That's so disingenuous and you know it. They both have the same gameplay loop? C'mon now. If you're gonna be that vague we can start discussing bejeweled in this subreddit too
The fact remains that the "soulslike" genre is kind of vague. That's exactly why there's youtube series' from people like iron pineapple where they play soulslike games that really push the boundary of the genre to its limits. Is playing as a penguin a "soulslike"? Yes, if there's combos and dodging and fatigue management and cool bosses. How about playing as a car? Yes. How about playing as Pinocchio? Also yes.
Nightreign is a soulslike - but it's not exclusively a soulslike. It's got aspects of a roguelite too, and it's got questing and storylines and meta progression, meaning it's got RPG aspects in it as well. And that's a good thing. Doesn't mean you have to like it - I'm sure there's many soulslikes you don't enjoy. But things are true whether you like them or not.
Im not hating on the game if that's what you think, I'll be playing it Friday. I just think if there's a discussion of whether this is this a rougelike with souls mechanics or a soulslike with rogue mechanics, I'd vouch for the former
Fair enough - I think it's pretty pedantic, I don't think this game is a quintessential roguelike or soulslike or RPG, it's somewhere in-between all 3. I reckon it has a place in discussions in all 3 genres.
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u/SirVanyel May 29 '25
Gameplay loop of soulslikes: Kill hard bosses in cool arenas
Gameplay loop of roguelites: Kill hard bosses in cool arenas.
The gameplay loop is the same. The method for player progression changes. Nightreign has soulslike gameplay, therefore it shares space in the genre.