DIablo-clones have had the ARPG title for a while, hence the recent confusion.Souls-like is what I've used for a while as well, but I think it'd be nice if we came up with a broader genre title for these. I like the sound of "third-person action RPG" (shortened to just "ARPG"), but that can also encompass a lot of other things, and from what I remember there's already a subgenre of a different type that calls itself "action RPG".
I'm telling you the history of the word, and how that poster misunderstands the intent of the word. I don't disagree that just shortening it to souls is just more practical and makes more sense now. The word was never intended to make bloodborne seem separate.What the poster you quoted said makes perfect sense and based on the responses itt most users agree.
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I just refer to these games as "souls-like". But i love the bs names people come up with lol.
None of us would be anywhere near as excited for Elden Ring if it wasn't by Fromsoftware. Heck, that's one of the few things we actually do know about it, haha!Problem with that is a lot of people (myself included) like the souls-type games (which honestly souls-type is probably the most effective at getting the idea across), but don't really like their other games. I'm excited for Elden Ring not because it's by FROM, but because by all accounts it's intended to be another dark fantasy RPG that souls fans will be interested in, according to FROM. It's a very specific genre by a developer who has done a number of different ones.
If not "From game" than I'm with you on 'Soulslike"
Yes, it has been said by Miyazaki that it's an evolution of the Souls formula.Do we even know if Elden Ring is a Souls-like game in the first place? We practically know nothing about it aside from Martin's involvement.
it's been working for me so far
The genre has been established. There is no reason to change it just because a new game releases.
If anything, as more entries into the genre are released it becomes more evident that we should abandon Souls-borne and revert to Souls-like.
What makes you excited for it if not From's involvement? They haven't showed anything.I'm excited for Elden Ring not because it's by FROM, but because by all accounts it's intended to be another dark fantasy RPG
1. First sentence of the OPDid I miss a gameplay reveal or something? How the fuck am I going to give a game a sub genre without even knowing what the fuck it is?