TL;DR: This is an absolutely fantastic game. Please try it.

I don't play Souls games, and I usually play spell caster or ranged in every game that applies to. This game changed me completely, and I feel all the better for it, now wanting to go back and play what inspired it.

This game can be challenging, but it gives the player plenty of tools to customize the structure of the combat itself. For anyone who has wanted to pick up the Souls series, but more so those who avoid them like the plague, give this game a try.

Don't go in with the mindset of a prior Souls game as reference; the similarities and differences both reused and remixed don't fit into a yesteryear-Fromsoft-title's mold. "Oh this is just ____", "____ is different in Sekiro/Bloodborne, which means this one is bad since it's unique." I'm exaggerating, but ONLY just.

The premise seems absurd, but the story doesn't once poke fun at itself. There are a few """humorous""" attempts (Gemini), but even they are derived from the original story of Pinocchio. It's personal to the character as opposed to Fromsoft's more world-building focused stories, not that this game lacks those collectible papers with flavor text all over them.

Calling this game a Souls "like" is a massive disservice to the masterpiece these devs have made. In all but intellectual property, this is a Souls game.

TL;DR: This is an absolutely fantastic game. Please try it. I don't play Souls games, and I usually play spell caster or ranged in every game that applies to. This game changed me completely, and I feel all the better for it, now wanting to go back and play what inspired it. This game can be challenging, but it gives the player plenty of tools to customize the structure of the combat itself. For anyone who has wanted to pick up the Souls series, but more so those who avoid them like the plague, give this game a try. Don't go in with the mindset of a prior Souls game as reference; the similarities and differences both reused and remixed don't fit into a yesteryear-Fromsoft-title's mold. "Oh this is just ____", "____ is different in Sekiro/Bloodborne, which means this one is bad since it's unique." I'm exaggerating, but ONLY just. The premise seems absurd, but the story doesn't once poke fun at itself. There are a few """humorous""" attempts (Gemini), but even they are derived from the original story of Pinocchio. It's personal to the character as opposed to Fromsoft's more world-building focused stories, not that this game lacks those collectible papers with flavor text all over them. Calling this game a Souls "like" is a massive disservice to the masterpiece these devs have made. In all but intellectual property, this is a Souls game.