Soul King

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Really fun, run and gun, simple doom-like. Propelled forward by the whispering wall, you don't have time to line up every perfect shot, but sometimes you just have to gloat on a pile of your dead enemies for the bonus points :P. Surprised by the depth of the narrative already. People become guns!

I recommend it if you like boomer shooter type games, just be aware it does have some classic Game Maker jank (strange player/wall collisions, buggy menu buttons, etc) overall very fun, challenging, and dare I say addicting to get on the scoreboard?

This is not a bad game at all. The crazy little story they have is fun to read, and the speed based fps levels are fun. Def a cute little game with a dark premise. game: https://youtu.be/gf8Z43WwUjc?si=XGg8svlrj3lLN_Yj

Looking for an ethereal retro fps gem? There's a lot of charm to the system in Soul King. The characters are well thought out with their own personalities adding uniqueness to each dreamscape. The hub space pulls this experience together. It's one of those games where I'll say "I'll just play one more" and then proceed to play three more. Most of my deaths were just from instinctively holding Shift + W or relying too much on strafing rather than aiming. While sprinting you cannot switch weapons. Which makes sense, but it might feel more satisfying to have weapon switches act as a sprint cancel. I wish most weapon reloads were just half a second faster, but that's largely from my struggle to master the system at work here. How, when, and why you switch to a weapon is how you'll improve each stage. There's good inventory management to unlock and pick a loadout that suits your play style. In game leader board is very nice and there's a small enough player base that you could actually work to get a top score! I was very impressed with how well the aesthetics of its art, story, and system worked together in this game. Had a lot of fun with Soul King!

Quickly opens up into a tightly made arcade shooter, clearly shows buckets of care and effort, and has a unique and engaging premise and presentation. Easy recommend, hope this game gets the attention it deserves!

I loved it! I didn't go for high scores on the levels, just tried to beat them as quickly as I could. In some cases, that wasn't very quickly, as I found myself respawning a lot in the later levels. The pressure of THE WALL made the rhythm of weapon-swapping/reloading important to manage. I could tell when I was floundering my way through an encounter where I could really rack up the score if I was better at managing my timers. Sometimes the cadence of combat and the music just lined up in a satisfying way, too. I found myself pushing the pace even during the end part of each level, where you get the story by speaking with the dreamers you're trying to free and there is no ominous wall pressing you forward, just out of habit.

I had a great time with Soul King. The gameplay loop of always going forwards while winding round the levels and taking out enemies as soon as possible just works super well. It makes brilliant use out of "Backpack reloading" where when you run out of ammo you swap to your next weapon and keep firing. This makes you use all your weapons but causes little to no downtime, its great. There's a good amount of weapon and ability variety that you unlock throughout the story which keeps things fresh. And the story is surprisingly good and very earnest I keep coming back to it for the occasional rerun through a level or two Can you believe that other games waste their time with being allowed to look up and down, crazy talk.

It's a game, and you can play it!

This game is fun simple and has a good story line I met the people who made it at comicon (twice) and they were very cool so im sad that they are not going to update it again and it is still a fun play!