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KamikazePotato posted...

Oh, and I would also say that a big part of the general Soulslike feel is that you aren't as cool as the bosses you fight.

This is an interesting point, I do think it's a huge part of it. Mainly because it's kind of a requirement to do soulslike combat.

The core of souls combat is that 1 or 2 hits puts you close to death, whereas you need dozens of hits to kill the poss. That's how you achieve the David vs Goliath feeling. Flasks make you actually have 20-30 hits worth of health total which is very strong, but you need to feel weak for the game to work. Metroid specifically gives you a huge health reserve so individual hits don't really matter and you feel very powerful.