There is something incredibly satisfying about those videos on Twitter by SunhiLegend, whose viral GIFs of character action games make each one look like the most badass thing you’ve ever seen. It’s the way games in the genre aim to make us feel: like we’re weavers of sweet enemy death. Soulstice takes a fair stab at this, but doesn’t quite manage to land the hits.
It’s not that Soulstice is bad, because it’s not; it’s just that it gets in its own way, and pays too much attention to its obvious inspiration, Devil May Cry. This permeates every aspect of the
