>>718992910
i know /v/ is uppity about this game recently, but i unironically recommend Hollow Knight for you OP. Its not actually inspired by souls, and it does everything i want from an off-brand souls clone. It just lacks the build variety
>No estus, no iframe rolling and shit, no parryslop, no copying dark souls in any means for its gameplay. Has its own actual combat
>Incredible world that becomes extremely nonlinear and interconnected past the first 2 areas. Kind of like DS1 route variety, but much larger and across the entire map of the game
>Starts pretty simple and friendly for kids, lategame bosses are more tricky and interesting than souls bosses as its far beyond iframe simulator
>Souls leveling mechanic would be bad for it, so it simply doesnt have it
>Corpse run mechanic actually has a good purpose and uniquely lets you reach places you otherwise couldnt, as opposed to being a game that would be directly better without it
It is the perfect antithesis of what i hate about offbrand souls clones. Im so tired of estus clones, so tired of one dimensional defense, so tired of railroaded worlds DS3 style, so tired of shoehorning mechanics like corpse run and leveling with a currency you get from enemies even if it would be directly better without them, so tired of "haha im le hard game xD" while letting you counter all enemy attacks with a single button, so tired of complete creative bankruptness, and so on.
