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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (PS5)
Also the Platinum
And thanks for all the fish.
Team Ninja's latest Soulslikeish effort takes a certain amount of its gameplay from Sekiro. You play as the Chosen Undead, introduced into a Three Kingdoms setting to defeat an evil wizard who has been turning it into a Three-Kingdoms-but-with-zombies-and-stuff setting.

Combat is simple, the RPG elements are less important than usual, but it's still quite fun. You have the Sekiro backstab and falling ambush, an all-important parry button, something like Nioh's Living Weapon summon, an elemental magic system that corresponds to your stats, and get this: Everything is your stamina bar. Magic uses stamina. Hitting with light attacks actually gains extra stamina. It doesn't actually add too much strategy, but it lets you use magic freely at least.

The other big system is Morale. As you defeat enemies you gain it, and as you get hit by big attacks you lose it. Dying loses all of it. This affects your relative attack and defense substantially. Activating Battle Flags (bonfires) and additional flags hidden around raises your minimum level for the stage. While finding some of the secondary ones can be frustrating, this creates an enjoyable sense of power growth in each stage. The downside is that the beginning of main missions can be rough, and you can't even use some of your magic before gaining a few Morale levels.

Given that it's Three Kingdoms, you'll be accompanied by some all-stars. You aren't required to summon them, although you can. Most levels will just provide you with one or two. They all seem to see Chosen Undead as a puppy sees the human who feeds it. They're sadly pretty dumb and vulnerable, and spend much of their time revive-begging. Incidentally the voice acting is truly "great"; some real old-school Koei stuff.

I'd recommend this for off-brand-Souls fans. Just don't expect anything like Nioh. The diminished RPGness may be too much for some, but it's a nice contrast from latter Strangers of Paradise at least.