is this really an souls like?

[pimp]

i dont understand the souls like tag by some people, the devs said in endgame you will feel like a god , wich that means its gonna be an arpg not a souls like. And on second run trough campaign leveling you will have twink gear and destroy everything. Its only souls like till ur build gets off the ground , after that is just good oll poe. (am i coping)

[Pastor Ping]

Its an ARPG

[Night]

Short answer: No!

It is an action rpg, like Diablo or Grim Dawn. This time there are rumors that they might have implemented some dogde and boss mechanics that require somewhat player skills to manage except for just having good armor and weapons. This lead to rumours that it is going to be like the Souls games.

[ex_IllusionisT]

I don't see a souls tag on the game.
This game is as far away from a souls game as Stardew Valley is to an RTS.

[moody]

I don't feel like Doging 60% of the time in combat. I want to click and move and cast spells and kill stuff and farm for gear. If the beginning of the game is Souls Like and movement is a big thing I'll deal with it until I don't have to. But if it's a thing for the rest of the game then idk if I'll vibe with that.

Granted I don't know everything so feel free to let me know what's up.

[FloRyu]

Originally posted by Pra Jescu:

i dont understand the souls like tag by some people, the devs said in endgame you will feel like a god , wich that means its gonna be an arpg not a souls like. And on second run trough campaign leveling you will have twink gear and destroy everything. Its only souls like till ur build gets off the ground , after that is just good oll poe. (am i coping)

No, it's an Arpg like Diablo 2 , Path of exile 1
The bosses are more souls like in the way the mechanics work ,you can dodge. hitboxes look good, 50 bosses , 400 monster types.
A lot of stuff to do in the endgame,sick gear/crafting
I would recommend watching
https://youtu.be/ZpIbaTXJD4g?si=FGVtsWVfwsQ8ShaQ

[Colonel Sanders]

Originally posted by ex_IllusionisT:

I don't see a souls tag on the game.
This game is as far away from a souls game as Stardew Valley is to an RTS.

GGG themselves said they took heavy inspiration from games like Elden Ring for the new combat style and boss fights, so please don't spread misinformation.

It is gonna be a mix. you gonna feel the influence of souls-like titles but it is also still an ARPG.

You will see for yourself on friday

[Chazer]

Souls lite maybe?
My best guess is people are talking about Souls like because of the dodge mechanic and the very obvious telegraphed attacks from any enemy.
The dodge alone can´t be the reason for that because that would make D4 also a souls like.

Maybe the general look and feel you know?
Idk either tbh, it certainly looks like the most tactical arpg we gonna get ever.
Maybe that´s why.
Or because of the difficulty?

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[Everyone]

This is casino-like. You spend your life and get dopamine drips.

[Xaelon]

Those tags on store pages? They're user generated. Ignore them.

They were supposed to be useful, but people decided to use them to be funny instead. Which is why you get people slapping "Dating sim" on ARPGs and "Souls-like" on Visual Novels.

The devs have no real control over those tags. If you see a tag that makes no sense it's 100% because some player added and other players voted it up.

[I'm cucked]

It's got some souls-like combat mechanics. Outside of that, no. GGG clearly took inspiration from souls in their boss and combat design, but the structure isn't remotely souls.

[Nellvan]

Apparently playing through the campaign offers some challenge, and dodgeroll is not a rumor, its part of the reveal vid and they talked about it.

Calling it soulslike is utter BS though, they're still very much on the opposite ends of the arpg spectrum.

[ex_IllusionisT]

Originally posted by Colonel Sanders:

Originally posted by ex_IllusionisT:

I don't see a souls tag on the game.
This game is as far away from a souls game as Stardew Valley is to an RTS.

GGG themselves said they took heavy inspiration from games like Elden Ring for the new combat style and boss fights, so please don't spread misinformation.

It is gonna be a mix. you gonna feel the influence of souls-like titles but it is also still an ARPG.

You will see for yourself on friday

Inspiration ≠ Actual product.

There's nothing to see. I've been playing PoE for a long time. It's an ARPG in the realm of Hack&Slash & Dungeon Crawling.

Just because a game has a dodge button does not make that game a souls-like.

Game has no stamina based combat.
You don't retrieve lost exp on death. It's gone, and you need to farm it again.
There's nothing cryptic about PoE story.
The third person perspective is super high.
There's a huge talent tree and build combinations.
There's no unforgiving difficulty unless you play HC SSF.

Your character can literally one shot bosses once you finish your build. (If you're good.)
I wouldn't call that particularly challenging.

PoE and PoE2 are easy games compared to souls games.

[[:-:]]

I think PoE was always a true Souls-like: it attracts a lot of people who believe that reading 100 words without taking a nap means your IQ is probably above 190 and you deserve a PhD and the only reason this PhD is still not yours is Universities are part of the matrix and they have woke DEI agenda

[Hosenbund]

Originally posted by :-::

I think PoE was always a true Souls-like: it attracts a lot of people who believe that reading 100 words without taking a nap means your IQ is probably above 190 and you deserve a PhD and the only reason this PhD is still not yours is Universities are part of the matrix and they have woke DEI agenda

Well..players of souls-likes are generally more skilled than players of most other genres.. at least mechanically

the average PoE player similarly is also smarter than the average diablo player

Not really a hot take, just a general trend which should be easy to understand

[[:-:]]

Originally posted by Hosenbund:

the average PoE player similarly is also smarter than the average diablo player

I mean, don't get me wrong, I believe that D3 and D4 are hot trash, but that's still VERY questionable