https://www.polygon.com/e3/2018/6/13/17458474/sekiro-shadows-die-twice-hands-on-e3-2018

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is not a Souls game.

That’s important because developer FromSoftware spent the last decade making games that are either proper Dark Souls games or precursors, like Demon’s Souls. Even when the developers made the PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne, it was in the Dark Souls mold.