It's pretty much become it's own genre. It plays so similarly to the other soul games that you may as well call it a souls game despite it not having 'soul' in the title.

Also yea it's made pretty much by the same team even if they did divide to make DS2 and Bloodborne.

I still say it's a Souls, regardless of the different terminology

It's by the same company and in the same style, so most people call it a Souls game, or use the fanmade moniker "SoulsBorne" to refer all 4 games.
They probably didn't stick with a "Souls" in the title because of the very different aesthetic, tonal differences in the story, as well as many other minor but noticeable differences like faster combat.

Its called a soul game for the same reason the Xeno series is a series despite all the games having nothing to do with each other. They contain similar elements, whether thematic or gameplay wise, and they're all from the same developer.

I call it a souls game because it is so similar to souls games.

It's a Souls game because it plays 95% the same as every other Souls game. We just call them Souls games because the first three had Souls in the title.

from a sequence/ universe standpoint, it's not a Souls game. From a mechanics standpoint, it's pretty similar but different enough that I think anyone has good reason to both call it a Souls game and to say it's not a Souls game.

Why is yoda/darth vader/the apprentice in soul calibur IV? Soul calibur must be a star wars game

by that line of reasoning, king's feild is a souls game, or to be preceise, the souls series are jsut kings field games.

I don't think the Moonlight GS being present makes it a Souls game

I know that Moonlight GS is in all From Soft games, but like you said it's not exclusive to Souls, so I don't think its presence in Bloodborne is significant.

Miyazaki stated there is no connection whatsoever.

To be fair, neither did Demon's or Dark.

It's pretty much become it's own genre. It plays so similarly to the other soul games that you may as well call it a souls game despite it not having 'soul' in the title.

Also yea it's made pretty much by the same team even if they did divide to make DS2 and Bloodborne.

It is a Souls, fuck anyone who says "Soulsborne"

It's similar enough to warrant a Souls title

It's a souls game but the word soul is completely absent from the game in it's entirety. I'm not arguing, here, but I hope you can see my confusion.

I still say it's a Souls, regardless of the different terminology

Holy fuck why?! Is the Mangaka lazy or doesn't he like his work anymore? I also hear he made Gigantomakhia. I need more of that

It's become a joke that every time an Idolmster game comes out, Berserk goes on Haitus. But they either speculate that he still doesn't know what to do with the story or he's lost the will to work on it. Either way the current haitus is because of the anime coming out. "Resuming Summer 2016!". I read it in 3 days, so not nearly enough time until then.
Gigantomakhia is indeed from the same guy. No idea if he plans to ever continue it.