![]() ![]() Ultimately, this means that even the best of players will require a few attempts in order to take a boss down. Avoiding area of effect attacks and precision-based moves takes practise and memorization. However, mastering this dance will take some serious trial and error on behalf of the player. It gives you the feeling that you’ve not lost until you encounter the dreaded game over screen. This delicate dance of aggression is what makes the best bosses of Eldest Souls so compelling. To get stronger you must act aggressively, but should you risk mistiming a move you’ll end up dead. This mechanic adds a nice element of risk and reward to the proceedings. Additionally, you’ll receive a range of passive abilities based on your skills. Should you then use that successfully, you’ll not only be able to inflict serious damage to your opponent but also gain back some health. Here, the game’s central combat gimmick is a charge attack that gradually fills up your bloodlust meter. “This delicate dance of aggression is what makes the best bosses of Eldest Souls so compelling.”ĭespitenot being a true souls-like or a stand-out in the boss-rush genre, Eldest Souls succeeds in its core aspirations with a brutal difficulty and twitch risk versus reward combat. After a failed attempt by humanity to kill the imprisoned gods they unleashed a terrible desolation upon the world leaving civilization in ruins with few humans remaining. In-game screenshotĮldest Souls is set in a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy world, you play as lone swordsmen wielding a legendary obsidian blade to slay the old gods once for all. But, if I wasn’t reviewing the game, I don’t know if I would have beaten it. There are some scraps of lore remaining in its dying world, and the last vestiges of life asking you for this or that. The thing is, with Eldest Souls, all you get is challenging boss battles. But outside of that, I tend to stay away. Sure, I’ll occasionally dip into difficult games for the bits in-between impossibly challenging boss battles. ![]() I’ve never been a sucker for punishment or even particularly drawn to souls-likes. In-game screenshot “If I wasn’t reviewing the game, I don’t know if I would have beaten it.” ![]() The thing is, I can’t tell whether that’s a good thing or not. However, for me, it was one of the most challenging games I have completed since Hollow Knight. Some are even calling it easy with one player claiming they beat it in just four hours. A browse through user and other critics reviews tells a different story. I had died 321 times across my entire playthrough. Unless of course you stopped reading when we mentioned that dreaded ‘Souls’ word in our opening gambit.By the end of my 15 hours with Eldest Souls, I was staring at the number 321. If you’re sold though and fancy a hunt through a consecrated Citadel in search of the Old Gods, and reckon you’re up for the challenge that Eldest Souls presents, get yourself over to the digital store of your choosing, pay up that asking price, and take home your download. Claim their celestial powers to unlock a vast array of unique Talents and Abilities, ready to customize your own combat style from a multitude of combinations. Your Rules: Every encounter with the Old Gods presents its own unique challenge… and rewards. This monument of Human triumph has long been forgotten, and something dark has taken root deep within. Pixel Perfection: Bask in the pixel perfection of the consecrated Citadel, dripping in gorgeous 16-bit attention-to-detail.Slowly uncover the truth behind the Old Gods and their agelong imprisonment… An Ancient Kingdom: As you explore the labyrinthine passages, in search of the Old Gods, you’ll encounter intriguing NPCs, compelling questlines, and a series of dark and ominous mysteries.Boss-Rush Brutality: Eldest Souls focuses on only the toughest and most engaging of combat encounters – the Bosses! – with each Old God presenting a new and unique challenge for the player to overcome… with fitting rewards for those who triumph!.Yet fortune favors the bold, and defeating the Old Gods may grant the player powers beyond mortal comprehension. Challenging Combat: Fast-paced and challenging souls-like combat awaits, where every moment counts.Of course, for fully considered opinion, it’ll be our full review of Eldest Souls on Xbox that should be taken in – keep an eye out for it soon. In fact, we were pretty impressed when we had the chance to see Eldest Souls in action a few weeks back and would highly advise you to check out our thoughts from that presser.
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