A souls-like must have a couple of the following:
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video game where the difficulty can be incorporated into the player’s identity.
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a conspiracy between monitor and controller manufacturers
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Difficulty modes are forbidden.
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has an easy mode called “magic build”
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Story, narrative, and plot are all forbidden. The player can learn about the world, but cannot affect it.
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Sekiro is the best one.
In the book “the road” the protagonist gives the following advice to his young son. “once you put something in your head, it’s there forever. You should think about that”.