Dark Souls and Elden Ring mastermind Hidetaka Miyazaki "wouldn't necessarily say" that FormSoftware invented the Soulslike genre

Since the release of Demon's Souls in 2009. FromSoftware has come to be the defining studio for 'Soulslikes', games that emphasize open exploration and character-building amid strategic combat where gnarly difficulty spikes. Hidetaka Miyazaki, the director of many of From's releases in this vein, doesn’t necessarily agree the company deserves such credit.He spoke about the etymology of the term to Game Informer, where he explained that, really, From just understood what some players were l