Elden Ring "Souls" Balance Feels Off

Hey gang! Just started ER for the first time. I've played a ton of DS 1 2 3 and one run of sekiro. Is it just me, or is the reward system for this game just a bit off? Like ill kill some random "hollows" that take 2 hits and get 150 runes, then fight a giant freaking aggressive bear that can 2 shot me and run me to the edge of the earth and its 750. That seems... odd.

Im in linuria lakes rn so this post is about

Those poison cuttlfish

Giant lobsters

Giant flowers

Giant bears.

All of them are either insanely tanky or (bear) a mini boss but none of them are worth the souls. I dont remember feeling this way in the other souls games so curious if its just me?

Not saying ER is bad, just saying this is odd.