I didn’t downvote but I disagree. It is nice to be able to roleplay your own character but I also like having well written established characters

Not as good as the examples you listed but subnautica imo

Wow, just tried opening boost (for reddit) and it actually loaded

Maybe cheating a bit but there are several genres of games that are named after the games that popularized their mechanics such as roguelike/roguelite, souls-like, metroidvania

Not mentioned in the title or the preview is there’s a time limited event from 10/27-10/31

It’s not required to play the previous games, there is some reference to them and the emotional impact of one scene may be diminished but that’s about it. I’m sure there are video recaps you can watch if you decide to skip the previous titles