Chimpzy said:
Maybe Severance: Blade of Darkness? It's somewhat similar in gameplay style to Dark Souls. Not really gothic though, and perhaps a little too dated.
I cam here to suggest that. It's full of old, dark castles and lovely lighting for the time. The combat is slow paced and intense (and pretty gory) and, as mentioned, handles similarly to
Dark Souls.
Maybe
Die By The Sword and
Rune Classic would scratch your itch, too? Worth looking into. Both quite old and clunky, though.
It's actually a pretty tough request, I'm only now realising how cool
DMC's levels actually look and feel.