Games like this imo. My fondest memories of Dark Souls 3 were playing together with friends ploughing through bosses and banishing invaders together. I get that this game isn't Dark Souls, but I find games like them to be too frustrating without friends by your side.
I don't necessarily have a problem either with the game's difficulty. I actually beat nameless king in dark souls 3 on my first try without any sort of summon. Just for replay value purposes and getting a break of the game to chat and play with some friends was a huge aspect of the dark souls games for me.