Heres my review on the demo:
First, know that I realise that this is in it's early stages.
Upon seeing screens and learning that SoulHunter was being DBC I was instantly wowed by it's graphical prowness. Finally I got a chance to play the demo of a game that style-wise looks like Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas. I was hoping that this game's gameplay would live up to the graphics and god was I disappointed.
Graphics/Presentation:
First off graphically the game looks great besides the fact that it is incredibly dark, however it runs at a rather low FPS on my computer, which runs Half Life 2 and F.E.A.R along with Quake IV at around a solid 60, all of which are much better in the graphics department (although there were teams of modellers on the development of those games who have some degree in art). However over all the graphics in SoulHunter were rather impressive, especially as it is in DBC, an older language which lacks shader support, etc. The same can be said about animations and the overall presentation of the game.
Sound:
ZZZ said this demo lacked sound so I really cannot comment on this area.
Gameplay:
First off this game suffers from a horrendous camera. The camera is positioned barley above the ground and all though you can tilt it up, it doesn't really make much of a difference. As if this isn't bad enouch the controls are rather awkard, the shift button is used to abosrb enemy souls however if you keep using this you make activate sticky keys, etc. And thats a pain in the ass.
The movement mimicks that of Mario just at a much slower pace.
Slow is the keyword of the game. Everything feels slow and dull. Especially the lame combat. You simply just hold down control and the character just swings his sword, there are no effects or anything to make it feel exciting. Also, when jumping between platforms a glitch can occur where the player character just rapidly moves up and down until a directional arrow is pressed which is rather annoying as well.
Overall if I was to give this game a rating out of 10 I would give it a 5.
I know this review sounds harsh but when I expect a demo I hope that the game is at a better and more solid state and unfortunatley this game is not, it certainly has alot of potention.
ALOT however at this early phase a demo shouldn't have been released and may turn some people off to what could possibly come furthur down the road.
I suggest you continue watching this one however at it's current state is a drag to play.
- Cian
