I played Lost Soul Aside for about 13 hours and this is what I think A bit disappointing. The best thing about it is clearly the combat and I can give that an A- to a B+. The real issue is that the combat is the only pole trying to hold up this massive circus tent of a game. The story is bare...
Bones. Now there's games that don't need a complex or interesting story, like let's say Astro Bot, but Astro Bot relies on so much more. The intuitive gameplay, the charm, the collecting aspect that feels like it matters etc. but when your game is supposed to be a DMC meets FF affair, the story...
Becomes a lot more important. The voice acting is also not good. It has phoned in performance and phoned in facial animations. I had recently beat Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and the voice acting is night and day. COE33 has such naturally written dialogue and such well done performances the...
Interactions not only feel genuine and important, but there's a lot of subtext there. You can tell a character's motivation or what they're feeling as much by 'how' they say something or what they don't say at all. All dialogue in LSA is slapped right in front of you like they're serving cake...
...I feel no actual urgency in these missions, even though they just may have just detailed a very urgent situation. I just don't care. While the combat is engaging enough, it doesn't take long for the dungeons, which are no more than boss rushes with some enemies and simple puzzles sprinkled in...
Between, to feel like slogs. The hub town feels lifeless, and it has mechanics and functions that seem unnecessary. There's a crafting function that I'm only able to craft one kind of potion, and I never use that potion anyway. Which all sucks because I really wanted to like this game but honestly
It's meh