinely a fun world-space to explore

Cons:
If you aren't motivated to complete the Dex after you "finish" the main story, you have no reason to pick this back up.
The "noble" pokemon encounters are not fun at all. It should just be a battle sequence, not this silly "throw balms" and then battle format.
Graphics are not that great (it personally does not bother me but I totally understand why it irks people)