An immensely satisfying game with a rich, dark atmosphere. The sprites are all phenomenal, especially for the bosses, which are some of the coolest I've ever seen- the buildups to Legion and Balore are fucking incredible. The Souls system is really fun and makes enemy encounters so much more exciting- it reminded me a lot of collecting espers in Final Fantasy VI, which shares a similar aesthetic design. There are so many different abilities which almost all have the amazing animations (some extraordinarily goofy, like Cagnazzo and Creaking Skull) Collecting all the enemy souls makes backtracking and late game wandering a lot more fun, even if it does get pretty grindy. I really really loved this, but to be fair i do have to point out that the dialogue is very silly and the "plot" suffers for it.