Soul Reaper

This might be the absolute most jankiest game I've ever played. The only controller buttons that do what they're supposed to do is the left analog stick, navigating the menu is an absolute pain whether using controller or keyboard and I ended up getting stuck in a menu and couldn't back out of it at all. The concept is solid, the story is kinda weak (Darksiders meets Pokemon but not as cool as it sounds), the art is awesome but by god, mechanically, this game barely functions.

I think this game has a lot of potential, but has some significant user interface issues. They have just recently redone most of the user interface and it hasn't had the time to be adjusted and fixed. In a couple of months when they have the user interface smoothed out and working correctly this game will be very enjoyable, but right now it seems to slow down everything you want to do. For a game that has a major mechanic where positioning your units in your party changes the effectiveness of the party as a whole, it is too clunky to make experimenting and changing your party around as much fun as it should be. Would I recommend the game? As it sits right now it is a tentative yes. If they keep at it and keep polishing the experience I could easily see it being an addictive game that would take a bunch of my time. Pros: Party based monster collection RPG Interesting party building mechanics Targetable grinding Carefully built world encourages exploration toward next objective Cons: Light on story, but what there is is entertaining. Need to grind against the same units you use to get any real improvement. User interface is very rough and requires far to many actions for some things. Minimap doesn't have as much information as you would want.(portal links and soul reaper fragments in particular) Plays like the Early Access title it is. Good core idea but it still needs time to be fleshed out and expanded. I will be back to try the game again after it has had a couple of months to build up. Have a wonderful day.

Hidden gem on Steam, it reminds me of Siralim a bit which is good because I love Siralim. I had to get this because I love Monster Taming games and the darker theme with it was very appealing. The monster fusion mechanic is great and so is the art and music. So far it's a lot of fun and not a regret purchase like much of my steam library. Some features I would like to see are key remapping, ability to play entirely (or as much as possible) with mouse only, and speed up as a toggle. The latter two would really make this an even greater experience for me. These things aren't deal breakers as they are now just personal preference.

[h1]前言和简评[/h1] 本作的游戏体验十分类似于前几年特别流行（虽然现在还有大量的换皮作品不停的出...）的卡牌收集类手游的玩法。主角会在每一次的战斗中收集大量的怪物灵魂，这些怪物既可以作为上场战斗的单位，也可以作为buff物品附着在玩家的装备上，甚至可以作为经验值养料被其他的灵魂所吞噬。如果玩过类似手游的话这套系统几乎没什么上手难度，且游戏本身虽然提供了远比手游要讲究和复杂得多的灵魂组合特性和单位的差异化，但实际游玩中并没有陷入到传统rpg那种抓怪很难，好组合稀少的问题，反而让玩家每次战斗都能捕获大量灵魂，具备了相当的“资源累计”和收集快感的同时也保留了正经rpg该有的战术和组合的思考深度。以独立游戏而言在系统上具备了相当的游玩乐趣。 但以一款售价达到70元的作品来说，横向对比这个价位下的独立游戏，本作在画面上的表现力确实显得非常的差劲。并且实际游玩起来的的爽快度又属于需要时间和对系统熟悉性的上升而逐渐增加的慢热型，对于现在一般更倾向于《杀戮尖塔》或者《死亡细胞》那种容易上手也能很快获得爽快感的玩家来说，无论是“卖相”还是“爽感”都显得十分不足。因此会显得售价比较扎眼的高昂。在配合上让人烦躁的音效，完全不符合国内玩家口味的美术设计和看起来让人头疼的粗糙ui以及对话框显示，普通玩家真的很难对本作产生什么购买欲望。且没有中文对于这种系统较为庞杂的游戏来说也是个非常大的阻碍。所以如果没有一定的英文基础且并不喜欢深度研究乃至于玩弄游戏系统的玩家来说，这部作品并非是推荐品。考虑到小成本作品且知名度不高的情况下较难期待后续的中文计划，实在感兴趣的玩家还是推荐等待一个差不多的折扣在15-30元左右的价位入手尝试。 [h1]优劣简析[/h1] +核心系统很有趣，通过战斗获取怪物灵魂，灵魂既可以直接上场作为战斗单位，也可以作为buff装饰品装在武器上，而不同的灵魂之间还能互相组合出特定的buff效果，玩家能够使用的战术选择类型非常多样 +虽然美术吸引力不算强，但制作组很用心的为每一个怪物都设计了较为细腻的动态效果，可能不是很好看，但会让你感觉动感十足 +战斗节奏非常快而且大量个性怪物所带来的视觉感受重复度很低，玩起来有种类似手游开了3倍速那种蜜汁魔性的快感，上手之后不能说打的很有趣但会有种莫名的嗨感 +灵魂的获取途径并不复杂，只要战斗就能大量获取，同时本身怪物的种类就不算少，所以玩家积累起来的效率相当高，对于和个人一样的仓鼠党玩家玩起来会有非常充分的收集快感 -ui界面很杂乱而且使用起来很不方便，既有类似给武器装备灵魂需要“选择角色，选择武器，选择装备，选择添加灵魂，最后在装入”的这样终极套娃式繁琐操作，也有类似想要返回上一步但却会直接关闭菜单的不是那么人性的设计 -很多时候对话框外会显示额外的字幕提示，给人感觉是对话框后面还藏东西一样，视觉上显得非常的杂乱 -玩点是大量怪物灵魂的组合和各自特性的考虑，所以游戏内需要面对的文字量相当庞大，虽然最基础的某项数值+多少这种看起来也不太需要太高的英文基础，但可能前面教程部分让你装备武器装备灵魂这个部分都会因为看不明白而过不去.. -对国内玩家来说不具备任何吸引力的美式粗犷角色设计，无论是造型还是配色都透露出一股子粗糙的味道 -在独立游戏里属于上流的定价，对比内容来说70块的定价显得不那么有说服力 [h1]总结[/h1] 核心机制足够有趣，也具备深度游玩的价值，但作为独立游戏来说，相对较高的定价和吸引力低下的画面让它的吸引力并不那么充足。外加上对国区玩家来说接受度较低的欧美式画风和对所有玩家来说都显得粗糙感十足的ui和对话界面。本作在视觉上的卖相实在是较差，音效部分也存在一定的问题。属于喜欢专注的玩弄游戏机制而能够一定程度无视视觉听觉效果的玩家。考虑到缺乏中文支持而游戏本身说明和注释的文字量较大，长期观望中文计划可能是更好的选择。 [quote]欢迎关注我们的鉴赏家:[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35402982/]走心评测[/url] ←遵从内心，写出真实感受 欢迎加入我们Steam组:[url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ZXPC]走心评测[/url]←点击加入，一起探索游戏的乐趣

