![]() It doesn’t help that the sword is the only weapon in the game that barely has any upgrades. We should be able to have any two weapons equipped that we please. It’s a very surprising misstep that could have been easily rectified. Briar must always have her sword equipped, which massively limits her stylish attack potential. One of Soulstice‘s most questionable issues is that you can only equip one of these at a time. ![]() And each change is marked by a specific point known as an equinox or a solstice. As the game goes on, Layton provides her with additional weapons, including a glaive, bow, and knives. Four times a year, the season officially changes. ![]() At first, she has her default sword (that behaves much like Dante’s) and a heavier melee strike. Players will face off against waves of enemies in fast-paced combat that rewards players who pull off massive combos and are. Health orbs also frequently appear, either from downed enemies or destroyed objects.īriar can have two weapons equipped at once. Soulstice often feels like a PS2 action game in the best way possible. Despite this being a character action game, the normal difficulty is extremely manageable, as healing items are frequently doled out and also quite affordable from the shop. The game includes five difficulties, three of which are available at the outset. Each chapter has its own screen that allows you to purchase items and skills, along with a plot description. The game is divided into 25 chapters spread across five acts. Soulstice‘s structure is exactly like its inspirations. A strange tear appears above the city of Ilden, causing The Order of Ashen Knights to send multiple chimeras to stop this tear from unleashing wraiths upon the world. Briar is alive and Lute is deceased her soul attached to Briar and acting as a Shade that fights alongside her. Briar and Lute are sisters joined together into one body, collectively called a chimera. What is the meaning of solstice The word solstice is derived from the Latin word solstitium which translates to 'sun stands still.' This is due to the apparent movement of the sun to the north. But as the details trickle in and we learn more about the characters and world, I became fairly invested in the narrative. It starts off slow without much context, so it didn’t at all grip me at first. The story in Soulstice is surprisingly the best thing about it. Soulstice is a character action game through and through that does a surprisingly admirable job in a lot of ways, even if it has some bizarre missteps that keep it from nipping too closely at the heels of its progenitors. ![]() Extremely tight, precise controls with a high skill ceiling and good pacing are instrumental to an action game’s success. Soulstice is an upcoming new title developed by Reply Game Studios and published by Modus Games, and while it may just look like another Souls-like at first glance, it has its own identity and a. Mostly because it’s really hard to do it justice. The Souls series created a massive wave of copycats, but most devs don’t seem all that interested in trying to ape the character action subgenre. For how beloved the Devil May Cry and Bayonetta games are, you’d expect more developers to make action games inspired by them. ![]()
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