Disappointing. The combat has a lot of great aspects, but they're held back by terrible inclusions elsewhere. The field system adds nothing to the combat. It just makes it more tedious to go from fighting one enemy to another. The currency is given out far too slowly (for context, I got pretty high ranks on most of the chapters and didn't buy any items, yet I still was only able to afford 1 move per end of chapter). The item system takes up far too much real estate on the controller, and the camera is one of the worst I've experienced in this type of game, and that says A LOT.

I'd only recommend this to the most diehard of Hack n' Slash fans.

Que joguinho mequetrefe, se fosse curto até dava pra passar pano, mas ele se estende ao extremo, joguei 7 horas e não aguentava mais. A história eu sinceramente não faço ideia do que se trata, ela já se apresenta de forma desinteressante e com o passar do tempo eu já tava jogando no automático, o combate é bacaninha de início até ficar extremamente repetitivo, pesado e chato, os golpes não têm impacto, a gameplay é travada, o sistema dos campos de energia azul e vermelho são um inferno e só atrasam mais ainda a gameplay, os ângulos de câmera de Onimusha 2 são uma obra-prima perto desse jogo aqui, é simplesmente horripilante a câmera, além disso as cutscenes são extremamente expositivas e só servem pra mostrar os cenários, são poucas as cutscenes que realmente acontecem alguma coisa. No geral, esse jogo não vale a pena, eu não desejo pra ninguém isso aqui, ele parece um hack n' slash que deveria ter lançado no máximo até 2010 e que precisava ter no mínimo 1/3 da duração, a única coisa que eu posso elogiar é o gráfico que é bem legal e a estética que lembra Berserk/Claymore, mas até isso é um problema, já que fizeram cenários tão iguais que eu acabava me perdendo enquanto jogava mesmo o jogo sendo uma linha reta, sinceramente eu parabenizo os 12.0% que aguentaram zerar isso. Além de todos os problemas citados, esse jogo é mal otimizado e crashou umas 6 vezes, até corrompeu meu save e eu tive que baixar ele de volta na nuvem da Steam.

This game is currently in the Humble Choice for March 2024, and this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before April 2nd, 2024, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.

Bayonetta while missing the charm.

Soulstice is designed as an action game. There are long levels separated into arenas. There’s a scoring system designed for replayability and a ton of mechanics that need to be tried and mastered. While playing Soulstice there were a lot of games that came to mind. Metal Gear Revengeance, God of War, Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, and even Darksiders. And Soulstice feels like it’s standing on the shoulders of greatness with its combat system.

However Soulstice is missing something important compared to all those games, it’s not one simple thing, but more a style, a presentation, a defining animation, or a character personality that works here. Solstice just feels like it’s lacking an important part of the DNA of this genre, and it’s noticeable.

Pick this up if you like the action-adventure hack and slash, like Devil May Cry, but understand this is a B-tier effort. There are also a lot of different mechanics at play here, perhaps too many but also it allows players to get engrossed in the combat system.

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