Ironically, what Nightreign is to me. The world is a non factor it's just "spot with stuff. Spot with stuff. Spot with stuff. Boss fight."
And I don't enjoy it nearly as much. And I LOOOOOOVE boss fights it's why I get into games usually. I took the levels for granted for years
Whoever here said "the way Souls fans act makes perfect sense when you realize they treat these games as boss fight simulators" was 100% correct. They see exploration and world design as tertiary set dressing to letting you fight 30 Malenias in a row