Why do Soulslike/FromSoft clones never come close?

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Hynad said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

I think if you focus too much on the AA sphere, you’re going to find a lot of pale imitations. In the A space, however, we see lots of great competition: Ender Lilies, Hollow Knight, Salt and Sanctuary, Afterimage, Nine Sols, etc.

Are these as good as the best From Software games? No. But keep in mind From Software has a veritable genius at the helm in Hidetaka Miyazaki.

Hollow Knight is arguably better than any of the games mentioned in this entire thread.

Nonsense touch damage from enemies, the game is good but this is lazy AF, if they enemies had attacks to read and maneuver maybe it has a chance at FromSoft level. Nine Sols done exactly that.