To further honor its DmC source material, Soulstice also cranks up the high-pace electronic tracks during your combat encounters. Other than stutters on the Steam Deck and some screen-blinking whilst switching camera angles, there wasn’t a second of the gameplay where I lost immersion.
Thankfully, this is a perfectly-playable game at this point. To see a game requiring an NVIDIA 1070 on minimum settings really pushes the boundaries for graphics, and an action game necessitates a high framerate to have its best experience. It’s a gorgeous game that performs well on modest PCs, and in my test on the Steam Deck, the game was playable after turning down some graphics settings. Once I got a handle on this, though, the combat was fluid and a joy to experiment with.Īside from its mechanics, Soulstice nails its performance as well.
I did find this tough to get used to, as the X/Y buttons used for attacking alongside Lute’s B button presses made it difficult to navigate controller presses. The battles in Soulstice feel tight and rewarding you not only control Briar’s sword-swinging and dodging, but Lute automatically makes ranged attacks, lets you reflect projectiles, and avoid incoming melee damage with well-timed button presses. Prioritizing enemies comes about quickly, as ranged and armored baddies enter the fray in the first and second chapters. Your first combat encounter shows that the fighting is heavily combo-based and packed with counters, launchers, and an incentive for variety. These sisters are who you control throughout Soulstice. Now with the demo out for everyone to experience it ahead of Soulstice‘s September 20th release, how does it stack up?Īs you sail into a dilapidated, dreary setting, you’re greeted by two characters: Briar and Lute.
Color me surprised when I got my hands on it and found that it’s a Devil May Cry-style game, backed with a strong premise, some smart mechanics, and world-building deep enough for any new player to get immersed. It’s not just in the name, its first screenshots showed a bleak, drab setting. With the recent boom in Souls-like games, I had a good feeling that Soulstice would follow suit.
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