Valor Mortis' first-person perspective opens up "new opportunities" within the soulslike genre

There's a lot to get excited about with Valor Mortis. Aesthetically, it's gorgeous - the eerie juxtaposition of 1800s France with weird, mysterious red magic; the intense violence of a world at war, enveloped in smog. It's easily one of the most interesting soulslikes I've seen in a while - and let's be real, they're a dime a dozen these days. But beyond its looks, Valor Mortis is also first-person; something we don't really see in the genre. It's perhaps to be expected - One More Level created parkour hack-and-slasher Ghostrunner, which is all first-person, with faster action than the traditional soulslike. It's a new approach, but it works.