User blog comment:Hereticalthoughts/Elitism Within the Souls Community/@comment-16047389-20140820173000/@comment-16047389-20140825192038

It's "casual" in the sense that the game is generally more forgiving for new players. The Souls series has based most of its reputation on the fact that it usually overwhelmingly brutal toward new players. This can be somewhat overlooked though, as there isn't an actual Game Over for any of the Souls games. You just die and die and die until you finally overcome the challenges.