I think the Souls games are more like Zelda, especially Zelda 2 for NES which had rpg elements and was all about combat.
It also reminds me of Genesis games like Landstalker and Beyond Oasis.
I dont see it as similar to Final Fantasy, although I also stopped liking Final Fantasy when it stopped being medieval fantasy.

I loved final fantasy X though

Neither was X (Rikku wasn't represented that way much at all, she was handled pretty decently in X, X-2 not so much), XI or XIV.  VIII there's some J-pop-ness and XIII has Vanille in it...

Stopped reading at "emo lead character". You very clearly didn't even play FF7, since Cloud is actually more of an unlucky smart ass than he is emo. Subsequent games may have portrayed him as moody and emotional, but the original game did not unless it was sobering that would make any real, related character emotional (ie, watching your former childhood hero impale your crush).

Sounds like you didn't like the art style, and proceeded to look for reasons not to like it, even if they were untrue reasons. 

I stopped taking the first post seriously when it mentioned that the Souls series has "enough story"

Souls series is much better than Final Fantasy series imo.

And where is the problem? All Souls games have a amazing story.

I have enjoy  FF 7-9-10-13, do not liked 8-10/2-12-13-13/2 & not played 13/3.

Liked demon souls, dark souls, blood born, but not liked dark souls 2.

There is?  From what I recall in playing the games (a few hours in each Dark Souls 2 and Demon Souls) I was a guy who was sent to some area to run around and kill things.  There were a lot of random things left on the ground for me to read from other players, but at no point in either game did I feel as though the game had an actual plot that I was moving along beyond just "kills these things to get this stuff"

Edit: also, I recall when bringing it up in another thread that people mentioned the games story isn't "spoon fed to you" and you have to look and read the story elsewhere.  Same people that knocked Destiny for it's lack of cohesive story that plays out via those grimoire cards or whatever if I recall.

So is your main point that the Souls series prioritizes gameplay over story, therefore making it similar to old school FF games? Just making sure I'm on board.

I've never played the old FF games, actually I've only played 13 and it was shit. But I will say while gameplay should be the most important aspect, I'd love a Souls/Bloodborne game with a decent story. Obviously you need a perfect mix, and unfortunately the more popular something gets, usually the budget is raised therefore an "epic over the top" story is created.