Eldest Souls

 PC
User Score
6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 5 out of 21

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  1. SilverOrlov
    Jul 18, 2023
    6
    What can I say... very nice and juicy pixel art. Not the most exciting and intriguing story, but for a boss rush game, it's a pretty good addition. The music is great. The price is low, especially if you catch a discount. And that's all, perhaps.
    I have experience in playing this kind of games. Big, like Sekiro, and small, like Saltborn, but I can say that this game is not suitable for    What can I say... very nice and juicy pixel art. Not the most exciting and intriguing story, but for a boss rush game, it's a pretty good addition. The music is great. The price is low, especially if you catch a discount. And that's all, perhaps.
    I have experience in playing this kind of games. Big, like Sekiro, and small, like Saltborn, but I can say that this game is not suitable for everyone, even such kind a player. I didn't like the game-play of this game. It is original, yes, but IMAO this originality does not suits to the hell that sometimes happens with the bosses. How did one write "combat dance with the boss"? ... yes, that's right, it looks like this... but this dance is only for those who are especially stubborn on hardcore gaming. Only for them, the game will be give a pleasure in fact. Especially since some of the bosses are made in the dishonest-bullet-hell-in-a-small-arena pattern.
    I got some pleasure from the visual-story-music, but I'm not going to recommend this BDSM experiment. This is, IMAO, a very niche product for a separate group of masochists among hardcore players.
    ... on Isshin in Sekiro, my nerves were not in that condition...    … Expand
  2. Inspexor
    Dec 4, 2022
    6
    It's okay... not sure how else to feel about it.
    It's definitely fun to beat up different kind of gods and some of the bosses are fundamentally well designed but where the game falls flat are the controls and the gameplay in general.
    The controls feel clunky and slow, you can't dash through bosses and some bosses have very weird hitboxes. It happens quite a lot that some bosses with    It's okay... not sure how else to feel about it.
    It's definitely fun to beat up different kind of gods and some of the bosses are fundamentally well designed but where the game falls flat are the controls and the gameplay in general.
    The controls feel clunky and slow, you can't dash through bosses and some bosses have very weird hitboxes.
    It happens quite a lot that some bosses with charge attacks just push you to the wall of the arena and you can't move anymore because you're stuck between them and the wall.
    I'm also not a fan of the need to use charge attacks because they take a long time to charge up and the bosses are generally pretty fast so you always have to find the perfect window of opportunity which feels more like RNG than skill tbh.
    Right now i'm at the spider boss which is one of the worse bosses in terms of design imo.
    The arena is very small and gets absolutely covered with AoEs so there's really no room for you to move around anymore. Really not sure what to do there.
    I'll beat her eventually but some bosses really just feel like a drag or being very RNG heavy instead of being a challenge.    … Expand

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. GameSkinny
    May 4, 2022
    80
    Return to the world of Eldest Souls with the Depths of the Forgotten DLC, a worthy continuation of a good, sometimes great, boss rush Souls-like hybrid.
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  2. PC Games
    Sep 26, 2021
    60
    The word that describes Eldest Souls best is: painful. The promising core gameplay is buried under a ton of flaws. Horrible controls, a boring story and a non-existent learning curve make it so that not even souls-veterans will like this game.
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  3. Gamepressure
    Sep 11, 2021
    75
    You want an experience that is so difficult, but rewarding, that it keeps you coming back for more. Eldest Souls fits the bill, but because it focuses on just boss-rushing, it feels more like a lite version that is still just as fun to play. It’s great for those who know what they’re signing up for and are okay with a more minimalistic, if not frustrating approach to a brutal genre.
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