Titan Souls

 PlayStation 4
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6.7

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  1. samwise_kh
    Oct 30, 2017
    6
    Titan Souls is a game with a very simple premise, one shot to kill, one shot to be killed. And while the variety of monsters are quite nice, the problem is with its difficulty curve, there is none, one boss you might find very difficult, the next could be quite easy.
    Graphics are meh, not much of a story, so basically you have a three hours max game to enjoy killing random monsters.
  2. drlowdon
    Dec 6, 2018
    7
    With its unpopulated landscapes and large foes to defeat Titan Souls is effectively Shadow of The Colossus in 2d.

    In all honesty there is a little too much time spent wandering around the environments between battles but the fights against the Titans, which are effectively the entirety of the gameplay, are fortunately entertaining. Titans can be killed by just one arrow in the right    With its unpopulated landscapes and large foes to defeat Titan Souls is effectively Shadow of The Colossus in 2d.

    In all honesty there is a little too much time spent wandering around the environments between battles but the fights against the Titans, which are effectively the entirety of the gameplay, are fortunately entertaining. Titans can be killed by just one arrow in the right spot but just one hit from them will also result in your death, this makes for some intense battles as you search for an opening whilst trying to avoid the attacks coming your way. Some may find this challenge oversteps the mark into frustration at times but for the most part it just about stayed the right side of the line for me personally.

    It’s not a classic but Titan Souls will provide a good 3-4 hours of entertainment for those looking for a good challenge.    … Expand
  3. Nel
    Apr 21, 2017
    5
    Game is really hard, but if you play it enough it will not be much of a challenge. The game is not really anything you should pick up at full price unless you really enjoy games for their difficulty.
  4. mbrigham1223
    Jan 9, 2017
    7
    An exceedingly challenging, tight adventure game that mixes together the wonder and withdrawn storytelling of Shadow of the Colossus with the demanding, trial and error gameplay of Dark Souls.

    Pros: - Incredibly rewarding battles. I got to my feet and pounded my chest when I beat the Truth. - Tight, responsive controls - Beautiful pixel art style - Runs perfectly, never had a slow    An exceedingly challenging, tight adventure game that mixes together the wonder and withdrawn storytelling of Shadow of the Colossus with the demanding, trial and error gameplay of Dark Souls.

    Pros:
    - Incredibly rewarding battles. I got to my feet and pounded my chest when I beat the Truth.
    - Tight, responsive controls
    - Beautiful pixel art style
    - Runs perfectly, never had a slow down or crash
    - Each of the 19 titans feel unique; each a new puzzle to solve

    Cons:
    - About a 3 hour run time, with the developers expecting that you'll want to play through again to pad length
    - A handful of the Titans feel too simple, making beating them not overly enjoyable

    Mixed:
    - A handful of the tracks in the game are memorable (mainly the haunting theme of The Elder, the chugging tracks of the burning mountain, and those accompanying the final three titans), but the rest fall flat, feeling generic and unimpressive.

    For most, this will be over in a sitting or two, but for those really looking for their money's worth, a handful of new game modes unlocked on completion will provide an even deeper challenge and plenty more hours of gameplay. Overall, a compact but competent adventure that draws on two excellent games for inspiration, and manages to carve out a unique spot of its own.    … Expand
  5. PitChewie
    Apr 20, 2015
    9
    This game is very good in what it intends to do. Great varied boss battles. It does not depend on luck, but on skill. And it will definitely require skill, specially if you're aiming for the platinum (I believe it is one of the most difficult plats to date).
    I believe that the game pays homage to shadow of the colossus (water boss, boss kill animation, etc...).
    You should buy if: Like    This game is very good in what it intends to do. Great varied boss battles. It does not depend on luck, but on skill. And it will definitely require skill, specially if you're aiming for the platinum (I believe it is one of the most difficult plats to date).
    I believe that the game pays homage to shadow of the colossus (water boss, boss kill animation, etc...).

    You should buy if: Like a challenge, like old school visuals, likes skill better than grinding.

    You shouldn't buy if: You want a visual masterpiece, like to develop a character (lvl up, aquire new skills, this is not present in this game), want an easy plat.    … Expand
  6. OS_Gamer
    Apr 23, 2015
    9
    A clue to what this game is, is in the title. Souls. It seems any game with Souls in it requires a certain kind of player and Devolver Digital, who bought us Hotline Miami, have come up trumps again . If you've played Demons Souls, Dark Souls and/or Dark Souls 2 then chances are this is a game for you. It's not related to them directly but I don't think the title is any coincidence.A clue to what this game is, is in the title. Souls. It seems any game with Souls in it requires a certain kind of player and Devolver Digital, who bought us Hotline Miami, have come up trumps again . If you've played Demons Souls, Dark Souls and/or Dark Souls 2 then chances are this is a game for you. It's not related to them directly but I don't think the title is any coincidence. For me it's a clear nod at those much loved titles.

