Unfortunately, while Soulstice starts with a bang and does a good job of keeping you hooked in the early game, it all falls apart after the first few chapters. Soulstice review Plunge into a dark story of sisterly love heightened by stylish and sleek art inspired by Japanese dark fantasy classics. It’s an issue of pace. The game does introduce new mechanics whilst exploring and new enemies pop up throughout but it does start to drag around the middle section. It doesn’t help that a lot of the game looks the same. It’s a nice looking game in general with some cool looking boss designs but the environments barely change throughout making the game feel less varied as a result. Resolution gives you an amazing graphical presentation, complete with dynamic shadows and persistent particle effects to enhance the shiny crystal dust effects that looks excellent on a 4K display, though the game can get choppy during moments of intense action and runs at a floating 30 frames per second at all times. Making waves for its sleek art-style and combat, Reply Game Studios’ Soulstice finally releases on September 20th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. Despite launching in a busy month, it offers an intriguing story, deep mechanics and fun exploration to go with its fast-paced combat. I recently had the chance to play a preview build with the first 12 missions available so without further ado, let’s look at 14 things you should know before playing Soulstice.

Balance oddly focuses more on the resolution side, meaning you can get nearly the full effect of the environment but keeps the framerate smooth during combat, though this mode doesn’t offer the dynamic shadows that Resolution mode offers and never reaches the 60 FPS that Performance mode does. When starting Soulstice, you’ll be asked which option you’d like to start with. The options are Performance, Resolution and Balance. Man läuft eigentlich nur von Gegnerbereich zu Gegnerbereich und zwischendrin gibt es Bosse, was ich zwischendrin aber sehr vermisst habe ist mal tiefgründige Story! Es gibt schon ab und zu Storysequenzen etc. aber auch in der Erinnerungswelt fühlt es sich eher nur so an: "hier hast du noch etwas Story, damit du nicht traurig bist, ok?"Explore a striking, fantasy-inspired world brimming with hidden mysteries, master a diverse combat system, and inhabit the dual forces of two sisters in a coming-of-age fantasy story with fast-paced action, vicious enemies, and spectacular boss fights. Wraiths, Corrupted and Possessed have trespassed into the world from beyond the Veil. Use Lute’s auras to weaken or expose them and adapt to a flow of battle that never feels the same.

You take control of Briar, a warrior who has been sent to Ilden to seal a tear in the sky. Briar is no ordinary warrior, she is a Chimera which means the ghost of her deceased sister is with her at all times to help her fight. You’ll learn all about the nature of the Chimeras as you meet others that have also been sent and it’s an enjoyable piece of world building. The most important aspect of the game is the gameplay however, which is pretty much exclusively based around battles. Soulstice gets a lot right. The combat mechanics are fun, fluid, have a huge amount of depth to them and a high skill ceiling. Lute’s skills add to the combat and exploration as well as giving Briar someone to talk to. Less lengthy levels, with a focus on replaying them at higher difficulties, would have been more appealing to me as after one playthrough I feel burned out. A combat camera which gave the player all the information they need and enemy AI that were less likely to take advantage of those deficiencies would also elevate the experience massively. Learn the Truth of Your Origin - Through a dark story filled with sisterly love and sacrifice, Briar and Lute discover the truth about themselves and their Chimera powers while working together and staying true to their unbreakable bond. Explore a dark world brimming with hidden mysteries, master a diverse combat system, and inhabit the dual forces of two sisters in a coming-of-age dark fantasy story with fast-paced action, vicious enemies, and spectacular boss fights.

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Performance focuses on frame rate, heavily tuning down shadow effects while cutting other persistent visuals down and offering a noticeably higher framerate that smooths out all animation hiccups for an experience that runs at 60 frames per second. The Story is fairly decent. This game could be a Hidden Gem. I bought this at risk of the Developer & Publisher being fairly young in the Game Industry. I typically dont trust 'indie devs' in terms of delivering polished quality, or Publishers that just continuously spit out titles left and right (Maximum Games/Modus Games). Quality is always at stake with that type of business practice. However, the Developer's, Reply Game Studios, did produce an A-Budget title, with some issues that are critical and need to be patched out. I personally think these is something that shouldve been noticed in Alpha or Beta Testing stages. If they fix these, it would easily make Soulstice AA title. Explore a City in Ruin - A Tear in the Sky has opened above the once-holy city of Ilden; As Briar and Lute fight to reach the Tear, they’ll face complex puzzles and secrets while their surroundings become more hostile and twisted