Souldiers

 PlayStation 5
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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

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  • Summary: Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Vandal
    May 30, 2022
    85
    This is a great metroidvania that, without reinventing the wheel, manages to deliver a great adventure.
  2. Digital Chumps
    Jun 14, 2022
    80
    Souldiers is a kind of comfort food. There are players who will actively seek out a game like this, one that is inspired by the best kinds of interactive nostalgia. While developer Retro Forge is keen on piquing the interest of classic key genres, Souldiers stands surprisingly well on its own qualities. This is a beautiful game that can be absurdly difficult but it’s more than a large, interconnected map and a twist on punishing combat. The name might be a little too clever for its own good but keep in mind that Souldiers is unique in its own right.
  3. Eurogamer Italy
    May 31, 2022
    80
    Action, platforming and RPG elements melt in this engaging souls-like Metroidvania enriched by a gorgeous pixel-art. You'd better keep it on your radar.
  4. RPGamer
    Jul 26, 2022
    80
    Where you fall on Souldiers probably depends on whether you were an early adopter. Technical issues appearing at launch were considerable, but have now largely been addressed. Those just coming to the game now, or those willing to return for a second attempt, will find a title as superbly high-quality as it is challenging. However, with great challenge comes great satisfaction, and the journey along the way is just so memorable; there were times I could literally not put the controller down, even after hours of playing. The ending does promise a sequel, and I, for one, am extremely excited about what this talented team can provide in a sophomore outing with the lessons learned here.
  5. Video Chums
    Jun 1, 2022
    78
    Souldiers is a capable and enjoyable Metroidvania that provided me a solid amount of fun. With an expansive and attractive world, loads of goodies to discover, and intuitive controls, I'm sure you'll enjoy your journey through Terragaya as much as I did.
  6. Checkpoint Gaming
    Jun 5, 2022
    75
    Souldiers is quite good, but doesn’t quite reach the peaks that it aims for. However, despite its unbalanced and restrictive class system and frequent difficulty spikes, there is a ton to recommend, from its detailed and varied world, beautiful animations, and engaging combat. Souldiers is not for the faint of heart, but if you’re prepared for its challenges and looking for a deep and engaging metroidvania platformer to get into, Souldiers is worth the recommendation.
  7. MeuPlayStation
    May 30, 2022
    65
    Despite having beautiful pixel-art visuals, well-crafted maps and challenging mechanics, Souldiers is just another soulslike/Metroidvania that does not bring anything new to the table. It's just a collection of stuff that we've seen before.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 6 out of 10
  1. MrEBE
    Dec 24, 2022
    10
    Marvelous metroidvania with some 2D souls-like !!
    This game is a marvel, believe me! I platinumed every Soulsborne and most of the greatest    Marvelous metroidvania with some 2D souls-like !!
    This game is a marvel, believe me! I platinumed every Soulsborne and most of the greatest rogue-like and metroidvania.. this game is a dream came true.. the perfect pixel-art heroic-fantasy action-rpg metroidvania, taking all and every of the mechanism we like in every of these genre..    … Expand
  2. Juan19892020
    Jun 23, 2022
    9
    Addictive! Yes is hard and the control could of have been better.. but if you get used to it you’re going yo have a great adventure. For allAddictive! Yes is hard and the control could of have been better.. but if you get used to it you’re going yo have a great adventure. For all souls like gamers out there this is a most!… Expand
  4. tikda
    Jun 8, 2022
    8
    Cool! Thats really exciting! Cant believe its out for now. Looking forward to it already!
  5. PokeBluedude
    Jun 10, 2022
    4
    There is soooo much potential to this game, with its great art style and story. Sadly that is let down somewhat by clunky controls (I'mThere is soooo much potential to this game, with its great art style and story. Sadly that is let down somewhat by clunky controls (I'm looking at you every door I walk passed and accidentally enter if my left stick is pointed even 2% northwards) and a deverstating lack of checkpoints. The game is hard but sadly not good hard like any soulsbourne game. Hard because of poor design. You can spend a good 20 mins reaching a certain area, get bodied by a mob and have to do it all over again, as there is such a poor focus on saving progression. That's every chest, item, bit of gold collected gone. The game would be an easy 9 if it wasn't for this. Its worth a try and prepare to cry.

    EDIT. DROPPED SCORE FROM 6 TO 4.... PROGRESSING IN THIS GAME DOES NOT MAKE IT BETTER AND UNTIL A HUGE PATCH COME OUT TO FIX MANY OF THE GLARING ISSUES THIS GAME HAS, I WOULDN'T BOTHER BUYING IT.    … Expand
  6. Ughhh
    Jun 5, 2022
    3
    Cool art style, but controlls are clunky (really devs, did you even try the thumbstick? Thing's more sensitive than 90s boybands).

    Edit: now    Cool art style, but controlls are clunky (really devs, did you even try the thumbstick? Thing's more sensitive than 90s boybands).

    Edit: now played for 5 hours, at which point it basically loses all its charm.    … Expand
  7. GrahfZeppelin
    Jun 3, 2022
    3
    Breathtaking graphics and stellar presentation, but beyond that, the game unfortunately feels very unpolished. Terrible difficulty curve,Breathtaking graphics and stellar presentation, but beyond that, the game unfortunately feels very unpolished. Terrible difficulty curve, awful controls with tons of lost inputs and sloppy animation priority combined with a relentless difficulty (even on 'easy') and a slew of bugs, one of which I found was game-breaking and ruined my save file). It's a game that has TONS of potential and I feel that with enough patches it can be fixed, but in it's current state it's just a needlessly difficult game with poor controls and extremely slow RPG progression. It's basically not fun. I truly hope it gets fixed because there is clearly a LOT of love and care put into this game and I'd hate to see such a beautiful game wasted on terrible gameplay… Expand
  8. 2ofCups
    Jun 24, 2022
    0
    This is my Review lifted str8 from Steam

    UPDATE June 24: The Cock-gobbling Mods on steam have banned me from the forums for calling out    This is my Review lifted str8 from Steam

    UPDATE June 24: The Cock-gobbling Mods on steam have banned me from the forums for calling out sissy 'My little Pony' avatar using butt-pirates for making the devs cave. Mods are more concerned about some peoples feelings than actual criticisms and discussions. Words are just words you pu$$ies, you'll survive, they can't hurt you, despite what public schools have taught you.

    June 23 EDIT: The Devs have caved since launch and implemented knee-jerk patch that nerfs and VASTLY changes the game. WAY to easy to play now, it's made for Smooth-brains now, it's not anything like it was. Cry-baby millenials ruin yet another decent game because they don't know how to dodge, jump, roll and attack at the right times. Sad.

    Original Review on release day :

    EVERY NEG REVIEW ABOUT LOSING SAVES ARE MADE BY MOUTH-BREATHING-SMOOTH-BRAINS!

    This game is awesome. An excellent 'Vania with a nice fantasy setting.
    Music is excellent and the challenge is real, but not too punishing.
    If they played a video-game before they would have realized there ARE SAVE POINTS, the save points even refill your health.

    FFS all these kids crying about how hard this game is and losing save data are the reason they make 'Story Modes' in games a thing now, because they're all too dumb to read, the game tells you how to save, you just have to be paying attention, this is 'Cuphead' rage all over again.    … Expand

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Awards & Rankings

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#59 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2022
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#95 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2022