asthetically,. very much.

story,. not at all.

some gameplay elements,. pretty close.   openish world. scripted AI.  hard as nails.

other gameplay elements,. not at all.  you can really see the change in the core gameplay mechanic from a very defenisve oriented game to a very offensive oriented game.  its pace is a lot faster because of that too.

not sure in which way you are concerned that is connected to the souls games.  i think by and large it will pull from the same audience but it will be a much different franchise only pulling select ideas from their previous work.   think like suckers punch jump from sly cooper to infamous but without as drastic of a change to asthetics.

I really hope they change the story telling in Bloodbourne. Hated the way the story was presented in the souls series.

i loved the story telling in demon's souls.  the cut scenes were short but also unique and stylistic.  there was a cool story element if you choose to pay attention but it was subtle and unubtrustive.  

demon souls however didn't do a very good job about it.  same approach but it just didn't work somehow.

Uncharted
Bloodborne
The Order
Dragon Quest
Streetfighter V

I'm interested in quite a few on that list, but these are my must buys. Would also love to get my hands on next gen Ys as well.

Ratchet and Clank also on PS2

Have they ever definitively said whether RIME was a DL only, or whether it would have a retail release?

Uncharted 4
The Order 1886
Rachet and Clank
Persona 5
Bloodborne

if localized

God Eater 2
Yakuza Zero
YS

and I can not wait to see what else they have in store as well!