But a lot of people that I know for a fact would enjoy it, have brushed it aside either because it looks like your generic platformer
I'm one of those people who glossed it over because it looks like just another platformer. I'm god-awful at platformers! 🤣 And I often skip over them when I see them on Steam. The only Metroidvania I've been able to get into without fearing the platforming is Monster Sanctuary which isn't so EldenRing-difficult, more a platforming Pokemon-mixed-Final Fantasy.
Ye girl, not every genre is for everyone. 🙂 And HK is not like ER because it's hard, well that's a part of it. But the way you map out areas, the combat, and the general souls-like features that HK has - makes it feel like a 2D Elden Ring in a way.