    If you're a player who revels in the ability to figure out an encounter using logic, patience and pure skill and you get a rush of adrenaline when you best those encounters using your own intuition and not having watched a solution on YouTube then Titan Souls is for you. It's a brutally punishing, extremely rewarding game that has a very simple premise, kill or be killed and you should expect to be killed many, many times.

    You are a lonely warrior with 1 arrow and 1 hit point. Equally the bosses you face have 1 hit point but typically they wield more than just a puny little arrow. There's no fluff, no real story, just you, a moody score and myriad bosses waiting to be worked out and gimped by you.

    On the face of it Titan Souls looks like an impossibly hard game until you look through the trophy list (in which a platinum is available) and realise the game can be beaten in less than 20 minutes. There are various modes such as Iron Mode, in which death doesn't send you to the nearest checkpoint, it resets the entire game! Another where you can't roll at all. This should prop you up by telling you that it's simply not as hard as it initially looks. Each boss has a particular way to beat them and you owe it to yourself to work that out, not watch someone else do it.

    Also available as a cross buy cross save with a PS Vita which allows you to take this game on the road.

    Grow a pair and enter the world of Titan Souls. I doubt you'll regret it.    … Expand
  7. Malooga
    Jul 22, 2015
    8
    I am now a firm believer that pretty much anything Devolver Digital puts their hands on will be some amount of fun. This 2D hybrid of Dark Souls and Shadow of the Colossus is probably one of my favorite games from them to date (aside from Hotline Miami), and serves as a solid boss crawl even if it is a little simple on the surface.

    The premise is you are a wanderer equipped with a    I am now a firm believer that pretty much anything Devolver Digital puts their hands on will be some amount of fun. This 2D hybrid of Dark Souls and Shadow of the Colossus is probably one of my favorite games from them to date (aside from Hotline Miami), and serves as a solid boss crawl even if it is a little simple on the surface.

    The premise is you are a wanderer equipped with a single arrow and bow, and can only be hit once before dying. Sounds hardcore, and in later stages in certainly can be, but there is more of a strategy/puzzle aspect to the boss battles in this game, so its a different kind of difficulty. Most bosses can similarly be killed in a single hit, so timing is key. The load screen between deaths is VERY short and there is not a lot of backtracking if you clear each area the first time through, making the difficulty even more tolerable.

    The core concept here is strong, but I feel like it could have been developed a little further still. The feel and pacing of the game doesn't really change from start to end, but its such a good pace that it didn't bother me too much. All in all, if you are a fan of boss crawls, dont miss this one.

    8/10, maybe wait a month or two, Devolver games tend to be cheap or free from time to time, one of the reasons I like them so much!    … Expand
  8. ablaise82
    Nov 24, 2016
    2
    getting tired of games being ultra nit picky to make up for not being fun. No this is not a souls game. No, Souls games are not good either. Enough of these insta death boss rush games, wether it be an AAA title or indie game... Just pure laziness.
  9. Riskyreview
    Apr 19, 2015
    2
    Another game with lazy pixel graphics, another game that's extremely repetitive, another game trying to cash in on the name of good franchises and another game for the trash pile!
  10. getrwuegyweh
    Jan 3, 2017
    0
    Oh god. What a disgraceful excuse for a game. Probably cost 5p to make. Not fun in the slightest. One of the laziest games i've seen in recent years and god knows why it's even available.
  11. Grant_Mackin
    Nov 27, 2015
    10
    For what the game is worth, it is a great experience. That is, if you are paying $10 or less like I did. I finished the whole game (all titans, challenges not accomplished) in 2.5 hours, almost on the dot. If it was a $30-40 game, the added difficulty challenges would just make me hate it this game for the lack of content, but I had enough fun with this game, despite my anger at the bossesFor what the game is worth, it is a great experience. That is, if you are paying $10 or less like I did. I finished the whole game (all titans, challenges not accomplished) in 2.5 hours, almost on the dot. If it was a $30-40 game, the added difficulty challenges would just make me hate it this game for the lack of content, but I had enough fun with this game, despite my anger at the bosses and the randomly lucky shots I made on about 7 of the titans.

    But for $10, I got a wonderful soundtrack, nice animations, unique game play features, cool mechanics, astounding bosses, and great extra modes after the first one. And that makes it a worthwhile experience in my book.

