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What will we be changing the name of the "Soulsborne" genre to after Elden Ring comes out?

It's time for a makeover. What are we updating the name to?

  • Soulsdenring

    Votes: 54 6.9%

  • Bloodenring

    Votes: 21 2.7%

  • Elden-Like

    Votes: 23 2.9%

  • Ring-Lite

    Votes: 8 1.0%

  • Sekiroring

    Votes: 14 1.8%

  • Soulsbornekiroring

    Votes: 436 55.6%

  • Other (please specify)

    Votes: 228 29.1%
  • Total voters
    784
FlaygletheBagel

FlaygletheBagel

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,707
I hope everyone is prepared, because if Elden Ring is good enough, we might have to re-evaluate the name "Soulsborne" as a genre of video game. The only course of action, naturally, would be to incorporate Elden Ring into the genre name too. The only question is.... how??
 

Deleted member 36578

Dec 21, 2017
26,561
It's always just Souls in my book. No borne.
 
Ruisu

Ruisu

Banned
Aug 1, 2019
5,535
Brasil
Elden Soulsborne

Being serious I don't see another change sticking after Bloodborne attached the latter part of Soulsborne. People tried attaching Sekiro into that genre name somehow and it didn't work. Soulsborne only sticks because it's easy to pronounce as a single word.
 
Seesaw15

Seesaw15

Member
Oct 27, 2017
8,824
OpenSoulsBorne.

(I havent seen anything that makes this look different than Dark Souls 4.)
 
Htown

Htown

Member
Oct 25, 2017
11,347
I don't use that name now, because it's dumb.

These games are Soulslikes or Souls-type games for want of any better term.
 
Aurc

Aurc

Member
Oct 28, 2017
6,890
I know this is a joke thread, but "Soulsborne" really isn't a good genre name, and never was. Just "Souls-like" makes a lot more sense. You don't need to affix the "borne" part, because Bloodborne is already a Souls-like.

If the translation here is accurate, Miyazaki himself even refers to them as "Souls-likes".

blog.playstation.com

An interview with FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki

The Souls creator discusses open world design, accessibility, It Takes Two, and more.
blog.playstation.com blog.playstation.com
 
QisTopTier

QisTopTier

Community Resettler
Member
Oct 25, 2017
13,735
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souls or souls-like
 
Zemst

Zemst

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,098
Never called it soulsborne. Frankly thought that was stupid when we already had the term souls-like.
 
RPGam3r

RPGam3r

Member
Oct 27, 2017
13,670
It's already Souls-like. Bloodborne fans just can't deal with not having their precious game mentioned in the genre.
 
Cream Stout

Cream Stout

Member
Oct 28, 2017
2,613
why does it have to be soulsborne. We only got 1 Bloodborne and sekiro exists so why does it get to be ahead of sekiro I am upset

SoulsR.R.ing
 
Mivey

Mivey

Member
Oct 25, 2017
17,916
Soulsbornekiroring really rolls off your tongue. As in, it takes your tongue and rolls of with it in tow.
 
Fudus

Fudus

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Member
Sep 18, 2020
1,835
Better get together a conference to come up with a "Berlin interpretation" to get this this settled once and for all.
Leave it to self important nerds to naming video game genre like they're scrambling for africa.
 
TooBusyLookinGud

TooBusyLookinGud

Graphics Engineer
Verified
Oct 27, 2017
8,099
California
It's not dumb Soulsborne; god I hate that name. It's Souls and will always be Souls. Trying so hard to tack Bloodborne on to the genre that it sounds stupid AF.
 
Ruisu

Ruisu

Banned
Aug 1, 2019
5,535
Brasil
Also I think its kind of backwards to call From's Souls games "souls-like". That's like calling the original Rogue a roguelike. It's fine if you don't like "soulsborne", but don't use souls-like in this context.
 
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