#soulslike

#soulslike

In a chat with game director and Team Ninja head Fumohiko Yasuda, he says he felt the evolution between Nioh 1 and 2 was "lacking", and wanted a third entry to take a bigger leap forward. "When we wanted to do Nioh 3, I think I really wanted to make sure that we had something that had a new kind of gameplay as well as a new kind of gameplay experience, in addition to just evolving the action as well," Yasuda says through a translator.

But while there are lots of great Soulslikes out there, it can get a bit tiring seeing the same style of punishing third-person action game again and again. That's what makes something like Valor Mortis one of the more intriguing Soulslikes on the horizon: It has all the familiar hallmarks of the genre, translated into a first-person perspective with plenty to set it apart.

Blighted stands out in the soulslike genre by blending unique gameplay mechanics with an engaging narrative, set in a world suffocated by a reality-altering plague known as Blight.

Empyreal challenges players with difficult combat, requiring strategy and reflexes, offering an average playtime of 15-20 hours for an engaging experience.