Silent Hill f isn't a soulslike, and its developers wish you'd stop saying it is

Trying to define what constitutes a 'soulslike' is like attempting to comprehend the inside of a black hole. It’s the steep difficulty! No, wait, it’s the punishing consequences of death. That’s not quite right either. Maybe it’s the stamina bar? Maybe it’s all of those things. Maybe it’s none of them. After the last round of Silent Hill f previews went out earlier this month, series fans quickly began affixing the moniker born from FromSoftware’s unforgiving RPGs to NeoBards' upcomer. As game director Al-Yang tells Lauren at Gamescom, the studio really wants people to stop thinking SHf is a soulslike.