Tormented Souls

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 71 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 71
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 71
  3. Negative: 13 out of 71

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  1. Spassbremse
    Nov 29, 2021
    7
    Tormented Souls is a love letter to fixed-camera angle, tank-controlled style horror games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill of the PS1 era. Specifically, it has all the gameplay and style of Resident Evil 1 and the absurd "cultist rebirthing an ancient god" plot of Silent Hill 3.

    Let's get the good out of the way first: - Lots of puzzles, mostly very well designed - A fun story    Tormented Souls is a love letter to fixed-camera angle, tank-controlled style horror games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill of the PS1 era. Specifically, it has all the gameplay and style of Resident Evil 1 and the absurd "cultist rebirthing an ancient god" plot of Silent Hill 3.

    Let's get the good out of the way first:
    - Lots of puzzles, mostly very well designed
    - A fun story that had some weird, enjoyable twists, if a little cliched at times
    - Environmental feel and atmosphere
    - Improvised weapons that are creative and fun to use
    - Doesn't use jumpscares

    Don't like:
    - Combat feels very stop and start, could have been more fluid
    - Certain mechanics which drive the plot are brought up and used once and then completely forgotten about
    - Certain portal/time travel mechanics are NOT explained are just there to make the plot work and are never explained
    - It's too long
    - Very bad voice acting (and not in the fun, campy way)

    Overall, this could have been a really tight 4-6 hour experience. The mansion is creepy, the puzzles are well designed, but it just commits one of the cardinal sins of horror games in that it's too long. Backtracking to get certain items, solve certain puzzles, and even get the "best" ending can take hours. That is not fun. There's a lot to love here, and again it's very much a love letter to your RE/SH games of yore, but ultimately it could have used a narrowing of scope and some better combat to truly make this a classic. As it stands, it's a solid game that hopefully the studio will improve upon in future titles.    … Expand

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#69 Most Discussed PC Game of 2021

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Nov 30, 2021
    56
    Resident Evil 2 Remake shows how to properly blend old-school horror ideas with modern action to create a great game. Tormented Souls ignored all that and tried to copy the original one-to-one, with predictable result: it’s a bland clone of a game two decades old. [Issue#256, p.38]
  2. GameSpace
    Oct 7, 2021
    80
    Tormented Souls is an extremely atmospheric game that will please the connoisseurs of the survival horror genre.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Sep 26, 2021
    79
    Boasting good puzzles and solid level design, Tormented Souls doesn't break new ground, but it does well what it set out to do. It's not a game I would recommend to everyone since you have to get used to the clunky combat and the lack of guidance and be equipped with enough patience to overcome the initial difficulty barrier.
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