Traditionally, Soulslikes have stuck to a fairly linear structure when it comes to world and level design. The vast majority of Soulslikes drop the player into an enclosed environment and task them with fighting their way down a series of linear arenas, eventually reaching a boss fight, and defeating them to gain access to the next set of linear arenas. Of course, there have been some outliers over the years that have embraced more open-ended areas, and Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is the latest example.