>>715263080
because to newfriends and zoomers, any game with a third person perspective and a melee weapon is a souls-like

>>713085883
>i hate the whole "anime style"
agree heavily with this. always get shit on when i say this exact thing in other threads and just get spammed with "anime game" and other nonsense like that as if part of the appeal for the games was that return to a more quiet, no bullshit classic game design philosophy of games that came before it like blade of darkness and enclave. it just oozed this quiet, confident style that was so extremely appealing at such a shit time for gaming with the sixth gen