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It all came together in a challenging boss fight against a bow-wielding boss at the end of my demo, as I had to constantly use Lute’s abilities to keep the boss’s attacks on Lute while Briar tried to do as much damage as possible. It doesn’t get quite as complicated as Astral Chain, but technically controlling two characters at once is always a fun hook for a genre that can sometimes feel lonely.

Players mainly use her to counter enemies or put up a forcefield that allows Briar to damage enemies of a specific color.

That’s all of Briar’s skills, but Lute is also an active part of each battle. Fights are fast and impactful, and enemies with unique skills and armor that Briar must break before being able to stagger and juggle them in the air. It’s a combo-based action game, so players learn and unlock various combos for each of Brair’s weapons and use those skills to take down hordes of foes. Gameplay is really where Soulstice shines. Its visuals also have an anime-like cel-shading aesthetic, giving Soulstice a distinct look for a western game. Reply Game Studios cinematically frames each encounter with unique camera angles, which makes every fight feel memorable and grand. The presentation and gameplay are more Nier: Automata than Dark Souls, though. If anything felt close to Dark Souls in Soulstice, it was the grim setting and tone. Chimera were supposed to come to the city and stop it, but Briar and Lute find themselves alone when they get there. A giant rift called the Veil opened above the city, and the Spawn of Chaos completely decimated the city. My demo began with them arriving at the holy city of Ilden. Briar is the person who will be hacking and slashing enemies with her weapons Lute is a spirit with a variety of abilities that help support Brair in battle. That said, the main characters Briar and Lute have a somewhat tragic backstory as they were permanently bonded in a ritual to become a warrior called a Chimera. Inspired by anime like Berserk, it’s no surprise that Soulstice stars a protagonist that wields a giant sword. If the wait for Bayonetta 3is killing you and you’re looking for another action game that lives up to the high bar that PlatinumGames maintains, then keep your eyes on Soulstice. That’s not an easy standard to meet, but Reply Game Studios was already up to the challenge in the Soulstice demo I played.

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If you told me Soulstice was a long-lost PS2 action game or an early PlatinumGames title, I’d probably believe you. The game also features a unique blend of western fantasy and Japanese charm that you rarely see from studios outside of Japan. Soulstice’s action is easy to understand but also feels unique as players have two characters simultaneously. It lives up to the high bar those titles set, even though it’s Reply Game Studios’ first game like this. While its name might make it seem like a Dark Souls clone, Soulstice has much more in common with PlatinumGames’ titles and old action classics like the original God of War. While it’s a bit cliche to say “they don’t make them like this anymore,” Soulstice genuinely feels like a game from an earlier era when action games were all about high-octane spectacle.

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We’ll have more on Soulstice next week, but if you want to check it out for yourself, a free demo will be available on Steam in August that you can register for at the game’s official site, and you can pre-order a physical Deluxe Edition over at Maximum Games, with the full game coming out for PC, XSX, and PS5 on September 20. Briar has their weapons-based combat skills, Lute has arena-commnading abilities, and together they provide and endless amount of ways to get rid of enemies in what what should hopefully be a rather run action game. The two find themselves reborn as a hybrid warrior known as Chimera, and are now setting out to not only learn the truth behind Chimera, but to fight back the evil Spawn of Chaos invading their world as well. The trailer focuses on the bond between the two siblings that act as our main character, Briar and Lute. And not only does it look impressive, as seen below, but the new trailer also revealed the game’s release date, with the game set to come out in a few months. But then again, looking at the cinematic trailer which was revealed suggests that there could definitely be something special here, with the type of style and action that wouldn’t seem out of place in a major Platinum Games title. Not that the game doesn’t look good, but it’s not exactly what you’d think of for a big show-opener.

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In hindsight, it may seem a bit odd that a more relatively unknown, brand new IP like Soulstice was the game chosen to open today’s PC Gaming Show.

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