Best Soulslikes With Fixed Protagonists

FromSoftware burst onto the gaming scene in definitive fashion with the release of Dark Souls, an action-adventure game that took the world by storm with its hard-as-nails gameplay, incredible level design, and massive amounts of lore that players could seek out via item descriptions, NPC conversations, and the like. The fact that this game led to the birth of a new subgenre is a testament to how successful the title really was.