What's cool is the person who reccommend this said it was Soulslike and it is in many ways. But the best way it reminds me of Dark Souls is the sense of personal skill progression.
You thought shit was hard back when you started but you didn't realize how easy you had it when you keep on scaling up. And the Gnosis system recontextualizes encounters and enemy make up.
And it all clicks.
Plus the Mysterium levels on the guns are fun upgrades. Some are gimmicky but others are game changing. The hangfire's gimmick is fun as hell.