Masochists, gather round: Your next game has arrived. It's called Unsouled, and as you might be able to guess from the title, it looks like it'll scratch that punishing pixel-perfect combat itch that Dark Souls gets, plus a rather lovely visual style that's reminiscent of beloved roguelike Dead Cells.
The story revolves around a prince from a fallen kingdom who finds that he can consume the souls of the dead to increase his power (sound familiar?), and he uses this ability to grow stronger, build his skills, and defeat the monsters and bosses that plague the land.
The combat in particular is a focus, with chain combos and counter-attacks being vital skills to learn if you want to beat the game's tough enemies. Each of the game's 7 bosses will give you a new skill, plus 60 passive skills, and 16 character skills to master as you progress.
Unsouled will be officially released on Switch, Xbox Game Pass, and Steam on April 28th, for $19.99.
Comments 12
I will have to keep an eye on this one. The art style and game description both intrigue me.
Looks good. I just hope this is better than Eldest Souls. That game looked great but I was quite disappointed with it.
Looks nice and sounds fun, but when they describe the difficulty like this it is hard for me to guess whether it is 'just right', 'unexpectedly easy', or 'rage quit'. If there is a demo, I will jump on it.
Oooooooh this looks wonderful! Excited for this!
It looks fun, but I wish it had a co-op mode. Since enjoying Full Metal Furies so much in co-op, I'm not interested in anything like this that doesn't have co-op!
I am going to make a game called souls dark. Brilliant right! Companies should ban the word souls from games please! Xxx
Remindful of Hyper Light Drifter. But I don't like the animations in the demo, they look like super low frame rate.
@Bydlak Same it made me think "low-rent Hyper Light Drifter x Elex."
Not sold on it, but if it's reviewed well, who knows.
Delightful! April 28th you say? Waiting I will be.
It looks beautiful, but that screen shake that happens every time anything happens made me feel just a little barfy.
Looks nice, but doesn't look like a game I 'need' after having my fill of Hyper Light Drifter and Unsighted.
Plus with my experience playing games like Code Vein, Salt and Sanctuary and Elden Ring, I require character customization in my souls-likes...
Hmm that's odd... I can't seem to find the game through the canadian nintendo e-shop.
Anyone facing similar issues?
Tap here to load 12 comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...