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Hello! Welcome back to Souls Week<\/a>. When we asked writers if they had anything to say about From Software’s work for this series, a surprising amount of people wanted to write about games that were influenced by the Souls games, but which fractured those influences in strange and fascinating ways. As a result, we’re mixing in a few pieces about Soulslike games, along with the discussion of the main Souls titles.<\/em><\/p>\n

We hope you enjoy this piece from Kaan as he picks over one of the most wilful Soulslikes out there.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hello! Welcome back to Souls Week. When we asked writers if they had anything to say about From Software’s work for this series, a surprising amount of people wanted to write about games that were influenced by the Souls games, but which fractured those influences in strange and fascinating ways. As a result, we’re mixing in a few pieces about Soulslike games, along with the discussion of the main Souls titles. We hope you enjoy this piece from Kaan as he picks over one of the most wilful Soulslikes out there. 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