I’m just basing my opinion off of two things. One, the person you quoted is a Soulsborne fanboy. Nothing wrong with that but it’s clear that most people that are fans of that series have no experience playing previous AC games. Let’s face it, one has a massive fan base while the other is small. If I got a dollar for every time I heard someone calling this Mecha Souls I’d be rich. A lot of the mechanics he mentioned are not unique to previous from software titles. Hard lock ons and stamina meters were in games a long time, even stuff like Zelda had lock ons. It’s the same issue i take with any moderately difficult game being called a soulslike as if hard games never existed before them. Second, the devs have been in depth interviews stating that while there are similarities such as boss encounters this game is still very much an AC game. If anything we could say that some of the Soulsborne games were influenced by AC. Im rambling but I just think the guy is desperately hoping it to be something it might not be. Who knows until we get it in our hands though
