Last Soul - Prologue

做的很不错

SPOILERS! Positives: - The music for this game is wonderful, it complements the action and really sets the tone. - The UI is polished and works just fine. - The animations are well done and have a lot of character. Sprinting is a particular joy as it looks great. - The tutorial does a pretty good job of ingratiating the player with how to play. - The load times are quick and get you into the action fast. - The game has decent handling. The main character is responsive, not too floaty and feels great simply to run and jump with. After a few minutes playing it will all feel very second nature. - The game works well with both controller and keyboard. However, I found the controller to be the optimum way to play, I felt like the layout for this method made shooting, flying and aiming at the same time much easier, although this might just be me. - The game has nice artwork and enjoyable character designs. Enemies pop pretty well from the environment and are easy to spot. - The intro helped set the tone and the ending of the demo had me intrigued and wishing there was more to play, which is always a good sign. - There’s a wide range of abilities, all of which feel useful and help to give you more options in combat than most games like this would generally afford you so early on. Mastering how to use these abilities in tandem will help give you a real edge in combat. - So far, the game seems largely bug-free on my playthrough. I played through the tutorial twice, the first level twice and the final level once and only encountered one bug that I noticed. - The game has a decent level of challenge to it, whilst it never feels fully unfair it wasn’t a complete cakewalk, although I don’t play games like these too often anymore so it might just be my lack of competence. Things that might need work and bugs: - I didn’t initially realise that you could aim directionally with your weapon, although I may have somehow missed this with the tutorial. If it’s not in there, then telling the player that you have this ability would be useful as it’s very much required to stand a chance against enemies. - I encountered a bug on the tutorial level where I spawned inside of the floor after dying. I couldn’t get out except to fall down the hole next to it. I couldn't replicate it and it's pretty minor but it's worth mentioning. - If you are above one of the small walking enemies, such as on a platform, they rapidly flit from one direction to the other which doesn't look great. It would be better if they simply waited whilst remaining fixed to one direction, or if they flitted between directions slower. - I found the big yellow enemies a bit too easy and boring to kill, which is strange seeing as they’re the third enemy introduced. The only real way of fighting them I found to be effective was simply hiding behind cover and popping out to pepper them when the coast way clear which could get tiring considering they have the highest health of any of the basic enemies in the demo. Unless they’re used in different scenarios in the future which require you to approach them differently, these enemies didn’t feel too fun to fight. - It would be nice if there was more SFX when enemies are hit, especially for large explosions and big hits, such as when the bosses’ arms explode. Closing thoughts: This is a promising start for Last Soul – Prologue. Whilst not the most original-feeling game in the world, the mechanics all work well together and the game is responsive and fun to play. It left me wanting more and I look forward to seeing what they do in the future with the Kickstarter.