Bloodborne is a lot more forgiving. There's still a decent learning curve, especially for a Souls virgin. But there's almost no "gotcha!" moments like in Souls 1 and 2. Dark Souls 3 is pretty good as well. There are a couple of nonsense areas but they're not nearly as unforgivable as the ones in the first game

Outside of that, they are mostly just memorization and reaction. A lot of "skill" in a Dark Souls game is based on previous knowledge of a situation