That NPc before Samantha (that is the 1st boss name?) is the same guy that you play on Odallus? They certainly are alike. https://store.steampowered.com/app/319480/Odallus_The_Dark_Call/

lame

I played the demo and while I think content wise the level-design is quite solid, what kills it for me is that there is an overall lack of significant consequence for dying. There are no lives, no lose of money, not any substantial throwback, there is a checkpoint after every screen which won't take long anyway. All while your protagonist is quite sturdy and can tank a lot of damage, enough that I simply facetanked the second boss. Why should I waste money and buy healing pick-ups at campfires, when my he...

Yes it surely is a copycat of Castlevania but many other games are also like this but they are FUN to play with, not this game. This game plays dull, bland and unexciting. Don't bother.

I really want to buy this game to help support the Developer and for future content.