My 2nd souls like game and by this time I still haven't played a dark souls and I find this game more difficult than bloodborne as it requires precise timing and damage scaling of enemies are really high. the story isn't very intriguing, and the characters don't have enough development to be intriguing, But it does have an excellent combat system with a massive amount of ways to approach most encounters like stances change the moveset and capabilities of your weapon, element buffs and debuffs play a big roll, and the loot/gear system is initially staggering but quite impressive. This is all great, where it fails slightly is in level design, pacing, and enemy variety as you save Japan from the Youkai invasions.