Lies of P

This is hands down the best non-From Software souls-like game out there. The combat feels smooth and weighty in all the right ways, and weapons being broken into blades and hilts provides tons of diversity even within a singular build archetype. They also cooked with the various collectibles, especially the records, which were honestly one of the biggest reasons for my desire to 100% this game, as the tracks contained in them are phenomenal, and honestly shocked me my first time hearing them. The game does have performance issues on high-end systems, which, from my understanding, arose after the DLC patch. Installing Special K will fix this, however, so I don't see it as the biggest deal breaker. The quests in the game walk this weird line between being annoyingly finnicky, and too hand-holdy. There is a certain quest in the very late game that does require a hyper specific sequencing of actions to complete "correctly," causing it to be extremely easy to screw up. Quests and some pickups also display a little note next to the closest stargazer when you've reached the next step, which is nice if you struggle remembering the next step of a quest or where a certain thing was, but I found it a little unnecessary. Overall this is a solid game and absolutely worth picking up for anyone that enjoys souls-likes. The DLC is also goated, and I would highly recommend picking that up as well.