    TL;DR: Absolutely worth $10, maybe $15-20, absolutely NOT anything above that, and if you like to test your breaking point and going beyond it, this is the game for you.    … Expand
  12. surfacepatterns
    Jul 20, 2016
    9
    I picked this up on a whim, despite the mixed reviews, and found an underrated game that is absolutely elegant in its simplicity. Here are the basics:

    * One button makes your character do a quick dive (no i-frames). Holding it down moves you a little faster than usual. * One button shoots an arrow, and, once you've shot the arrow, allows you to make the arrow gravitate back to you at    I picked this up on a whim, despite the mixed reviews, and found an underrated game that is absolutely elegant in its simplicity. Here are the basics:

    * One button makes your character do a quick dive (no i-frames). Holding it down moves you a little faster than usual.
    * One button shoots an arrow, and, once you've shot the arrow, allows you to make the arrow gravitate back to you at a fairly fast rate.
    * You only have one arrow.
    * If you get hit, you die.
    * The main gameplay is boss fights. Most involve solving some sort of puzzle to figure out how to kill the boss, using your arrow and/or the environment.

    That's the basics. It's a little like Shadow of the Colossus, except with a 2-D overhead view.

    Don't be fooled into thinking that this makes the game easy in any way, shape, or form. Without revealing details of any of the fights, suffice to say that the game designers have created some very interesting and difficult boss fights, some of which rival some of the more interesting Souls game boss fights.

    Some reviewers mock this game for its 2-D overhead view and it's simple graphics. If these are things you absolutely cannot stand, then this is a game you should take a pass on. However, if you enjoy challenging gameplay where your victories are thoroughly satisfying (think Souls games), then you should really pick this game up.    … Expand
  13. Noanopolis
    Nov 19, 2016
    10
    Do you know why this was originally released for the psvita? Because it depended on real life distractions to periodically pull you away from the game to keep you from having a mental breakdown. The game is hard, and the battles end quickly, usually with your death, and it's emotionally taxing to watch your character bloodily massacred every minute. It's too easy to fall into a trap of notDo you know why this was originally released for the psvita? Because it depended on real life distractions to periodically pull you away from the game to keep you from having a mental breakdown. The game is hard, and the battles end quickly, usually with your death, and it's emotionally taxing to watch your character bloodily massacred every minute. It's too easy to fall into a trap of not being able to stop playing because you're so emotionally invested but you're also too upset to think straight.

    You'll notice I gave it a 10 despite this. That's because the game is damn near perfect. It's only flaw is that it isn't meant to be played for long periods of time. Pace yourself. When you get stuck on a boss, stop playing and come back to it in the morning. Maybe have a timer set to 1 hour or 30 minutes. But whatever you do, DO NOT BINGE ON THE GAME. You will hate yourself and most likely break something.    … Expand
  14. mackenzie129
    Sep 14, 2017
    3
    Seriously? This is a game? Its not broken so its not a 0 but as a "game" this is absolute garbage. I got this for free from PS+ but I want my money back.
    It's so boring!
  15. TresVoltesRebel
    Nov 10, 2020
    8
    El juego no está nada mal, los gráficos son preciosos si te gusta el estilo Pixel-Art y el desafio es real, para mi más difícil que cualquier juego de la saga Souls, tan laureada por su dificultad.
    Advierto que si, al igual que yo, te frustras rápido y enteas en modo rage con facilidad este título se va a llevar unos cuantos años de tu vida, no por su duración, sino por el estrés.
    Pero a    El juego no está nada mal, los gráficos son preciosos si te gusta el estilo Pixel-Art y el desafio es real, para mi más difícil que cualquier juego de la saga Souls, tan laureada por su dificultad.
    Advierto que si, al igual que yo, te frustras rápido y enteas en modo rage con facilidad este título se va a llevar unos cuantos años de tu vida, no por su duración, sino por el estrés.
    Pero a fin de cuentas aunque entres, intentes algún titan, mueras un montón de veces hasta dar con la clave y acabes saliendo del juego, al final con paciencia te lo pasarás, y la sensación de derrotar a un titan que te estaba haciendo la vida imposible... Eso es muy satisfactorio.    … Expand
  16. shane9fingers
    Jun 8, 2018
    10
    It's hard and beautiful. Well worth trying if you like the accomplishment of killing the titans. I think it's on sale through Humble at the mo too. Well worth a go!
  17. paiva1406
    Dec 29, 2020
    7
    While very hard at some points, Titan Souls succeeds to bring the enjoyment of passing through a level after dying 50 times to another scale being very satisfying at most of it's boss fights. Yet it fails at giving exciting rewards and dense and complex boss fight, turning into a very simple boss rush at a lot of it's boss battles.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jun 1, 2015
    70
    It's also a meaningful exploration of the frustration and release of boss battling. [June 2015, p.86]
  2. Play UK
    Jun 1, 2015
    70
    It's problems lie in design, though - the largely empty world seems almost superfluous and you'll come away from each encounter triumphant, but lacking any sort of reward. [Issue#257, p.70]
  3. The Digital Fix
    May 26, 2015
    70
    Titan Souls earns its rightful place as one of the toughest games of all-time and while some will immediately fall for the elegant yet simple design and alluring fantasy world, others may be turned off by its unrelenting difficulty.
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