Back in March a reviewer said they recently revamped the interface and in a few months it would be smoothed out. It is now January, 10 months later. In my brief experience with this game that interface have made me seriously contemplate suicide. That interface is an affront to all that is good and right in this world. That interface is perhaps the most abominable thing mankind has ever created. That interface surely once nested in Hell, however Satan himself kicked it out as it was simply too vile. It seems that interface will have an article about it added to the Geneva Conventions before the devs will fix it. Can I recommend this game? No, no I cannot. The game itself seems that it might be decent (besides the horror that is the overworld map where you walk around), but it is sadly held captive by that interface. If you are thinking about getting this game, then I urge you to flee as fast as you can before that interface gets to you.

Absolutely loving my experience. Soul Reaper feels like a love letter to the style of games I love. Soul Nomad and the world eaters, Disgaea, Cross Edge, Chaos Wars. I am currently working my way into New Game+ and plan to return to this Review with a more comprehensive take, until then Soul Reaper has my Stamp of Approval.

[h1] 典型的な「作りこみどころ」を間違えた作品 [/h1] [h1]概要[/h1] いわゆる「JRPG」タイプのゲーム。ドラクエタイプのフィールドを歩き回りながら、「ポケモン」のようにモンスターを捕まえてパーティーに組み入れ、「ディアブロ」のようにレアリティを備えた装備を集め、そして装備にモンスターの「魂」を装着してレベルやら火力をアップしていく……といったような多様な要素があり、一見やりこみようがあるように見えるのだが、しかしそのやりこみを阻害するかのようなバグやインターフェイスの不十分さが目につくために、長くやりたくないと思ってしまうのが残念なゲームになっている。 [h1]本文[/h1] なんというか「ゲーム作りへの情熱」みたいなのは感じられるけれども、それに対して様々な側面が追いついていないという作品がある。そして「情熱を認めて応援しよう」と思うのか、それとも「いや、もう少し頑張ってほしい」と思うかで、そのゲームへの評価が変わるだろう。このゲームも定期的なアップデートを繰り返し、「ゲーム作りへの情熱」は感じられるのだけれども、しかしそれでも「おすすめできない」という評価になってしまう。 本作の公式の説明を見ると「全部の特別なボスを倒すのには100時間かかる」と述べており、どれだけ「やりこみ」が出来るかを強調している。コンテンツ量の多さや、できるだけ多様性を内包しようとするその意気込みは認めるのだが、しかし「やりこむ」ためには、そもそものゲームをストレス無く楽しめるというのが前提となるように思う。 本作の一番の欠点は、他の人も述べているように「インターフェイスがやりこむためには不十分すぎる」というところだろう。例えば、装備にモンスターの魂を装着する機能があったりするのだが、まず「このモンスターの魂をつけたら、どんな能力が上がるのか」みたいな比較がないというのがある。これが無いのはコレクションを前提とするゲームとしては非常にストレスの溜まるものであろう。その他にも細かに不十分なところがあり、それらがジャブのようにジワジワと効いてきて、やりこみを阻害し続ける。とにかく細かいところの不十分さに目がついて、それにバグが追加されるのだから段々と萎えてくる自分がいるのは間違いない。 また、一見「9x9のグリッドシステム」については上手くいっているようには思えない感じがあった。スキルの発動する場所を起点に、そこから周囲のマスに効果を及ぼすようになっていると推測されるのだけれども、結局のところ相手がどんなものかはわからないし、こちらも別に「どこにいれば何のスキルが発動するか」みたいなことを考えなくてもいいので、結局のところ強いやつを敷き詰めるという身の蓋もない浅い感じがするのは否めない（まあボス戦とかになるとそうも言ってられないのかもしれないが……）。 フィールドのちょっとしたフラグを立てながら進んでいくタイプの進行も、ゲーム全体のシステムと調和していないように思える。あちらこちらに散らばるボスを倒してフラグを得て、他のところの地域に行けるようになる……という形なのだが、そうすると来た道を戻ったりして、行けるようになったかどうかを確認することになるので、冗長だな……と思う。 [h1]総評[/h1] 恐らくこの開発チームは「好きなゲームの要素を集めました」という感じでゲームを作っており、説明文だったり実際のゲームからそれが透けて見える。それは悪いことではないのだけれど、その要素が「なぜそれが面白い要素になるのか」という部分があまり深く考えていない感じを受ける。その結果、コンテンツを増やすのはいいのだけれども、そのコンテンツを楽しむ前に、様々な雑味というか、阻害要素がたくさんあって、そこにたどり着く前に楽しくないなと思ってしまう自分がいるのは間違いない。 全体的なコンセプトは決して嫌いではない。むしろ好きなタイプのゲームであり、好きになれるものがたくさんと煌めいているが、しかしそれを楽しむ前に萎えてしまうのは否めない。よくあるレビューの言い回しを使うと「本当は好きになりたい」タイプのゲームなのだ。だから、本当にインターフェイスの改善であったり、ゲームを心地よくできる工夫に力を入れてほしいと、心から思うのであった……。

