You know how people reductively say "it's like Dark Souls" to describe a game?

Well this isn't like Dark Souls, it's so Dark Souls it almost feels like From should pursue them for copyright infringement.

Just about every aesthetic, storytelling device, character archetype, leveling system, game design and trope is a straight lift from Souls with a slightly different veneer to make it jussssst different enough.

that being said if playing Souls as a 2d side scroller pixel action game appeals to you, this seems to have that nailed down