It may please Souls fans for this reason, but it's not quite a Soulslike.Ī gorgeous, top-down pixel art boss rush, Titan Souls is all about pattern recognition, but it lacks the exploration and RPG elements.Ī fascinating and surreal hack-and-slash adventure RPG, with a combat flow reminiscent of the Souls games. The mood is cryptic, the combat is tight, and the moments of intense frustration frequent. Undyne: The Lost Soul throws arrows at the protagonist from all sides in. Their fight is done in a boss rush fashion, where the player has to fight all the major characters in a similar way to their respective boss fights. They are the souls of the protagonists friends who have to be saved to progress with the battle. It's definitely a roguelite homage to Castlevania, but Dark Souls fans will more than likely dig. The Lost Souls are enemies fought during the battle against Asriel Dreemurr. The slash-and-evade rhythm of Dead Cells kinda resembles Dark Souls. When I say “happily indebted”, I mean that Ska Studios has seemingly created a homage to the Dark Souls series, meaning anyone familiar with the gameplay beats of its 3D sibling will feel at home immediately. Only Salt and Sanctuary is a side-scrolling platformer, borrowing as much from the Metroidvania genre as From (some would argue Dark Souls itself is a Metroidvania). Here’s another game happily indebted to the Souls series, ranging everything from the combat through to the majestically bleak atmosphere.

Studio: Ska Studios | Our rating: n/a | Available on: Steam

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