[h1]Follow our curator for similar games[/h1] https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35180752-3-point-play/ RPG TBS + mechanics + comedic = Similar to Heroes of Might and Magic early days with its own unique mechanics minus the castles. Also reminds me of Shaman King where you infuse weapons with souls.

It's a okay game but I wouldn't recommend it. Pros: -Nice animations, going into it I was expecting it just being sprites with a bit of animations but no it has a good array of animations for attacks, damage, etc. -enemies aren't recolored skins of each other, there are a few but just in the beginning area alone I was met with a wide array of enemies Cons: -The grind is real, I'm only in the begging area so far but each battle only awards 1-4 xp per battle that can be used to level up your monsters individually, as in you got a team of 4 and only 6 xp well that 6 xp doesn't go fort the whole team you have to decide how to distribute that xp for me I put all the xp into Soul Reaper himself -Which leads to another point if Soul Reaper dies in battle its an automatic game over, this is annoying especially in the begging when you only have 2 monsters to start out with and Soul Reaper is one of them -UI, sometimes the UI is straightforward and other times its a game of point and click adventure as you hunt down the thing you need to click -In my experience the map was useless I could barely get any real useful info from it I can see some real effort went into making this game but I can't recommend it as I found myself bored at times while playing this

Fun and addictive game. The concept is interesting in that the same resource (souls) is used for everything. You accumulate hundreds (maybe thousands) of them very quickly through battling. You can slot them into your party where they appear as creatures to help you in battle. Or you can slot them into the sockets in your gear where they’ll add stats and abilities for you to use in combat. Battles are fast and plentiful, but no matter how many you win, you and your creatures don’t gain xp or level up in a traditional sense. That’s where another use for souls comes into play. You can have your character eat them for xp, or you can fuse them with an existing creature, which gives that creature xp. There are also row bonuses, equipment to fuse together, socketed soul combos, and probably more I’m forgetting. It’s just a great game for people that like to to collect a large party and tinker with things. Almost like a Disgaea vibe, though not that level of polish, and very different gameplay. It’s seems a little pricey to me, but that’s subjective and I've been spoiled by cheap game prices. It’s clear a lot of work went into this, and it's sort of a niche genre, so it probably wouldn't make sense to make it cheaper. All in all, I’m happy to support a project like this. I don’t know of anything else quite like it.