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That's more or less the point.
Except for Demons Souls, your character in these games is NOT a professional soldier, they're some random shmuck.
Also, if you like faster weapons, try daggers and small parrying shields/daggers or twinblades in Dark Souls 2.
They're significantly faster than other weapons.
You can also go for fist type weapons or claws, and in Dark Souls 1 and 2 it's 100% possible to play the entire game barehanded and do flurries of hits.
Also I think it's worth mentioning that they were not going for fluid ninja gaiden combat. I like ninja gaiden, a lot, but I really think they wanted a more realistic approach to using weapons. I think they did well. There is no need to do some ninja backspin slash in a fight. They keep it simple. Slash multiple times while managing stamina, or light light strong and exhaust your stamina. The simplicity is what makes it great.
I for one think the controls are tight.
If you're on 360 I have a level one character at end game I could play with you. And my little brother is on every single day. I also have dark souls on steam and ps3. PC and xbox are the best versions.
I also have demon's souls and plan on beating it again after bloodborne if you want to meet up.