Souls inspirations

I've known that Berserk was a major influence behind the souls games, but I just recently started reading Claymore and noticed a few things that seemed like inspirations. The Puzzle Sword makes an appearance, and there's a character named Priscilla, but I figured that those could be coincidences. Well the setting just changed to the town called Lautrec and I don't think it's coincidence anymore lol. Does anyone know of any other works that are such a direct inspiration to the souls games? I'd love to read more. (Also Berserk and Claymore are both fantastic and I highly recommend both of you enjoy manga. Also also I haven't finished Claymore yet so please no spoilers.)