This is the first Souls-like to ever come close to From Soft quality. Even more shocking is that it actually does reach that level of quality at some points.

+ Great Atmosphere
+ Excellent Art Direction
+ Superb Bosses
+ Surprising variety of mini-bosses/elite enemies
+ Spot-on Soulsbornekiro gameplay
+ You can play records in the Hub and vibe while you go about upgrading, restocking and leveling up
+ Fantastic Sound Design
+ Twink

- Very Linear
- The stagger system could be communicated a bit better to the player, the lack of an on screen stagger bar can be frustrating
- Some of the elite enemies are a bit HP Spongey
- Sudden difficulty spikes (Not a huge deal but it can be a big turn-off to some)
- Last chapter is too long
- Balance is a bit messy, certain blades are just soooooooo much better than others

A really good Soulslike. I don't really love these and I haven't heard good things about Spiders, but this game had an amazing setting, fun combat, and a great main character. Music and graphics were fantastic and I really enjoyed my time with it. The enemies and animatronics were wonderfully designed, but I felt like they could've done more with the idea as many of them seemed a little uninspired. Big guys, dogs, only a few like the Serpent really caught my eye and felt different enough. The levels were varied and beautiful, really capturing the unqiue beauty of Paris. I loved the weapons that they offer with their own unique details, and you are given plenty of opportunities to build different. The music I liked, but I wasn't really focused on it. My main issue is enemies eventually started to become a little redundant and had issues with creating variety that wasn't 'an old enemy with fire' and things like that. The mini-bosses were also somewhat boring as they were basically souped up common enemies, and the Titans were cool but didn't present much of a challenge. I think the game was just a teeny bit too easy but I am fine with that, since it isn't a requirement for soulslikes to be difficult. I also found the characters outside of a few to be quite boring and uninteresting, and I never really felt compelled to look into the world outside of a few characters. I think the game frontloaded me with too many good weapons as well, as I basically used the same weapons from start to finish and when I tried to include variety, it simply didn't work as well. But still, a really good game that exceeded my expectations!