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Director of Phantom Blade Zero who has repeatedly insisted the game is not a Soulslike despite industry assumptions.
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The term 'Soulslike' has become overused and redundant as a lazy marketing shorthand, applied to games that don't meaningfully share Dark Souls' core design philosophy, creating fatigue and stifling genuine genre innovation.
“Director of Phantom Blade Zero who has repeatedly insisted the game is not a Soulslike despite industry assumptions.”