Capcom and Platinumgames seem to be the center of attention on the fast-paced hack and slash 3D action games nowadays. Since Kratos took it easy on the deicide to be a dad, Bayonetta and Dante are the faces of the genre without much competition. If there’s a big fast-paced hack and slash adventure going on, it’s likely from those two companies, as also seen with Nier: Automata and DmC: Devil May Cry. They’re good at that, but sometimes I got to thinking that I wouldn’t mind someone else trying their hand at that style of gameplay for once instead of all the games taking cues from Dark Souls that keep coming up. Darksiders sure wasn’t doing it for me.
Now in 2022 Reply Games Studios has taken that crack at it with Soulstice, a fast-paced hack and slash 3D action game adventure that doesn’t even try to hide its inspirations.
This review is based on the PC version and was given to me for free.
