Oh wow. This really does have to be one of my new all-time favorite indie games. The dark themes, stunning art, immersive story. Just all around amazing. I had such a fantastic experience with this game, to the point that I didn't want the story to end. And I want to get even deeper into the lore!!! I'm completely hooked lol. The only reason I'm hesitant to start a second playthrough is bc of the nighttime segments, which became tiresome just bc of how long and tedious they were. Not even necessarily difficult, just, eugh. I had so many things I wanted to do, and being limited by time just to have to sit there for 10 in-game hours while occasionally fighting a baddie was a bit exhausting. Not really a game design flaw or anything, just a personal preference? I got bored of that fraction of the gameplay loop lol. But overall, would def recommend to any souls-like fans, as weird of a comparison as that may be. This game isn't hard hard, when ur playing on normal at least like I did lol, just a bit unforgiving and it won't hold your hand. Which it does warn abt. The learning curve was rough but once I got competent I stopped dying pretty much entirely and had a blast just experiencing the world.