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(6 x 1.5) / 10

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这让我忘记了我还没支付的赡养费!!

A lot can be improved. The game has an established foundation of love for the respective JRPG and hack-and-slash genres. That can be seen in all of the game's combat, storytelling, and character/environment design. Sadly, what can be said about the game’s passion for replicating the qualities of top JRPG and hack-and-slash games falls short. Everything simply feels amateurish, causing things like optimization, story, and game design to take heavy dips in quality. From trailers and gameplay, the scope of the game oozes ambition, which I feel comes from the developers as a passionate sign of wanting to make something fun and incredibly stylish.

They envisioned creating a game where players are willing to go back and replay missions or epic boss encounters just to experience the highlight of Lost Soul Aside’s design i.e. its flashy approach to combat. Honestly, Lost Soul Aside really does have a few fantastic moments that make the game incredible. On the flipside, and what is more consistent throughout playing the game, is something closer to the outline of a generic action combat-based game, sprinkled with a teaspoon of RPG elements involving character progression.

As for a bit more of a critique of the game. There are also noticeable inconsistencies with the game’s fidelity and optimization. For example, why does one of the recurring NPCs, presented in dark/shadowy areas, just randomly illuminate (like they’re emitting their own light source,lmao)? Cinematic and weapon VFX animations can look stiff or somewhat plain. Rendering issues with environmental objects and visual effects such as horrible pop-in are also present, particularly in hub or semi-open world zones.

As for writing, coming from the perspective of someone who doesn’t usually get deeply involved in the narrative/story/plot of games, Lost Soul Aside does no favors in encouraging players to become interested in its characters or its world. There’s also more to be said about smaller issues, like the game’s saving system, lengthy missions, or game difficulty, which further highlight critiques of Lost Soul Aside’s overall game design as the byproduct of a new development studio. Obviously, anything related to the game’s aesthetic is highly subjective and up to the player to judge.

In the end, Lost Soul Aside is a good game, or just an okay game, or simply a serviceable game to play when you’re bored. Whatever it may be, it’s worth playing once it goes on sale for sure.

As a personal note, coming from someone who’s been eagerly waiting to play this game since its trailer back in 2016 on Bing Yang's YT channel. I’m really hoping that this development team doesn’t stop at Lost Soul Aside and continues to make more games. 3.5/5.

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Played this on my $28 Temu Steam Deck.

wpgg

Xiao Lu.

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HOPE