New hack-and-slash game mixes Stellar Blade and Dark Souls 3's best boss fight

When you think of Fromsoftware’s RPGs - the studio’s accumulated Souls games and soulslikes, like Elden Ring, Sekiro, and of course Dark Souls itself - you likely remember the struggles, the ardor, and the world’s unremitting brutality. Lordran, Drangleic, Yharnam, and the Lands Between are often stark and cruel places, where only raw force and sheer, iron-tough will can keep you alive. But there’s a boss fight in Dark Souls 3 where that all changes. Your battle against the Dancer of the Boreal Valley feels more like ballet, or a figure skating routine, albeit soaked in blood. Combine that vicious elegance with the fast-paced, agile combat of Stellar Blade, and you get close to Tsarevna, a new hack-and-slash game inbound for Steam.