Not comparable to the previous games at all. New camera, combat completely reinvented and actually godlike now, narrative totally different, level design totally different and more open like the Soulsborne games, etc.
It's still gory but nowhere near as gory as it used to be, sadly. That actually annoys me though since the gore has always been part of the experience and brought great reactions from friends when we were playing together, but if bloody games are not for you, then this game won't be either. It does have blood, and one or two monster executions are on the same level as the previous games.